KatYuki's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[EPILOGUE]

I will confess, I'm NOT usually a fan of phonk music. But I do actually like that drop! My main critiques with this track are A. like the prior track it doesn't quite fit the attached album, and B. despite being titled epilogue, and being the final track, it doesn't really have a final track feel. It doesn't tie the album together and make it feel complete. But anyway, those have been my opinions as a 7 year long music producer, hopefully you found my feedback insightful haha.

Vulturrent responds:

Dude thanks so much for all the opinions on the songs LOL!! I agree on a lot of things you've said (many of the songs are indeed repetitive lol, I just now noticed that replaying through the whole album myself.) But again, thank you so much! Glad you mainly enjoyed the album :D

[One Last Little Show]

This song achieves its purpose and does so decently, but to me it's very out of place in the context of this album. But that aside, it feels like something out of a toby fox style fan game or something. I feel like this song plays into the circus show vibe pretty well, but needs to do so more creatively in order to keep listenability there too. Like, it accomplishes it's goal, but it doesn't hook me to keep listening. It solely plays into the cheesy show vibe, at least to me.

[Eternity]

Okay, I really love this track! I love emotional electronic, and this definitely fits that! And ooh that background piano halfway in. (I'm a sucker for piano in EDM LOL) Both of you working together made a track I'd listen to often.

[Reality Breaker]

This one feels is vibey for sure, but needs a small tempo bump to my ears, not much though. Needs a bit more fluff in the first half too, at least to me. Especially when working in slower tempos like this.

[Solar]

Out of the tracks on your album, this feels the most newgrounds-esk to me haha! As for improvement, the lead on the buildup and drop could use more regular notes mixed with the portamento. With it being entirely porta, it feels a little too glidy. Throw in a couple solid notes and it would sound a little cleaner. I vibe with the drops here for sure! Also, this is more of a house track than the labeled trance, at least to me lol. Feels like progressive house.

[Aerospace]

This track is a nice vibe. A little repetitive but not to the point of some of the other tracks on this album, and definitely not enough to bother me as a listener. I like the idea of this being some sort of alien ship, I definitely get that vibe. One critique would be the kick drum doesn't quite fit the track to me. Like, synthwave kicks are supposed be be clicky yes, but this one is a little too clicky. Sounds more like a future bass kick lol. Anyway, looks like I'll be going back a bit to find tracks 6 and 7 lol.

[Planetary]

Ooookay, this is a vibe for sure. The intro pluck arp feels a little cheesy, but outside of that this is really good! I feel like where the first drop builds up a bit before starting is great, but doing it again breaks the flow of tension and release a bit. I think omitting the second dip down in the first drop would help the track flow a little better. Overall this is my new favorite, we'll see if that changes as I finish the album though!

[The Glorious Fantasy]

Firstly, I love that the inspiration is Hexagon Force, or really Waterflame in general. Love their music. But as for this song, the cinematic style intro could be shortened a bit, and the part that follows (1:08 ish) is a little bare. I feel as though it needs to be a bit faster tempo too, but not sure how that would work with the later part around 2:20 ish.

[Insomnia (Epilogue Edit)]

In terms of my personal music tastes, I really like this one compared to track one (Nightwalker I believe). However, it's not without critique. The first 2 minutes or so repeat this same really nice arpeggio, but it gets old after the first couple repeat bars. The automation on the filter does help a lot, but I feel it could be more interesting, and would hold my interest better with a bit of change.

[Nightwalker]

Very nice and vibey song, definitely fits the title. Main critique is it feels a bit repetitive. Like, you're adding in enough elements to keep it interesting, but only *just* enough to work well, and not enough to really keep my interest for the whole song. Good work overall though, from someone who has been producing for 7 years! I'm about to check out some other songs from this album haha