Can this old guy review a modern uptempo hardcore track?

[@harrybaque5502]

Old dude drops epic boss battle theme, priceless!!!

[@s_r_v]

Your track would sound very at home in a sonic the hedgehog game... well done 👏

[@mikewesty2864]

So the A.I. Lady describes the "melodic thrash metal" band Exodia, the song you referenced was also by an artist titled Exodia however their genre would be closer to dance/techno/electronic for lack of better terms. Just to clear up the very confusing description Ms A.I. gave us...

[@AudioMasterclass]

The description came from Bandcamp, word for word.

[@randalb7930]

I’m a classically trained from conservatory musician and after 10 years of that path, I started learning and appreciating live immersive experiences that are commonly called “raves.” Now ten years into this new path, I come across music like this often. I think you are missing the experience of being in a sweaty crowd, everyone undulating and moving in sync to the music played at a near ear damaging volume. It takes over many of your other senses and as a group, the audience is forced into a state of trance like hyper real focus. The bass distortion might have been created with an analog circuit on a modular synth, or created using a modular mixer made for over saturation, like a Bastle Bestie. So, any time you’re in Buenos Aires and want to learn more about why music is pushed up into distortion at high tempos, im happy to help you find a venue to experience this. I see it as a form of shock therapy. But yes, at the end of the process of mastering, unfortunately the loudness wars on the dance floor was taken too far and the dynamics were uselessly damaged. Excellent review.

[@BlazejMarczak]

Came across Nils Frahm yet?

[@fernandofonseca3354]

The track reminds me of my days studying for my music degree where amongst many other regrettable things, I put together a 3-minute piece using DTMF tones with true Hammond key clicks, evolving towards a simple jazz progression to save it from lethal boredom...

[@SLATEB0Y]

i love your honesty and telling us like it is. As an "older" (approaching the "old fart" category) musician i can totally relate to you. The sort of guy you could easily share a pint with!

[@the_dude182]

The ultimate un-review-able track. If you call it utter ear piercing garbage, it's actually credits to the artist as he/she wanted it to do that.

[@Will-qx9vm]

If you think this is ear piercing then I have bad news for you, actual Uptempo is WAY more noisy and over-the-top.

[@the_dude182]

@@Will-qx9vm So true

[@earthoid]

As an old fart myself I have to say I enjoyed your track a lot more because it put a smile on my face.

[@isotoxin]

Lol... the beat from rayquaza is so comical. 😅Sounds almost like some sort of Benny Hill show. And this is a comment, from the techno music fan! I loved the review! I hope we will see more of them! P.S. OMG! The 6:42 sounds crazy!!! I love the panning, because I'm using it in my mixes with a variable speed controlled by LFO!

[@AudioMasterclass]

In this case the panning was in the preset but there are so many ways to pan without using the pan control. Here are a couple... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ65fpd4j7qEjMU

[@michaeldeloatch7461]

I agree with you about Now and Then entirely spot on. The video creeped the living crap out of me. Not like horror show creepy -- like dirty old man hanging around the playground creepy. (I am a clean old man and I eschew playgrounds except when my grandkids turn my house into one occasionally.) The uptempo hardcore track sounds like an old tape recording where you used the CUE feature to listen in on the fast winding tape to find a song and fry your tweeters with 100kHz if you bring the head too close to the tape.

[@thepostapocalyptictrio4762]

Can’t wait till next week’s reaction to Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart…I mean that’s “old fart” music,too

[@martineyles]

I didn't detect any chiptune elements in either track, and they didn't seem that modern, but I did get a 90s happy hardcore vibe from them. I would suggest chiptunes are characterised by very simple synthesis based mostly on square waves with the odd sawtooth or triangle wave sometimes added, and often a noise generator. Also generally with limited tracks, 3 or 4 most common, but up to about 6. People got around some limitations with rapid arpeggios to get chords and rapid octave jumps for extra colours. If you fancy drum n bass with some chiptune elements, I'd recommend the Pendulum album Immersion, which features chiptune stylings on two of its tracks - the rapid octave switching in the opening track, Genesis and a nice square-wave solo parts of, Set Me On Fire. Nice moments that feel up to date and nostalgic simultaneously.

[@ctbcubed]

This sounds like it was recorded in an MRI machine, but even an MRI sounds better than that!

[@sosimplyinhere]

Life has not been the same around here since the thunder god of KZbin (Yeus?) slipped your VU Meter discussion into my pixels. This forage is just right!

[@eugenebrandon3914]

Your track sounds eerily similar to the iconic score's theme, 'Tubular Bells,' from the movie, 'The Exorcist.'

[@almo2001]

OMG I've heard Firecracker. We had Quiet Village. Also loved Sake Rock. Which was in an animated short on Sesame Street!

[@zloboslav_]

Maybe "modern" is defined in a broad way regarding its time-frame, because this particular music style with the same sound became popular in the mid 90s. I do think the review is on point and I appreciate that.

