OCR02140 - Donkey Kong Country 2 'Breathe Deep'

[djpretzel]

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

[OA]

I may have voted NO on this one, buit it's still a great track- congrats on getting posted! :-)

[Bahamut]

Interesting to see a Drum 'N Bass take on Stickerbush Symphony. Probably my biggest issue with this song is that I get the feeling that it could've been longer & deeper and better for it.

Otherwise, it's a nifty song.

[MechaFone]

I agree with the others. This remix could've had more depth, more length. But it was an excellent effort, plus I really enjoy DKC2 material. Good job!

[AMT]

I absolutely love this mix. Heard it on WIP a while ago and loved it then, great work! This perfectly captures the feel of the original while giving it some real energy too. Definitely staying in my playlist.

[justinj212]

This source just begs for this kind of mix. The fade-in around 0:27 was great, and the sax really brought the mix to another level. My personal favorite part was the string instrument (guitar? bass?) that started around 1:10. Just gave this mix a unique touch while connecting it to the melody in a unique way.

[SwordBreaker]

Hmmm...underwhelming. :(

Stickerbrush Symphony is arguably the pinnacle of DKC music, so a remix of that track demands it to be just as emotional as the original. This mix may have successfully transferred the genre to DnB, but unfortunately it lacks the same emotion invoked by the original. Much as I hate sounding like an asshole judge from your favorite music/talent TV series, I just can't help but say that I can't feel anything from this mix. Sounds kind of bland and repetitive to me. If it were a remix of another less impressive track from the DKC games, perhaps I would've liked it. Maybe it's because I'm not a fan of DnB music. Don't know. But I have to be honest here. The counterpart from OCR's album is much, much, much better. I know I'm comparing apples and oranges here, but I felt a lot of passion and emotion from Mr. Morse's interpretation. It felt like it belongs in the game. This track...not so much.

[Radiowar]

helll yyeah tthis is awesome. stickerbrush symphony definitely translates to dnb well (i imagine most of dkc2 would). great job man

[DragonAvenger]

Agreed with OA on this. It's liberal for sure, and while I voted no, I still found this very enjoyable to listen to. Certainly worth checking out!

[-RK-]

Read the judges comments while listening, and I think I gotta go with Vig on this one. You took the hook of Stickerbrush, left out the slightly monotonous parts, and made a god damn sick DnB track.

DID YOU THINK WE WOULDN'T NOTICE!!!:P

Great track.

[urdailywater]

Too liberal in my opinion.. I do like the track but there's just not enough Stickerbrush for me. :(

[Emunator]

So sexy. It's liberal, yeah, but it's one of those things I didn't even notice until someone pointed it out because it took the part of Stickerbush that's most memorable to me and made it a key point in the track.

The beauty's in the details here; the song is pretty basic and, as some may say, underwhelming when taken as a whole. However, the little things like the pitchbended bass or those killer arp transitions are really amazing and contribute a lot to the mood here. The groove makes it an enjoyable listen but the ambiance and mood make it memorable. This one sits really well with me :-)

[meboeck]

This isn't really my style, but I don't think it's too liberal. It actually did produce knee-jerk source recognition for me. My only main gripe is that the main melody only had one iteration. As far as the liberal interpretation, I surprisingly didn't mind. Nice mix.

[Rhellik]

Hm, while listening to it I was always waiting for the song to "start". Something was missing for me...

[Giga Bowser]

I remember this when it was in the wip congrats on getting it through the judges, I'd really love almost any remix from brambles :D

[42]

To me the most fascinating thing about this mix is how it progresses from each section.
In the beginning, it's a tinkly, toy piano-esque samples with tight, fast percussion then it slowly and very subtly grows until it has Amen Break beats and live sax, and its really hard to definitively state where one ends and another begins.
Liberal or not, I really like this piece a lot for it's complexity. Awesome work here.

[Crulex]

Incredible build up for this DnB ReMix. It was pretty liberal, but the melody was still there and was enjoyable. The evolution over the course of the song was great, going from piano to live sax and more. The fade out was kinda unexpected, cause I expected it to go in reverse and deconstruct back to the piano before ending, but it still did the job of ending it before it went too far. Good job on this.

[Martin Penwald]

Exactly what I expected when I saw The Vagrance's name on the front page. Smooth, relaxing atmospheric DnB. Nice use of piano and sax, too.

If I had to criticise something, I'd say that the intro is a little too long; 1:30 in a 4:20 is quite a chunk.

[evktalo]

Glide it does! A very sweet track.

--Eino