dj-padman1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Obz Cure]

Oooooh

Damn fine IDM here! Getting a definite BOC - even a slight Radiohead feel - from those snaky arps that ooze out at all the right places. Lots and lots of tasty variation in your percussion which is great and I'm impressed with a lot of the snare hits really working together with impulses in the track.
Glides along really well overall, a nice array of pads and eerie textures keeping things interesting. Nice, you've just dropped back the original synth, love a good bit of portamento.
Nice, stuttered drums here, yeah, KB was right, I want this to blow up in a big way! It was sounding like it was warming up to more modern version of Aphex Twins Bucephalus Bouncing Ball. But there were some absolutely wickedly programmed glitches and cool esoteric synth programming following, (love the suction sounds) which gave the track a really effective 'icing on the cake' feel.
Congratz, superb track!

P.S Thanks for your NUMEROUS reviews, if you didn't invent a program to tap into your id and automatically write reviews for you while you sleep, then I thank you humbly for your time and well constructed judgement! I guess I owe you about 30 reviews now or something! Well, it'll be a pleasure I predict.

Splagawaga responds:

thx for the extensive review to this one. this is definately one of my proudest recent tracks. nice to see some1 noticed the radiohead influence, wasnt really intended but i spent alot of my time growing up with radiohead.

from what u and KB said about the track doubling up im really regreting not attempting it. the more i think about it the more it seems to stop 'halfway'.

ofc, love the portamento, gives everything a bit more life :)

P.S. hehe i wish i had a program that would listen to peoples tunes, form my opinion then write a review, im not quite there yet. im gonna work my way through the rest of your tracks today. theyre alot longer than most of the loops on NG so the listening and review requires more thought. rescpect for the composition.

[Hyperion--_--(2:49)]

yoyo

You make music!

PERVOK responds:

LOLNO

[-Orr-A Hero Reborn]

great track!

Impressive work, without reading the description of the song, the music by itself gave that impression to me, that this was the start of an epic story. Thats always a sign that you're doing extremely well, when you can actually convey a message through music.
A really outstanding production through all its phases and always interesting. I was particularly impressed with the subtlety of the dynamics at the start with the flute, harp and horns and the expression they achieved when they swelled up.
Extremely well mixed strings and the transition into the more intense section was again excellent. Some very fine 'military' percussion (man, I'm a classical review newb), and the horns were brilliant.
Keep it up man, you're doing great!

DavidOrr responds:

Hey padman, thanks for the comments! I'm glad I was able to convey the message I was trying to.

Keep up the great work yourself.

[rapture 2012 (wargasm)]

Very noice.

Cool alternative track here. It gets a bit crazy with the distorted vocal at the end and that might hurt your download figures a bit! Nice to have that guitar strum play incessantly throughout that vocal part. Reminds me a bit of Radiohead.
Some very fine glitch and minimalism, the beatboxing was very unusual but sounded ace. Nice mix of the ethnic sounds and the violin, is that the crazy frog or something before the middle eastern vocal, and the african drums, maybe its an african vocal? Man, there's something here for the whole family.
Great synth stabs giving a kind of classical feeling to it, very nice with the eighth note pattern.
Well, once again you've impressed me with your inventiveness. Very enjoyable listen. The guitar buildup into the distorted vocal was killer by the way.

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

thanks the pad,
thought the end part might put some people off but quite frankly, i don't care - it amused me and works for the theme. glad u enjoyed the track tho:)
;ped

[Charged]

Awesome stuff!

Damn, that is one catchy riff, it sounds exactly like something that should be on 2006 Breaks annual or something. I love what you've done with the phased percussion. I thought the higher led sound that comes in at 1:30 was a little bit awkward and the track kind of lost its way a bit. But the sweep back in at 2:20 was genius!
If you tighten up the screws just a little more I reckon this one could be big.

KaiSun responds:

Thats a big compliment, thanks man. The riff is from aerosoul, I get caught up with old songs and find it hard to make new ones sometimes.
The high lead half way through was me running out of inspiration, Ill probly end up coming back to it again. Thanks for the kind words.

[Dreamerz: Machines Will Fall]

Sweet stuff

Very nice old school rave feeling. I'm diggin' the air-raid sirens, haven't heard that one for a while! Strong beat throughout and you have some awesome transitions, the 'kettle' buildup was out of this world, and I really loved the bass tones that came afterwards!
Very nice track man, congratz.

itsameyayo responds:

Thanks man! Great to have people who like teh music! Your stuff iz teh awesome as well : )

-Thanks man, the good and constructive reviews always mean a lot!

-SuperDrummer146

[{ANT} - Cyclone Escape]

Awesome tuneage

Rockin track man, I love the high energy in this one. The bass is really thick and driving and the leads work perfectly. I'm impressed!

Anth0n responds:

Glad the bass helps it out, the original intention of the thick bass was to hide the terrible percussion lol. I made the song without the bass and people kept saying the percussion was bad, so I put it in and it worked like magic.

Enough ranting from me. Thanks for the review!

[bannerama]

Nice one

Sounding good Syntrus! The bass and beats in this one are really rockin'. Congratz, this is a very well put together track. Nice buildups and fills and variations. Keep up the great work! Maybe a giant dirty lead instrument at the peak of the song would be cool though.

Syntrus responds:

thx man i'll consider the lead for next time

[The Final Warrior]

Sounding good

Pretty unique track you have here. The transition with the birds and water fx is unusual but interesting going into the cool acid techno sequence. The strings sound good throughout, and the drums although a bit common fit well.
Nice one, maybe your sequencing skills would help you make more of a club oriented techno track someday?

MusicalOdyssey responds:

Thanks for dropping me my first review.

I'm finishing up my second one today so maybe if you have time you could review that one too.

[Progenitor]

A good start

Well, its a lot better than most peoples first tracks, and definitely better than my first track. I mean, your progressions and riffs are fine. Maybe the track is a bit robotic though, kind of like 'this plays for 4 bars, then put across another loop for 4 bars, and so on'. Perhaps work on making some snappier riffs instead of the very dense, continuous ones. The plucked kind of bass that comes in after the beat is introduced is one example. It's not really giving any life to the track. Just continuous eighth notes. Its hard to do, but its worth the trouble to try and make memorable riffs. Just mess around in the piano roll, it doesn't come by magic!

Also, the beats. You'll thank me when you start running your kick and snare through some effects, maybe some light distortion or waveshaper. That will instantly make your groove tighter and punchier. Don't be afraid to chuck some factory drumloops over your tracks, even the pros do it, and its a real time saver!

Keep going, you're doing well so far.

G9 responds:

Thanks man... yes, the track is very organized... perhaps too organized, in the air you're running this review at. It was pretty much all layer composition, if you know what I mean.

I'm not sure how to do those effects... I've purchased a book, and I'll be running through it this year. I'll definitely give it a try in the future.

Thanks for the review!