NikolaosTheDark's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gay Africa]

Club-friendly.

Otherwise, I don't see this being played on people's iPods. It's repetitive and not very progressive, which will probably turn off Newgrounds users.

3/5. I'd like to hear some of your more melodic work.

[Tottaly 80s!]

Some suggestions...

...for an aural orgasm.

-Take off all of the reverb, if not some of it. I'd definitely kill the verb on the kick drum, seeing how some menacing higher frequencies are leaking out. I'd say the same for the synths, but they'd sound just as good with or without the reverb.
-Make an extended/progressive mix. I could put this on a setlist if I had a mix that was 3+ minutes long. Some drum development leading into a synth breakdown and climax is what I have in mind.

4/5. Keep making music.

[4x4 Tea Party]

Not necessarily a melody...

...but something that actually adds flare to the song. This might be able to serve as background music to a movie, game, etc., but not as a listener-friendly song that members would flock to download.

3/5. Sounds like something Matt Darey would play.

[-={DJ-PHX}=- Electric Shock]

Good electro, dance-friendly.

I'll be waiting for the full version.

unrealdark responds:

Be patient, it'll be there some day. For now I'm waiting till vacation, than I'll produce some more. ;)

[[D106] Gateway to the Soul]

Make a progressive/extended mix of this...

...and I'll see about throwing this down on a setlist at some point. 4/5.

dreadnought106 responds:

Sure thing :) Ironically I'm Workin on a new mix of this cos this is quite old now :)

-DjAlyX

[Midnight Ravers]

Composition is fantastic...

...but the mastering, to put it quite brutally, is just short of awful. There is way too much synth, not enough drums. Balance it out.

4/5.

[Your Little Moment (NG Cut)]

Well made.

I'm glad to see that you've moved past what you considered to be a creative barrier. This song almost sounds...vengeful. You could describe it as a musical version of the phrase, "May you get everything that you wish for."

If you're worried about quality issues, I've been having a good time with bandcamp.com. The only real hassle is that bandcamp doesn't accept .mp3s for raw files (I usually have to upload .wav files), but if you can get past that minor annoyance, it's a great site to use for your full tracks.

I hope I was helpful. I'll download this, maybe wait around for a HQ mix before I throw it down on a setlist.

["Positive Thoughts" - Etalo/TN]

My only criticism...

Lower some of your higher frequencies, especially that high sawtooth pluck with the delay on it. I'm getting too much of it on this end. Otherwise, it was fantastic.

5/5. You and TerraNation are some of the best trance artists on this site, and I'm happy to throw y'all's work into my setlists.

[Racmus - Get in the house!]

Not bad.

I'm usually not the biggest fan of amelodic minimalist electro, but you managed to catch my eye.

If anything, consider making a more progressive mix for this track, having a building drum pattern up to the saw melody.

4/5. Keep making house/electro music.

[Illusions ~Prog. House/Trance~]

I like the style of your songs...

...but you still need to fill the frequencies with your synths, even for house/electro house. You seem to be concentrating on the middle of the frequency spectrum, and the low and high ends are lacking in scale.

A good way to experiment would be to EQ your low and high synths. 140 Hz and lower is a good frequency area for your bass. 2936 Hz to 6324 Hz is a good frequency area for your high synths. Of course, feel free to move out of these frequencies as you see fit, but please do give the ends of the spectrum more value.

4/5. Keep making house music.