[@Will-qx9vm]

This is straight up 90s PSone Jungle/Hardcore. Next do a review on Unicorn on Ketamine or GPF.

[@Synthematix]

Sorry i didnt hear any music in the first clip

[@leonid998]

How about Adam Neely "angry music for jazz orchestra?" or his "exigence"? Worth looking at, imo.

[@glennlove461]

I love playing this game: Where some guy plays his crappy music and then I play my good stuff.

[@ericdere]

The movie Hardcore Never Dies is available on Prime (at least in The Netherlands). It takes place in the 1990's

[@Dutch-linux]

also on via play

[@EgoShredder]

One way of approaching it, is what would you want other more intelligent lifeforms to encounter and listen to, if they found some of our human music after our civilisation had long gone? Would you want them to hear Hardcore or something else? Which music would showcase our proudest and most accomplished achievements, in composition, arrangement, improvisation, melody, chord work, playing virtuosity and technical recording methods?

[@raycochrane3971]

Yes, Now & Then with all of its mawkishness could've been a McCartney song.

[@Anybloke]

It sounds like a 33rpm record played at 45rpm and basically, it's crap. Give me Now And Then or the sound of your nasal hair trimmer any time.

[@jurikonradi8941]

Your example track sounds like beginning of 90s when rave/techno sound was very infant. Try something more contemporary: Temudo - Lea & Blanche, or Luke Slater, Dubfire - The Sonic Assassin, and you will notice that modern techno is very advanced in sound design and in mixing.

[@andrewbolam4346]

The hardcore track reviewed was basically a pastiche of much older jungle techno (hardcore breakbeats with a 4 to the floor kick) and some happy hardcore piano breaks, there is nothing chiptune about that track. Not saying its good or anything, but there is a certain requirement to sound a particular way so that the sound fits the track, which is why it was compressed in that way. Remember, we did not have spotify back in the 90's so the more your track leapt out of the speakers the better it was at the rave. And this it the difference between the first and second track. This is going to sound a little pendantic, but the first track was clearly produced by someone who has been to several raves and understands how the music should be in its representation of what was before, and what is recognised now as 'old school'. I'm not saying you've never been to a rave Mr Audio Masterclass but if you dropped that at a rave you would be booed off stage. At a more niche event however it holds merit as perhaps intelligent dance music or experimental synth. I don't expect most people to know what makes it different, but there is a certain sound to hardcore that is stylistic as well as it's abuse of compression/distortion.

[@AudioMasterclass]

I have never been to a rave and it's unlikely that I ever will.

[@SwapnilBBagul]

Way better than the other thingy. So much distortion in the other audio.

[@SPEEDWEEB]

Nah grandpa out here makin breakcore now 😭😭😭😭 If you review another track you should try something by machine girl’s album wlfgrl!

[@colemanmorefield]

I had a roomate in college that would spin hardcore on a pair of technic turntables, music was trash then he stole my promotional pressing of The Long Blondes "Couples" at the end of the semester. He only took the record and left the jacket, what a loser.

[@AudioMasterclass]

Tragedy.

[@Thefreakyfreek]

And tere is me who listen to this unironicly

[@MacinMindSoftware]

rayquaza ex sounds like AI was asked to make a track based off of left field 4-track Amiga mods. Nothing new, just fast house chords like from 1989 like 808 State. Remarkable that this can get 4.8m listens. Almost everything I listen to is closer to 10K listens.

[@Ghandralph]

I’d rather listen to some good old (fart) heavy metal … Maiden, Running Wild, Helloween …

[@fernandofonseca3354]

Although it sounds a bit like an LP played at 78 rpm by someone who is none the wiser about both (yes I am an old fart too), I heard much worse in my life... Anyway, my point is if you are a professional, you simply do your work you were paid for, to the best of your abilities... now whether it's recording Berlin's Philarmonic in all its full glory or someone taking a wet patchy dump after a well served, spicy hot vindaloo, I really couldn't care less... my 2p

[@fernandofonseca3354]

I LMFAO reading all those condescending comments from individuals telling you what hardcore music really is and isn't and why you should be listening to x and not to y... oh man! 😂😂😂

[@CitizenOfEverywhere]

Pretty sure that track was just made for the lufs.

[@christophmartin5381]

This is to funny 🤣

[@niklasschmidt]

The first song could be from 1991. So an old fart song 3:27

[@shadowside8433]

Hmmm, maybe mid to late 90s?

[@grumpy9478]

so, you do chip-tunes too? given the high dynamic range & lack of distortion, I guess old farts still play games. but they must be retired 1st gen pro gamers - that pace is higher than I pedal.

[@timh6510]

I thought yours was cool, but part of me wanted to slow it down. With good luck and clean living, I will never hear any part of that first track again.

[@theaustralianconundrum]

37 MILLION views in 30 days and 1.1 million thumbs up and 73,354 Comments They are entitled to write whatever music they like. They were the Beatles after all. Merry Xmas old guy from this old Australian guy and subscriber!

[@rabit818]

Aphex Twin derivative.

[@BruceGrembowski]

Your track: Frenetic!

