The Mod Archive v4.0b - A distinctive collection of modules

Download: Title: "Sodom of Evil" Filename: dn-sodom.xm	Posted Sun 6th Feb 2005 Rated 9 / 10
Wow! This one is reeeealy pucking nice! Breathtaking mixture of death, power and goth metal, one of a kind tune. It seems to met that the author is more than well acquainted with the dark side of the music. That's cool, coz most of the people tend now to compose somthn soft&easy, or somthn house-like (which to my wicked mind is not music at all). Well, ofcoz, there aren't a lot of variations in this one, but that is indeed compensated by sheer brutality. Well done. What to say? Bunch of hi-quality 8bit samples, cool guitar ones. Moreover, the workout of electric guitar is simply amazing. Real pro! Well, as for other things, 18 channels are used, which is just enough, size of module is not burdening to download via dial-up. Very well done! On the whole, one more great work of a great author. It is very nice to have him come back in the tracking!

Download: Title: Tipsy Cougar Filename: rik_tc.it	Posted Wed 12th Jan 2005 Rated 8 / 10
Well, to tell the truth, i am not a great jazz fan. I always thought that style of music a bit too chaotic, a bit too impromptu. But this tune caught my ear at once because of its adjusted composition. That strange term means that, to my maybe faltering musical sense, all the sounds, all the notes of the composition are at their respective places. And though the tune starts rather abruptly, and ends in almost the same way (that's why "good/amateur"), it does not lack harmony. A bit too short, a bit too much repetition, but the main theme is very nice and the work of brass and background organ are almost outstanding. Not much to say, besides that to my mind the techical side is almost perfectly done. Some samples are 8bit, some 16bit, BUT! My favourite test of all tunes was and still is listening to it via ear-phones: if level of hum, buzz and crackle is not excessive for pleasant listening, then samples are good. In that case, they are. The instruments are also very nicely done and sound pretty natural (even if you make the tune in a .WAV). With all that, the size of the file is rather small - one more credit to the author. All after all, the author writes in the comment to this tune that it is his 5th attempt altogether. Very and very well done for the 5th tune! (I hate to remember MY 5th tune :)) I think we should expect many new and nice tunes from this author. Je te souhaite bonne chance, Rikimbo!

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