KaneR's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dreaming of My World]

Dreaming of the Review

Nice melodies intertwining throughout. Reminds me of a DnB/IDM tune without drums.

If I could see myself anywhere with this, it would be in a dream similar to the cyberworld of Tron, running towards something and having everything move the opposite direction to what I'm running.

Without the feel of extreme fear you get when you run in dreams.

7/10
4/5

[A View of Crowds]

The Review of Crowds

Him/her below me took the words right out of my mouth!

Sounds like an influence from David Firth here?

Very moving, soft and beautiful piece with some odd cuts and drum beats as well as the sounds all in all giving a rather strange feel, but at the same time... very beautiful.

The sounds utilised and the difference of the dynamics between lines gives me the impression of it being peacful, but at the same time, extravagantly hectic. I can see what you mean when you say 'The View of The Crowds from the Thirty-Ninth.'

Peace in their mind, but not by their eyes.

You get top on both for this, and I'm downloading it.

10/10
5/5

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Ah man, thats awesome.
Great review! (might I add "the review of crowds" punny title : D )
David Firth? Oddly enough, i have never heard that name before.
I'll definitely have to look him up though.

The song was influenced from one of my favorite bands "Motoro Faam"

exactly right though: Peace in their mind, but not by their eyes.
like a general watching his soldiers win the frontlines.

thank you for the vote!

[Sunlight Through Dusty Air]

Review Through Rampaging Portals

Beautiful introduction. Grasps the listener immediately!

Very much like Aphex Twin and The Orb, I would say. Not really what I class and DnB but more ambient. If you're looking for Ambient DnB however, Aphex Twin's Flim is without a doubt the most superb of that genre.

I can see myself lying down on a beach somewhere with a tinny, having this play through soem speakers with the bass boost on full. Magical, and a somwhat whymsical piece.

9/10
4/5

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Thank you again : D

Yeah, you know, im never sure what to genre to put my stuff in. I wish they had an "IDM" category. Or something of that sort. Think i'll switch it to Ambient? if i can.

Do you listen to any Flashbulb or Telefon Tel Aviv?? If not! You should!

Heh heh, that'd be a lovely time on the beach like that. I wish i wasnt in the midwest. >: |

[And I Burn]

And I Review

Very... fuzzy. The guitar is so distored is sounds like a fuzz. However, I really enjoy the different effects you've put on the guitars. Reminds me of a metal Mars Volta without the extreme changes in tempo/dynamics.

If that is a screaming voice I can hear, I can't hear it very well and such may need tweaking up for the re-recording (should you get round to it anytime!)

The song isn't repetetive as such and has some good changes and chord progressions throughout. The soloing above the top (if this is to be made into a song) would be better if use more sparsley as to show off your skills a bit better. The guitar soloing behind DragonForce is completely intense... but you get a bit sick of hearing it all the time. If you know you're good, by all means show it off, but not to that extent as people tend to think 'well... this is fucking boring' (that's my view on DragonForce, not you!)

So, my ideas to make it better would be:
- Turn up the vocals
- Get rid off the fuzzy distortion
- Make gaps for your soloing

Otherwise, kudos!

[Authority!]

Shakes...

Like listening to a horror movie with a head FULL of acid and Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) staring at you attentively with his toothy grin.

Distorted, disturbing and dirty.

Only reason this isn't getting anymore than 8 and 4 is mainly due to it's sheer repetetivness. Needs to change somewhere down the line or perhaps build on by adding more layers and melodies... more notably any flattened fith from the root of those notes which make the melody.

8/10
4/5

EpicMastermind responds:

Lol it's SUPPOSED to be extremely repetitive xD

[Built to Last]

Good.

I like how on one of the replies of a review you gave, you said: ' just play ... and try to make as much noise as possible'.

Give yourself a bit of credit here, bud. With an intro in such as zany time siganture as that you must have some form of musical knowledge and prowess, musn't you? Tell you now, if I hadn't been at college for two years studying music, I wouldn't have been able to tell you anything about time signatures.

Anyway, I'm here to talk about your song, aren't I!

I like this style of music. Reminds me of when I was a bit younger, listening to mostly Earache Records and twisting my neck muscles to Akercocke. Asides from their music had some more melodic properties to it, this one has none of that. Just pure metal. Dirty guitars, sludge drums, and (hopefully) a voice to bring on the apocalypse!

I'll be honest, your intro is without doubt one of the best intros I've heard to a song in a long time. I'm looking forward to hearing it with vocals.

9/10
5/5

[holding hands]

Ooo...

Aphex Twin/Grooverider/DJ Hype/Squarepusher

Very Good. I can see where you believe people should enjoy each part as it comes, due to the fact in large that the pieces could appear as different songs. The interlude is pretty much a different song but this could realistically work at raves due to the breakdown giving people room to breathe and then come back into the mean beat with the vocals starting again and immediately bringing in the song as a whole.

I shall give you 8/10.
Gettin' down to this.

[Chill down man!]

Chill indeed.

Juno Reactor meets Aphex Twin meets Fabio.

Good breakdowns and drum fills. Chilled out, atmopsheric number with a somewhat very busy melody, especially towards the end.

The song seems to reflect (or at least so I can see) a particular scene. As the song begins, a man stands outside his bedroom window looking down at the traffic on a busy stretch of New York City. He begins to get dressedin his bathroom mirror; shaving, spraying cologne, sorting his short hair out. As the song progresses by becoming more and more busy and hectic, so does the life that he leads. Albeit by drugs, alcohol, or partying in general is whatever the listener decides upon, before eventually the song ends and finshes with the same scene as the beginning. Him standing outside his window, but his eyes black with lack of sleep and his skin pale.

That's my view anyway. Very, very good. Respect.

Krupinkin responds:

Thank you!
Espesially imagin you are driving your fast car after a hard day. Passing through the tunnel, something to keep that mood.
Yeah was bad idea to call it relaxing lol.

[Yun - Your Loving Arms]

Whey!

Dizzee Rascal meets Chicane!

I think this track is superb. I really like how you've managed to incorporate Breakbeat and Techno/Trance together to make this track. It has a fresh sound and would be really good playing in the clubs and that when we're all on a piss-up.

Well worth the time to listen to.

[in the fog]

Hmm...

To be honest...

I can see the fog you say representing a shouded air of mystery as an Edwardian family sit about a table in utter silence, eating their lunch/supper whatever, every now and again making eye contact with each other (mainly the parents) as the children are completely obvlivious to the aurora of tension that presists everytime the parents look at each other.

I like it. This is the way music should be, in the sense that you can be given a picture frame from the author and then paint your own picture with it. Everyone would picture things differently, that's the good thing about being human!