Mutant Breaks #12 Voting thread

Download on SoundCloud is now turned on for my track.

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Hello there
More than 30 tracks to discover, would be nice to send a ( random ) playlist.
I’m waiting for this votepack.
I have already my favorite but all 3 xnrs were not excuted in renoise. Perhaps cause of my 3.1 version…

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My track should have the download option turned on now… Could have sworn I enabled this earlier. Let me know if it still doesn’t let you download. Thanks for organizing all this.

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What do you mean with a random playlist?
Do you mean without numbers?
The numbers are there for organization. That way I don’t loose track of which track is which.
I do have a suggestion for you. Hit the random button on your media player while listening.
That way you can have your (random) playlist.

Some new downloads became available today. I will add them to a new pack. And then create a almost complete pack for people who have downloaded nothing yet.

yes please make a pack of all the songs you have, I want to listen and vote…

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Complete voting pack here

https://countingdownto.com/?c=2811170

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Here are my favorites:

  • Make A Wish - Pixel Friends
  • Charly Blackbone / Vivace / BotB - The Flame Of Thunder
  • mios - Joy Div Soc
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To be true I suggest to listen everybody, and then to listen another time randomly ( any method! ) coz 30 tracks is more than one hour. Maybe you will listen carrefuly, maybe other will not.

Folks!

Listening to all the tracks was pretty exciting! I Good Job Everyone!

Here’s my top three from my internal voting:

1. Stailer - Best Friend Ever

Review: This reminds me much of the soundtrack oif some haujobb and farbrausch demos from the mid two thousands. Great VSTI guitars. Lots of feelings inside. Awesome track!

2. Make A Wish - Pixel Friends

Review: Fresh. Poppy. Chip Tune. What else do we need? This could also be really old Amiga Mod Track. Wonderful!

3. EatMe - Fulltime Lover

Review: Wow! A funk track with dose of Jazz. Really loved the trumpet solos! Or was it a trombone? Doesn’t matter. Just beautiful!

Remaining Song Mini Review Shout-Outs

Artist and Track name: daemonarmada - GT94mk3MB12
Ambient track that reminds me of a long-ride wth the train through a dark, urban area. Nice mix.

Artist and Track name: T3AC | VFX - Dperc2 Full10m
A little monotonous, but I really like the dynamics on the drum track. Also nice, minor chords. Good one!

Artist and Track name: Panos Kostagiannis - Friends By PanosK (Mutant Breaks #12)Renoise
I like how the song develops, and the chip leads came a little unexpected. Great!

Artist and Track name: HeartBeatHero - Lets be friends (Mutant Break Compo 12)
I really like the sound design, a little chip, a little rock and beautiful melodies.

Artist and Track name: Clouds Gone - Fritzens Friends
This is certainly polarizing. Nice drum track, but the spoken words with the heavy german accent don’t work for me.

Artist and Track name: Rægæ System - Mutating Frends v02
Nice drums with lots a variety, and a beautiful deep bassline. Interesting.

Artist and Track name: Type-A - Amigos Mutantes
Perfect fit as a sound track for a dystopic movie. I like the mood and the atmosphere of the track.

Artist and Track name: trusti - take control (my mutant friend)
Nice club track, totally danceable. Love it!

Artist and Track name: The Comfortably Awkward - soci_anx(overstim 1.3)
Lots of variation, lots of dynamics. This is more a score for a movie than a song. I can imagine it tells a really exciting story.

Artist and Track name: Exutoire - Emwan
Not really my thing, this is a little too repetitive. However, the overall mix is clean and crisp, great effort!

Artist and Track name: Garfferen - Mingling Mutants
I really like the intro. The second part of the song did actually surprise me, because it stands in quite a strong contrast to the first minute. Enjoyable.

Artist and Track name: Uilo ( W lo W ) - Mu
Flangers! Flangers! Flangers! I really like the burping sounds at 0:46 :slight_smile:

Artist and Track name: ghismart - RST
Classy tracker music, pherse/chorus scheme,really nice melodic leads. The leads are great and could’ve been mixed a little more to the foreground.
Pretty good!

Artist and Track name: Charly Blackbone / Vivace / BotB - The Flame Of Thunder
Faced paced break beats, well produced. I think I’m too old for this. Good effort!

Artist and Track name: Seal Meat - We Might Be Under The Effects Of Ionizing Radiation But Let’s Play Video Games
Insane. What the fuck was that? Repeat!

Artist and Track name: Lilith 93 - Artificial Intelligence
Voices of strangers predicting the “end of the human race”. Dystopic. Good Mix. Enjoyable!

