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I think that kwhyos' second album is better than his first. I really like the style of Neutrina-TheCosmicMind in particular, the way it smoothly blends from theme to theme.
The only shortcoming of this album I would say is that some of the "acoustic" instrument samples sound a little "thin". It would be awesome if kwhyos had access to the soundfonts used by T.c.k. in http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/55090.
It's still an excellent album, though.
From the cover I was afraid this might be headbanging music. It's not, it's very thoughtful.
There are a few samples of talking, lines from movies or whatever -- a technique I've never appreciated -- but that's very minimal, and doesn't get int the way of the music.
I really enjoy your melodies.
The one thing I would've done differently is not to have the percussive pops come in on "Behind the Door" -- I know it's supposed to heighten the drama, but for me it just distracts. Or, use some real drums with some kind of sonic texture, like dumbek or tabla or tympani instead of just "thunk".
In general I'd probably mix the percussion a bit lower, but hey, that's just me.
Merci beaucoup!
The opening groove to "jazz cycle 1" is particularly arresting. I would've developed it slowly by fading in and out different voices, but the dynamic of abruptly changing to a different theme as you do works well.
The vocal samples on "jazz cycle 2" I could live without -- I think they're kind of tacky. Your instrumental grooves are much more sophisticated; they don't need "HEY LOOK AT ME!!!" to get attention.
I think I've listened to this on repeat for the fourth time in a row now and I'm still not getting bored -- you've definitely got some good stuff going on here.
Thanks for sharing.
Very well-mixed, mellow and relaxing.
I am left wondering if those are the sounds of real orchestral instruments (flute and, I guess, bassoon?) or if they are synthesized. They do sound real.
If the album you have prepared is similar in character to this piece, I am certainly looking forward to hearing it all!
This is very pleasant mellow music that brings a smile to my face.
The recording quality is good, with a nice use of stereo separation.
Thanks!
If someone asks me what "post-rock" means, I could easily point them to this album as a canonical example.
Dreamy and melodic, made with sounds drawn from the rock tradition.
"Artificial Heart" is very reminicent of Explosions in the Sky, without being derivative.
"No Return from Heaven" reminds me of the excellent music of Angelo Badelamenti for the Twin Peaks TV series, but instead of Julee Cruise's singing coming in, we have anthemic lines from a distorted rock guitar.
Peaceful and brilliant. Thanks!
The opening synth pads on the first track made me think "oh, here we go, someone can make pretty chords, whatever" but I stuck with it and when the melodic line kicks in around 1:41 it was clear we've got something special here.
The rest of the tracks go through a lot of different melodic and sound texture ideas, some poppy, some bordering on classical sensibilities.
And never are the are the drums mixed in too loud, which is just awesome. (So much music on Jamendo sucks according to my ears because of overly loud drum tracks.)
Very very nice. Thank you.
It may just be my personal bias, but the "shamanic" vocalizations that come in at 5:57 into the first track are, well, grating to my ears. At first I thought, ok, a little sonic texture, sure ... but they go just on and on! I skipped ahead (could NOT listen!) and found out they end at 10:10. The part after the vocals is especially nice; too bad people turned off by the vocals will miss it.
Eventually I'm going to create a spliced version of that track for my own personal listening which removes the vocal section, because the rest of that track is fascinating.
The entire rest of the album is fascinating, as well. I'm so happy I found this.
When the guitar shredding of the last track came on, I had to look at my player and make sure it was the same album, because it had such a different character, but when the violin came in it tied it thematically to the rest of this album.
Good stuff!
An album of musical dialogs with nice stereo separation of the voices.
The best track to my ears is the opening "Conversations" -- soprano sax and bass clarinet each have their own quite involved parts which to just blend magically. Electronic keyboard arpeggios are mixed in at just the right level to provide a background texture.
Highly recommended. Many thanks to the artist!
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