Score: 7
"Sad and lonely oriental/jazz piece."
date: June 22, 2008
I'm not familiar with Togaku, but I love hearing something new and so DIFFERENT on the audio portal.
What are the 2 instruments? One sounds like a wind instrument - maybe Sax - the other sounding like a plucked string instrument, but with far more resonance than a normal guitar. What is it?
It's almost poignant, bringing to my mind both a closing jazz club and also a chinese animation with cut-out figures. The strings could maybe perfectly suit an animation done in that vaguely oriental style.
It might have been better if you'd cut off the first 0.5s to avoid the blip, but then it does add to the homemade feel...
I really didn't like the ending though, feeling it just ended too suddenly - maybe some sort of sped-up movement around the notes (similar to the ending of some jazz pieces) would have worked well.
-Review Request Club-
July 2, 2008
Author's Response:
I'll be honest, I hate beginnings and endings - not my forte. I'm glad you liked this one, I love discovering something new myself and if I can bring that to NG, all the better. To answer your question, there are actually three instruments at work here. An almost inaudible flute plays the bass (best if listened to with headphones), the sax improvised the melody and the stringed instrument was nothing more than my plain ol' dreadnaught acoustic.
I'll work on those endings, thanks for reviewing this!