Codefreq's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chicago]

This is awesome! It's melodic and the Dubstep drop is really cool. It's better than most mainstream Dubstep I've heard, much of which like a robot belching in your face.

I also think it should be longer. Nice work!

Lubloom responds:

Thank you! Mainstream dubstep is in a weird place right now, it's more like a loudness contest and cool ideas are less common compared to linear songs with cool sound design.

Yeah I need to work on making my songs longer like they used to be :P thanks for the kind words!

[Stalker]

You did a really great job with this. :) I feel like it belongs in one of the Paper Mario games. The cinematic theme of a dungeon in Ancient Egypt or some kind of desert really comes across quite clearly.

PandaThePanda responds:

Thanks man! Haven't played Paper Mario personally but the pyramid from n64 was on my mind the entire process

[The Purple Room]

What the heck is this?? I've never heard anything like this. There's no thematic elements, there's no form, there's no melodic hooks. There's just an eerie feeling I get from it. Gives me the creeps like it's late October. Evoking pure emotion with music is not easy. I can't stop listening to it because of how fresh and unlike the norm it is. Very nice work. :)

PhantasmosTheData responds:

I almost thought "Oh no, another one who gets creeped out by music."

Very glad you are enjoying it. Thank you for giving it a chance! Its hard to get people to listen to my music and hear what its all about.

[Rivers]

This track is very dreamy and atmospheric. I like the vibe it creates; it makes me feel like I've strayed into a dream and my head is in the clouds. I don't quite get why it's called Rivers, but whenever I listen to it I escape the real world for three and a half minutes. The only suggestion I can make is maybe turning down the bass on the drums, especially in the last quarter of the song. It's a bit hard on my ears. Overall, it's a solid piece of ethereal music. Good job.

iElectrocat responds:

Thank you so much for your feedback! I will fix it before the album's done so when it goes on spotify hopefully it'll be better in that sense. :)

[See the fault]

I like the use of sparsity in this piece. The instrumentation conjures up imagery in my head about a hideout in a video game, which I like. There's a point at the end where the beat falls apart a little, which interrupted the piece's flow, a moment I'm personally not too crazy about. The mixing is pretty good, and the writing is pretty good too. The only other thing I could say that could be improved is that the first minute or so doesn't really draw me in as much as I would've hoped. I would suggest maybe sprinkling some extra sounds for texture and timbre throughout that first minute to give the listener more of a reason to stay tuned, to keep the listener guessing what comes next. As it stands now, it's a little slow to start before the song picks up steam.

I wouldn't describe it as "techno" myself, but it's a decent listen.

GeometryDashMau5Kids responds:

Gracias por tú opinion. Si estaba pensando agregar cositas más para tenerlo listo en diciembre, ya que ahi estara esta canción en el albúm :)

Que tengas un buen día UwU

[The War of the Winter Flame]

I love this piece. Not only is the instrumentation as triumphant as it is beautiful, but everything about it is cohesive and focused. The melody is distinctive, the mixing is great, and the message the title and music together presents comes across loud and clear. Excellent job! :D

dkDigital responds:

Thank you! :D You have no idea how awesome that is to hear. Each point you touch on is something I was pushing myself to improve at!

[Obsessive Bolero]

I like this piece a lot. For me it really nails the feeling of walking down a dark alleyway, like the artwork you present. It seems like it would go well if paired with an RPG, where the player is sneaking around, trying to not get caught by the guards around the area.

Technically speaking, it's really well mixed. The instrumentation has a lot of nuance and subtle touches that make it sound great. The only thing that keeps me from giving it 5 stars is I don't quite understand the correlation between the description and title, and the music itself. Nevertheless, I like it a lot and would love to hear more of what you could do. :)

LexRodent responds:

Thanks for listening and your review. Glad you enjoyed it.
Well, the correlation it's indeed quite obscure ; The song was inspired on obsessive thoughts, which are kind of an exaggeration over control (in most cases).
The dark alley imagery would fall as some sort of metaphor for it.