Mutant Breaks #12 Voting thread

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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My Votes

1 - Heart Beat Hero - Lets be Friends
my absolute favorite :grinning: you know i’m a sucker for synthwave and all retro sounds clean nice structure all sounds are very cohesive and i like the arps and counter melodies and how it progresses

2 - SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics
man this was a very interesting tune, complex sound design and arrangement very well composed . i kept coming back at it cause the production its outstanding congratz.

3 - Stailer - Best Friend Ever
similar to heart beat hero’s entry in the synthwave genre i also love rock music and the feeling of live instrumentation your intro reminded me to 2 of my favorite post - rock bands God is an Astronaut and Sleepmakeswaves . great composition and production

Runners Up

  • EatMe - Fulltime Lover
    the drum and bass groove in the entire track felt so nice man you are a very prolific composer and i can tell you know a great deal of music i like the sounds you picked a lot

  • Lilith 93 - Artificial Intelligenc
    i listened to this one before the votepack was released and i liked it instantly congrats man i shout you out before about your progress i like your arrangement and sound selection for this one !! keep it up

  • trusti - take control
    i’m getting all sorts of vibes from this track… techno, industrial, trance, everything all at once i would had loved to listen to a different outcome after 2.43min but it works as it is …very cool song

it was nice to listen to all submissions gonna be messing with the files and see if i can mix them and make a weird mashup

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Voting!

  1. sunnk - augury swore the skull of essence
    Absolutely ludicrous, crazy brilliant, beautifully insane

  2. Seal Meat - We Might Be Under The Effects Of Ionizing Radiation But Let’s Play Video Games
    Amazing textures, completely bonkers, surprising all the way

  3. SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics
    I love how it develops, it sounds like a little universe on its own

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my favs so far:

  1. mios - Joy Div Soc:
    great drums and nice happy melody
  2. FX Send - Freeman’s Drum Machine:
    analordy basslines and nice percs, neat trak
  3. Redman - Render Up Little Man:
    some insane mental breaks right there, i love it, hope i will hear more stuff like that on redman’s profile, ahaha
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Here are my votes. There are a lot of really good tracks and choosing the best 3 is really difficult, though I have a clear winner:

Top 3
The Empty Self Land_of_Bits - Type-A - Amigos Mutantes
For me easily the best track!!! Great mix and the synth sounds are totally gorgeous. Nice atmospheric voice samples. I also like very much that awesome melody.
Could imagine that track as a soundtrack for a science fiction movie. Well done!!!

Garfferen — Mingling Mutants
Great mix and sounds. Like the bass and the asian melody. Yakuza I hear you coming… I leave and order some sushi now.

Exutoire — Emwan
Great soundscape with a great wide stereo field. Love the piano lines. Reminds a bit on FSOL later in the track.

Close followers:
SimulatedZen — Relational Darwinian Mechanics
Great glitchy sounds and production! Everything is well balanced and thought-out. Great piano lines again! Sounds very mature.

e4r — Bohm’s Trajectory
Reminds me on King Crimson. Mix is really bad and sounds muddy to my ears. Composition on the other hand is really good, would be much better with a better sound.
Check also your mono compatibility, there’s a lot of cancellation going on.

daemonarmada — GT94mk3MB12
One of my faves, but why only 1:57??? Would easily be in my top 3 if it would be longer. Reminds me on Dead Can Dance.

HeartBeatHero — Lets be friends (Mutant Break Compo 12)
Perfect synthwave track with great sound and melodies. Bass is to heavy.

Rest:
AAmadeus - Mutating Friends Shittune
Nice catchy melodies. Clear transparent mix. Well done.

Frank S - Heavy Weight Sound (Mutant Breaks #12 Tasty Edit)
Nice old school sounds. Great mix.

The Bellows - Mutant Breaks 12
Pretty cool, but I also think the bass is too loud. Great sound design. A lot going on this track.

Clouds Gone - Fritzens Friends
I like it. I also find that the voices fit. Good sound overall.

sunnk — augury swore the skull of essence
Great soundscape, but I’m missing a bit the red line here. Mix is good also.

trotch — Woody Harrelson Remix
I don’t know why but I really like this a lot, although it’s not 100% my taste. It has a very special atmosphere and feels like some kind of a strange daydream.
Did I spot a Renoise default instrument here? Samples are great too! Very tarantionish :slight_smile:

BlueFountain — RN2019SUMB12
Missing a bit the red line here.

