carboluka's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM2024 - Arrhythmia]

How can a vocaloid sound this good 😵

Didn't know they were this advanced lmao

Good job on the entry, definitely one of the top spots solely for the guitar virtuosity, but I'm kinda sad it's this short, I feel it could've been developed further. But I understand we're almost at the deadline and making stuff like this is very time consuming, so props for pulling it off 👍

[AIM - Night Sky]

Knocked it out out of the park. Good luck in the contest 👍

MusicBySpektral responds:

thanks! I'm glad you liked it :D

[AIM - Sights Towards Cosmos]

Didn't expect this to be what it turned out to be lol

At first the chords were really jarring and out of context which alienated me a tad and put me on the fence taste-wise; but after looking at the reference art I gotta say you nailed the vibe. Without context it's a really weird wonky synthwave song, with context it's a man dealing with the uncertainty of the concept of infinity and the crushing truth of the unlearnable nature of the cosmos: no wonder it has taken a toll on the track too. Not many people would go for a cacophonic route to express that emotion, and even fewer people could manage to pull it off well, so credit where credit is due. I like how the track speeds up as if the character's mind was spiraling into a paranoid episode, faced with the destruction of his ego.

Only real nitpick I have is that for me 2:00 was foreshadowing a really heavy powerful drop, it built up and built up leading me to expect a heavy stomp to the face, but when it got to it, it didn't really add energy and oomph and it felt underwhelming.

Nonetheless, great work and good luck 👍

[Peripheral]

I was about to skip this one since it almost sounded like every other ear-rapey DnB track in the Undiscovered Artists section, but you controlled the distortion and chaos really well, and overall it was a pretty nice track. Good job.

[Dissolve In Space]

I didn't know it was gonna be extratone 💀

Still pretty cool intro

[Crab Hunting]

Love me sum tropical vibes. The transitions are really clever, it catches you off guard but by the right amount. Really nice chords and harmonies, great job

ZaazNG responds:

Thank you so much for your kind words, super glad you enjoyed :)

[Two-Headed Calf (Demo)]

Wow. I love how you mixed the drums, I love the guitar roars/screams, I love the rough feel of the subtle metronome's rec, I love everything about this. It reminds me a lot of Flanafi, you might wanna check him out. All around great 👍

Glassedhouse responds:

thank you for the kind words! going to try and keep this same vibe on the studio version. i'll be sure to check that band out as well!

[AIM AUDIO CONBRUH]

Unironically genius damn. It reminds me a lot of those electronic pioneers making cool sounds with MOOGs (Mort Garson, Jean Jacques Perrey, Jun Fukamachi) in the early 70s/80s. It's weird, but expertly controlled as to not descend in cacophony, which is hard to do. The overall rating is unjustified imo; I know it's pretty avantgarde and hard to listen to if you're not into it, but as someone who strives to find music like this, it was a potluck. Congrats

[AIM - Nadejda]

This is a top contender imo, not what I was expecting but it somehow fits really well. Good luck!

Silnava responds:

Thank you so much! :D