phosphorusprocedure's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Me Being Random]

Wow, I like the synth. Nice chords. I think the vocal samples are a tad out of place, given the track was kinda smooth R&B up until then. Same with the soccer game horn. The track sounds real good though. I like the key change or whatever it was at 1:27. I liked the stripped down drums at the intro a little more than the crazy hat pattern you added in later. All in all though, I dig it.

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks phosphorus. Yeah the vocal samples are a bit different, but I just wanted to put my own unique twist on it. Yeah that was a slight key change. Just wanted to change things up at about the 1:30 mark. Thanks for the feedback bro!

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[In the Dark]

Cool as hell, but creepy too. Reminds me of Silent Hill 2. DJ scratching was a nice touch. The weird drones on top remind me of El-P circa 2002. Good shit.

BOULLIE responds:

Silent Hill 2 was my shit! I can definitely see it.

and thanks for bumpin' the beat.

[Gravity]

Real jazzy. Lots of cool layers. I liked how the bassline was pushed way far back. Vocal samples were cool. Real nice.

BOULLIE responds:

Thanks man.

[Folks (I got)]

At :45, is that a flute? It matches with the track real well. The drum/bassline combination remind me of early Massive Attack. Cool synth at 1:24. Nice chords. Cool shit. There's a little distortion on the kick somewhere in the loop. That's the only thing that bugs me. Otherwise, real nice.

BOULLIE responds:

Thanks

[YOLO_10 (WIP)]

I like the combination of the old school house synth and the late 80s Pauls' Boutique kinda hip hop (for instance, the funky drum beat with the jingles in it). The synth at :57 is my favorite. Sounds batshit.

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks PhoPro! I haven't actually listened to Pauls' Boutique (I know, shock horror) but I can see what you like about that synth. It's pretty funky, right? Yeah, funky is the only adjective I know how to use properly. Oh well.

[+o32.]

Wow. DIg the bassline. Drums are real frenetic, but relaxed at the same time. That weird sine wave/synth wash reverby thing is way cool and atmospheric. Is that real turntablism? Like, with actual turntables and stuff? What are you scratching, a horn sample? Cool as fuck. Sounds real dusty.

ecotype responds:

Ha thanks man! That was a scratch simulation with a DAW Turntable. It was a first and only since I wanted to save incorporating cuts into my tracks with the use of an actual turntable. Might just have to boot it up again one of these days and see how far it can actually go!

[-His & Hers- Deathbeds]

I like the intro, cool flutter there. At :15, I think the voice you used for the Illinois line was a tad forced, especially since that was the only line where you changed your voice that much. The track's got this surreal nursery rhyme effect to it, which I think fits the dark subject matter. I noticed in this track, and The Alchemist's Beginning, you tend to end a lot of lines right on the bar line and there's always this slight pause until you start the next line. It'd be really cool if at some point, you tried experimenting with what happens in those pauses. Make some lines short, some lines long. Mix it up. I don't know. You got the vocabulary for it, you got the flow for it, you got the imagination for it. Oh, and thanks for using my beat! If I come up with a better one, I'll let you know.

[Recipe Remix- Alias]

I like this a lot. I like the way you cram a couple extra syllables in spots where normally one would go. There's this really cool variation of crammed lines versus spacious lines, and it makes your voice really cool to listen to. The beat's fucking dope. It's from "Kendrick Lamar's Recipe"? What is that?

aliasf responds:

kendrick lamar is a rapper and the song is called "the recipe". i'd look it up. i try to flow similar in a sense to him

[Woes 'n Sorrows]

LOVE the chord at :13. DOPE percussion. Sweet melodies/harmonies. Good mix. Cool music.

samulis responds:

Thanks, man. I rarely do a violin feature... in this case it was a group of violins. :D

[Red Ridinghood Theme]

This sounds like the part in the movie where the kid discovers his magical spellcasting powers and starts doing goofy stuff like turn frogs into popcorn and back again. Real nice production values. All the instruments are well used and well mixed. Melody's pretty good, too, in an Elder Scrolls meets Pixar kind of way. I think maybe the bells could use a little bit more reverb, or EQ, or something. I dunno, it's the least organic instrument I'm hearing in the whole piece, so it could use something. But everything else sounds great.

samulis responds:

Thanks, Phos. I wanted something that sounded more like a mystical fairy tale music than most of my stuff.