Maya Azem — Foreign Affairs
Good track with some minor Martial Industrial influences. Cover reminds me on LAIBACH. Sometimes too heavy on the bass.

T3AC | VFX — Dperc2 Full10m
Like it! Could be louder.

lusd. — MBV12 - Mutating Friends
Overall quite good, production could be better imo. It sounds quite muddy in the lower mids.

P L O M — CZ 200 V9 (MUTANT BREAKS #12)
Yup.

Stailer - Best Friend Ever
Great smooth track with nice guitars! Mix sounds a bit harsh sometimes.

The Comfortably Awkward — soci_anx(overstim 1.3)
Very interesting track! Like the choirs and the strings. Mix could be more transparent and clearer imo.

Rægæ System — Mutating Frends v02
Lacking a bit in mids and could have more punch. Overall quite good.

FX Send — Freeman’s Drum Machine
Nice old school sounds. Bass slighty too loud imo. I like it!

Charly Blackbone / Vivace / BotB — The Flame Of Thunder
Nice jungle track. Production sounds a bit muddy, could have more punch. Like the atmospheric synth sounds.

Panos Kostagiannis — Friends By PanosK (Mutant Breaks #12)Renoise
Great melodies and guitar sounds. Very catchy and good. Like the samples. Sadly too short again.

I’m 13^2 — (MUTANT BREAKS #12) We Might Be Under The Effects Of Ionizing Radiation But Let’s Play Video Games
John Zorn …? WTF? Quite cool, I like it!

Redman — Render Up Little Man
Like this! Mix is quite good too.

this beat — 4 - Somehow Someway
Like this! Great mix imo. Cool sounds.

Make A Wish — Pixel Friends (Mutant Breaks 12 competition entry - free download)
Nice tune! Not really my taste, but well done and good mix.

EatMe (℮) 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸 𝒷𝓎 ℰ𝒶𝓉ℳℯ — EatMe - Fulltime Lover
Well done. Great sounds! Have to check the renoise file. Great mix!

trusti — take control (my mutant friend)
Like the beat and the effects on this track. Simple but it works. Production wise maybe a bit too much compression.

acodreon — Acodreon - Mutants Brews Shit In The Swamps
Title is program :slight_smile: . Like it! Short and intense.

ghismart — RST
Great intro, good drive nice beat. Like the built-up of the track. Cool and catchy melody that doesn’t sound too funny. Well done. Give me more of these doomy guitars :).

elias — Mutant Candy
Interesing melody, I feel almost like I’m at an amusement park or in a Nintendo game. Not really my taste, but somehow I like it. Mix is too much highs sometimes imo.

Uilo ( W lo W ) — Mu
Mix is really not that good. There’s too much bass in general and below 30 Hz. It also lacks in the mids and highs. Also a lot of cancellation.

mios — Joy Div Soc
Again a track from the bright side. Well done, good mix, but not exactly my cup of tea.

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Here are my votes!

Type-A - Amigos Mutantes
Between airy and dramatic sci-fi ambience, this sound like a soundtrack. Huge detailed sound. Also I appreciated how the theme of the contest was included in the song, nice work on the voice inclusion.

Clouds Gone - Fritzens Friends
I like the sound of the track, especially the break-beat drums and the voice. Nice that the lyrics fit with the theme of the contest.

P L O M - CZ 200 V9 (MUTANT BREAKS #12)
Maybe the weirdest track of the contest… But wait, why I was catched by all this crazy glitchy sounds? Maybe because this made some piece of art, finally.

I have to say that was heartbreaking to choose only 3 songs, but rules are rules!

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My Favorites are :

SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics

sunnk - augury swore the skull of essence

Redman - Render Up Little Man

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Lots of cool stuff this year, very inspiring! Here are my votes in no particular order:

SimulatedZen - Relational Darwinian Mechanics
Fantastic piece, flows well and is crafted elegantly. This makes me strongly want to revisit breakcore/glitch and expand with new melodies

trusti - take control (my mutant friend)
I love Techno and this piece was right up my street; heavy-hitting strong beats with a nice progression to it

Maya Azem - Foreign Affairs
The melody here is lovely; it has a powerful analogue touch to it that makes me feel very relaxed and the reverb is killer

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