Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[need to be loved (feat. mifir4ik)]

I don't understand what's being said at all but hell yeah I can vibe to it. :) Feels like something straight out of the Paranoia Agent soundtrack, which is a compliment of the highest order, the vibe's special, both vocals and instrumental...

I like how both vocals and instruments sometimes 'trip up' a bit as they trail off too, adds a unique flare to it all.

A little much autotone though with Mifi (at least I assume she's Mifi)... never been a huge fan of that, but overall this is bangin'. It's like Eurobeat and Dubstep fused together, two styles I did not expect to see together...

Also that end, I am... what now?! XD I don't get it at all but... that was new too!

A lot of creative things going on with this one. Dope work.

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[Sunset on the Seashore]

Is this what a sunset feels like hmm?

Maybe if it's sinking into the waves, drowning in the ocean, to never rise again... it feels a bit too ominous and intense for the scenario, but music wise this was awesome.

I wonder if it'd be even better if that background synth occasionally takes a break too though, or shifts pace, production quality and everything is great but... it feels like it might've been even better with a few shifts along the way there too. It's a little psychedelic.

Good stuff! Grand tune. You really do feel the intensity.

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[ENERGY (PHONK HOUSE)]

For a while in the beginning I was getting Bomb the Bass kind of vibes, sound quality so clean...

The production really is on point in this one! The beat's varied. The energy's perceptible. The vocal samples... can't quite make out the worlds but they feel suitably veiled that way. And they're BANGING too. They shift. The instrumentation shifts. It keeps going with the same beat and yet it just never gets dull, the breaks are well-timed, the groove's infectious, the everything about this is just... so well-done.

It ends a bit abruptly but it's easy enough to start again if ya need to. I certainly do. :)

What a groove. Dope tune. Vibrant; intense; fresh in the best possible way.

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[i'm sooo scared..!]

Daaammn what a quick build... and the way it starts with a video reel sound effect! Considering the title it feels like I'm jumping straight into a horror movie right there. Just watched Sinister, supposedly the scariest movie ever made, and the video reel element was a prominent part of that movie too, so that's suitable...

I do wish the music would switch up a bit more along the way though. The vocal sample shift a bit. Some kind of screams maybe? Something that goes a bit better with theme. All things considered it's a little tame, and the beat - despite the ominous overtone - starts getting occasionally a bit too upbeat along the way considering the theme.

I love the beat though; I love the style. The breaks. Everything about this. Just doesn't feel like it really amped up that scare potential and theme to the fullest.

I'm dead but you make want to live is a cool catchphrase though.

Dope work.

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itstdx responds:

woah, this is an amazing review man. thank u very much! i'll take ur points into consideration -as you're so right about the inconsistent changes in tone-! it's been a while since i made this kinda breakcore now, so i'll try to do so with your advice soon enough.

hope to see you again in my comments, thank you again! =)

[Tension Temple]

I could imagine this playing in something like Pokémon. :)

Feels like a familiar kind of style. Upbeat and adventurous, videogame style, with a psychedelic kind of background synth all the way, yet plenty of variation atop of that...

Lovely tune. Production quality feels just like it would for an older console too, pixel perfect.

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Kman465 responds:

Ah, funny you say Pokemon; a lot of my soundfonts actually come from Hoenn. The bass for example is the Pokemart! :P

If you liked this one, a lot of my recent tracks have been following suite in the same style.

Thanks for the kind words!

[赤い湖(Akai-Mizuumi)]

Atmospheric, interesting, different, with so many nuances even to what seems like simple sound, it's like it shifts from one instrument to another in a seamless way, I can't make sense of the instrumentation...

Yet it feels like it'd work better as a soundtrack or something than as music in itself. It doesn't really... reach anything. It feels ambient as a background would be. As something transient; something linked to something else. Something you'd applaud if you heard it in conjunction to a particularly haunting or brooding scene.

I could see this playing in something like Ghost in a Shell, or Oni...

The sound's amazing, by itself I find it hard to immerse myself in it though, maybe also because it's not constant. It comes and goes. Like a train. Like time. Like fleeting emotion.

Hope to see this in a scene somewhere, a movie or game, something that complements it fully.

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[Rhonda]

This is dome dope piano playing. :)

Plenty of reverb, and nothing else but the keys... it sounds real. Feels like you're sitting in front of a stage; really following a performance...

The melody's beautiful too, the keys flutter, the pace slows, it's like you follow some kind of conclusion towards the end, something unfortunate, a death, an accident, an end... and then it does end. I did not read the description before I started writing this btw! The fact that it's for an actual funeral, and your mom's no less... damn... so sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine what it'd be like to lose someone so close, yet it is a thing we all must go through eventually... good to hear you're better; hopefully this becomes a positive memory in time, a catharsis that becomes more so familiarity; a memento of the person she was...

I wish it'd go through somewhat more motions before the track gets to end, from a purely compositional standpoint; that it wouldn't follow the same base chords all the way, but it does feel pure the way it does. Like a theme song of sorts.

Beautiful work.

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[Silk Wrapped Mothberry]

What a descriptive title. :) The monotony of the tune... it's like you're just waiting for a cocoon to break too. Then instrumentation with Eastern influences, silky.

Unfortunately it does get a bit monotone though IMO! And the way the different instrumental layers play atop each others, though at a different pace... is pretty cool initially, but after a while starts to feel badly timed to me. Like you wait either for a break or for a build, something to bring everything together; something to align or expand everything, yet it never really does, it stays slightly out of tune, never going in unison... though it may be the layers are just a similar loudness, and so you focus on both, may be different if one was more in back; the other the central part of the mix.

I love the concept; the style, unfortunately the composition's just feels a little lackluster and simple to me. Feels like it needs... something more. Some more variation at least.

Keep up the good stuff! I do love the vibe.

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Tyhond responds:

Thanks :3 It's old soundtrack and I've gotten better now.

[Morning Jam]

Imagine waking up in the morning to this. :)

It started well even without the brass, a fun; jivey; lovely; vibey kind of compote, but when that part kicks in... and the synth after that, this was so wholesome.

The drum feels a little loud maybe compared to the rest of the instruments, and machine-like in timing. Compared to the other instrumentation I feel like that's maybe the weak link here. It's just a little too mechanic; a little too monotone, even if the occasional rolls are delicious there too.

Mix quality could probably be a bit more vibrant, but then again this saturated kind of recording sound, that vinyl-like buzz in back, does match the style well. Feels like an old recording, as I suppose it's meant to emulate too.

Dope jam. It's short but so good, food for the soul... been playing this on repeat a while now.

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[Obscurity]

What an ominous intro... feels like something straight out of a horror movie for a while there, then suddenly it gets upbeat, then chill... what a rollercoaster of vibes and emotions this one was!

The ominous tone comes back again, but fades quickly. We get a brief electric guitar section, an awesome rolling piano, some indecipherable vocal or synth hits in the back, that trail and transition in a cool way... all with an appreciative pace and energy, and breaks in the midst.

I particularly like the trip-hop kind of dnb session that comes in towards the end, but just at the end! That would've been a cool re-occurring element. :)

Overall a really cool tone, production quality's on point, sound's vibrant yet bassy, the progression's surprising and refreshing, with plenty of air time along the way... it's a vibe all the way. The chill parts are mesmerizing really.

If there's anything that feels left out maybe it's some kind of finale; something it builds towards, it bridges different sections in a nice way, but always falls back into a familiar beat; pattern.

Dope work. Love this sound.

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