Reviews written by Louigi Verona

Toothpick
Reviewed: August 08, 2007
Artist: DuskWire
This is an instrumental song. Although stated as Chillout/Lounge and Ambient, it has only a very remote connection to these genres. I would classify the tune as Instrumental. If the long intro was meant to be ambientish or chillout, it didn't work. The melody has potential, but in my opinion it sho
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Amnesiac's lullaby
Reviewed: July 19, 2007
Artist: grip
A bit dark, this tune might still work as a lullaby, imagining a traveller falling asleep in a cave, tired from all the mischiefs and seeing weird dreams. Hovering strings and voices, haunted rythm and moog-type bass - basically the only thing that's happening, putting you into trance. Really nice
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The Darkest Thoughts
Reviewed: July 12, 2007
Artist: David_Ruzicka
An easy listening tune which if sung could've been a ballad song. Melancholic, it follows a simple chord picture and basically has two themes - verse and chorus. I did not like the tune much, for I didn't find much variety in it and the main theme was not as attractive to me so that I would want t
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Pensive Poltergeist
Reviewed: July 12, 2007
Artist: slammy
A chilly tune with lots of variations and consisting of several parts, lots of surprises. The best genre which would categorize it is indeed Other, though some parts strongly remind of xerxes. The tune is very difficult to rate - while being very cleverly done and generally fun to listen to, it's
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Euphoria
Reviewed: July 12, 2007
Artist: Spectral the Projection
Generally, I liked the track. A sort of trance they did in the 1990s, blending club house with trancey sound and trancey scales. I love the way the build up is done here, never could achieve that same effect of fading in the lead and the starting the drums - in my version it never sounded so damn gr
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sparkles
Reviewed: July 12, 2007
Artist: grip
This is a demostlye tune, fast paced and with lots of traditional tracked music details, like glissandos, typical chord changes, themes and samples. Nicely written, the tune breathes with life and inspiration, and brings back the good memories for those who love tracked music.
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Bards Song (Extended Tavern Mix)
Reviewed: July 11, 2007
Artist: Spectral the Projection
This is a remake (not a remix) of Enya's composition "Bard's dance" which means that the artist remade everything from scratch, at least that's how it sounds. And it sounds very close to the original. In fact, it's almost the original but a couple of sound effects and the panning.
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The Immeasurable Breadth of Night
Reviewed: July 11, 2007
Artist: soudou
This is an ambient kind of tune played with electric guitar. Atmospheric, long, improvised, it creates rich atmosphere and an urban-feel sound, which gives you an impression of night and loneliness. The tune however is far from being relaxing and holds you in a state of certain tension.
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Imaginary friends
Reviewed: July 11, 2007
Artist: grip
An electronic track of a genre difficult to put a finger on. Something between trip-hop and lounge, though the drums are to heavy and steady to call it trip-hop and the track is too concrete to call it lounge. The impression I got from it is that it can be background music to a movie/game about gho
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Piepschuim
Reviewed: July 10, 2007
Artist: Void Pointer
A house tune which has strong inclination towards chip/tracked music. Oldschool feel, micro sounds, energetic beat. It might be very good to be used in a demo, however musically seems to be somewhat weak, meaning that it is not as enjoyable to attentively listen to than if it's in the background. T
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Changes
Reviewed: July 09, 2007
Artist: Void Pointer
This is a track very difficult to genremize. Not exactly ambient, not exactly anything else. I would put a genre as Electronica: Void Pointer. The whole piece is based on a very emotional lead which just flows there, playing variations around the chord changes. The tune is short like a wise saying.
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corner atmospheres
Reviewed: July 09, 2007
Artist: dj io
This is an instrumental with lots of synths and harmonies which are much more complex than you would usually expect from a tune of this genre. One of the strong points of the tune is it's imperfection. You don't get a polished out motif, instead you have harmonies and untrivial progression, but n
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Earth Cycles (Awakening)
Reviewed: July 09, 2007
Artist: solo
This is a classical ambient tune - sound effects, pads, slow progression. Consists of several parts, each with a slightly different impression, yet all parts fit well together and create an internal atmosphere. The biggest specialty of this track are tasty electronic sounds, which give you an impres
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