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[Alien Genome - Downside V2]

Keep knocking those beats

This is just overwhelmingly kick-ass. This should've gone under the Industrial genre only because of it's heavy distorted guitar riffs. It's not Metal because of the electric beats and synths. So, Industrial would more appropriately relate to the sound I think. Either way, it's f***ing awesome.

I love all your stuff because of the amount of time and effort you pour into these great eclectic tracks full of variety and quality. You need to try and submit more often. A lot of people are really missing out on your talent because of this. I think that this "Alien Genome series" are my fav of yours. I love "Lunch" and "Follow Me". I also like "Help Me" by you. Great stuff man! Please submit more soon at your earliest convenience.

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little-ninja responds:

Thanks for the review. It means a lot to me since you, yourself are a very good musician.

*I appologize for my English, it's my second language.*

The reason I release so little is because I believe in quality over quantaty.

I'm really honored that people love my Alien Genome series and I just want to touch on that for a bit. All music that is released with Alien Genome is made by me with inspiration from my little brother who used to be my DJ partner before he got lucked up.

I keep the Alien Genome thing because he (my brother) gives me insight on how to make my tracks better and I feel it's only fair to keep the name going.

[Sonic - Twinkle Park (Remix)]

I wonder what a lot of these raters THINK is right

I'm terribly sorry that these ass-cracks have to pollute your review section with what they THINK is rightly mixed. I've been struggling down the same road man. I just call these butt-monkeys jealous flamers only because of how they like to put your stuff down to reduce you to their size and try to consume you with their jealous flames of hatred. It’s just like Danyel_the_Djinn did to me, and he wasn’t even targeting my music; he was targeting me for the response I gave him about one of my animations “Jesus Christ promo”. Look under the reviews for that one, and look under his review and my response to him and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Check on the 3rd page 2nd to last review from the bottom by Danyel_the_Djinn under this link on the most recent reviews…

www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=125270

I really appreciate that you took the time to save my piece before the final judgement; ironic, considering the fact that the composition you saved was about that. lol Hopfully, that train has crashed into his ass by now. lol

Anyway, about this track...I really haven't played much of any Sonic games except the first two, (I know, I know...forgive me). Besides for me not having played any of the newer Sonic games, I recognize the music very much indeed. The Sonic music has always been a big fav VG style of music for me. This track in particular, is awesome man! I love the use of the filtered polysynths in the bg. The in-and-out ratio of this sound gave this piece a unique Trancy sound. ...smooth dude

btw...I saw a documentary on Tuscany. Man, it's a beautiful area in Italy...so historical and quite a marvel. Do you live in this area?

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ZeRo-BaSs responds:

Yeah,Danyel_the_Djinn was probably the biggest loser ever.
"I hate you dreamboy,and I dont care for the snuff you put on NG"...OMG HE WAS SO GAY! ^_^

Mmm...reaper_of_ratings...it's strange...there's a new user called Mr.Reaper in the Ap and suddenly an user called reaper_of_ratings begin to give bad reviews to every remix...have u ever checked out his profile? It says..."i am reaper,the #1 reaper on newgrounds. As a committee us reapers' jobs are to blam anything that is crap or generic. If you have been reapered - then start making originals or good remixes or you will never be part of the top 30."
or what he says in his usual review "Generic mainstream song mixing will no monger be tolerated. "
O_o What do u think Byron? yeah...drugs while having sex with the speakers of his pc...yes,is possible...

Ehy,so u liked that cool phaser at the bg?I've used the famous FlangerSaw soundfont and here's the configuration of the phaser:
Freq: 22 - Split: 64 - Width: 100
Rate: 32 - F.Mod: 70 - Feedback: 100

btw we shold mail Wade asking him to give us special powers (OMG!!!lol) just like moderators of the AP or to add a The Gatecrashers/Shin Audio Portal official page
I think Jermain will join us :-)

Tuscany?! lol it's cool! I've got some friends there but I live in Piemont(near Turin, the city of the greatest soccer team ever "Juventus":-) )
Do u like soccer? Omg i can't live without seeing 10 idiots running after a ball lol!

