by Guthey » 12 Feb 2014 22:16
Hmm, very nice.
I'm going to start off with Treatment. The song was nice, the Melody and synth seemed very generic, something I'd hear in any Progressive House song, kind of made me lose interest. Also, this seemed like a rather calm Progressive house track, Not what I was expecting, which is good, since I wasn't expecting it. However, usually there is some form of great transition were there is chord modulation or some different form of the chord progression. The piano seemed too high, like it didn't have enough "definition" to its frequency, usually the piano would be in chord form, and it seemed to drown out some of the other sounds when it was played. I would suggest using another synth as the lead instead of the piano, it just didn't seem to fit with the other sounds. Also, the melody in the first 10 seconds sounds very strange, like you were increasing the pitch slightly and at 7 seconds it sound like you hit a sharp or a minor chord instead of a major, it just sounded weird for 1 second. That's pretty much it. The kick sounded spot on though, so good for you on that.
Diagnosis was pretty nice to listen to in my opinion. The lead melody was pretty cool, I liked the bass, and the pew-pews reminded my alot of Alex S. for some reason, just sounded alot like his work. I didn't really notice anything out of harmony either. I think that it's the best one out of the bunch.
Psychosis was also very nice. The lead is what caught my attention, very nice to start the song off with. Same goes for the melody at 1:40, very mellow and calming and the transition was pretty nice aswell. I didn't really hear anything out of harmony either. However, at 3:05 I wasn't really able to hear the melody very well, it was sort of drowned out. And the melody at 4:00 seemed to not fit in, but that's sort of the way trance it, so I'm not going to be too picky on that. The choir was a nice touch, reminded me of "Sunlight Theory." I think the vocals improved the song, it added a little more definition or a nice variation to the song, nicely done.
Pretty much all I have to say about that. Overall score I'd say would be 7/10. I still think Balloon Party is cooler though.