Arponax's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Save the Light (Jamuary 2024)]

Sensational.
great piece indeed, it is simple and easy to listen to.

As a very complex composition loving person :D i would make the chord progressions a bit more spicy, with some more melodic elements, like some arpeggios or more dynamics and more development overall. But thats just my personal taste :D

The song itself as it is feels complete and nice.

[I'll be there]

Oh boy i love the bassline in that second half.

[Ganjemix - Dream Of You [Teaser]]

Great, great youre getting better my friend.

[Nautical Twilight (Jamuary Day 11)]

Is this the 50th song? :D

The melodies are really cool, although some people would say its not ambient because of the percs :D i think they are okay tho i think it could really use some work on actual ambience, there are parts where it feel a bit dry and the melody has no foundation to build on.

Anyway the song is really nice, calming and very easy to listen to i like it.

[Anno Draconis]

really cool track, i dont listen to trance much XD so i dont have much experience with it both compositionaly or by listening. But this was fun, i tried to play on guitar while listening to it XD it has very simple melody and theres alot of place for little solos and counter melodies, so for me the best possibility :D

Even tho the melody is basically the same it doesnt really felt stale for the whole time which is really interesting, when i do stuff like this it always ends up being boring for me, maybe its because im the one who listens to it hundred of times on repeat in the end but who know.

Great song.

AED4 responds:

Thanks for the review! Yea the melodies are super simple, really they are mostly just arpeggios with attitude ;D

To give some counterweight to that I tried to give it a feeling that it's always moving onwards, and not staying still even when playing the same melody for an extended time, so I'm happy to hear that it's working :)

[Flame of Passion]

But dayum, this is loud XDD

AHH, that transition at 1:35 should have ended with that real sick ass Dnb drop where everything goes crazy (oh i think its called neuroDnb or something :D) the basses the leads the noises the DRUMZZZ.

2:00 hmm this might be just my view, but personally i dont like to start my drops with halftime and transitioning to doubletime....uff it feels like kinda suffocation of energy, just doesnt feel right....halftime for me feels like when youre driving on a highway full speed and just go into neutral....no gas no breaks no stress, you know. Thats why i like to start more flow-ey and then turn to neutral to slow down but still remain in the same energy.

i dont know if it makes sense, its just me comparing song energy management to car driving XD, you can ask me that on discord if youre interested XDDDD

Anyway 4 hours of work, too good....great job...too loud tho XD

JinZ responds:

Appreciate the feedback

[Strawberry Bossa Jam]

Now that is some high quality stuff, very simple very nice to listen to and the guitar just a cherry on top of all that :D great job. An hour and a half well spent.

I personally would love to hear more dissonances and weird notes(but thats how i imagine jazz) :D but still a banger.

xanxoepico responds:

I'm very glad you liked this little thing of mine! And yeah, I could've played more with dissonances, I admittedly have a small knowledge of them hah

[Who killed JinZ?]

not bad not bad...im wondering who killed him tho. its a shame, lets hope he will come back tomorrow.

[Then The Sky Rained Fire]

Sounds dope, though i think some sounds still could use a little bit of polish to fit them a little better into the mix.

This doesnt really sound like a bossfight where you actually fight the boss, rather its that kinda experience where you run away from it trying to save your ass XD theres one really cool in Ori and the will of the wisps where you have to run away from the big sandworm.....still brings me nightmares to this day.

Anyway good job on sick orchestral and cinematic feel. The intro is especially nice.

AceMantra responds:

Eyyy thanks for dropping by! It does sound a bit like a chase, but that doesn't bother me. They can't escape! 🔥