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Title: new beirut spaceport
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Artist: 8bitstrawberry
Genre: Electronica: Trip Hop/Acid Jazz
Reviewed by: _douglas on September 13, 2007 (All reviews by _douglas)

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1Overall Description
This is a really nice track. There are a few things overall about the track that I found a little hard to get into, for instance the opening few instruments. They really bring across this electrical feel that I'm sure you were probably trying to get at but it sounds very spaced out and after a little while they began to feel slightly annoying. You didn't really dwell on the instruments as the center of attention which was great, the song developed and moved on quickly (and really well too) but throughout most of the song you can still hear that repetative rhythm of that one spaced out instrument. I wouldn't have minded so much but it felt very MIDI and that is really what I am trying to get at.

There is another point in the song that was kind of a downer for me and that was the key change section of the song that I felt derived from the mood slightly, if only for a few bars.

Overall I give the song a 4/5. Just based on personal preferences and those very few things about the song that I felt could be improved on. Excellent Performance.
 
2Creativity Description
Creatively this song is pretty impressive. It's a pretty unique sound that I've not really experienced before. It brought in a lot of aspects from other genres and there were a few repetitions and formulas used in the music that made me think a lot of my own music even (although I'm definitely not saying I could produce anything of this quality.) I guess this is partially the kind of creativity I wish I could come up with myself.

The song really brought across this kind of post apocalyptic feel for me a.k.a Fallout meets Tank Girl. I kind of lose the mood of the song around the key change but it all comes back round eventually.
 
3Arrangement Description
There are a lot of subtleties in the music that I think are really amazing. There are a lot of sounds that you don't even pick up on during the first listen so the song gets top marks on replay value. There is a great attention to detail in the panning of certain sounds and instruments on the track which really just make it all the more interesting to listen to.

As for the arrangement of the song itself it's pretty great. The song develops really nicely right from the get go, I feel like it really builds up to some sort of climax (which I guess is why I felt slightly let down by the key change.) There is a piano section of the song right before the keychange which was so short yet really powerful, I felt that this part of the song could have been built off a bit more.

Finally, the ending. I'm afraid this is probably one of my biggest problems with songs. Songs that really build up to some sort of climax and let you down by just ending. I really like the way your song slowed itself down and went out in the same way it started, yet I still feel it ended too suddenly.
 
4Sound Quality Description
As I mentioned before, there were a few instruments used in the song that I didn't really like the sound of. (Pretty much that first instrument that repeats for the most part of the song.) Other than that this is pretty astounding. The quality of most of the instruments is well above par, especially for something that I assume is entirely electrically composed. You have access to some great sounds there and you really know how to use them.

I had a bit of a problem with the levels at first in that the song played far louder than any other sound or piece of music that I have on my computer so I don't know if you were maxing the volume on a few things there that could possibly have been brought back and made a little more subtle but I turned the volume down a notch and got over it.
 
5Does it work as a piece of music Description
An amazing stand alone song. Despite the fact that I've picked through the whole thing and really tried to dig out the flaws (believe me there's not many to find) I don't think anyone should be put off listening/downloading the song from this review. Don't anybody get me wrong, I wouldn't even be reviewing it if it wasn't a top quality song so this is definitely a recommendation from me.

The song carries a great atmosphere and has some really top quality technical things going on that I just don't even understand. I think it deserves a listen from everybody and there's not really much more I can say to big it up so I'll end the review here.
 
Comments
Sep 13 2007 7:21 pm
by TwiTerror
Excellent review (: