Vocal House - UC ft Zefora - Tricks of Time

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http://soundcloud.com/unknown-cause/tricks-of-time-ft-zefora

New track featuring vocals from Zefora.
Any comments are greatly appreciated! This is quite far from anything Ive done before stylisticly!

Thanks in advance, and enjoy the tune

[Simonator]

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[Simonator]

Nice track.

Mix is somehow loose/baggy... but it's not necessarily a bad thing at all... aesthetically, the mix sounds more like a White Stripes song than a house track- the hats & snare contribute to this rock-like sound too.. It's interesting. Not problematic.

The 'ahhs' of the vocal remind me of a specific trance tune from ~1998 that I'm struggling to pin down... possibly by Lucid.

Those falling arpeggios are really nice- sound like something from a kung-fu movie. These too are also reminiscent of some existing song in the depths of my memory... possibly from an intro.

Love those metallic Elektron hits... reminds me a little of some of the sounds in the Wave Alchemy Syncussion pack.

Critically- I think the vocal seems a little disparate from the rest of the mix. I can't offer advice on what might improve this though; you've already done vide work with layering/delays/reverbs. Somehow I feel it could be better bedded in. In a way, this aspect could be good as it makes it seem more ghostly... like an out-of-body experience or something!

[fragletrollet]

Originally Posted by Simonator

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hahaha... I guess it could seem that way

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Originally Posted by Simonator

Nice track.

Mix is somehow loose/baggy... but it's not necessarily a bad thing at all... aesthetically, the mix sounds more like a White Stripes song than a house track- the hats & snare contribute to this rock-like sound too.. It's interesting. Not problematic.

I used some jazz drum-samples as a base of the percussion, all cut up and rearranged. Layered with some 808 / 909 and MD

Originally Posted by Simonator

The 'ahhs' of the vocal remind me of a specific trance tune from ~1998 that I'm struggling to pin down... possibly by Lucid.

I kinda feel the vocal have some similarities with Andain - Beautiful Things and lots of other trance vocals out there.

Originally Posted by Simonator

Those falling arpeggios are really nice- sound like something from a kung-fu movie. These too are also reminiscent of some existing song in the depths of my memory... possibly from an intro.

You mean the main melody thingy? The one that is used almost throughout the track?

Thats a guitar sped up to 250 bpm through lotsa fx

Originally Posted by Simonator

Love those metallic Elektron hits... reminds me a little of some of the sounds in the Wave Alchemy Syncussion pack.

The MD really cuts through the mix. Love it, but still trying to find the most usable way of integrating it into my setup.

Originally Posted by Simonator

Critically- I think the vocal seems a little disparate from the rest of the mix. I can't offer advice on what might improve this though; you've already done vide work with layering/delays/reverbs. Somehow I feel it could be better bedded in. In a way, this aspect could be good as it makes it seem more ghostly... like an out-of-body experience or something!

Yeah I think theres nothing left I can do to it, other than volume adjustments or the likes... any suggestions are welcome. I think its good enough as it is tough.


big thanks for the feedback!

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any other takers?