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Title: clinefield
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Artist: grip
Genre: Electronica: Breakbeat/Breaks
Reviewed by: xylyx on August 14, 2007 (All reviews by xylyx)

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1Overall Description
This piece sets me very much in mind of early to mid 90's Warp stuff and wouldn't sound out of place on their Artificial Intelligence compilations. It's a relatively simplistic piece melody-wise, but it is amazing how often simplicity can make for the most enjoyable listening experiences and this is very much the case here. Clean melodic sounds with a thick bass and crisp beats combine and it's easy to see why it did well at Breakpoint. Definitely one to hear...
 
2Creativity Description
A difficult one to score, considering the previous comments about the early Warp sound, but it isn't always necessary to push boundaries in order to create an interesting and enjoyable track. It never lost my interest at any point nor felt as if it were idling.
 
3Arrangement Description
No problems here, it progresses smoothly and there are no lulls in interest throughout...there is always a change before it can even start getting close to feeling repetitive.
 
4Sound Quality Description
It's really impressive how good this sounds considering the artist used 8-bit samples...goes to show that with careful selection, you don't need to be overly obsessive about having high bit depths. The track is very cleanly mixed and everything has it's place, giving each sound room to breathe, in both frequency range and in the stereo field. A notable mention for how well the chunky bass is mixed with the kick...no clashes there.
 
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