[@AudioMasterclass]

When you get to be as old as me you want to cram a lot in to what time is left.

[@BruceGrembowski]

@@AudioMasterclass I understand, being of a certain age myself. I did find the track enjoyable.

[@YoadJSVlog]

Uhhh those are just electronic noises

[@dermamred]

The first one is a trUck. The second one is mono(tone). I like only the latter a li'l.

[@djvoid1]

That ain't modern uptempo hardcore Sally. More game soundtrack influenced by 90s hardcore, similar to rave influenced soundtracks like Sonic CD. Try something like Mad Dog - Hardcore Style if you want something closer to the genre description. Be warned though... it's -3 Lufs and there's more than a bit of kick drum distortion 🙃

[@ericquasney8832]

Yeah. Got a good beat. 🐵

[@ericquasney8832]

A concise review. Persnonally,I liked it .agre with you. Don't strangle. Artists visions are Theirs. Let's put it out there and See what happens. I'm 66. 🙉 🐵

[@AudioMasterclass]

It wouldn't be for everyone but there's stuff in this track to like.

[@BostonMike68]

I think you got the wrong track. They described a heavy metal band that has influence from slayer. That's not metal so you know anything about testament or Megadeth even slayer. You should probably listen to rain in blood by slayer and then you know what kinda music you're looking for

[@AudioMasterclass]

So there's another track out there called Rayquaza Ex by another band called Exodia? If I can find it, I'll review it.

[@BostonMike68]

@@AudioMasterclass unless someone is playing a joke on you. I don't even like hardcore but I know what it is. It's short for hardcore punk . It's an aggressive style of punk rock .

[@DAVID-io9nj]

Bad music for me, also an old fart. I have found very good hard rock out of Japan. Try Band Maid. Highly melodic vocals over driving rock n roll, drums, bass and guitars.I suggest "Manners", would have fit right in with stuff I was listening to back in the day, except it is not a tired rehash.

[@HansGeersing]

I'm an old fart also 😅

[@shadowside8433]

Modern? The first track sounds more like late 90s Happy Hardcore to me. The second track sounds like a Tears For Fears vintage mid-80s B-side.

[@Dusty_Records_]

I'd have to dig out the history books, but wasn't that more late 80s early 90s? I got a rather Amiga Demo Scene feel from it.

[@shadowside8433]

@@Dusty_Records_ Quite possibly!

[@shadowside8433]

Apparently "peak happy hardcore" was between 1995 and 1999, that's around the time it was blasting out of my mates next door room!

[@Dusty_Records_]

@@shadowside8433 Not sure that the distinction of 25 or 30 years ago really matters any more. Nostalgia bait for people in their late 40s/early 50s, an elegant piece of music for a more civilised age if you will.

[@HieronymousCheese]

No. Apparently not.

[@lawrencerasmus]

It's the description of annoying in the dictionary 😢

[@radman8321]

Both tracks were appaling, but at least the audio quality of yours was good.

[@marxman00]

HOW DARE YOU!...... How dare they!......How dare we !..."Ever get the feeling you've been cheated !" i think youll find that was the Guantanamo bay remix ..if im not mistaken

[@1974UTuber]

Even your track was far too modern for my taste. But the quantity of the recording was leaps and bounds above that other nonsense.

[@AudioMasterclass]

My track is just one of my unboxing backgrounds. It is mastered, but in a way that I find pleasant and to a sensible degree of loudness.

[@christianduval8374]

Exodia's track gets 0/10. Yours gets 6/10 - could have got an 8 if u textured it with some carefully crafted vocal samples.

[@maxtrue9744]

Frank Zappa did it much better.

[@johnbrentford5513]

Hardcore? That was just a bunch of silly shit.

[@stevengagnon4777]

Huh? Not hard core. Not thrash. Not metal.

[@jeffchristian6798]

Well done, but it ain't music. God I feel old

[@philipkershaw7918]

Gameplay accompanyment at best. Most certainly not music for the pleasure of listening to.

[@johnwatrous3058]

Your track was better than the other track but still meh. I wish I could forget the other track.

[@chatochavez7448]

This is not hardcore!

[@niklasschmidt]

Obviously not the band described

[@radman8321]

There are two kinds of hardcore. There is the growly doom/thrash type and an EDM version. They have little in common apart from taking a gentre and pushing it past its limits.

[@theshootindutchman]

If you are a fan of Steely Dan, this "music" track you just listened to is wasted time that cant be gotten back......

[@fins59]

The original song by John Lennon was an apology to his missus for being an asshole, it was a shit song which was why it was never used until some money grubber thought it could be censored, made 'nice' and squeeze the wallets of Beatles fans now suffering from dementia. The other noise you played would be better named 'modern uptempo hardcore crap'.

[@teashea1]

Now and Then is an awful awful song

[@Douglas_Blake_579]

Nope ... sorry ... Not touching this one with a 10 foot pole.

[@stelachris]

It stinks. Don't quit your day job, whatever that might be. 😉