Please check out my new track 'Play the Theme' and post your comments here!!!
Track that lay in my shelf for a few months. I started working on if after I was checking out Reason 3.0 and I got some new ideas, so I got to work again.
The goal was a brutal and quite hard track, but with a special groove that should still be danceable, I think I got close to that.
I'm pretty pleased with the sound of it too, coz it does sound quite brutal.
I know it's kinda repetetive, but I felt like this track should be about this theme with this groove, so that's what I did. That's also the reason the track is quite short (under 5 minutes). I think this might be a good track to play between 2 other tracks, not playing it too long. Might be a nice change in the set, no?
Anywayz, tell me what you think! And yeah, Evol Intent has a great influence on me, I plead guilty!!! :D
This track has been deleted on the producer's request
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- Pieter Frenssen 2004
Everytime I see "surya" in the title of a song, I check it out. But this track.. I don't know.. It gets kinda boring .. I'm not sure about the structure of the drums, they're like, oh here a bd, there a snare..
I like your other tracks, but this ... I dunno man
Intro is nice, cool vocal, but it's a bit empty. But that gets better as the track continues though.
Unlike rude, i like the structure of the drums very much. Some original things
And also nice effects... But you are right when you say it's a bit too repetitive...
I think that you did a good job though, considering your goals was to make a brutal and hard track...
But I think I've heard more brutal tracks from you though...
Bass is cool too. Your sound is really good, but there's one BD that is just a little too loud I think. But it's only in there a few times...
Overall I think it's quite good. 3.5/5
Originally posted by marine289
but there's one BD that is just a little too loud I think. But it's only in there a few times...
Yeah, but I intended it more as some kind of kicking bassline, and it had to have impact, thats why I made it slightly louder...
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Originally posted by Halph-Price
surya do you use samples for your instruments?
Mostly, yes. I spend a lot of time making them and altering them with all kinds of filters...
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Originally posted by Halph-Price
how do you come up with all thoes variations.
Dunno. I play the track, and when I think "this is kinda enough of the same" I go "lets fuck it up" and then I start experimenting. I try doing unexpected things that still kinda fit in the groove of the track.
Mostly I copy/paste the basic structure and then I start adding variations all over. That way I don't have the same variations the whole time. This is the part that takes up most time when making the track. I've spend 3 whole days just on the variations in thisone.
Anyways, everybody, tnx for the feedback, and I kinda expected not everyone would like this as much as my other tracks since it is kinda different.
__ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim"
- Pieter Frenssen 2004
I'm sorry, but this is one of the best tracks I've ever heard you make Surya. The sound is fucking mint, the synths are fucking juiced, and the groove is fucking ruff'n'tuff. I can definately hear the EI in there. The only thing I might not like, would be that main synth you use, it doesn't seem gruff enough for me...although it does have nice eerie feeling to it.
First breakdown, nice and mellow. It's pretty hard, but it feels like it could be harder. You're not using samples for those sounds are you? Some of them sound familiar, but I'm not entirely sure. I honestly don't see how anyone can say this is repetitive, it's one of your least repetitive songs yet. I think you should stick with this style, it's very becoming, and you do it rather well.
4.5/5 for sound
5/5 for sequencing/idea
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hard, clean, and heavy.
i think the lead could use some more volume just too make it jump out a bit more, but thats all i can say. the rest of the track is deadly.
nice work choppin the beat up.
Definitely your best track yet - still has great levels and sound quality - but this has a lot more going on than usual - great dark, unpredictable structure - love it. I'll give a more detailed review later but just got in from Miami and marking is piled high. A 5/5 from me - one of the best tracks I've heard on this site for sure - right on bro!!
Hard and darksounding tune. Great mix. You havn't got your own style - try to make something different out of the style to get an unic sound. I'd rather have some more softer places as contrast to the hard.
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Originally posted by Abnormalbrain
You havn't got your own style - try to make something different out of the style to get an unic sound.
Dunno man, I moved into this style from a more generic sound, and I'm absolutly lovin it. This is my style. And maybe some other people produce the same style, that doesn't mean this style isn't my onw. At least, that's what I think
Tnx for the reviews everyone!
__ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim"
- Pieter Frenssen 2004
This track is great, long time we heard something from u surya
I love the drumsequensing, real professional, remembers me of EO. I like the layered trianglish bells, a lil bit of prodigy. Snares and snare rolls sound nice.
Alot of nice details like effects and extra kicks...
Only negative point imo is that the mainsynth needs more variation...
Big ups
Malinaz represent
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Retroshift: 25-03-2005 21:54.
i just think the sounds just get old quickly... this first drop is very early which doesnt help trying to keep it interesting... you give away too much too early
the panning in the vocals is a bit overdone
that bit at 1:55 is wicked
definitely worth having another go at this one
4.5/5
btw is that a tramen chop? nicely done
whats the effect you used on it???
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NICE IDEA BUT JUST GOES NOWHERE A STYLE ALREDY BEING SMASHED DRUM AND BASS ONCE AGAIN SHALL FALL INTO THE DEPTHS IF WE ALL KEEP DOING THE SAME THING . NEW AND DIFFERENT . I HAVE HEARD TRACKS BY SURYA THAT I LIKE BUT THIS UNFORTUNATLY IS NOT ONE OF THEM. ANYONE DOING NEW STLYE GIVE US A SHOUT
Originally posted by reckon
btw is that a tramen chop? nicely done
whats the effect you used on it???
There is a tramen in some parts, but the main beats are just one-shots samples.
The tramen has very little effects on it, just has some hats and rides and stuff layered. Offcourse I chopped it
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Originally posted by RYAN
NICE IDEA BUT JUST GOES NOWHERE A STYLE ALREDY BEING SMASHED DRUM AND BASS ONCE AGAIN SHALL FALL INTO THE DEPTHS IF WE ALL KEEP DOING THE SAME THING . NEW AND DIFFERENT .
I don't try doing new things per se, I just try making music I like making and listening too, and if it's new, that's good for me, but if it isn't that's just as good. Why change a winning fomula? (not that I follow a formula, I just do my thing
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PS: try not using caps lock when typing
__ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim"
- Pieter Frenssen 2004
WHO'S WINNING FORMULA ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, DRUM AND BASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT PUSHING THINGS FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOUR SAYING AND THINK PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE MUSIC BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WITHOUT LIMITS... BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO REALISE IS THAT YOU POSTED YOUR TUNE AND ASKED FOR FEEDBACK ON THAT CERTAIN TUNE. MY REMARK WAS FOR THAT TUNE AND NOT A QUESTION ON YOUR WHOLE MUSICAL ETHOS OR THE REASON YOU DID IT.
Offcourse, but I wanted you to know what I thought about your feedback. But thanks anyway
Thanks to everyone in fact!
And that winning formula is what I call it since it's what I want to hear: rough beats with lots of switches and variations, ripping and kicking basslines with unexpected twists
__ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim"
- Pieter Frenssen 2004
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mate I fuckin love this one...nuff said
