anthonyragus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

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And it is good house, whoop whoop

[Falling Flower]

bring the funk, also Sonic is here

[Triskelion]

This is such a great implementation of a cool concept. I dig the dark atmosphere and transitions between sections. Low rumble and bassline coexist quite nicely. I would love to hear more interesting genre mashups like this. Fantastic work

EVLanche responds:

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I have got some more ideas in the back burner, but I'm not sure when they will make it out ^^;

[Super Baby Dragon Fight]

Woohoo, so quirky and lively. Great job!

[Soul of a Silver Dragon]

Raw raw, fight the powah (metal)! Absolutely shredding! I love the clear melody and your choices in changing the instruments that double the melody. I particularly enjoy 0:52 with that one guitar an octave up, holding out stepwise melody notes with vibrato, simple but powerful and effective. Super cool hybrid sound; your guitars, harpsichord (I think),and synths blend so well. There are times when the reverb seems pretty strong to my ears, but I like the overall level where it sits; perhaps a compressor to tame the peaks? WHATEVER, it's a fantastic track!

DanJohansen responds:

Glad you dig it man, appreciate taking the time to listen! Not gonna lie, I've thought about stepping up the reverb and delay effects a bit from time to time haha not the biggest fan of the modern dry sound. Rock on!

[God of Death]

Them drums extra crispy, hot damn. That 0:24 transition from chug to sustain almost sounds like a half-step modulation, extra brutal. Fun slip'n'slide solo weee! 2:44 augmented triads represent! A little sprinkle of 2 against 3 at 3:22 for the ladies. And top it all off with some tritone power chord badassery with a tremendous tremolo melody. Delicious track, good sir.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks!

[it's raining again]

I love this idea. I can imagine this extending and branching into so many different direcitons.

[Thistle]

Those tutti swells are so good. They sound aleatoric, and the harmony from swell to swell is super compelling.

Cresince responds:

Yo thanks for listening! my writing style is mostly improv based which gives off that aleatoric feel (I can often slip into non fuctional harmony), you're the first person to pick up on it though lol. Your winning piece was fantastic, really felt like the melody was exploring the forest,I envisioned a line weaving through the trees, you painted a really great picture.

[Too Many Crates]

Simple and clean, super catchy, and intersting use of stereo bass with mono percussion. Nice work

[CloudNinja - Sawstruck (Kou! "Rapid-Spamming The Same Button" Remix)]

hyperdrumcoredubstyle

I super dig tracks that traverse different styles like this. Coupled with that hyper-breakcore wall of sound and hardstyle-esque sound design, it makes for a fascinating listen throughout the form. My personal subjective experience might have been slightly enhanced with longer ambient parts, but that's my 2000-2010 trance sensibility speaking. Mix is perfect, nothing more to say. Superb work.