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Title: Insomnia (Short Chaos Mix)
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Artist: Spectral the Projection
Genre: Electronica: Trance
Reviewed by: thecanary on October 29, 2007 (All reviews by thecanary)

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1Overall Description
A melody-driven trance tune that doesn't really do anything new with the genre... The artist cannot be faulted for a lack of effort- trance has been around for so long and been done by so many people that it's almost impossible to come up with something truly unique that sets one song apart from the pack. This song is, all in all, a good outing into the genre, despite some flaws in mixing and equalization, and a strange choice of development.
 
2Creativity Description
Like my comments above- this is a difficult genre for true unique creativity, though the arist's creative ability is apparent in the fact that this is a very listenable song with a strong melody and clever use of synths.
 
3Arrangement Description
I love the main melody of this tune- very dramatic. The biggest problem with this track, though, is that the main melody isn't capitalized on the way that it could be. The intro brings us slowly and masterfully toward the point where the melody comes in, but after that the song kind of wanders off toward its end without really pulling us completely into it. I'd like to see this is an eight or nine minute mix with more focus on the central melodic line and a more slowly-developing ending.
 
4Sound Quality Description
There are some serious mixing flaws in this tune that hold it back. The bass drum is swallowed up by the synths and bass and throughout most of the track it doesn't sound clearly defined. A couple adjustments to the EQ could fix this; maybe boost the bassline's low end a little bit and drop the kick drum a little bit to separate them more clearly from each other.
 
5Does it work as a piece of music Description
It certainly works as a piece of music. I do love that main melody- takes me back to the golden days of trance. The biggest problem I have with this track is that it never seems to focus completely on any single element, which seems essential to me in good trance.
 
Comments
Oct 30 2007 2:53 am
by Spectral the Projection
May be I will work more on this track, so it will be longer and more better