Originally Posted by pusga

i knew sting was in the police, but i didnt know the police consisted of 3 stings either way one of those songs that everyone likes, i literally dont know anyone who doesn't like Message in a Bottle or Every Breath You Take



since i am required to say something: dnb track by Photek, guy makes awesome textures and breaks.

also i've tried to think about why some of the recent EDM, super high production value tracks are way more forgettable to me, even if really like them at first. i started noticing it after i started listening to modern happy hardcore/ UK HC, it seems like a lot of the songs are instantly awesome but die out the more i listen to them, while other songs last for seemingly years before making me bored.

i think the conclusion i have reached is as the amount of effort and tweaking put into them is insane, there is practically nothing in the song that is "questionable" or unclear, like it is very evident what the artist is trying to achieve, since the engineering makes the whole song crystal clear, and it leaves nothing to my interpretation.

in the song i posted above there is stuff that i only noticed like months after i first heard it, and the same happens with a lot of my favourite ambient albums (FSOL - Dead Cities, Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest). those albums are filled with stuff that i am not even sure i like, which makes me more interested in them for some reason.

thoughs i had, no idea if it happens to anyone else. i saw a post by someone (Lazors?) earlier in this thread saying that they prefer songs which have "worse" quality, and i see that a lot of the times probably because of this.

Originally Posted by pusga

Melqart: Fresh has some good stuff, Gold Dust is one of his most known tracks i think. my favourite by him is this one though



oh and when i mean high production quality i mean how most modern EDM really sounds clear and "high quality". most EDM now is designed to be really loud, and it is produced in a different way than most non-EDM (or less mainstream EDM). some instruments are made louder than others intentionally, and everything is clear to the ears (it is easy to identify all the instruments). for example, one of the EDM industry standards is that the kick/beat should always be the loudest thing in the mix, because apparently that is what the average consumer likes nowadays. it is things like those that remove the art from the songs imo, since they don't allow the artist to go beyond the regulations

Alpha: im not the best critic to those since most of 3 days grace's and fall out boy's songs sound the same to me, plus i am so tired of hearing Centuries in every radio station lol. my sister really liked them when she was 16 so maybe that is why i really on't like that kind of metal (or whatever genre it is, i am probably wrong)

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Melqart and cocoacobra have both been promoted to Administrator. Congrats! ;)

Originally Posted by Skylar

ockeghem's (if i say that out loud, someone would think i'm choking on something) piece sounds a bit too much what i'd expect to hear if I walked into a church in the middle of a christmassy song. not really into it sorry.

It really really reminded me of this though

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thanks for the Jamie T suggestion cobra, hes pretty good, now this artist has the reminiscence of arctic monkey rock, with weird australian vocals, and shes pretty good. (the album also came out less than a week ago)