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[Detious - Endless]

I love the Flume sounding effects dude, this kind of genre that's like future bass and dnb at the same time is a match made in heaven, don't have time for a proper song critique and analysis for now but I'll defo get to it !!

DetiousMusic responds:

Appreciate it! I tried to step out of my comfort zone with my melodies and sound selection, can’t wait for the critique!

[...and Yet, It Goes Nowhere]

Wow, I was just saying I wanted more of your tunes and I opened NG and this is what comes on my screen. This one almost legit made me cry for no apparent reason, it's just so good and relaxing ffs, it's so nostalgic for 0 reason whatsoever, anyways I'd like to review the song because this one is hella powerful.

My first impression was very positive, the chord progression in this is not too jazzy at the point where all notes just don't fit with each other, instead it's that sweet melancholic progression accompagnied by your classic "air-ish" lead that we hear in almost all your songs, I really like the more muffled notes that are 1/8th-ish of a beat before the next "real" note.
At around 10 seconds I'm a huge fan (it's gonna be reccurent to see me thinking its awesome and all btw!) of the other layer that sets in, which is more complex and less covered by the reverb and all.
Skipping ahead the drum filling the space that is already really filled with all of that dreamy reverberation goes pretty nicely with it too! Reminds me of A Shimmer in the Murk and countless other songs like this, Shell mostly.
The small breakdown at 1.16 goes hard too, if it weren't there, the 8-bit bitcrushed lead that comes right after that wouldn't've been that powerful in terms of entry.
At around 1.27, the little fade out accompagnied with the lowpass (or high I don't remember, always tend to swap them) where it seems like the song is looping to the start gave me small chills, weird sense of nostalgia hit me hard here somehow again.
Finally I wanna talk about the last seconds, that lead sounded like it had some Distructor put onto it and I would love to know if this is part of another song that I haven't heard yet or if it's intentional and is just in this song.

"... pourtant, ça ne va nulle part"

P.S.: thanks for your tunes by the way, I can finally work on levels that aren't using DnB/breakbeat songs LOL, its been a long time since i used one fo your tunes
P.S: currently working on a very minimal yet meaningful level, to reflect on how i view this song (are you okay if i @ you on youtube or/and X when the level is finished?)
P.S: forgot to add that the song being in 6/8 made it so much better

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Dont cry plssss. Haha. Nostalgia is a powerful feeling. Against the relenting future.

Jazz is generally never about the notes not fitting together. It's about a lot of notes fitting together well. Improvisation leads to a bit of the former sometimes. Depends on how good ya are I guess. Music though, in general, can do with some roughness/dissonance to make some points stick if it's feeling alright. Those sorta "ghost" notes are my jam. It's subtle but implies things. It's kinda like trying to speak a new language when your mouth's muscle memory isn't attuned to it. You can hear the specialized vocalizing but can't reproduce it well. Subtle cues.

I'm a sucker for ambience+percussion.
It's a little low pass sweep from the high pass.
Low Pass = cuts the highs and lets the low frequency sounds (wavelengths) in/pass
High Pass = cuts the lows and lets the high frequency sounds (wavelengths) in/pass

I know I have a penchant for connecting tracks, but this one has no connection. I'm also not using Distructor. I think I may have in the past for a thing or two though. This is just a little distortion/overdrive/bitcrush effect from...I'm not sure -- I can't remember. Too long agoooo.

If you have used my stuff, send it my way. I'd love to see it. Pleeeeaaaase @.
I do like me some 3/4 or 6/8, however it feels. :)

[Headful of Static]

that was such a powerful song, i loved it. the first part was just very clean and simple, i always love your little piano intros like that, i always expect something like in "time eater" but it's always kind of different and you delivered on this one. i'd like to mention the second part for a quick second because this one was just perfect in terms of execution, i loved the little section at around 3:00 where everything just came together and got added in at the same time! such an incredible tune you got there man, the ending with this wet reverberation just enveloping everything is amazing aswell, very nice touch to the song, also the last little sound at the very very end is charming!
might make a gd level out of it too, might not idk, i'm kinda washed these days atm sadly. but i'll defo see what i can do, i have so much unfinished levels (most of them are with your songs actually :D )

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

I dunno what to say, but thanks a lot for the extensive review and kind words. :)
This was uploaded by request from another GD creator!

Will be interesting to see what folks might do with it.

I know how you feel. The wash will make you clean again. The cycle may repeat. I hear you should just force yourself to make stuff. I've tried to in the past and It sometimes works, heh. You might feel dirty, but the wash will make you clean again.

Decided it was time to update the art and do the things.

[𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚜 <loop>]

whenever ill get a car ill play this i assure you, perfect tune to drive to i bet (also if you made that art, did you base the car off a real one?)

Xorberax responds:

It’s AI generated but it is based off the Mazda RX7.

[Marble Mouth]

youre finally back dude, maybe ive been missing your tinues because ive off of ng too lol,
anyways still fucking fire man.
also its been almost 2 years since ive first listened to you, time flies realll quick :o
still love the lead you use, where/how do you get this sound done btw?
(ps: also please please make an extended version sm)
(ps: probably gonna make a gd level out of that, it has huge pontential)

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Been here the whooooole time. My tunes aren't going anywhere unless a total data collapse occurs on the planet.

Damn, it has been 2 years. It sure does fly, man. Glad you've stuck with my work! :)

The lead in this track is a particular 16-bit Sega Genesis sound,
I've used it a lot in other songs too.

[Tired of This Place]

im tired of it too, lets travel the world to find a better one

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

We're gonna have to get off, Earth. :V

[TheSheepman'sKnots]

holy shi t is that a geometry dash reference??? great tune as always, matches with your brothers art :))

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

I'm not sure the reference??

[Glow]

really nice track :) that second part slaps tho (also that profile pic makes you look like chewbacca lmaoo)

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Sadly, I had to change it. I had the old NG profile picture set up... where you had a profile picture separate from your review/posting/etc picture.
Dunno what happened, but the original picture had changed position in it's boarder? So, it was all off center and a big black bar.

I am chewbacca + Cousin Itt. :P

[Can't]

plays wrong notes >:(
its jazz :D

i dont believe you when you say thats from 2015 lmao, sounds like the modern lapse im used to, great song as always :)

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

It is! Check my Soundcloud post of it! The date no lie!
This track is a wee bit of an outlier from my usual stuff.

[Being Alive is Fucking Weird]

lapse making breakcore-ish track no way :o i like this one too, it fits so well with that title lmao.

i agree

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

RhythYums!