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Title: Broken
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Artist: Din
Genre: Electronica: Other
Reviewed by: Spectra on September 19, 2007 (All reviews by Spectra)

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1Overall Description
Far from "broken", a great track that's incomplete rather than a mediocre track that sounds finished...this track has same very creative use of high resonance filters that make the drums "spiral" up and down the frequency spectrum.
 
2Creativity Description
The use of drums, filters, the instrumental "square wave" sounding outro part at 2:40 give it a very unique, minor key feel. Unfortunately that same mood drags on for 5:22...the song seemed to be ending at around 3:00 in mood (almost going into a loop, mood-wise), and, without more exploration into mood, it begins to lose my interest a good bit at about that point. Simply put, there is a good deal of creativity here, but it sounds like unfinished creative work.
 
3Artistic License Description
The minor key mood and drum set-up, still, has "like nothing else" written all over it, as does the nifty echoing snare part starting at 3:07 that really drives good "synchronized" motion into the song (I just wish it had started earlier in the track). It may be "unfinished creativity", but it's enough that I can instantly recognize the song as being by no other artist.
 
4Arrangement Description
Fairly basic of the surface: a couple of standard acid synths, basic but well chosen background strings...but it's those touches, like the echoing of the snares and filters on the drums, that turn a would-be-empty sounding arrangement into something full and unique. The only downside is some of the instrument chosen, through clear, sound a bit thin...it's like comparing very well programmed analogue synth output to something from Way Out West's K5000 additive synth...yes what's here is very good, but it's not "oh my G-d" good...at least yet.
 
5Sound Quality Description
Simply Crystal clear. Yes, the kick drum is low rather than loud, and no doubt some listeners will use that as an excuse to say this song is "non-pro", but the fact is this arrangement also brings out the bass power in the snares and other instruments and gives the song a supposedly intentional and definitively confident, unique feel. It's not "right" or "wrong", but rather "confidently different", and that's a great thing.
 
6Does it work as a piece of music Description
It feels like an unfinished great song...everything that's there works but it needs an extra key and or mood or two and some more depth-inducing sounds to really jump to the next level and entertain for its full 5:22 length.
 
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