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Title: Rising Sun
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Artist: tokai
Genre: Electronica: Progressive
Reviewed by: Simeon on December 24, 2007 (All reviews by Simeon)

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1Overall Description
Well , as an overall, nothing special is going on, on this extremely minimalistic "trance wannabe"... I may be mistaken but this brings back memories of the early stages of fruity loops 2 development which means , samples sound a bit old , so does the basic idea of this track.
 
2Creativity Description
I'll have to rate this section with a low score because even though i heard this track 3-4 times , nothing sounded ehmmmm, unique , or even interesting enough. Things get repetitive really fast. Only one hihat is present , no snares , one synthpad etc etc... all in all 5 instruments...It's my opinion that this is just NOT creative enough..
 
3Artistic License Description
This is definatelly not a trance track... Progressive?? maybe... But, if i personally wanted to listen to a progressive track and this came up , i'd probably pass... Eventhough the samples blend nicely together , especially on 1:40 (which is the part i liked the most) repetitivity ,minimalism and lack of creativity didn't allow me to enjoy the track...
 
4Arrangement Description
The piece has a certain "structure"... which is correct... None of the sounds used covers another, but i feel no good work was done in the panning section.
 
5Sound Quality Description
I'll make one lucky guess and say that Tokai is a new composer... Having this in my mind and the fact that the tracks sounds like the tracks i used to create a few years ago on my first steps on mixing (i am still a newbie on mastering) i'll just say that mixing , panning and rest are simply average. Nothing sounds bad , it's just that the track gives you the impression that every instrument was given the same fx channel...
 
6Does it work as a piece of music Description
I really was not impressed...Even when i thought something was going to happen (1:40) i was wrong... Still , practice makes perfection and its obvious you need to practice and experiment more... keep up.
 
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