Artist and Track name: e4r - Bohm’s Trajectory
If System of a Down smoked too much dope and got a SidStation, it might sound like this. Don’t get me wrong: I like SidStations, and the track is really pleasant. Good Vibes!

Artist and Track name: elias - Mutant Candy
Review: No idea who wrote that melodic shit :smiley:

Artist and Track name: P L O M - CZ 200 V9 (MUTANT BREAKS #12)
Pretty abstract. If you love retriggered samples, this is your track. Definitely interesting.

Artist and Track name: trotch - Woody Harrelson Remix
Vibrant break beat and enjoyable synth leads. Works for me!

Artist and Track name: this beat - Somehow Someway
I really like the slow parts of this song! Also, the vocals blend very well with the track. Good!

Artist and Track name: Acodreon - Mutants Brews Shit In The Swamps
Sounds like a Las Vegas slot machine being epicly shot down in Counter Strike. Very different!

Artist and Track name: Frank S - Heavy Weight Sound (Mutant Breaks #12 Tasty Edit)
Second part of the song works better for me than the first half of it. Here, I particularly like the chip melody which is mixed into the background.

Artist and Track name: Redman - Render Up Little Man
Really nice breakcore track! Love the amount of variety. Even for a non-breakcore listener like me, this is “accessible”. Thanks for sharing!

Artist and Track name: The Bellows - Mutant Breaks 12
Nice, dominant bass line. My favourite part of the song starts at 6:00. Not bad at all!

Artist and Track name: FX Send - Freeman’s Drum Machine
Nice bass track, which really fits the drum track well. Like it.

Artist and Track name: SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics
I really like how this song flows. Decent break beats, beautiful pianos, vivid atmosphere! Really Great!

Artist and Track name AAamadeus - Mutating Friends Shittune
A really solid chip tune. Not much else to say! Good!

Artist and Track name: Maya Azem - Foreign Affairs
Really an enjoyable, melodic track. The restrained nature of the track and its relaxed atmosphere turn it into it a real gem. Love it!

Artist and Track name: sunnk - augury swore the skull of essence
There might be a monster somewhere! (In slow motion)! Interesting!

Artist and Track name: lusd - MBV12 - Mutating Friends
Not really my cup of tea, but maybe worth opening a bottle of beer :slight_smile: The muddy mix is somehow appealing!

Artist and Track name: BlueFountain - RN2019SUMB12
I can feel the mutants coming! Experimental and pretty different.

Artist and Track name: mios - Joy Div Soc
Finally, the last track of the combo delivers us a typical, really enjoyable Atari ST-ish chip tune, which could be the highscore music of your favourite underground arcade game of the early 90s. Muchas gracias! Muy amable!

Good job everyone!!

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Thanks for your review.

Wow what an epic turnout this year.

Thanks @alien7 for organizing. Very great job.

I will listen to the votepack, review and vote over the weekend.

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no votepack with all xrns ?

My 3 votes go to:

Artist and Track name: Type-A - Amigos Mutantes
Artist and Track name: SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics
Artist and Track name: sunnk - augury swore the skull of essence

I will release my full review list later.

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  1. Forum Name: 00.1
    Artist and Track name: daemonarmada - GT94mk3MB12
    Cool ambience. Could be a track in the Mandalorian serie.

  2. Forum Name: t3ac krfox
    Artist and Track name: T3AC | VFX - Dperc2 Full10m
    Always like me some acid.

  3. Forum Name: stoiximan
    Artist and Track name: Panos Kostagiannis - Friends By PanosK (Mutant Breaks #12)Renoise
    Cool voice sample

  4. Forum Name: EatMe
    Artist and Track name: EatMe - Fulltime Lover
    nice jazzy track

  5. Forum Name: HeartBeatHero alien7
    Artist and Track name: HeartBeatHero - Lets be friends (Mutant Break Compo 12)
    This is my track. :slight_smile:

  6. Forum Name: Clouds Gone OopsIFly
    Artist and Track name: Clouds Gone - Fritzens Friends
    Cool beat! Nice arp. And cool vocal samples. Very cool distorded bass.

  7. Forum Name: Raegae
    Artist and Track name: Rægæ System - Mutating Frends v02
    Really original use of beats.

  8. Forum Name: The Empty Self Land_of_Bits
    Artist and Track name: Type-A - Amigos Mutantes
    very nice, dark, epic

  9. Forum Name: trusti
    Artist and Track name: trusti - take control (my mutant friend)
    Nice beat!

  10. Forum Name: The Comfortably Awkward - TCA selecta440
    Artist and Track name: soci_anx(overstim 1.3)
    nice sample choces - love the strings

