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Title: TELEPOPE (Din Remix)
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Artist: Din
Genre: Electronica: Other
Reviewed by: Spectra on October 12, 2007 (All reviews by Spectra)

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1Overall Description
An excellent slow dark new-wave meets metal style/mooded song with a very strong groove (a bit of a cross-over between Linkin Park and Nine Inch Nails styles) for those who have patience...
The way the groove comes together at 1:12 with Vangelis-like synths playing strong arab-influenced melodies give a great mystical vibe that evolves as more acid-ish synth join in around 2:30...by 2:50 to mood seems to have turned over on itself from dark to light, something Keith 303 might do and an awesome twist.
 
2Creativity Description
Continuing this may seem like yet another NIN-style song...but it works its way deeper into its mood and flips it seemlessly from darker to lighter, more resolved vibes in a way good enough to do even scene leaders like Keith 303 proud. This track is very sneaky in its progressiveness though...if I'd have just skimmed random parts I would have given it a 3 because the creative brilliance is in the subtleties. The way the acid sweeps creep their way in and duel it out with the Vangelis like (but much more aggressive) synth at 4:30 is brilliant: both epic and relaxed, dark and resolves...way to balance those layers!
 
3Artistic License Description
On one hand, it arguable a lot like Nine Inch Nails...if I would have heard it I could almost mistake it for an NIN song for an upcoming/unreleased album. On the other hand, the subtlety of the evolution combined with the fact by the end of the song it becomes layered to the point of sounding near-orchestral makes this, dare I say it, BETTER and more soulful than Nine Inch Nails. What's needed to make it a 5 is to put more of the detail and aggressiveness in the "mood swings" that rock out later in the song in the beginning.
 
4Arrangement Description
What starts off as very simple and predictable becomes incredibly complex and unpredictable yet maintaining the groove. Again my only complaint here is the depth should start sooner to avoid losing a listener early on in the song, also some strategic drum inserts, as well as additional melodies layers, would help handle listener ADD more effectively. :-)
 
5Sound Quality Description
It may have some noisy instruments, but it does in the same intelligently aggressive way Nine Inch Nails and Linkin Park do in their music (and just as harmonically sound and clear), only done with more depth and personality. This is, in fact, a great example of how, in the right hands, Impulse Tracker is not an obsolete music format. :-)
 
6Does it work as a piece of music Description
Despite a few patience issues with how long it takes for the song to really pick up this is a superb example of how soul and personality can be layered onto an unassuming simple groove turning it into something incredibly driven...great work!
 
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