Anchorwind's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Krokoдil]

This is a fun listen. My one critical idea is your bass line. At :20 you have a nice rolling kick line which is good. However, shortly after your bass line drops and it overwhelms your kick. Granted, it's there, but is very subdued. This seemingly applies to lyrical sections, as the balance of your mix seems better during the instrumental bits. This may entirely be just me. I'll have to listen to this again later. Thanks for sharing.

SlipperyIcarus responds:

I actually have a different drum beat playing when the bass kicks in. I started off with the rolling one but it overpowered the guitar tracks

[Espionage]

I like the beat here, but that bass that kicks in ~:32, holy shit man. Just what I needed to keep this morning rolling along. Thanks for sharing.

TheComet responds:

That bass is the only synthesis I actually did in this project, and half of that bass is actually a signal they broadcast on one of the Russian numbers stations.

This was pretty fun to do, I might do a few more tracks in this kind of style but with full synths and less sampling.

Glad you liked it :)

[Alter Wyrd]

Come for the Tags, Stay for the Music. Very nice on both!

AliceMako responds:

Glad you like, i've got a truckload of stuff that needs swapping over from the laptop now that i got my new terminal up and running today so things are taking me longer then i'd like.

[Rinnegan]

This is nice and chill. I liked how it built up and got kind of crazy towards the end, that was a nice touch. Thanks for sharing.

THATGUYTANDEM responds:

I definitely wanted to pick up the pace on the second drop, make it a little chaotic.

Thanks for the review, much appreciated!

[Orphan]

Wow, another track that fell through the cracks. I'm sorry! || I am a fan of hard dance, so I liked the concept. However, this just sounded flat until I turned my monitors up pretty loud, then some of the textures started to come through better. It might be a mixing/mastering issue? Perhaps you designed that intentionally. Not bad, when loud. Thanks for sharing.

DaRealWollen responds:

Well actually I made this a long time ago. Back then "mixing/mastering" was a whole different thing I that I didn't understand. Thanks :D

[Aztec Midnight]

I'm not sure how this went from March through (almost) June with no ratings/downloads/comments, so I apologize for that on behalf of the (tiny) industrial community. || I thought this was a neat track, a bit jazzy at times and certainly danceable. What were your industrial-specific goals and inspirations? Thanks for sharing.

SmashingAtoms responds:

Thank you for the acknowledgement Anchorwind. The hard synth sounds featured in this song paired with wind instruments and bells struck me as something that might be heard in the minds of workers building up ancient civilizations. I wanted to invite the listener to a primitive place swarming with new ideas, and the possibility of strange, other-wordly influences.

[Hard Techno 2015]

All hail Lord Deshiel. However, m'lord, we do need to have a discussion about "Hard" Dance.

DESHIEL responds:

It felt hard when I was making it. ;)

[Quest for Clarity]

There was so much potential for build up, i was waiting for the studioshaking heavy kick to drop and take me home with a broken @#$%ing neck. Alas, my neck is still intact, tsk tsk. Oh yeah, Nice track. :p

DESHIEL responds:

I'd like to take more time with this track, but I also want to take more time with many others... Decisions..decisions...

[Kanker]

This reminded me of KMFDM, I hope that's a good thing in your eyes. Was worth the listen, thanks for sharing.

SlipperyIcarus responds:

Thanks dude, KMFDM is a huge influence of mine