Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Everything is Racist]

Ey 2017! XD Even more 2023... and this year, too, 2024 just doesn't rhyme as pure...

I love the very idea of this, and the rap parts in particular, seems you get into a Weird Al kind of tone with those. :) Lyrics are great, arrangement is great, the higher vocal notes feel a little strained but... what a song man.

This was fantastic. Timeless. Though hopefully not, hopefully the term racism won't even compute in the future, much less so the association that something as highly irrelevant as most things claimed to be so could be...

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[FACUNDO GARDIOL - Summer Fan ( Glitch Hop )]

Glitch hop at it's finest, visceral, fluent, with some awesome builds along the way, even that classic 'aw yeah' sample in the mix! :D And the 'woo's and 'go go go's and 'yah's and everything. Respect. It's almost like classic Bomb tha Bass meets the new age. A homage and honing both, the genre better and better with each welter of awesome audial measure.

The wavy glitching sounds almost accordion-like too, it's an interesting effect, fresh and new.

The builds are probably my favorite part about this really, so much atmosphere in this.

And the end... suddenly goes VG and chiptune too. :) Creative fade.

Awesome track!

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SPIRALi responds:

Thank you so much!!!!! :DDDDD

[Emerald Funk]

Getting Nujabes vibes from this one...

Another awesomely jazzy one. Especially towards the end of it. And it has some nostalgia-inducing R&B kind of vibes too with the choppy flow and beat.

Shines like an emerald fo shizzle. Both audial and visceral.

Dope groove; track all the way through.

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[Rainwalker]

Windwalker comes to mind, Daywalker, Walker himself, the Phantom, a lot of walks of life that tie together and seem to annote that great adventure...

This was so awesomely jazzy too. The composition never dulls, and never stalls or stagnates, it stays fluent and vibrant all the way through. Production's on point as well. Rich sound. A bit abrupt an end but I love this!

Time to check out SamPerc hmm!

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[Xtraktor - Shadows]

When you think epic music this is the kind of music that comes to mind. :) I wonder if the vocals were recorded for this as well, or sampled? They fit in so well.

Poweful, tense and terraforming music almost, even before it movies into that refreshingly unpreditable dubstep realm.

And the speed up towards the end! :D That was new.

Feels like a fresh take on the genre this one; a mix of genres maybe... though what even are genres anymore? It's all music. All bridges all. Awesome forms of audio overall.

Nice work. Does justice to the name too...

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[Anj_Octopus]

You have an almost Aesop Rock kind of flow and lyricism man. :) This is impressive. Both lyrically and instrumentally. Timing and annunciation could maybe be a bit more on point sometimes, it doesn't always feel like it follows the instrumental, and I didn't catch all words on the first listen, but overall this is on point!

I wonder if complex word schemes need to be all this complex though? It's impressive to witness, but it seems like complexity maybe trumps meaning; you don't follow the intention or story as much sometimes. With Aesop for example there's often a clear red thread all the way through, even if the subject matter occasionally flies over your (well, MY) head. Here sometimes I wonder if the words are more there to sound good than to really tie things together; they occasionally make it harder to follow along, but maybe that's just me, might need to hone my ears and vocabulary a bit harder... I do love the theme. It does have a red thread.

Good stuff anyhow! Production quality's on point too.

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Anjovi responds:

Thanks bro! Aes is definately an inspiration of mine. While I normally find that he's too dense for me to fully immerse myself in, I can definitely see his genius and find myself able to fixate on single lines from him and get deal of inspiration.

This song was interesting as I normally don't go as verbose with the vocabulary and occult references, but the theme had this beckoning for them I found. Kind of got to have fun and pull up references and moods that stuck with me from my exploring of the conspiracy theory circuit/circus. While there is a meaning attributed to those funkier words, there definitely is an element of fun and aesthetic, but the theme seemed to call for it so I felt ok leaving it in that murky (giving it more that popcorn type lyricism than the more deep/profound).

[G-Dash]

I wonder what G-Dash means hmm... Groove? Grand? OG? Ahh Geometry! XD

This was funky. A little repetitive, but rich, and dreamy.

Nice track. Creative composition and style too.

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Anjovi responds:

Thanks brother! Yeah, I do wish that I spent a bit more time fleshing out some of the compositional aspects. I think it's just a matter of finding a better work flow to keep the flowstate going from beginning to end.

In theory, it wouldn't be terribly difficult to weave together some more sections and flourishes to get out of repetitiveness. Just gotta invest in workflow related tutorials or some experimentation.

Thanks for the words Cyber!

[Strings in the Breeze]

The strings, the whistles, the bird chirps and shouts... the sound design overall is so rich in this one... and the atmosphere's atmospheric. Magic like a Cleric.

It reminds me a bit of old Westerns, though without the malice. A sense of romance and freedom. Of being one with the world. Outdoors and on adventure.

The mix is clear and beautiful, the melody soothing and rich...

Really enjoyed this one.

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[Save You]

The beginning was SO GOOD! The vocal samples, the intensity and tone, the way they repeat and splice together... perfection.

Then that unconventional dub/chipstep kind of beat kicks in, after the build, with the somewhat off-beat string kinda pattern and eh... I'm not as big a fan of that.

The other part's SO GOOD! The vocals are just perfect. I wish the sections between them would be different, equally fluent and atmospheric, those middle sections break the spell for me a bit. It may be the pauses are just too long. It doesn't flow to me. It feels abrupt.

Creative track though! It's unconventional all way. Sometimes in the best way possible, sometimes... less so, IMO.

Keep up the good work though! Almost perfect.

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