BOTB 2006/IV [Vemberaudio Sponsored]: reviews by deadisdeadisdead

urza by infest: I like this track.... It's

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Mon, 2006-07-10 23:06.

I like this track.... It's pretty simplistic, and doesn't evolve that much... but it has nice building...good production....nice sounds...nice atmosphere..... Kinda has an olskool techstep vibe (ala ed rush/optical) but with better production Eye-wink
I like the drum edits too!

Headlines by DMJ A.K.A Jossi: oh my god, I don't know what

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Sat, 2006-07-08 18:32.

oh my god, I don't know what to make of this, spastic as fuck, so you're already good in my book just for that....
Love the gabber kicks... the vocal hook parts were kinda cheese as fuck too, but that's charming
and the Piano part... oh god
haha

Production/mixdown is a bit rough, but eh, good track!
Smiling

Different Dub by DJ Scape: This track's good, your

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Mon, 2006-07-10 23:21.

This track's good, your volume levels are rather low, might want to turn up the master/throw a compressor or limiter on there... just to get your gain up a bit... HOWEVER, stupid stuff aside, I like this track... you have some good sounds and ideas, and could develop this much further.
Good job

Freak Show by DJ Shiver: This is really weird, not

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Mon, 2006-07-10 22:57.

This is really weird, not sure how I feel about the halftime hiphop bits....

Your reece is a bit happy sounding : )
I like your breaks/edits/fills
Production is pretty good, and the originality of the track makes up for it.

Good effort, weird stuff.

bodycount by mabus: hmm...not stellar...but I

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Sat, 2006-07-08 18:46.

hmm...
not stellar...but I like the vibe....
Weird. I feel I should have gotten bored of it, but didn't

so Kudos for that, that's more than I can say of most "dnb"

Dark Visions by Virus vs Toxic Reasons: seems good enough,

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Sat, 2006-07-08 18:27.

seems good enough, production-wise, however... This mostly being personal preference, I don't really care for the vocal part....
Also the track didn't evolve/change much through the course of 6 minutes, which is a bit long. (also, IMO)

Sure people would dig it though Eye-wink

trial (working title) by synrgy + empyr: Good tight production, nice

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Mon, 2006-07-10 22:51.

Good tight production, nice sounding beat/bass... pretty decent melodies in there...

however, This just being the ass-y me I am, I found the track to be way too repetetive... the glitches were ok for breaking up monotony, but didn't do a whole lot....
Work more on making tracks than making loops, no offense though.
Good mixdown mastering though. For sure.

by : This track was kind of fun

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Mon, 2006-07-10 23:14.

This track was kind of fun in a rather cheesey manner, if I had been around or cared to educate myself about early techno, I imagine it would sound a bit like this... Production was so so.... choice of sounds was so so....all and all the track was rather so-so... It doesn't feel like you put too much work into it....given the lack of evolution , However, I could see this getting thrown on at a party and people getting down to it, so props to that, since it is, after all, dance music.

no tommorow by dj obscure: meh mixing, meh break edits,

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Sat, 2006-07-08 18:51.

meh mixing, meh break edits, meh bass....
very repetetive.

sorry, not for me.

Perhaps with proper mixdown though it could be a proper rinse out.

Global Threat by Vex: The mixing/levels is this

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Sat, 2006-07-08 18:37.

The mixing/levels is this are pretty dodgy, not a bad little riff you have going...
break edits are pretty good, break up the monotony, however they kinda get repetetive too...

Not awful though.

Nevertheless by Kondencuotas Pienas: You left your artist name

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Mon, 2006-07-10 22:43.

You left your artist name and the track name and everything in your id3 tags, this isn't a valid entry for that reason.
sorry.

I suggest talking to the mods and seeing if you can work this out... however in the spirit of the competition remaining anonymous, this is not good, eh?

Undertone by Override and PolyFonix: Well, you may have had

Submitted by deadisdeadisdead on Tue, 2006-07-11 00:58.

Well, you may have had something going there... but this clip is only 49 seconds long.... I don't know if it errored or if this is your offering....

Um... The vocal thing ....yeah... I don't know, can't really do a proper review off of this clip.

Maybe turn the vocal down? Fill out the beats a bit?