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Title: Edison Slide
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Artist: surasshu
Genre: Electronica: Drum & Bass
Reviewed by: Void Pointer on June 25, 2007 (All reviews by Void Pointer)

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1Overall Description
This song sure is interesting. It has a few elements that are just awesome, but because most of the ideas aren't worked out properly it fails to shine brightly.

The bassline that is introduced around 0:53 is pure genius. It's rough, it's dark, it's aggressive.. it has this mean sound, like it's coming after you. Nice filtering, too.
The swoosh FX you used works like a charm, it's rather uplifting. I like the most of the percussion aswell, perhaps the bleeps get kinda anoying when you pay alot of attention to them but that's just a minor bug..

The thing I'm not too fund is is the soundquality. Everything is squashed by the compressor so badly it gets really tiring for my ears. The mixdown is rather muddy, I suggest some more highpassing to most of the elements (except the kick and bass) to clean it all up a bit. Everything just sounds so overwhelming, you really should watch those volumes! ;)
I also noticed some hats have earpiercing frequencies, try to fix that by cutting off the high end with an Equalizer or LP-Filter.

Another thing that is totally lacking is STRUCTURE. This song goes everywhere, without having a real connection with other parts. You introduce new stuff, let old stuff out. The only thing that stays intact throughout the song is the beat, which clearly isn't enough to create a solid structure.

I found the ending really dissapointing. Just when the track starts rolling it ends with a fade-out, kinda uncreative if you ask me! I'd love to hear an extended version one day..

All in all this is a mediocre track with lotsa potential. It lacks structure, length and proper soundquality. Still, the bassline is way cool!
 
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