Shye's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Taitoki - Ollie Is God]

Ok this is even better

After hearing the strange style you had with Land, I thought why not check out more of your stuff, and I'm glad I did because this is something really special. Once again, great stylistic choices, you really know how to mash up different sounds without losing a general mood, gotta respect that. The pull and push between the low segments and the manic high ones really works to create this bouncy and swaying aesthetic. At first I was skeptical of the trumpet type melody you laid down but then when that percussion came in to fill it out it felt so damn good. The first high to low jump was a bit sudden though, some indication or build up might have been helpful in blending it a bit more. Otherwise though, very nice! I'll be sticking around to see what else you come up with from now on :)

[Taitoki - Land]

I'm always surprised by what I can find on this website, and traditional/oriental electronica is definitely new wow

I think these styles fused pretty well! You did a great job in picking the timbre of the percussion, regular drums or similar looping beats wouldn't work as well with this style, so props to you on that too. The only problem is that some of these beats feel like they're laying overtop of the music rather than gluing the track together. Also this is a small critique but why such a sudden cut-off! I was really getting down to this and then it just ended unexpectedly lol. But yeah all that said, this is very unique and something to be happy with, keep it up :)

[Anaphora]

This feels kinda like an arrangement thats been paulstretched haha

Serious review though, it's interesting and very sooting to listen to. That being said, for 37 minutes it's extremely monotonous, like I sat through about 4 minutes before skipping ahead to see where things would change up. So yeah, for what it is, its too long, however I can see the length working if something else was added to the piece. Some small bits of sampling, noise or other sound art techniques would bring this to life by adding both interest and ambience. Another idea would be to use the piece as a backing track for something else. Unfortunately I really dont see this working out as its own thing, it's just too unrefined. I know that probably comes across as harsh, but most audiences are far less forgiving than three stars.
Hope this helps, just keep fine tuning your practice :)

[Dy1ng, l0n3ly, @nd s@d f0r th3 r3st 0f t1m3]

This is pretty hot, I'm a sucker for noise/ambient music haha.
A few critiques though:
First off, and this is entirely subjective, the length. What you've done right is dragged out the piece to feel more sustained, long, and moderately cold. However, it's a bit much. I think if the tempo was sped up by perhaps 15% (making it fall to around 7min total) it would be a tad more mellifluous. That's just what I'd do though, you may prefer this speed and that's totally cool.
And second I'd like to build off what skyboundary said below, the repeated tone is very lonely in this piece. Usually a repeated noise in music can act as a good percussion, but when you dont build on that beat it becomes uninteresting or "irritating" as said by sky. An easy fix, if you were going for a drone/noise type approach rather than a percussive one, would be to make the tone melodic. Bring it up and down a bit here and there, that would make it less likely to fall into the trap of becoming boring.
By looking at the description, I can tell you didn't give this your full effort, but even so you have something really nice going on! Reminds me a bit of the album Bird, Lake, Objects from Masayoshi Fujita and Jan Jelinek, and maybe even A Moon Shaped Pool from Radiohead. You could really build off this and make something spectacular.

Either way, keep up the good work and try to be positive, l1f3 1s r0ugh but 1t w1ll @ll g3t b3tt3r w1th t1m3

Skiddle responds:

Thanks for your criticism, Shye. I really appreciate it :) Yeah, I know this is slow & painfull. I just made something when I was bored. Wanted to try something I haven't have tried since September of last year. And, yeah the repeated tone can be very annoying. I lost interest about a minute in, and said "fuck it". So... yeah...

I'm glad you seemed to like it, and I am positive. The title doesn't really mean anything to be honest. 8ut th@nk5, 5hy3.

[Looking Up (Lethalix Remix)]

This made me so happy!

I love so much about this remix, oh god I have heaps to talk about. Firstly, I love how you held the notes that are cut short in the original on the drop, it made it softer and felt felt like there was more flow to it, really working nice with the genre! I also love how the drum beats at 2:30 match where the rests are in the original, it helps it sound more complete in my mind. Oh and the way the melody fades in at 3:13 was perfect <3
Yes, it's different, but I personally prefer that here. You're exploring parts of an idea that I wouldn't have originally thought of, which opens up so much creative potential, so I'm glad you changed so much!
Thank you for this, you made my day :)

SmallTownRook responds:

Thank you! I'm so glad you like it! You just made my day as well. I've been a fan of your stuff for a while. You make some awesome art and really good music. Just wanted to say that. Have a nice day. <3

[Long Days]

This is really good! I love the energy in it, makes you want to dance :)

ScottJacob responds:

Thanks so much! That means a lot

[PPaper PPlanes]

No way... you're the best! :D

[apopopop]

Added to favorites and using it for a new level, Garlagan you are the best! :D

[Uninstall [Hardcore remix] [Rus]]

Beautiful! And I think I know the answer to your question, there's a game called Geometry Dash that has levels synced to music from NewGrounds, I used Uninstall a while ago and it got really popular, perhaps I could make a sequel and get this version popular :D

[Nanobyte]

Guess what song the new byte level will use! 8)

acxle responds:

YESSSSS <3