Score: 9

"This is bad."

submission: Rig - Am I Cool Yet?

date: December 10, 2009

It feels bad, it sounds bad, it makes me want to do bad things, preferably with bad people, all to look cool.

This is reminiscent of Noisia's breakbeat forays. It's filled with nice touches, varying depth, interesting detail and all riding on that bad, naughty bass.
The voice sample has a bit of irony to it, reminds me of all those people doing stuff for attention, so if it's a poke to them... :D

Great outro too.

Score: 9

"My first Mixtape outsold your CD"

submission: Kill Bill- We Do It Bigger

date: May 24, 2009

This is pretty much indistinguishable from the industry standard.
My only gripes is the silly 'DJ Nitemare Productions' voiceclip (it already has your name on it, don't get narcissistic :P) and the gunshots at the end which I feel are misplaced.

Otherwise this is a top notch production across the board, I wish you cats the best of luck with your endeavor. Catch you on the charts.

Score: 8

"Insight"

submission: Melodic Verbosity edit

date: May 7, 2009

Alright, here goes.

The introduction I think could be longer, you firmly establish a soundscape which you then kinda throw away when the beat drops in. Maybe you could have a more simple beat subtly kick in, going down the road of the melody of the intro, and have that move into the bit that comes after 01:10.
Listening on, perhaps you could even have it continue with everything after 01:57.

This has great potential, all the bits are here, they just need to be put together.

Score: 9

"Hello again"

submission: Jazi

date: March 30, 2009

Remember me? I reviewed The Waves of Life a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

There's an almost Klute-esque sound to this, must be that clap/snare combo, reminds me of 'Oshima' if you know him. Subtle yet apparent bass, guiding the jazzy stabs.
Simple yet elegant and gives this distinct soundtrack to the end of a satisfying day.

Three months seperate this from Waves, so how have you evolved?
Quite a bit, anxious to see where you'll end up when you get older.
I can't really hear anything wrong with this, it'll fit snugly between my Mistabishi, Logistics, London Elektricity and Klute.

Just keep doing what you're doing, don't let anyone tell you otherwise =)

Score: 9

"Your music has... side effects."

submission: - [FUSE] -

date: March 29, 2009

My cat walked in while this was pumping through my speakers.
It exploded, my cat exploded...

You've really nailed a sound of your own, quite the evolution you've embarked on.
Just continue what you're doing now, you'll blast off into the stratosphere, I'm sure of it.

Score: 9

"Didn't know Chicane frequented these parts"

submission: [oove] See the Sun

date: March 13, 2009

How do you like that comparison?

I have gone through a few of your songs, you're one skilled individual.
There's not much I can say which could help you improve, just stick to what you're doing.

You're amazing.

Score: 9

"RAWR..."

submission: .:Reconcile:.

date: January 18, 2009

So... yeah, decided to review this one =)

Is there some Phillip Glass in there I'm hearing? Metamorphosis One comes to mind, from the album 'Glass Cage'. You're quite the skilled person when it comes to piano.
Though I wouldn't quite call this a 'chill-out track'. While it's simple, there's too much 'going on', if you catch my drift. But now I'm getting all nitpicky...

It's brilliant, all around.
And if you're wondering why I didn't give it a 10, well... I never give out 10s!

Score: 8

"The constant fades are rather annoying"

submission: Glacial Heights_sample

date: January 15, 2009

Even though the track's a top notch production in just about every area (I can't really hear anything wrong), the fade-ins and outs completely ruin the coherency and constantly pull the listener out of the song.
I understand it's a preview, but just the first one and a half minute or something to wet my appetite would've worked a lot better.

Score: 9

"Sex"

submission: Rig - Our Secret

date: January 14, 2009

Before I joined NG, I've been tracking you, stalking you... Your bass resonated in my dreams and every time I heard a sound even remotely similar to anything in this song, I'd be reminded of its superb awesomeness.
Late at night, I'd have this playing on my Sennheisers while using my MP3 player to stroke my... cat.

You are one of the top guns here and this song just further cements your place here and tightens your grasp on NG.

Score: 9

"1:20 is just too damn short"

submission: Day04 - The sound of a sunny..

date: January 14, 2009

Really, everything that comes after 0:33 deserves straight A's in my book and can be expanded on. It could quite possibly make one of the greatest songs NG has ever seen.
Though I do agree with SREvol about that snare, something thick, phat and punchy to balance out that sexy kick.

After you're done consider revisiting this, this is top notch material.