KKSlider60's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A little Minimal Subtlety]

Good

Nice little Ambient layer there. Relaxing, a bit ominous and spacey, and it doesn't sound much amateurish.
Zero-bombed to hell though... What a pity. :/
KKS

Kirbyfemur responds:

This song was zero-bombed more than normal, but that's okay. I'll get the number back up eventually. Glad you enjoyed :3

[|\||_| Inside the Cavern]

Great

This has some great potential for being featured in a retro-styled game.
Usually, 8-bit music is pretty minimalist due to past technical limitations - what we have here is some "surreal" chiptune polyphony, with various influences from contemporary and videogame music.
The snare sound leaves me a bit uncertain, although the rest is pretty dynamic and well-EQ'd.
KKS

Numi responds:

=D I'm glad it doesn't totally suck. I'm still getting the hang of writing proper "classic" 8-bit. =/ Hopefully our collab will help me improve!

[Into The Eclipse]

Perfect ambiance

Man, this is The Ambient music... Droning sequences of slow fading pads and an almost static wall of misty soundscapes. 7 minutes aren't enough to describe its beauty. Amazing stuff, isn't it?

Now, my interpretation. XD
Imagine the brief instants of a solar eclipse: everything gets darker and darker, as sunlight fades... Time stops, every living being becomes frozen, like statues of a once prosper world. Then, it is all up to you... you are the mastermind, or rather, the mind-controled puppet. Master your darkness, your eclipsing self... Live, as the sun shines deep into outer space.

Welcome to Drone Ambient territory. =D
KKS

FatKidWitAJetPak responds:

That sounds like a cool game atmosphere, like a post apocalyptic world frozen in ice all because of a massive eclipse.

[Good Morning Tuesday]

Hell yeah

One of those "pissed off" days, huh?
There are moments where I only listen to death and black metal... XD
Sick riffs \m/
KKS

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Yeah. Tuesdays suck ass. Mostly always.

Glad you dug it!

[YLOD]

Thrash Fucking Metal

This screams Thrash from the 80s all over NG. Reminds me of the most aggressive Thrash and proto-Thrash bands like Kreator, Venom and Slayer. Your voice resembles a lot Chronos's from Venom, which is badass. xD
Even though this track is brief and without a solo, it's just some great Thrash packed in a few riffs.
Keep up thrashin' mad \m/
KKS

Schleif responds:

thanks alot! didn't spend alot of time with this one, hence no solo. kickass review, much appreciated! keep rocking \m/

[Seraphic Anus]

Hmm

It's some serious Death/Thrash Metal, something rare here on NG. Unless it was intended, it should be mastered and equalized better - the guitar overshadows too much the other instruments, whereas drums are usually on spot.
I can't wait to hear the vocals ;)
KKS

oscarsmack responds:

thanks for the review. I agree that the equalization needs to be better. the only instruments are the two guitar tracks and the drums, but the drums I use sound so shitty that I purposley turn them down, so they're present but ignorable. I need a better drum machine, and some kind of mixer/recorder that will let me record from the soundcard. lemme know if you've got some suggestions. \m/

[ES - MindlessMountain]

Mindless Mountain

Phew, I finally had the chance of listening to this masterpiece. :)
I think it's more than just Ambient, really, Newgrounds is very limited genre-wise. It's more atmospheric than lots of your previous tracks, more "epic". You were absolutely right when you said that the creative break you had was regenerating.
Simply great bro ;D
KKS

EternalSoulution responds:

Thankyou. I really can't tell if it's ambient or not, I still believe it's ambient, and if it's listenable to the point people think it would be great for a game. Then I am sure my idea of it being ambient, and it being great, compared to being in a game, makes it doable to be in ambient. Thankyou for the score, and the review.

<> EternalSoulution <>

[Crowds]

Big fat ten

And entirely deserved. This is the kind of Ambient I've been looking for. A static wall of sound, an atmosphere, a setting. I agree with SineRider's Steve Roach reference, you should really listen to him if you haven't. Tracks like these are the medicine of my mind and spirit... relaxing, but deep, touching the vibrant strings of your heart.
I'm no hippie by saying that, but it works. Really. :D
I'm honored to have this track on our collab "Dreamsphere", I'm sure everyone will like it
KKS

FatKidWitAJetPak responds:

I will go and listen to him! Sounds awesome. Good luck with the rest of the collab man. I am hoping to put this on a CD soon along with other tracks. The album will probably have about 3 - 4 drone songs with a mix of 3 Jazz songs and maybe even 3 Rock songs. It will be a large experiment. :)

[Breathe With Me]

Finally

Finally a great Top 5 Ambient track. Never abandon hope, I guess XD
This is one of those textural works I'd even pay to listen to, almost on pair of composers Steve Roach and Brian Eno.
Minimalist, relaxing, soothing, a continuum of eerie sounds and vivid, rich drones - all flowing together, in a very harmonious way. The joy of living, the delusions of life and death, the hard life lessons... everything is in its place, fitting with the whole context.
Great, great job mate - Welcome to the team :D
KKS

FatKidWitAJetPak responds:

Steve Roach and Brian Eno? Oh wow. I hope to be that professional one of these days, but right now I have A LOT to learn. I use freaking Garageband for christs sake. *with Kore Player*. I need to go figure out how to use Reason. That program, from what I have heard, is incredible. I appreciate the fact that you took it as "The joy of living, delusions of life, death..." I always enjoy it when listeners get something from my tracks.

[Reality [Kogasu]]

Reality

There's no such thing as a single "true" reality. There are many realities... All things that we perceive are realities, the reality of dream, chaos, thought, Nature, space.

Anyway, back to the song...

It's a track I'd call minimalist, in a very good way. There's a whole pack of depth in such little number of instruments, neither failing or being stellar. Repetitiveness can be quite a trait, but you still have to master it. There's some nice experimental ambiance there, very bassy and distorted, something I'd put too in some songs. I noticed it's also loopable, which is a nice thing too.
I'd improve the beats a little, the drum kick sounds a bit repetitive to me... Maybe if you kept the rides without putting the extra kick notes in the drum pattern, could sound better, but I guess in the end is just a matter of taste.

Overall, there's some interesting work out there, and I would even propose you to make an audio collab somewhere in the future. ;)
KKS

Kogasu responds:

So, it's sort of like the infinite dimensions theory then eh?

Yeah I felt having too many instruments in this one
wouldn't make it as mellow as I wanted it to be. I never really plan for my songs to be loopable. I usually notice at the end though that it goes well with the intro and then I listen t it and it turns out to be loopable so I tell myself it's perfect for NG because the loop is always just automatically on anyways. As with the kick drum, I just wanted to fill out the drum line with another drum so I used the kick drum hehe. I guess could try it without the kick drum though.

Thanks for your review and yeah that would be awesome to do a collab. I've never done one so it could be a great learning experience. :D