  11. Forum Name: stailer
    Artist and Track name: Stailer - Best Friend Ever
    Very nice guitar work. love the arp!

  12. Forum Name: jarzu3
    Artist and Track name: Exutoire - Emwan
    creepy, in a good way.

  13. Forum Name: Garf
    Artist and Track name: Garfferen - Mingling Mutants
    cool intro, nice ambience

  14. Forum Name: uilome1
    Artist and Track name: Uilo ( W lo W ) - Mu
    intresting sounds and composition

  15. Forum Name: sokoban
    Artist and Track name: ghismart - RST
    Dark and light at the same time, love the voice in it and vocoder

  16. Forum Name: BotB
    Artist and Track name: Charly Blackbone / Vivace / BotB - The Flame Of Thunder
    awesome breakbeat and bassline

  17. Forum Name: Seal Meat 13_2
    Artist and Track name: Seal Meat - We Might Be Under The Effects Of Ionizing Radiation But Let’s Play Video Games
    Cool sample choices!

  18. Forum Name: Fabrice
    Artist and Track name: Make A Wish - Pixel Friends (Mutant Breaks 12 competition entry - free download)
    Nice and light melodies! :slight_smile:

  19. Forum Name: lilith
    Artist and Track name: Lilith 93 - Artificial Intelligence
    Cool intro, nice synths

  20. Forum Name: e4r
    Artist and Track name: e4r - Bohm’s Trajectory
    Nice combo between live and synthetic instruments.

  21. Forum Name: elias
    Artist and Track name: elias - Mutant Candy
    A happy song! The world needs more of this. I like the synth at the end :slight_smile:

  22. Forum Name: killa_p Beat_Fuhrer
    Artist and Track name: P L O M - CZ 200 V9 (MUTANT BREAKS #12)
    Many cool sounds. Felt like skipping though a soundscape.

  23. Forum Name: Conner_Bw
    Artist and Track name: trotch - Woody Harrelson Remix
    very cool sounds!

  24. Forum Name: thisbeat
    Artist and Track name: this beat - Somehow Someway
    nice beats! ow yeah! that acid sound!

  25. Forum Name: powieff
    Artist and Track name: Acodreon - Mutants Brews Shit In The Swamps
    Cool intro, a lot of cool sounds, love the basdrum

  26. Forum Name: Frank S MrFrank
    Artist and Track name: Frank S - Heavy Weight Sound (Mutant Breaks #12 Tasty Edit)
    Nice intro, ooh yeah! Dope!

  27. Forum Name: Redman
    Artist and Track name: Redman - Render Up Little Man
    Cool intro, a lot of cool sounds.

  28. Forum Name: TheBellows
    Artist and Track name: The Bellows - Mutant Breaks 12
    Cool intro.

  29. Forum Name: fxsend
    Artist and Track name: FX Send - Freeman’s Drum Machine
    Lovin the sample choices here.

  30. Forum Name: SimulatedZen
    Artist and Track name: SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics
    interesting soundscape, very fluid, loved the piano and breath.

  31. Forum Name: Aaron Amadeus Aamadeus
    Artist and Track name: AAmadeus - Mutating Friends Shittune
    chiptune cool!

  32. Forum Name: Maya Azem
    Artist and Track name: Maya Azem - Foreign Affairs
    Nice sounds!

  33. Forum Name: sunnk TwoThreeZero
    Artist and Track name: sunnk - augury swore the skull of essence
    Very wel done. I like the organ. That brings it together for me.

  34. Forum Name: lusd
    Artist and Track name: lusd - MBV12 - Mutating Friends
    I like that you combined the theme name in the track. :slight_smile:

  35. Forum Name: BlueFountain
    Artist and Track name: BlueFountain - RN2019SUMB12
    I like the beats!

  36. Forum Name: Michal79
    Artist and Track name: mios - Joy Div Soc
    Nice and happy vibes!

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Those are some big files. I kindly ask if someone else could host the XRNS files please.

Hey !
here are what it is:

Number one:
Artist and Track name: Frank S - Heavy Weight Sound (Mutant Breaks #12 Tasty Edit)

Number two:
Artist and Track name: SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics

Number Three:
Artist and Track name: Make A Wish - Pixel Friends

Then would have been Sokoban, Trusti, Stailer or Heartbeat hero. I’m giving some respect to your music.
Maybe tomorrow would have been different…

Heavy Weight Sound is a D&B piece ready to move people in the crooked vein of the underground.
Relational Darwinian Mechanics looks like a strong work for a masterpiece, pure contemporary creation,
Pixel Friends plays combination of game style and fun-filled action.

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sunnk - augury swore the skull of essence
Sound quality is superb, infectious mixture of slow-fast rythmic section. Unbelievable glitch action. I don’t like church organs doe, even they work on musicality acceptance, I think they subtract awesomeness to the rest (Just to criticize something). Just went WOW so many times.

