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Unfortunately the title is the best part of this song. This is monotonous breakbeat, without particularly creative samples, rhythms or melodies. It can be checked out, but I doubt anyone would be impressed.
Generic pop / RnB / hip hop product crafted and targeted at clients looking for utility music. I must say it really delivers in this regard, as it sounds exactly like everything else in this genre and it is recorded on a professional level. Mainstream radio stations and elevator vendors should be delighted.
Being simply a sonic product, not a work of art, it is completely devoid of any artistic value. But this product is of very high quality and may be sold without hesitation from the "Premium goods" shelf, not from a discount basket.
The melody is much too simple for my liking, but that's the matter of taste. On a more objective note, the quality of samples is terrible. Particularly a flute sounds totally artificial and unnatural.
However, if it is your first composition, it is not bad at all. Many popular artists started from much lower level. Work hard and who knows?
It is sad and frustrating. Because this band truly knows how to write great gothic rock/metal songs. Even if they borrow heavily from Fields of the Nephilim, these tunes are so good that it would not be a problem.
So why is it sad? The reason is all the work and talent they put into songwriting is wasted because of lack of production skills and/or equipment. This album sounds like recorded in a bucket full of water, but with the mikes placed not only outside the bucket, but also in another room. The mix is flat, with all the instruments forming an undistinctive mass of dull sound. The vocals are particularly awful, unintelligible and buried deep in the background. Yuck.
I pondered how to rate this work and I am giving it 7/10, but only because the songs themselves deserve 9 or even 10. The quality of sound deserves 2 or 3. One could say it should not matter - Jamendo is not for professionals and I should rate only the quality of songwriting. But what if poor production makes the recording almost unlistenable? Should I award 5 stars to the album that I can barely listen without my ears aching? No way. That is not going to happen.
Re-record this album, guys, and I will be happy to give it full 10 points.
This is quite an interesting work, blending rock, pop rock and folk rock, based on heavy use of acoustic instruments, with the singer trying to sing in four different languages. I do not know if it was such a good idea, because I have the impression that because of lack of language skills his performance is much weaker than it could be. This is definitely true with my native Polish, but Spanish also sounds very unconvincing, as if he had much trouble with proper pronunciation.
Nevertheless, it is a promising act, with a potential to grow. For the time being some tracks lack good melodies, the others have them too obvious and simple. The ugly cover of the Polish folk standard "Sokoly" shows clearly that they should work much much harder on their arrangements and ability to transmit musical energy through their recordings.
Still, I listened to this album with interest and I put them on my watchlist, hoping they will improve. Check them out if you like folk rock.
This is a really great quality offer from the no-longer-existing band Skaut. This is another example of the simple truth that it is not enough to be good to get a contract with "professional" record labels. Thank gods, nowadays you may publish your music yourself and screw morons from the recording industry mafia.
What? Music? Oh yes, music. The music is great. Professional level powerful thrash metal. Just check it out - not much to add, as everything works on this album like it should. People complain it is not original, but wait a minute! Hasn't thrash metal already been invented? OK. So now nobody should play it anymore, because "it is not original"? This is so stupid. You can complain some act is not original if it obviously mimics another band. But what is wrong with playing genre music? What about classical music? Shouldn't it be recorded anymore, because it is not original?
Skaut does not copy anyone - they just play typical thrash metal. They do it professionally, with style, power and energy. They are great at it. And they deserve praise for that.
This is a professional recording, showing expertise in producing catchy techno / house tunes, heavily based on disco and to a less extent on hip-hop and funk. Some tracks heavily reminded me of the works of the French duo Air, with their vintage sound.
Disco-based house is definitely not my favorite genre and while these tracks may probably work on the dancefloor, the most of them are too primitive to be enjoyable. Still I managed to find three tracks that are quite interesting for me, despite their disco origin (nos. 03, 07 & 09). The rest is rather tiring with monotonous marked beats and uncreative and repeating sampled vocals.
Fans of disco music can safely add 2 or 3 points to my rating, as it is a quality work from the technical side.
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