Splagawaga's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Heroe Worship]

gut stuff

i think the other reviews say it all pedro

this tracks a big leap. finally some un-ashamed vocals. tom will definately love this one. its very much nicey.

its time to pack up the babies into a demo and start sending them to the devils!

the middle section vocal is my favorite. although the end section is lovely as well.

sleep for me.

ps. gonna email this to guy

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

yeh, wotever twat, i guess you see who your friends are (ya get me star?)...
haha
yep, sleep yourself quiz boy, we needs all our energy to kick some a-hole in Reading, failing that we can borrow some of Mouths cheer... or at least kiss his guns...
'there's too much ketamin at this party' repeat.
parp
;ped

[moderntragedy]

summary

a tragedy indd...
love the transition to the smooth mid section.

do i need to write more?

nah i wont bother.

quality track

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

no, no... don't speak, hehe, need i write more?
;ped

[regretamine (early version)]

yes!

cunning...

i really like the whole tone of this track. the piano chords have a crisp and distorted sounds, at the same time. the bass tones sounds wicked aswell.

its sounding really good for an early version.

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

nice one wagsypants, thanks for the idea of the mad offstep near the beginning. yeh, managed to find a setup using vst's which is super efficiant for getting that classic grimey squelch bass u do with reason (the one at the end of this track). yeh, straight 10's, what have u been smoking sonnyjim?
;ped

[WC > Cocaine]

ttheh

very much the watercolour style this track. the big drums sound excellent more of this please. when the bassline came in then dropped with the beat sounded very smooth, nicely done.

StrangeEncounters responds:

I was gonna add some dist drums. Anyways, glad that I've made my style.

[-=LJC=- Hell if I know ...]

um

sounds german. bleak as hell. not that german's are bleak :) oof, we've suddenly jumped from germany to middle eastern style sitars and a funky beat. weird change. hmmmm still sounds bleak tho. cool track.
hell if i know...

LJCoffee responds:

Yeah I like doing things like that I suppose - jamming things together that may not mix correctly - sparse drums mixed with the twitchy strings.

I really wasn't sure what to make of it hence the name...

[-=LJC=- She fed me the lotus]

chomping

autechre style difficult drums. with a little more finesse than autechre. im not so much a fan of their deliberate nuking of rhythmn just for the sake of sounding other worldly, but this has just enough of it. extremely crisp and sharp percussion. the atmosphere is a little non-descript but the drums hold things up. gut schtuff

LJCoffee responds:

Never listened to much Autechre - in fact, I might have heard a song or two but that's about it.

Yeahp - the atmosphere should probably sit still a little longer eh? It spans too many decades to comfortably fit into a 2 or 3 minute track..

[-=LJC=- Toy Piano »LOOP«]

film?

mysterious sounds to this one. sounds almost like a toy piano stuck inside a computer. would do for a market scene in this film your gonna make :) a sophisticated little loop, but a loop nevertheless.
smooch

LJCoffee responds:

Yeah - just a quickie... Actually it was just a few left over bits from other things - they never got used and so I threw them into a dish and gave it all a stir to see what would happen - At one point there were a few bars that sounded alright so they got stripped out and turned into this little loop.

So many people have been bitching about wanting to see more loops on NG so I figured what the hell...

I might have to disagree with you on the scores though - a 6 for effort is WWWWWWWWAAAAYY to much... I'd go with a 3. :D

[-=LJC=- ²³apples]

stuff

hehe, another one i like from the offset. that melody brings a smile to my face, despite the fact that its trying to climb through all those effects. oh, its gone. nevermind. slick drums. like the granular clangs and stretches. the ambience is a little non descript but the drums hold it atm. subtle female vocals. a suitably sci-fi little number. you should get into film.
not a bad one.

LJCoffee responds:

This is the second time that you've mentioned the atmosphere or ambience being a little non-descript... I guess I do that alot huh... I don't know - I sort of like the mixed veg approach - some of this some of that - some other shite that probably shouldn't belong but damnit it really should fit... Where the hammer?

Get into film eh? - well, I guess I'll have to talk to a few people about that.

Thanks!

[-=LJC=- Rain]

nice one

the very very intro, was sweet. sharp and surprising. i like this track already. the 'hi-hat' part suits it nicely. sounds very wet and squelchy. in terms of style this is rural, almost native american sounding track. WAHEY and its got a 3rd section, really like that percussive trickle thing. and the thunderclaps kicks. i think this take top spot for me out of the ambient tracks of yours. could have done with more build up perhaps a higher more elevated melody to come in at a peak in the track. very nice anyway. 9!

LJCoffee responds:

Thanks - this piece was originally intended to be wwwwaaaaayy longer but at some point I decided to chop it down and submit it - I'd probably still be working on it if I didn't... Once it was chopped up I'm sure that it lost something but.. well... that's how it goes.

[-=LJC=- Slumber]

gimme more

:D comb filter bounceyness. from the outset this sounds like one of your most full tracks. im only a short way in but i hope this will go the distance and build up and up. your production as ever is extremely good but a consistant fault i have with your tracks (sorry if i sound like a twat)is that they often build to a short way into a loop and dont ever take claim a space in time. theres no journey from start to finish, its more a journey from start to loop. just an observation. this is still a very beautiful track. /flinch

LJCoffee responds:

comb filter bounceyness eh? You want a copy of the .rns to see how it was put together?

Consistent fault - I don't mind the criticisma t all - it helps alot - and I hardly think you're a twat for saying what you think. - Building up too short into a loop is definitely what happens with alot of this stuff.

Earlier on, it seemed that you really only had a few seconds to hook people before they just said "fuck it" and voted zero, so I got into that habit of trying to get into it as quickly as possible - plus so many people have cried about how there should be more loops on NG blah blah blah - anyways - I developed a few bad habits and I guess they just sort of stuck - I'm trying to break them though

:D