Wow, this is huge.
I was overwhelmed by your comment: all this Indian rules you applied, I never saw someone so straight to ethnical music rules.
To the music: I never listened to Indiastep =D But for my taste, the middle part with bassline and stuff sounded like a big fill-in, because I'm used to a fat drumkit. If only the ethnic percussion is allowed, I won't critizise it.
I also liked the definition of the sound, very rich in detail, well mastered.
Thank you for that new impression.
Reviews for "Maurya Thunder - RAC'12"
AKACCMIOF responds:
Thanks for the detailed review, its always nice to see a detailed comment (especially a nine starrer!). Yeah, I was kinda aware that the author's comment was massive, but it's the only way we have to put in all our research stuff there, sorry if it seemed kinda intimidating! Yeah, Its true, the inner part could have flowed far better from the intro, in fact I made an extended cut with a big Goa trance section leading into the bass drop, but the rules say only 3:00- 4:00 minutes long, and I'm a slave to the rules, so! :P
Nah, I can see what you mean in terms of percussion, the big 30 Hz bass drum could be bigger, but I really wanted to paint the image of a bloody, dissonant, twisted Maurya battle (specifically Emperor Ashoka's last, bloodiest battle before his meeting with the Buddha). To do that, I did sacrifice the bass drum and the massive dubstep snare, which may have made it less full and brutal. Hmmm, will consider a remaster :)
Thanks a lot for the review :)