wrench soundscape electronica

Good opening! I was lulled into a near state of unconciousness for, oh, 2.3 seconds and then <THUD> a huge kickdrum. Ok. You have my attention now.

So this is a <Soundscape> ... hmmm .... well alright then, so there'll be no commenting on lyrics then, or even vocals for that matter, or melody might even go out the window on this one, and depending on future imagery additions and voiceovers, perhaps even the EQ is up for grabs.

I suppose I like it then. In fact, it's right on the money! Loved the 'almost-in-tune' breathy choir sound, and some of the other synths. Really great sound selection. A little too up front though - maybe a stereo-widening (matrix) effect on one or more synths (at different settings of course) could have separated things a bit. I would have liked to see a softer more lush approach to this one at the mixing stage. It's not the kind of track you remember, it's the kind of track you remember liking.

I like.

KEv

hi jan

i have to say i didn,t really like this so much, constrained was the word popping into my head.

there were elements i liked, your drum transitions and variations are something i,ve always appriciated, and envied, as are many of the synth sounds you produce.

but felt the groove was a little confused and like i said constrained. like it was about to go in one direction then would hesitate and turn back on it self.....Is this making sense?

anyway thanks for the recognition, these days personally I'm going through periods of self doubt when it comes to music especially when hearing what you folks over at the P5 forum are turning out.

and yeah that elektroniqa's great, you know your getting honest and direct feed back from the man.

keep them coming and good luck with your demo's

Jan,
I always like your melodic/harmonic lines. On this, I think that the harmonic rhythm was a bit too faced paced, you could dwell on each chord for a longer period (except the "chorus" at 0:24, that has a nice pace, but later at 1:00+ it should slow down). Also, I've noted in your approach, that you orchestrate for full on or very light, it would be interesting to hear more graduation in textures with pair-wise couplings.