Appreciate you for checking it out, man, haha.Haha, I always welcome your critique, @Daysleeper! You're def one who knows what makes trance special and how it should sound like. And just FYI, these were all made and finalized before I released my last EP, so they're all around the same vibe. The GOTE critiques wasn't taken in consideration yet, so the rest of the EP may fall short of what you're expecting it to sound like.
Edit: Starts off good. I like most percussions you've chosen. The little build melody is quite nice. The break is quites nice yes. The lead synth is also nice-sounding. But thats about it really.
The kick has a little to much attack force and the bassline feels very rumbly/too sub-bassy and undefined . The structure/arrangement feels a little too straight-forward for my taste. I would try and pay more attention to the details. Its really not a bad foundation you have here but I would like to see a more eloborated production. Maybe try to make the rhythms stand out more or add some cool off-beat rhythms, play more with layers. Dont be too rigid with how to build the track. Remember the GOTE tracks like europa for example? DONT let the percs/build just be a thing that leads to the break/takeoff. Make it matter aswell ! Would love to see a more refined and eloborated production, but still with your vision of the old millenium trance sound.
But this is daysleeper critque you know. Maybe you want it be this straight-forward on point etc. You have a good vision what sound you want to create. And now I even see you didnt ask for critiqe
Maybe its not the melody itself but wanting more variation in the execution, its a bit too stab stab stab. Still enjoyable though, if I heard in a club I would love it im sure.
The stabs from Euphoric were definitely inspired by "stabby" trance tracks, i.e. "Dj Tatana - Words" or "Chemistry - We Are One," I thought it best to introduce it slowly, as it doesn't have much variation. But I believed the underlying subtle synths working in the background help keep it from being boring. It may have needed a little more volume, but I thought it did the job well.Great job, like both of these. You captured an old Trance spirit very well.
Longing for the infinite - love that build/outro up synth, especially over the top of the 2.35 breakdown, miss that kind of dreamy stuff. The synth at 2.51 as well is good and works nice with the piano, although I find the fade out swoosh thing (dont know what its called, higher pitched element that dissipates and appears again) too repetitive and over-used, distracting. The main take off synth is pretty epic, nice one. Agree with Daysleepers comments about making the percussion worker harder at parts and have its own musical spirit, even if its just for a short period. Overall its very cool.
Euphoric - Great percs, love the bounce, how it breathes and the baseline. Intro melody is very cool, like that its subtle. It kind of reminds me of one the intro synth melodies of Rafael Front - Red. The second synth that comes in at 1:39 I find too repetitive, maybe because its too simple or its execution is not subtle? Feel kind of the same about the main melody too .Matt Darey vibes for sure though
This gives me pure nostalgia for what the online trance production scene was like in the very early 2000's and the old MP3.com days.
Appreciate it, man, thanks for listening. Looking forward to more of your music!This gives me pure nostalgia for what the online trance production scene was like in the very early 2000's and the old MP3.com days.
When people were using the OG Reason, Fruityloops and ReBirth.
Just has the vibe of that era about it.
I'm not going to critique it by modern standards as I know from your other stuff that your vibe is to go for that sound of yesteryear. And if that was the era you were going for here you've nailed it.
