Gillenium's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Close Enough]

Dude... You have no idea how happy I am right now.

I got the urge to listen to your music today and thought "I hope he put everything on Newgrounds" After the collapse of iCompositions, I wasn't sure if all your stuff was still available...

But here I find you with BRAND NEW music, and you're BETTER THAN EVER. I said "What???" to my computer monitor. Fantastic, and personally very inspiring, Kev.

Keep at it!

SensoryDecay responds:

Steve! Thanks Dood! Yeah so glad I kept music here on Newgrounds. RIP Icompositions.com - just sent you a message that was way too long to post here. Thanks for stopping by to check out the new tunes! I was hoping that changing my name wouldn't make it hard to find me.

[Short Ends]

Better than ever, man :)

SensoryDecay responds:

Thanks man!

[White Rain in C Major]

Beautiful

Nicely done. Sounds like a lost synth line from the late-80s, early-90s Aphex Twin archive. The only problem I could see is the space between notes in the first half of the song. It left me wanting the next note, which stopped it short from being a 100% relaxing experience. The second half flowed perfectly, though. I listened with my eyes closed and went into a bit of a trance. Good work :)

DjUntold responds:

Thank you very much!
Yeah I know what you mean about the beginning.
But wanting the next note is sometimes a good thing, though I think you're right, because it brings to much attention to the song, whereas it is supposed to be subconscious :P
-Aaron

[Super Glue Memories]

Nice

An ode to energy is a good way to put it. I'd like to see this fleshed out into a full song though. This isn't really a song. It sounds like the intro to something that isn't quite ambient, just because of the energetic nature of the sounds in the tune. Loved it, though, whatever it is :) I could see carrying on the melodic parts into a 4 minute track with slow-medium speed beats. In fact, that would be quite awesome, now that I think about it..

DjUntold responds:

Wow, that would be really cool.
I should try throwing some beats into this one...
Yeah it's just really hard to lengthen that melody I had going haha.
I'm sure I'll think of something, thanks for the review, and I think I definitely will be adding some beats to it.

[Kaiz-Strange Petals (Remix)]

awesome

Nice little shake-up of the song (although I can't believe you included the sound that was spazzing out on the flp!) The new percussion added another dimension to the song. Very cool.

nightsurfermusic responds:

yay thanks Gillenium :)

Glad you like it :P

[Kaiz-PSY-DM]

Cooooool

I might use this in a DJ mix. Although, like Gahg said, there aren't really any peaks or valleys here. I'd probably use it for a segue or an intro.

nightsurfermusic responds:

yeah. Was supposed to be ambient trance/techno. Tried to make it like an intro song, though it is a bit too long for one I suppose.

[Midnight Hotel (fixed)]

I don't think I could sleep at that hotel..

Lots of stuff going on! I liked it. It's like a condensed form of Hotel AC, but much less sleepy. I was kind of surprised by the length of the song after listening to it, because it felt much longer. You've managed to fit a long journey into 3 minutes! I'm impressed. Continue with this style, because I can't wait to see where it goes next.

nightsurfermusic responds:

Great! So glad you liked it :)

[Dewy Embers (Mo-Tech remix)]

*big stamp of approval*

Niiiiiiiiiice. I honestly don't think this could've been done any better. I've been putting together a few DJ sets and this will definitely have a place of honor :)

Mo-Tech responds:

Glad you like it :)

I'd be interested in hearing one of your sets. Keep me posted.

[Summer Fall]

Well damn

That wasn't nearly long enough. Interesting aside though - this melody sounds a LOT like what a local band here sounds like. They are (well, were, they broke up) called Fallen From. They're buddies of mine (I've worked with both guys for my songs). But yeah, I love Fallen From and I like this. You need better recording equipment so you can sound awesome. I'd collab with ya fo sho :D

nirvelyar responds:

Thanks man, and yeah I should get better recording equipment.

[Celestial Beings]

major headtrip!

I've never really heard something like this on NG... full points for originality! However, I do think it needs some big improvements. The bass buzz was crazy bassy. I'm listening on headphones and it was making my teeth rattle... I can't imagine what my subwoofer would've done! I kinda liked it that way, though. I didn't like the percussion... the reverse hat is too jarring and the beats have too much space between them. A hip-hop beat would rock this song out've the stratosphere. Needs some EQ work and all that, but I like the parts that start at the beginning. Very trippy!

Rideo responds:

Thanks, I'll take that into consideration. Cause well the speakers I got on my comp suck, and I have no bass. So when I play it the bass sounds really weak, guess I should get some headphones or something, otherwise I'm not gonna know what it really sounds like.