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...distant galaxy... - protas_-_distant_galaxy.xm

Review Score: 8/10

Overall Impression (7/10)

Very nice start, a bit too long of an intro. Very clean music, easy-listening. Though this mellow genre must not go crazy, there is too little action in the song.


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NOEL1 - pegase_-_noel1.mod

Review Score: 4/10

Overall Impression (4/10)

A bunch of Christmas-songs in four patterns.
Not my cup of tea.


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Dear Cinzia - robric269.xm

Review Score: 5/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

This song is as disjointed as can be. The samples are put in the patterns as solitair instruments but it never becomes a piece of music.
But it is never out of tune and there are some fine ideas in it. Like an orchestra in which every musician trys to play his own melody, that coincidentally find their way together.


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Mixed Feelings - mixed_feelings.mod

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (5/10)

Mysterious start and very good music. But after some weird talking the uptempo version of Abba's chorus from the song 'Happy New Year' starts...
Funny in a way, but such a pity compared to the first patterns, which are really well done.


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Last one - n-last1.xm

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

Very energetic start, which wants you to get up and bop your head. The artist has found a good theme, that is maybe leant here or there. This theme does not change at all, and that is a pity. There is no bridge to be found, the only thing Neo did was decreasing the speed and enhancing the effects.


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Technochurch - tchurch.xm

Review Score: 3/10

Overall Impression (2/10)

Recognizable.
First it remembers of the goo' ol' days, when The Adams Family was a great movie and someone named Depp played Scissorhands. But apart from some panning effects this song is boring and quite experimental.


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relax on your pizza - relaxonyourpizza.xm

Review Score: 3/10

Overall Impression (3/10)

Goosebumps because of the counterfeit notes.
The first two patterns are ok, but this composer makes about every mistake in the manual.
It is false.


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maran_project_-_play_with_me_2009.xm - maran_project_-_play_with_me_2009.xm

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (7/10)

Mellow song, easy listening. Nice classic build-up, but it never gets going. Maybe that is not necessary with this kind of woolly music, but it is not the kind of music you buy a complete album for, so to speak.


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Rondo - rondo.it

Review Score: 5/10

Overall Impression (5/10)

Annoying song, maybe inspired on the Rondo Alla Turca by Mozart. With channel six muted it is better, but still mostly chords for the basics and the fill-outs with the same notes as the chords.


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We need heroes - 80472-heroes.xm

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

Start is abrupt, but not bad per se.
Raw, not too balanced, but is this on purpose?
Sometimes interesting, sometimes too noisy, but original and funny at times.


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Dance 2003 - d2k3.it

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

Good but standard build-up.
Use of samples is allright.
The compo never gets going due to a lack of melody.
The chords must do all the work.


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sweet harmony - liquid_-_sweet_harmony.mod

Review Score: 5/10

Overall Impression (5/10)

Probably the composers first try to make something serious, and therefor this composition should be acknowledged.
But there are no strong points and no very weak points. It is never going to work, because it is only based on three drumsequences.


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wild perspective - musix-wild-perspective.mod

Review Score: 7/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

Good start, nice build-up. Catchy main-support line that echoos in one's head.
The drumsequence is well choosen and works, but still a pity it is a sequence. This one is not that hard to work out with samples.


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Mt. Dennis - mtdennis.it

Review Score: 5/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

A weird case of a two faced song.

The song starts original. Maybe the snaredrum is a
bit too load. The bassline works fine.

Then. The shock. Completely ruining everything in pattern 4 with channel 7 and 8 -with the ridiculous sample 11- the composer completely misses the beaten.

After that, it surprisingly opens up from pattern 10 and gets really good, but then it just ends. A pity, because that is the moment I want to hear more.


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fish swim lethargically t - fishswim.it

Review Score: 5/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

This song is not meant to be beautiful, but wants you to think about fish. That works and that is funny!

In the light of composition it is mucky.


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Illumination - ILLUMINA.MOD

Review Score: 7/10

Overall Impression (7/10)

Nice ballad which revolves around guitarsamples. Good to listen to. Without a beat, but this is not missed at all.


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Here is amor! - amor.xm

Review Score: 7/10

Overall Impression (7/10)

Well done!
This is a nice, energetic song to listen to. Not right at the top, but more than sufficient. Mostly the song consists out of strings, and it would be nice if some more tricks were played with the drums.
The bassline is quite alright.


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When birds fall - when.xm

Review Score: 5/10

Overall Impression (7/10)

Nice guitar start, maybe the composer plays the guitar himself. The four chors (A, E, F, G) together are the repetitive theme of this song.
Then the organ that sets in is too loud, too blunt. Keep it down! The double melody is well done, but there are some almost-false notes.
The melody is repeated with other instruments/samples.
Fairly good, but easy drumpattern.


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Everlasting war - everlasting_war.xm

Review Score: 7/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

Where is part two? And part three?
Hsson is making some great music with this song, but it always stays an intro! The expectations are high, but than the composition just stops, like the composer is bored or went of to see a movie.


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valo - valo.mod

Review Score: 8/10

Overall Impression (8/10)

With only 4 channels and only 13kb this composer certainly knows what he is doing. The basics of 4-channel-tracking explained: home-made beat, bassline, funny string and good melody.


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fate in haze - tempest_-_fate_in_haze.xm

Review Score: 5/10

Overall Impression (4/10)

Way too small and too short.
Only 7 patterns, and just over one minute playtime.
The melody is not too bad, but the surrounding music is not balanced at all.


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Jerra Sigel - jerra.xm

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

This song is ok. Quite well done.
Sometimes interesting, sometimes too repetitive. Nicely found sounds alternated with problemnotes. The short melody is catchy, but is repeted too much. So, on the one hand it is a nice compo, on the other you find yourself wondering: Am I going to listen to the whole song?


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LIGHTSTONE TEKKNO18 - lightstone_tekkno18.mod

Review Score: 2/10

Overall Impression (2/10)

Bad.
Even for the basal genre techno this is not a good song.
It never starts, it annoys like crazy.
Just an extra point for the trouble making it.


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Vectorlike Boredom - ODE2CCC.XM

Review Score: 7/10

Overall Impression (8/10)

The composition Vectorlike Boredom (which isn't that good for a title) is equally mixed out, catchy and a good piece of music. The care that is taken for it is hearable.


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karbad3 - karbad3.mod

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (6/10)

Energetic, fun song to hear. The compo is only a couple of minutes long, therefor it never gets boring. The thematic choices by the composer are well done.


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melon - melon.mod

Review Score: 6/10

Overall Impression (4/10)

This song is catchy, but repetitive.
At first it is nice to listen to, but after a while it is getting boring, because the same lines are heard over and over again. At the end, when you think it is over but it all starts over again, it is almost getting annoying.