[Ambient Techno] Giving and Receiving

maleek · February 05, 2010, 17:16:10

More techno oriented music from yours truly. I delve deeper and deeper into sound-design and atmospheric soundscapes. Regardless of how it is described, I hope some of you will find it interesting.

http://soundcloud.com/suecae_sounds/suecae-giving-and-receiving

Saga Musix · February 05, 2010, 17:36:03

Too much variation for the genre IMHO - The chord change at 1.10 is not necessary.

Apart from that, it's a pretty nice track.

maleek · February 05, 2010, 18:06:59

Hehe. It is not Detroit oriented. That's for sure. It kind of crosses over to a housegroove tip' at times. I don't tend to do strictly genre oriented music. Thanks for the comment nonetheless!

Saga Musix · February 05, 2010, 18:17:36

Well, I wasn't thinking about detroit techno or anything actually - more about minimal music in general, which this certainly would be if it hadn't so many chords.

maleek · February 05, 2010, 23:40:22

I wasn't exactly aiming for a strictly minimal groove, although I really appriciate the character of great minimal music and consider myself inspired by some of the prominent artists who make music in that direction.

I listen to quite a lot of dubtechno, but this isn't exactly dubtech either. It falls between genrés, hopefully landing somewhere interesting.

Sam_Zen · February 06, 2010, 00:09:25

It has a nice strong atmosphere, until after a break, at 2:37, a boring melody line starts, with a poor, non-descript sound.
It's a weakening addition which is not necessary.

AlisterFlint · February 06, 2010, 05:33:28

interesting intro, although a tad too long. the rest is too "weak", especially the last part..

maleek · February 06, 2010, 14:10:39

Sam_Zen & AlisterFlint:
Ouch! Different strokes for different folks I reccon. Some like what others dislike and vice versa. The modplug community is still not known for its cautious sense of soft critisism I reccon.

AlisterFlint · February 06, 2010, 14:25:14

i'm sorry if i offend you in any way, it's just i've heard zillions of electronica tracks and i guess i'm not an easy listener..

psishock · February 06, 2010, 15:29:25

maleek: the open, bullshit-less critics have 100% more value than the "cautious" and "soft" ones. Take 'em like a man and learn from them, or GTFO. :wink:

I like when a song has cool variations, so that is never a considered to be bad. The song has a nice flow, the easy atmosphere is charming, but i would definitely do something with that melody from 2:37+, the impact of the song started to drop from that point. The sounds may be ok for the case, but the way you have used it should get some serious polishing. Altho' the groove and the structure is very much fine.