djscavenger Junior Member
United Kingdom
119 posts Joined: Jan, 2014
Posted - 2015/08/27 : 12:35:43
My quick review:
CD 1 Fracus & Darwin
Good mix of different styles,
stand out tracks:
Music's Hypnotising
Heavyweight
Air
Starface
The 1
I enjoyed this mix because of the variety and give a taste of what the next Fracus & Darwin artist album. No real negatives but 'Banana's' is a rather odd track.
Scott Brown & Chris Fear
Stand out tracks:
Far, Far away (one of the best on the album)
Kickin Hard
Stay Young
Probably my least favourite mix. Too many baseline style tracks for my tatse and is missing a couple of Scott Brown vocal anthems (though he has not done many of late mostly remixes).
Al Storm & DJ Shimamura
Stand out tracks:
Heartbreaker
Come Back
Junkie Vinyl
Level up
Dream Surprise
Mr Hoover
Ignite
Make it if wee try
Angel from the sky
Surrender
Al Storm delivers again, he always does such a great job on the Hardcore Underground series. Shimamura is doing some amazing things at the moment and it would have been nice if a few more tracks of his were included but there are so many great tracks in this mix, it doesn't suffer for it.
Overall a diverse cross section of current Hardcore thats well worth a purchase
Alert moderatorEdited by - djscavenger on 2015/08/27 12:38:27
whittle1 Advanced Member
United Kingdom
3,191 posts Joined: Jan, 2005
25 hardcore releases
Posted - 2015/08/27 : 16:39:30
Great album. My only gripe is there isn't enough length in some of the tracks featured. Any tracks less than three minutes just isn't enough, and I think HU7 falls short in this aspect. Even on some of podcasts and mixes on Soundcloud you can actually hear MORE of the track, so you might as well just download them from there. Hopefully this feedback gets passed on to the right person :)
latininxtc Advanced Member
United States
7,307 posts Joined: Feb, 2006
Posted - 2015/08/27 : 17:18:58
quote:Originally posted by whittle1:
Great album. My only gripe is there isn't enough length in some of the tracks featured. Any tracks less than three minutes just isn't enough, and I think HU7 falls short in this aspect. Even on some of podcasts and mixes on Soundcloud you can actually hear MORE of the track, so you might as well just download them from there. Hopefully this feedback gets passed on to the right person :)
Oh this never ending argument on track length on a mix. The point of these albums is to showcase the mix in its entirety, not just individual tracks. They're also a great marketing tool for those who hear something that they want to own the full version of. You want the longer version, then wait patiently and eventually it will be released on a future album or digital download.
jordesuvi Junior Member
United Kingdom
143 posts Joined: Feb, 2014
Posted - 2015/08/27 : 18:36:24
Read up to page 5. Regardless of whether it's in CD or digital format, music doesn't sell.
Most of the money is in streaming and ticket sales now.
If I would be one to make a suggestion...
I've noticed barely any underground genres utilize what the rest of the music world is doing.
Those looking for exposure can connect their accounts to places like ToneDen. Whilst there's a small fee to pay after the free trial, if you put a track up for free people have to like, follow and sometimes comment or repost that track to their profile if they want to download it.
Voila, your track just got shared.
Also, monetization through streaming is where it's at. Granted, Spotify sucks and I'm actually in favour of Taylor Swift removing her discography from there. Otherwise, I have high hopes for Apple Music who are a little more generous at paying artists their revenue.
I've seen reports of monetization on SoundCloud streaming being thrown around but I'm unsure what stage that is in now, or whether it's just a rumour.
Finally, I'd like to see hardcore artists at multi-genre shows. I saw one here where DJ EZ is playing the mainstage whilst Styles and a few others are hanging somewhere else.
Instead of having hardcore only shows, why not try integrate hardcore into multi-genre events?
Maybe even the DJ's hand CD's/freebies out at the multi-genre events?
Vladel Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,514 posts Joined: Feb, 2008
Posted - 2015/08/27 : 21:35:59
quote:Originally posted by latininxtc:
quote:Originally posted by whittle1:
Great album. My only gripe is there isn't enough length in some of the tracks featured. Any tracks less than three minutes just isn't enough, and I think HU7 falls short in this aspect. Even on some of podcasts and mixes on Soundcloud you can actually hear MORE of the track, so you might as well just download them from there. Hopefully this feedback gets passed on to the right person :)
Oh this never ending argument on track length on a mix. The point of these albums is to showcase the mix in its entirety, not just individual tracks. They're also a great marketing tool for those who hear something that they want to own the full version of. You want the longer version, then wait patiently and eventually it will be released on a future album or digital download.
Yeah i realised that off the entire HU6 album there is only one track i still have listed on my ipod which funnily enough was one i couldn't purchase in full (ie not released anywhere).
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arpz Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,267 posts Joined: Aug, 2012
Posted - 2015/08/27 : 21:37:19
ExactAudioCopy (EAC) should be everyones ripping tool, it takes a little bit of setup but it will handle all the tagging etc. If it can't find titles then you can copy a tracklist to your clipboard and then read it and it'll automatically set the name for each track.
If you're interested in this stuff, it'll provide you with a detailed 'error log' etc, it's a tool for audiophiles and will therefore produce the best quality rips you can get.
trippnface Advanced Member
United States
1,654 posts Joined: Jan, 2010
Posted - 2015/08/29 : 15:43:34
want.... CD !! :(
** geez if they get to the eastcoast/midwest a few days ago they should be on west coast by now...god damn pony express!
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Mortis Advanced Member
United Kingdom
7,493 posts Joined: May, 2004
341 hardcore releases
Posted - 2015/08/29 : 18:34:02
I wasn't going to say anything on this until I had heard the whole album but I had to comment when I heard Level Up! What a tune. More tunes should be like this, balls off to the glitchy "look what I can do with my automation" and get back to what made this scene so good in the first place, unashamed fun and energy. Love it!
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"Maybe in a day and age in which even our rappers can't get to the end of a verse without having an existential crisis, we should find a place for happy hardcore"
alstorm Average Member
United Kingdom
190 posts Joined: Dec, 2005
Posted - 2015/08/29 : 20:03:45
quote:Originally posted by Mortis:
I wasn't going to say anything on this until I had heard the whole album but I had to comment when I heard Level Up! What a tune. More tunes should be like this, balls off to the glitchy "look what I can do with my automation" and get back to what made this scene so good in the first place, unashamed fun and energy. Love it!
love it, simple, catchy does what it needs to, nothing more nothing less .. win!
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24/7 & Technique Recordings
www.247hardcore.co.uk
robertybob Senior Member
United Kingdom
328 posts Joined: Jul, 2005
Posted - 2015/08/30 : 20:01:54
quote:Originally posted by whittle1:
Great album. My only gripe is there isn't enough length in some of the tracks featured. Any tracks less than three minutes just isn't enough, and I think HU7 falls short in this aspect. Even on some of podcasts and mixes on Soundcloud you can actually hear MORE of the track, so you might as well just download them from there. Hopefully this feedback gets passed on to the right person :)
Haven't purchased yet, but this worries me (as it always does before purchasing). Would someone be able to post the track lengths (or point me in the right direction?)
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