[Zinger]

For me? Why thank you!

This makes me want to have a swig of Bacardi Silver and spit it up in the air into a yellow strobe light and let it rain a golden shower around me. Nice and tasty tune. But, now I want some cotton candy.

Anyway, enough of the analytical nonsense about my ravenousness on what I want to taste while enjoying this melodicious tune. I love how well you implemented the pads for supporting harmony. I, for one, love using pads and use a butt-load of them in my pieces. So, I know when I hear great usage of pads in music. Also, you blend 4 harmonies together…the bass line, the twinkling blips, the string pads (the ones I love), the fading in and out pads, and the high-pitched synths…not to mention the sound fx that fit so well in this melody. Also, the percussion sounds like it’s got a hint of envelope controlled filtering to it or also known as a phazer effect…I think on the claps. The only minor issue I have with this is that the ending was just too abrupt and kinda’ anti-climatic. Nice job my fellow Audio Portal Newgrounder! This kinda’ music makes me remember how happy music can be.

Btw…CONGRATS ON #2 FOR THE WEEK!!!

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crud responds:

Bacardi Silver? nice touch! i'm not so sure about the golden shower :P

Pads are a marvelous thing,they take you to another world sometimes, the deeper the layers, the further you travel. let me just say that ALL of your ingeneous songs take me across the universe and back at break-neck speeds....soothes the head.

Yes indeed, my songs tend to have a high amount of melodies slipping and sliding all over each other, the hard part is getting you to hear every one...which you successfully did! YAY!!

yep, i used a phaser on the claps. good call, but i assume you've done quite a bit of this music stuff ;)

sorry about the abrubt ending, i've been trying to seamlessly loop my songs, but it's harder to let go of the energy that the climax brings up

Much thanks to you ,.+*'*Dreamscaper, I'm amazed to be talking to excellent song makers such as yourself and exchanging witty banter.

witty witty bang bang!

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Devotion]

KICKING ASS LEFT, RIGHT, UP, & DOWN

So is this from
www.vgmix.com/user_profile.php?user_id=11531 Chaoz? Is that like your alias on Video Game Mix.com? I had no clue you were on this site. This particular style of D&B really reminds me of this artist named Decoder. If you've ever heard of "Hord 39" this is the particular track I am resembling this to. Check out www.bs1records.com/artists.shtml. His profile is on this site. If you would like to hear part of this track check out...
www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,1142684,00.html

You did an awesome job on this one bro'. Can't wait to hear your next big hit.

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ParagonX9 responds:

Haha yeah On VGMix.com I am known as Chaoz... On Gunbound and some other sites im known as ChaozD (Yeah it stands for ChaozDevotion):D
But My most popular nickname is still ParagonX9 ^^

Hey that link you sent me.. Its Dara :D has some pretty good tunes..
But i think my favorite artist is still Pendulum or Konflict.. I love the style of Pendulum, and Konflict has that awesome dark bass-synth like in his "Karl K - Synapse (Konflict Remix)" ...

Thanks alot for your review Byron,
Check your Email soon...

-Paragon

[Refkinson - Moonlight Sonata]

JAW-DROPPING OUTSTANDING!!!

Very impressive I must say old mate! Did you create this in Reason? It sounds as if you could've. If so, don't you love the varieties and richness of the prerecorded, live orchestral sounds?

I still can't believe how talented you are with emulating the same exact notes and rhythms. VERY WELL DONE CYPHER! If you could get a red cent from me for every note you hit perfectly in tune with the original Sonata, you would've robbed me of my talent. Lol Awesome job man! >…applauds and bows…<

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Cypher responds:

w00t! Thanks for the review man!

Yes I used Reason, it's great you can even emulate the piano pedal, which makes it sound a lot better.

I used violins and double basses to contribute some synth. Those were the easier parts to do after creating the main melody with "Grand Piano".

Thanks again.

-Ref.

[*Immortal Reptile*]

Congrats on # uno in the top 5ive!!!

