KKSlider60's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Reconcile [A-C]]

Easy-listening

Almost like Buckethead's Shadows Between the Sky, it's simply great and relaxing, makes you want to fully live your life's best moments again and again.
Thinking positively, being optimist for a brief instance.

The mix is very good overall, and I love the final build-up. I'd say that drums are a bit below the other instruments, like a background layer. If they were more prominent, the track would truly be beyond perfect.

Awesome stuff,
KKS

Autumn-Collapse responds:

KKSlider60,

Thanks for your review! We're glad you like it! It took us a while to get a sound like this. The last draft we made pretty much sucked, so I thought about changing out the guitar strings and practicing a bunch more and this is what we came out with!

Yeah, we noticed it too that the drums are kind of pushed to the background. I'm not sure if that's what we intended but it sort of just happened. We'll play around with the balance a little more to see if we can produce that track that is "beyond perfect."

Thanks for your time :)
-Autumn Collapse

[Igloo]

Great

Brother! I haven't heard you in ages! Where have you been? :D
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Gotta love this track, for its shortness, for being concise and straight to the point. It has variance, character and atmosphere, couldn't ask for more.
KKS

Tokolos responds:

/ thank you Claudio!!! :)

[RD2010 AA - My Rustache]

The true winner

Robot Day 2010 was such a flawed competition. I bet everyone below me think of the exact same thing, precisely about one of your tracks being the winning one. Well, we both know what happened next.

Anyway, speaking in absolute frankness I'm not the kind of guy who whines about personal mistakes and say "Ooh! If I didn't that I would have lived a better life". Fuck this shit. You've always made beautiful soundscapes, regardless of how I scored them and how much "spam" are they. They sound incredibly complex, twisted, chaotic, experimental, to the point even my brain crashed when you first showed me your tracks back in the days. This track makes no exception to the rule. That's I love your older tracks, because they're so unique I can't find such atmospheres anywhere on the internet.

A great collage of sounds, delicately manipulated to intricately build the webs of subconsciousness, lying deep within ourselves -hopefully, waking up our sleeping minds.

Just excellent material, past and future
KKS

[Chills [WIP] {Dj_Abbic}]

Great

Minus one point for being WIP. :P

It's a nice step, and I'll give you props for trying to experiment a different approach to this peculiar style.

I would enhance the atmosphere by adding more effects to the instrument at the beginning, or maybe adding a background pad. Sounds a bit too minimalist, IMO.

Everything else is very well made
KKS

-Review Request Club-

DjAbbic responds:

You know, the intro could use a pad couldn't it? I'll try it out. Thanks alot for the compliments :)

[Auroras over Mount Revenant]

Very nice

Pretty calm tune for being House and that's nice. At least for me.
It has ambiance, atmosphere, something that most House tracks don't have for sure.

Kicks sound a bit weak compared to the overall mix, but hey, I wouldn't dance to this track, rather close my eyes and imagine the vacuum of space.
Synths are a bit repetitive but I guess that was on purpose. Try putting a second theme in order to give more variance next time, but again, this track is perfect the way it is now.

Great job mate, looking forward to hear more
KKS

-Review Request Club-

RetromanOMG responds:

Because of the kick sample pack Isomatic recently posted on the forums, I've remade the kicks in this song to sound stronger.

As for the ambiance (again with the ambiance), I decided to add it in after the fact, since the song seemed really empty without any background noise.

Thanks for the review.

[Sordid Avenue]

Nice

I love lo-fi music, and this track makes no exception to the rule.
Assuming you're an emerging band, my complain would be the emotionless vocals and some minor mistakes scattered through the song.
To the singer I would suggest singing with more grit, you know, add some spice to your vocal line. As for the rest of you, just practice! Practice makes everything perfect, and this makes a good start indeed.
Good luck with your band,
KKS

-Review Request Club-

Sawdust responds:

Haha thanks a lot

[NikM - Uptown]

Minimalist

This piece leaves me a bit confused about the "message" you want to deliver. You kept the atmosphere to the minimum, as well as the variance between the patterns you used. That is a bit of a shame, since I personally expected to hear more depth from this track, and it could be achieved by not just adding more textures to the whole but by spending a little more time on the soundscape.

I also hardly care about genres and names, so I won't complain about why you choose "drum and bass" since it sounds pretty downtempo-ish.

It is quite a nice listen overall, yet it lacks something special.
KKS

-Review Request Club-

lxNikMxl responds:

Thank you for the review. The song was meant to be an easy listen, but perhaps I made it too soft? I can also see a lot coming from this song, and since I've been lacking inspiration for a few weeks, maybe a remix is what I need to get me back on my feet. Actually a remix is a pretty good idea... I'm glad you still liked it though.

-NikM

[NikM - Alert]

Nice

It's a nice effort and a varied track overall. I like the transitions and it loops perfectly.

At some points, though, I feel that drums are a bit loud, especially cymbals, and they kind of bury the background mix. The bassline at the middle also suffers the same fate, for being a little bit too distorted. I don't know if this is wanted, because if it is, feel free to clarify and discuss about it.

This track has great potential, it surely makes a nice addition to the portal.
KKS

-Review Request Club-

lxNikMxl responds:

First off, thanks for the review, I love to hear what everyone thinks. Surprisingly, it never actually hit me that the drums were too loud. I guess hearing the song over and over again filled in the missing sounds... I did want the bassline to be prominent though, but I think I may have made it a little overpowering. I'm going to take this entire review into consideration while making my next song. I'm glad you liked the song overall though. Thank you very much!

- NikM

[Chicago Summer Night (WIP)]

Awesome!!

Minus one point because this deserves to be finished. Period. XD
In my opinion, this is just awesome. I really have lots to learn from this track, plenty of advanced techniques, and glitching stuff here and there...
This is something I'd call "urban dnb", so frantic yet it's still so damn atmospheric I can imagine putting this track anywhere at any moment.
KKS

DonCarrera responds:

Sweet, thanks for the review! But may I suggest that you stick Review Request Club at the bottom of your requested reviews from now on? It allows the uploader to know that somebody from that thread actually tried to describe your song in detail and in addition gives you one extra point per stat update in the club for each and every insertion (which is nice as its only three words extra!) - 8^Y.

[Taste of Understanding]

Best 26 seconds on Newgrounds

Fave'd and 5'd instantly and you know why. XD
Those are like- the deepest and most intense 26 seconds I've ever heard in my life. It's such a simple loop, but it's essence (to use one of your many catchphrases) is pure and innocent, like a newborn baby. Again, words will just - with much probability - ruin the atmosphere of the track, unless someone else manages to write a more proper review. I chose to describe my sincere feelings rather than throwing meaningless artifacts, I hope you'll understand this decision. ;D
KKS

Insanctuary responds:

It's quite pseudo-angelic, isn't it ? It's very light hearted, and beautiful . I also favor this song . I never really believed in length . I believe in quality, and the ability to make that quality as intricate as possible, to where even if it has no ending, and is short . It holds so much power, just like a baby growing into an adult! :D Thankyou for the review, and I treasure every word . ^^