Anchorwind's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[TIGER M Remix - Let Me Go (Full Forward 2 Freedom Remix)]

I love walls of sound but this sounds like too much in the mix. Not enough head room for a lot of it. The difference between good distortion and maxed out signal.

TigerM responds:

The Artists really loved it and live it is fun too =) Sorry it didn't get it for You Anchorwind
Happy 2017 and beyond =)

Thank Listen -- Limiter didn't give "signal max" possibility
Listen to on a Stereo / Speakers and You may enjoy it more if not satsifactory

Your liste and opinionn is cherished

Sincerely,
BAM! P.E.F. WAM! D.A.P. DJ, TIGER M^_~*

[Her Reemergence (LichLord Mix)]

First Note: Everyone stay tuned. New Years 2017. Mother Machine V: The Pentakill Remixes debuts with "Let's Begin (Featuring Lich)" The MM-Lich combo isn't over yet.

Review: This is worthy. You kept the tribal nature of it and the sense of exploration. You added to it more a post emergence feel. This is like sequel track. This is the track that plays right after she comes out from the deep and her followers start making all sorts of noise. I'm enjoying the Anchorwind-style layering at the end too, just the bath of sound that one can immerse in.

Well done.

[Shards of ice (floating snow)]

I like it! the rumbling made the water in my glass dance, my kind of deep right there. I always enjoy the sense of exploration I get from your work. There's curiosity to it.

Yqarus responds:

Thanks, Anchorwind. :)
So, I had the right pick with that bass. :D
I try my best to keep the "curiosity" up and make it even better. :p

[Death Slumber: Lucid]

Yep, I downloaded this. Didn't realize I was listed as inspiration until later. I came for your profile because I wanted to send you a personal message. Saw a familiar title and clicked it. Wasn't disappointed. Grinder has gotten a lot of mileage out of the Slumber line: his remixes, my remixes, your inspired pieces, and I'm sure there are others out there. /claps.

Anyway, onto your piece. The swelling up to the ~1:45 section made me smile quite a bit. I listened a number of times. It grabs you, and doesn't let go for a good minute or so. The nice, abrasive, ringing that yields back into soft keys was well done. In my terms - Mother Machine gave way to Phonometrologist at 3:12. I was smiling from ear to ear. The soft left hand rhythm that faded out and then came the pulsating static. A final reminder that I'm always here - even if I don't say much. Lurking in the deep.

A rare, true, 5 stars.

Phonometrologist responds:

It's good to see another enjoy the abrasive ringing as much as I do. In terms of the storyline, I was inspired by Heartgrinder's melodic dream. As for the industrial section, I kept listening to Mother Machine for the abrasive, machine-like rhythm. Obviously, it doesn't come even close, but it's my first attempt. I was so frustrated creating the middle section as it stretched me from my comfort zone. It truly does involve a different mindset to composing than from what I'm accustomed to doing in the first and last piano sections. The noises and ringing was, however, quite comfortable. The actual ringing transitions was my friend's viola scratching near the bridge, time-stretched, and then with a lot of reverb and delay-- an instrument that humans use to make something beautiful becoming quite distorted. A familiar theme?

Although this piece is inspired by a nightmare, this is a story of lucid dreaming regarding the heart of humanity. I am reminded by what an old friend once said about my music, "a melody that has no meaning, as it's a depiction of the loss thereof, in a way of silence. Silence is a golden state; it touches us in ways like looking in a mirror through our ears."
It's interesting to me that even if we seek silence and have it for a time, there will still be that abrasive reality that so many people are incessantly seeking to escape.

[EMX2 DnB (live)]

I'm all about heavy, static, glitch, D&B, etc. This just sounded like my speakers were blown and someone threw a flashbang in my immediate vicinity - which isn't pleasant, I can assure you.

SlaughterClub responds:

well yeah may of needed to EQ a little bit but i dont have any monitor speakers at moment

[Veteran]

This is a kind of "Friends on Mushrooms" kind of track that is an absolute joy to listen to, which I have a number of times already. If they do a Vol.4 they should remix this and put it on there.

AliceMako responds:

The psy vibe then, well there's no escaping it and infected have played their part in my past so.

Glad you like.

[+8 BIT GLITCH FINALE MIRAGE+]

This had its moments. It felt disjointed, but there were a couple sounds in here I really enjoyed. What did you do for your lower end sound? Mainly just the deep hit, has a familiar analog sound to it - something I use frequently.

GamingBuckets responds:

I tried to make the song glitch like but I feel it took over. Also lower end sound? Thanks for listening!

[Trapped in a Paradox- Electribe2 DnB -live]

I really enjoyed the esoteric, space-filling, nature of this. It's just everywhere. It's like if someone chopped up the 90's scene and shoved it down your throat. Well done.

SlaughterClub responds:

ha ha glad you liked dude !! thanks 4 the feedback description

[Dragon Riders]

Really solid work. To the playlist it goes for sure.

I can see myself, 2 in the morning, back to the bar with a pint in hand just watching everything in slow motion. The people in the corners enjoying each other, the dancing in the middle - all of it.

Well done.

AliceMako responds:

You must have loud pubcrawls then, thanks for listening.

[Engineroom Lounge]

Wow. I really enjoyed this. I'm not sure what else to say: start to finish was very enjoyable. Happy to download and listen to it again.

AliceMako responds:

Nice to see you around again, we should chat some time now that that's finally an option again.