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thechronic 
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Registration Date: 01-11-2002
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Hmm this track has been online for over 3 months, has 230 downloads and not a single review?? Time to change that! 
The main theme of the track (the flute loop) is very addictive indeed, but I have to admit I'm a bit of a sucker for fast jazzy flutes since I heard Hugo Boogaerts playing
The warped filtered fast bassline is nice too (great melody!! 
), and the jazzy drums sound nice and are well programmed, subtle but with a nice flow, love the tom fills
The biggest problem is the buildup, there are only a few elements (flute loop, 3 drum parts, percussion, claps, bassline and a couple of effects - the whoosh thing (which is a bit too fast for my ears) and the low sound effect in the middle). The most important parts are given away in the first couple of bars which you really shouldn't do, make the intro much longer and introduce the elements slowly one at a time.
My favourite part is the breakdown in the middle of the track (2:01) with only the flute and two jazzy drum parts.
The 808 kick is too powerful, the percussion is well laid out in stereo but is too loud in most parts of the song. The flute could use some dynamic effects. It just sits there in the middle blowing on and on, you could do very interesting stuff with it by moving it in the stereo field and applying some effects on it.
Whoosh effect is too loud and shouldn't be in the centre.
There is also a lot of noise modulation in the track, and the fade out has a lot of quantization noise. Only when the track gets really dense the noise is not so obvious. Try to get the noise under control for a more professional result 
This might all sound very negative, but I really like the basic ideas behind the track, it's original and interesting, it just needs to be worked out!!
edit: there's no noise, it was a bad configuration in my winamp
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23-05-2004 16:22 |
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Surya
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Registration Date: 04-11-2002
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Like the bassline
Drums could use a slight boost, but not the kick, which overpowers the rest. Turn that down, maybe give it a bit more mid to make it more auditable
The flute thing: a bit weird to use it in DnB no? It's nice, but it doesn't really fit into my narrow minded image of DnB...
Although the track isn't even 4 minutes, you shouldn't make it longer, or you will really have to add more elements, coz it will become boring then
2.25/5
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16-07-2004 11:44 |
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