Daniel Eboli´s "Sapiens Ludens"

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Artist:Linwood Riley

Title: Gotham Raid / Who Is The Brain?
Genre: Instrumentals / Film Music

It is exactly what the genre is saying. It is an instrumental film music.

It begins with a clear and simple piano melody, soon percussions and synths come in, all fit.

I can see in the image that it has something to do with an animation movie. It is a YouTube Drama Series called Suicide Squad. Cool heros design!

I can really imagine the this soundtrack playing along with an animation like that. If the series are as good as the soundtrack.

It has a feel of the "Starsky-and-Hutch" type of soundtrack but it is less acoustic and much deeper. I think it is a great piece of work.

It is delicate, deep, well dosed and very good sounding.

At 01:18, a great drum groove is added and the intensity grows, guitars covers it without excesses.

The song keep going with interesting sound effects, drum parts, choirs, bells in a variety of nuances enrichening the experience.

I have only one thing to say: the piano is not sounding real, it is too "japanese-like". Nothing against Japan by the way.

I think you should really look for some decent real piano sample and it will make a HUGE difference in the overall beauty of the music.

If you put a new piano it will be a 5 star.

Because of the piano I will give you 4 stars.

Please do something about it.

Artist:SicTim

Song: Hell-O
Genre: Rock/Experimental

Great rock n roll riff with a very nice drum sample.

Sounds powerfull and agressive and disrespectfull. I luv it!

AI AI AI AI! The screams are sick, powerfull and very effective, you really "feel the hell".

I am not into satanism or anything (and I Do think also the author is NOT) but I have to say it got a very powerfull message.

There is absolutely no lyrics or words but you are able to understand exactly what is all about.

Good sounding tune, no doubt.

Effective and simple.

I think it is Great!

5 stars.

Artist:The Great Awakening (Chris Fewell)

Song: Into the Haze
Author: Chris Fewell
Genre: Rock

If you are looking for an artist with a great voice, great compositions, great lyrics, great sounding tunes, with a solid rock felling, I introduce you Chris Fewell.

Why? Because he does not only composes but also produces his own songs. And they sound great.

I do not understand how a composer of this magnitude is "unsigned".

The song begins with a nice bass solo.

Soon the voice enters and you are immediately envolved in Fewell´s universe.

What looks like just a good conventional song is more. Voices in a dense reverb, Beatles style, "somebody help me" he sings. I understand him, I can feel his pain.

"...Make songs to help them along, but they get heard by no one,
Longing to tell them I know just how they feel and show them love..."

What a great vocal performer! His timbre and tone are awesome, very much above the majority of nowadays singers. Impressive.

Imagine that some people spends thousands trying to achieve this kind of excellent sounding tune.

In Fewell´s work, it looks like he is doing it naturaly, without effort, with relativelly very few equipment (based on information on his page).

Imagine what he can do in a 5 million dollars studio?

If Fewell releases an album, I will buy it.

*Daniel shows the "5 star plaque" with honour.

Artist: Perl Lake

Song: Cold Black Vacuum
Genre: Acoustic Rock

Well, really, when the music begins , it sounds to me sonicaly weak. Drums are programed and sounds bad, the organ sound is not good and the line that both guitars (acoustic and electric) are playing doesnt seem to fit.

When the voice enters, it is a quite pleasant sensation I have. The voice is there, sonically and musically. The vocalizes are confortable and inteligent, I like the effect used in the voice.

The lyrics are very visual and interesting. Perhaps the instrumental part in the midlle is too long.

Definitely the arrangement and sound choices doesn´t please me but the voice, is like, win the fight.

Maybe , if possible, try to make a more organic tune, with real instruments, good performances.

The song is nice but it could be more, instrumentally speaking.

In particular, this piece is what I like most in the lyrics:

"...Shiny little nano bots, protects our soil from foreign plots
Take this message cross the sea..."

Anyway, I dont dislike the music, only the way it sounds.

It is a lovely song with a lot of feeling, sounds real (the voice).

Artist: Cam's Even Song

Author: W. Cameron Bastedo
Song: Aliens & Strangers
Genre: Acoustic/Alternative

The author put the song under under "Pop Rock" genre. It doesnt really make any good for this song in particular. It is not a pop rock song at all!

The author also told me: "...The song is actually based on a verse from the Bible and was written and recorded to help my Grade 11 students memorize that particular Bible verse..."

Well, I have the particular hability of seeing angels since I was a little boy but I am definitely not a religious person. Ok then, I hit the play button, a drum pattern begins the song.

The drum pattern is not particularly good or bad but it makes me think: "It will be something bad". Do you know when you are listening to a song for 3 secs and you already know if you like it or not? That was the case, I didnt like the drum intro and the keybopard melody before the voice enters. An acoustic guitar that made me not wait for anything cool. I was waiting to hear some nasty, unpleasant singer.

Then the voice enters and ... wow!

WOW!!!

This is a great example of how the voice could be important and completely erase all my "preconceived" opinion about the song.

The singer is absolute great! It is a wonderfull, wonderfull vocal performance. Reminds me Simon and Garfunkel a bit. It remainds me Beatles aswell.

And the lyrics are absolute amazing, I didnt knew a Bible verse that talks about aliens, Here is:

"Dear friends, I urge you,
as aliens and strangers in the world,
to abstain from sinful
desires, which war against your soul.

Cast off the load of sin,
Rise up and follow him,
Find out where life has bin,
When you believe in him. "

This is very cool! This is awesome.

Mr Bastedo, you are really very near to God. Your music is perfect!

Keep it up!

I will give it 5 stars...no....1000 stars!

*Daniel presses the "5 star button" repeatedly

Artist: Stealthspectre's Experimental Insanity

Song: Enigmatic Passenger
Genre: Electronica/Ambient

The lyrics are cool. It allows you to imagine what is being said. You can create your own history about it. So many interpretations.

The song begins with a pad. Then there is a eletronic steel guitar and the voice.

The author claims he is not a singer and his musical skills are limited. Well, I have to agree with him, no offense.

But, somehow the harmony, the chords progression is inusitated. I see here material for a good composition but I think it has to be lapidated.

I think the author need help from a musician to help him make the song a more relevant experience.

Then a electronic beat enters and the song keep going with the same elements, same melody, same harmony. I think the song is urging to something new to pop up. Maybe a second part with a differnt harmony/melody, I dont know.

But in the end, after listening to it about 10 or 12 times in a row, the overall result is unusual but not unpleasant.

The author is seeking his sonority, I can see that, clearly.

He is in the right way but there is still work to do.

I will give it 3 stars.

Artist: narcofunk

Author: narcofunk
Song: Get closer
Genre: Electronica/Ambient

Nice ambiented tune! Very cool intro, it makes you confort since the begining. 

It is a very visual music, so to speak. The eletronic noises are used here almost like a percusiive sample, it´s delays go well with the music. 


It gets more intense when a guitar begins a very peculiar solo, inteligent and solid composition here. 



The type of thing I like. At this point Im impressed. 

After that there is a kind of mantra that makes the suspense very confortable. the guitar come a go with diferent attitudes. 


Arrangements change everytime and everytime is better. 


It is a great piece of composition. 


Narcofunk, please make some copies and bury it in a sealed vessel in a very deep hole. This way it will last enough to be part of human history for the future nations. We have here a piece of the universe. 


Congratulations! 


It deserves a 5 star, no doubt! 


Keep it up!