industry (deathjester_-_industry.mod)

Posted by sfcgeorge on Wed 30th Nov 2022, rated 10 / 10.

I almost feel naughty rating this 10 but honestly I love it. When I first heard this I had to have it and smile every time it comes on. There's a driving force beat, creative vocal samples, and of course powertools punctuating throughout. The band Pluxus has tracks reminiscent of this, albeit more ambient and not tracker based. Even the mainstream hit Satisfaction (Benny Banassi) features powertool samples and a punchy bassline. Perhaps deathjester was ahead of their time...

Posted by Gaderath on Sat 9th Jun 2012, rated 8 / 10.

While not normally my taste in music, I actually rather enjoyed this. I did like the use of stereo :)

Posted by Antic on Thu 6th Dec 2007, rated 8 / 10.

There is good rhythms and cool sounds. Vocals works very well. I like about the lead melodies and drums was very good. This is good track! :)

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Mon 17th May 1999, rated 7 / 10.

If the author was trying to look for an experimental sound here, he certainly found it... The music actually isn't all that bad. It works well if you like the sound you get from power drills and metal clanks filling out the rhythm section. The vocal samples fit in amazingly well, and the song moves along with variations and breaks right where they need to be. It's a short song, but any longer, and it would get severely annoying... The authors wisely took advantage of knowing where to cut it off to keep the appeal of the sound samples. This is where the piece really stands out... 'Ingenious' is a word you'll find yourself using a lot if you take the time to analyze this mod. It's not very busy, so the four-track limitation didn't really cramp it much, but it's constructed so well that it amazes. Anybody who's ever tried to tune a sound sample of an electric drill knows how hard it can be, and the author has managed to fit it in easily. But the real technical brilliance shines in the vocal samples... They're timed so that they fit perfectly into the song, even with the various pitch-shifts and cutoffs used. This piece is worth the download by all means, if just to see how someone with real skill handles dealing with non-music samples to make music. All trackers in training, pay close attention to this one!