Thank you so very freakin' much!!!! FINALLY....someone makes a great remix of a composition I almost forgot about. Not only was it one of my favs, but that battle in the movie was incredible. (Yeah, so sue me that I liked the original version by Staci Lords the porn star/Techno creator.) I love your version as well.

Everything in it is flawlessly incorporated. The only minor problem I have with it is really a personal preference. Knowing that I love to use filters in most every composition I throw together, you didn't use any filters, that I can tell, on the Techno blips opening the track like the original did. Not a biggie, but kinda' bland without it. Other than that, I'd say you couldn't go wrong with your choice of rhythm and balance of your remix. Awesome job Z-Bass!!!

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ZeRo-BaSs responds:

Staci Lords Pornstar & Techno Artist?!?!
OMG I didn't know that!
Mmmmm...In Italy we got Rocco Siffredi...should we expect a Remix of the "Benny Hill Show Theme" from him?! LOL!

Yes!This week we got #1,#2,#4,#5
This week nobody has uploaded in the last minutes before the wednesday chart update!
I'm so happy damn :-)
Thx for your review DM!!!

[Refkinson - The Real World]

Very Interesting Ref!

Hah, so you finally got the "Zero-G Jungle Warfare" refill? I love that bass..."Dirty Bass" I think that is what it's called. Nice samples from "The Matrix" as well. What were some of the complications you might've come across so far in Reason? I find myself coming up with so many differing melodies that I want to use them all, but when I try, they never converge together. So, I just use them in other compositions. That's one of my worst weaknesses. That's also why I produce so much music in a single instance.

If you'd like, we can collaborate on a track sometime; that is, if my Internet doesn't stay retarded.

Anyway, nice work you got here. Take care man!

Cypher responds:

No I don't have Zero-G Jungle Warfare yet. :( (I saved Dirty Bass as a patch for Malstrom - thanks to you!)

Yes, you have the exact same problem that I have, making melodies that never converge...I tried it with a piano in this, but I had to get rid of it. The end result is that I wasn't able to get much of a melody.

I would love to collaborate on a track, with your expertise and my n00bishness combined - we could go far! :P

Take care as well, and thanks for the review! Chat to you later. :D

[Aristo Forest]

No creativity whatsoever...

All this is is the opening composition for Reason 2.5 with some drum beat you probably didn't create as well. The clarity in this piece isn't even clear either. It makes me wonder if you just recorded the music with a microphone because of all the background hissing.

Come on man, try and at least be creative with the program. It just takes persistance and motivation. I know you can do it.

Dylan-Lunadia responds:

I did create the drum beat and just because I used one Matrix from the demo means its not creative? And I've done more with the program, so make sure to check out the other stuff I'm going to make.

[Sober Suzie]

I can see lights of beautiful melodies shining...

This is beautifully blinding to my aural senses. I love it completely!!! Awesomely done my good fellow. You seemlessly merged the melody with all these harmonies of highs and lows as well as made it loop perfectly. Also, great use of filtering the air blips along with the distortion of those same air blips morphing into a sort of atmospheric sound effect. >...bows and applauds...<

Keep staying sober crud. lol

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crud responds:

Holy shit dude, i worship you. this is nuts, thanks you very much for your amazing review. and coming from you that kinda freaks me out. i'm really glad you like this song. really. this is incredible

[Refkinson - Haunted]

Congratulations Ref for top 5 being 2nd!

It seems that I have been #5 for some reason for the longest now. I'm really starting to wonder if I'll ever hit the top 3 like I used to. lol

I remember you letting me hear this before you submitted it; you really were worried that it might sound too busy and chaotic. But essentially, I think it's a very melodic and unique piece. Hope everything is going well man, and I look forward to chatting with you some more mate.

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Cypher responds:

Hehe, thanks for the good review.

I wasn't so sure about Haunted...but it seems to be going alright. Don't worry Dreamscaper, you are a better musician than I am, I don't know how this is #2.

All your tracks are #1 quality.

I hope I chat to you some more too, I'm getting into Reason a bit more now, learning the basics...:)

Talk to you soon.

-Refkinson.