Battle of the beats 2005 - IV: reviews by ManFromZion

something wonderful by crank: Great pad, awesome intro.

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:05.

Great pad, awesome intro. beats are fat and rolls good. bass is deep. nice FXs and everything sits nice in the mix. great structue, breakdowns work great and the drops are just as they should be the later better then the former. A great track. Very good vibe. and that wierd synth plays a wicked
melody matches the vibe perfectly.


Red Rum by kompressah: Intro is nice. Usually you

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:11.

Intro is nice. Usually you can tell how good the song is simply by intro, this intro promises alot. Its vibed somewhat in a happy promising mood but still in a bit dark mood. The drop will be intresting. The things get fucked
upp Smiling Drums are really phat. nasty reeces or wahtever to call them. really phat tune. Not my piece of cake really. breakdown is wonderfull truly amazing. You managed to mix these two moods together in a very nice way. And you dont slack off a bit even the outro is really really nice. great work.


Drax.mp3 by King_Louis: Intro is nice. Usually you

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:07.

Intro is nice. Usually you can tell how good the song is simply by intro, this intro promises alot. Its vibed somewhat in a happy promising mood but still in a bit dark mood. The drop will be intresting. The things get fucked
upp Smiling Drums are really phat. nasty reeces or wahtever to call them. really phat tune. Not my piece of cake really. breakdown is wonderfull truly amazing. You managed to mix these two moods together in a very nice way. And you dont slack off a bit even the outro is really really nice. great work.


Natural Violence by Virus + Glitch: Intresting bass above all

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:07.

Intresting bass above all the edits. Nice intro. Drop is nice and moving. Drums are fine stand out as they should. Bass is wicked really nice. The reecey thingy playing after 1:26 works very well with this track. The drums drown abit at this part of the tune but I think its ok the rest of the elements keep it going nicely. Breakdown is great. Second drop is awesome really phat. Very nice vibe.


phiuta by source: The intro doesnt catch me

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Sat, 2005-12-03 12:48.

The intro doesnt catch me that much. But when you introduce drums and reece it works very nice. Intresting mix off acoustic material together with this normal hard DnB. Drums are intresting. Intresting FXs aswell complementing the beat. It has nice power. nice track. well done.


Even my heart cries by Forearm: A long waiting for the first

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:08.

A long waiting for the first drop I thought this was going to be a chill track and never have a real drop or evolve but this track had me waiting for it. Very nice. Vibe is nice. Drums are really good rolls very nicely. Melodies are great matches vibe very good. I like that synth/flute synth great. Bass is nice its like a deep moving thing hitting you stomache. Not
that audioable but very feelable.


Fallen Warrior by DMJ AkA Jossi: Nice strings. Cool vibe.

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Sat, 2005-12-03 12:53.

Nice strings. Cool vibe. intresting to see where it leads after intro. intro promises ALOT. Keeps building upp. still no real drop. Drums are getting more attention nice. the strings and everything in it are excellent. But for me no real drop occours in the song. I think it needs that. And in the drop even more power. Or maybe not just more power but something that distincts it more form the rest of the track. Now its just building upp to a climax where it dies off. It works ok for the tune I would still prefer a more noticeable drop though. Other then the structure I think the track is excellent GREAT vibe, nice drums, nice mooving bass, nice FX complementing the track. great work.


Metro Lights by Screamheads: Intro is ok could need some

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:09.

Intro is ok could need some more texture IMO the only thing that could save it is a phat drop to compensate for intro thats so untextured. More drum elements adds as intro progresses its ok but you want to save some of the drum elements for the drop to give it extra power. so the drop comes I think the intro vs drop should be more significant drum-wise. The bass here is awesome its mooving nicely and sound real cool, great vibe. It saves the drop for me. I still would like it to contain more power in drums above all. But the drums doesnt keep upp, I would want more power in them. The tune is pretty good mixed I would like some more hiend though to give it a bit more life and the drums more precense.


seven samurai by 822: Unique. was a very nice

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:06.

Unique. was a very nice lissening. that string instrument is nice. Melody is nice to. Really gloomy vibe. the instrument is a bit harsh though on some notes. the best thing in this tune is the beat work. Truly original and very intresting beat. despite the unusual beat it has a very good flow and it matches this tune perfectly. Pleasure hearing something that original big upps.


The League Of Shadows by Bobby Dangerous: Nice to have a sample from a

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:09.

Nice to have a sample from a movie that new. Works great for intro. Beat is good. Nice puchiness good rolling. Intresting FXs here. I would want more power in the drop though. The beat is good and everything is nice but some more power would be nice. Something that disticts it from the rest off the
track a bit more.


by : The beat is pretty good but

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Submitted by ManFromZion on Thu, 2005-12-01 14:09.

The beat is pretty good but I would want more punchy snare and kick. the mix is a bit messy could be abit cleaner. I dont really feel the vibe here. Some nice FX and stuff but the (I dont know what to call them Laughing out loud I just say reecy things to everything disorted and playing some melody) reecy thing just
doesnt catch me that much.