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Title: Minus_One Z-remix
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Artist: zaphoid
Genre: Electronica: Trance
Reviewed by: Spectra on August 31, 2007 (All reviews by Spectra)

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1Overall Description
Haunting wind-like tones pierce the high-end while halo-like pads sparkle in the mid range...and all the cymbals keep up the "fluttery" feel of this track. The Krupa-esque toms the float through the intro add an ethnic touch and sound very harmonic and fluttery rather than forced (as with most dance songs) ...just classic.
However the instruments that come in, starting at about 2:00, minus the well chosen piano melodies, put a rough edge to the seem-lessly smooth mood before and, although some of the portamentos around 5:00 put back the "flutter" and at 7:50 some very jazzy and deep synths really float the mix, the song loses some of its magic edge in general vs. it's intro.
 
2Creativity Description
Somewhere between 4.5 and 5. The melodies are a bit mellow, as opposed between the highly multi-tonal wind sounds in the background and the use of everything from multi-tonal toms to saxaphon-ish instruments to flutes all in good context.
 
3Artistic License Description
Same as for creativity.
 
4Arrangement Description
As said above very creative...the slowness of the melody and instruments used (some demo-ish, although very clear) have a "Musak" IE supermarket background music feel to them that adds a bit of uninvited "sleepy" feel to the song, but otherwise it's a 5 all around here.
 
5Sound Quality Description
Excellent...note to musicians taking this many instruments and layers and making them all work together is something only true experts can do well.
 
6Does it work as a piece of music Description
Aside from the "musak factor" mentioned above, this one shines as being not just well arranged but also very progressive, more so than even many jazz-pieces.
 
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