SimulatedZen - relational darwinian mechanics
Really like those liquified sounds and pulses coming and going. Alien atmosphere at it’s best, reminds me of Qebrus which is a good thing I guess. That piano is not my thing but works perfect, fragmented motivational muzak feeling. Around the 3 minutes just got an eargasm.

Redman - Render Up Little Man
This cutup madness got me from sec 1.
Diverse and entertaining composition, and harsh nonsensical production to precisely annoy my tv addicted neighbours. Fresh destruction.

@EatMe My haircut would be grateful if I was Snares. :sunglasses:
@elias Repeater effect was only used on the Friends sample at the beginning, anything else is put by hand if I remember well.

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I don’t even know if I can vote as I promised :frowning: There is illness in the family and I have a lot to do, I just didn’t find the time so far – and I’ll be away from my computer soon, until a few hours before the end of the deadline. Since I have a lot of time next week, I’ll still vote because I promised, because I just feel shit about having contributed nothing after having wished for a compo for so long… but again, thanks for the compo, I’m looking forward to the next one when I hopefully have less on my plate.

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@neinMC Just make as you can, don’t be uncomfortable if you cannot. Life is not easy every day…

There are lots of entries and I’ve even not listened all already.

My vote… difficult to choose, many very very excellent tracks.
Tracks with " * " are very beautiful for me :

1 mios - Joy Div Soc
beautiful mix 8bit/drumnbass… very melodic ! ambience and emotion are incredible
It’s fully my style !! simple and efficient !!

2 Type-A - Amigos Mutantes
very good sound, very good ambience, very good stereo and theme competition is respected ! i love

3 SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanic
ALL IS PERFECT - this piano melody, soundscape, stereo, construction…

  • stoiximan Panos Kostagiannis - Friends By PanosK (Mutant Breaks #12)Renoise
    original, good bass, i love last part

    daemonarmada - GT94mk3MB12
    cool ambiance

    T3AC | VFX - Dperc2 Full10m

  • EatMe - Fulltime Lover
    special bass, melodic and very jazzy , very good job in variations !

  • HeartBeatHero - Lets be friends (Mutant Break Compo 12)
    very synthwave, i like that, sound is clean

    Clouds Gone - Fritzens Friends

    Rægæ System - Mutating Frends v02
    very clean rythmics, special bass i like variations

    trusti - take control (my mutant friend)
    big bass, superb techno :slight_smile:

    The Comfortably Awkward - soci_anx(overstim 1.3)
    very good sounds and melodie but very experimental, it’s very difficult for me give an objective idea

    Exutoire - Emwan

    Garfferen - Mingling Mutants
    very good track, melodic and sounds

    Uilo ( W lo W ) - Mu
    electronic and special experimental track

    ghismart - RST

  • big melodic bass and rythmic, big big sound !
    melodic in second part is interesting… mix between old 80’s music, rock ambience

    Charly Blackbone / Vivace / BotB - The Flame Of Thunder

    Seal Meat - We Might Be Under The Effects Of Ionizing Radiation But Let’s Play Video Games
    intro is incredible ! mix between bass/sax and breakcore is very good … too short :slight_smile:

  • Make A Wish - Pixel Friends
    a big track… maybe better for me… bug the big sound from the start is too strong and overwrites the melody. pity.

  • Lilith 93 - Artificial Intelligence
    very good stereo with bass/rythmics. instruments are perfect. Emotion is here , i love this track

  • e4r - Bohm’s Trajectory
    bass and guitar are perfect. big sound, big track , mix between electronic 8bit and rock are incredible
    a little too long

    elias - Mutant Candy
    very original , beautiful track, melody. breaks are perfect , beautiful track

    P L O M - CZ 200 V9 (MUTANT BREAKS #12)

    trotch - Woody Harrelson Remix

    this beat - Somehow Someway
    big intro !

    Acodreon - Mutants Brews Shit In The Swamps

  • Frank S - Heavy Weight Sound (Mutant Breaks #12 Tasty Edit)
    dubstep !! very good construction, simple and efficient !!

    Redman - Render Up Little Man
    sound and construction are incredible but like "The Comfortably Awkward ", i don’t know this music style

    The Bellows - Mutant Breaks
    fantastic bass mix with bells. Melody and emotion are here, very good

    FX Send - Freeman’s Drum Machine
    very good stereo with rythmics. sounds after break are very good and ACID :slight_smile:

    Maya Azem - Foreign Affairs
    Electronic melody is beautiful while all track, original and very good.
    Progression is well thought out

    sunnk - augury swore the skull of essence

    lusd - MBV12 - Mutating Friends

    BlueFountain - RN2019SUMB12

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