VERY Ambientist
This really gave me the feel of a desert oasis. Very liquidic and exotic and at the same time bears some dryness. Awesome. What's this? Suddenly, an actual structure to a beat, out of nowhere? Nice. Added with the drums and flutes that you originally had at the start, this is twice as awesome. :) Lots of life in this desert.. Must be a windy day with loads of small critters all over, from eagles to scorpions.
Marvelous, Magnificient, Majestic
Contrary to your latest track posted, this IMO is the most original and unique of your tracks.
It reminds me a bit of Maestro Rage's "The Gift" I get the same type of imagery- a desert based ambience, an adventurous mood, the feel of an underdog completing a grand task in his reward a slice of majesty. While his style was more ethnic orchestral, yours is more ethnic electronica. Awesome job of combining the more realistic instrumentation with some nice synthethic elements backing them with your genuine, deep ambient backgrounds! In the words of Borat, "VEERRY NICEEE!"
I really enjoyed the intro. A synthetic backing, but you start off the track with some ethnic sounds, great sounding panpipes, excellent percussion loops with not only some ethnic timbres, but an ethnic feeling groove as well. The strummed chords and short fragments on the plucked strings make a real nice touch. Love the little "dings" and "clicks" very exotic blend of sounds.
Then, a very interesting blend and turn when you bring in the traditional acoustic drumset and analog bass. Catchy rhythms matched by a bouncy analog bassline. I love the wah synths in the backgrounds, sounds a bit like a synthesized digeridoo. As for the dripping pads, I saw water indeed, but to me it was moreso of a blurry mirage. And the ethnic instruments act as the dryness, while the synths add a nice layer of lushness.
I really liked the transition at 2:00ish, while you had a go at fusing both styles. I like the shaker percussion, and how the rhythms aren't just straight 16ths or 8ths. And you are really good at panning, you sure know how to mix drums. The constant panning of the higher end parts makes everything feel so alive :D Really awesome flute solo, too. The notes really flow with the architecture of a desert scene.
Nice dynamic buildup with the arpeggios on the square, everything is gelling really nice together. And that note that hits at 3:30 is awesome, so great buildup and continuation which i thought your most recent track kind of lacked. I guess now would have been a swell time to switch the flutes role as a lead and give it to the square synth, to contrast styles. The square arpeggios ends on one long note, but on the second run through, it would be cool if you extended that note longer and messed with sliding the pitches around.
The plucked parts are awesome, a great addition to this track and they do their job. I like how the ending mirrored the intro, but was more active and contained more synthethic elements than the start, yet felt suitable and not too layered for an ending.
Criticisms:
Can't think of a whole lot. That ethnic hand percussion loop was pretty much the same when you threw it in different during different places, I'd develop one or two more patterns and replace some of the same ones that repeat on the second half of the track.
That choice of ethnic strings was a beautiful selection, but it only played in sparce parts. I would definely like to see you put in a section in here where it acts as a solo instruments even if it's just for a brief 20 seconds.
The analog bass has a lot of mid texture, so when the more layered parts are introduced, it kind of fades into the mix, unheard really. Not really a bad thing as it's not as important with the other several instruments playing, but you may be able to switch to a smoother bass with more subbass to still hear that melody.
Seriously, this track OWNS. I'm very glad you focused on the small intracies, it just adds to this piece's beauty in several different ways. Lots of layering, I could pick out one instrument to focus on, and be taken away by any one. That's what makes tracks like this so great!
very nice background music
i was always a fan of your ambience music. i dont usually like ambience i find on this site either. very good work. this is one of my favorites.
keep up the good work, im looking forward to more good tracks!
Very Peaceful
Sadly I don't know what an Oasis looks like. I love all your songs my dear friend. I always listen to your songs at night and dream wonderful things. Get the positive energy flowing. I dream about walking in the forest, over the horizon comes the sun. Nice lake. It's all to beautiful. Thanks for creating something wonderful.
Shat.
Cool as fucking hell with Sauron.