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Old 05-23-2002, 05:51 PM
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Default OCR00448 - Pulseman 'Stereo Superhero'

Pulseman 'Stereo Superhero'

One thing about electronic genres is that they can get repetitive. Not just in one song but between songs. That is one thing I think Steve Pordon does a good job of avoiding here, is sounding just like something else we’ve all heard before. Instead he whips us up something with a lot of 303, nice weaving tunes, and some experimental samples to keep us on our toes. Nice work Steve, keep it up.
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Old 08-09-2002, 12:58 AM
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That little robotic female voice is cool, like the whole song was ripped from the game (which I haven't played) revamped with tons of effects.

My brother put this on a cd once, and he doesn't like as many of these songs as I do, so uh, that means you should, um, DOWNLOAD IT, yeah... If you like techno.
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Old 11-20-2005, 02:45 PM
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definitely awesome.
maybe I'm biased because I like this genre, but this song seems cool to me.
someday I want to do a collaboration with its author.
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Old 03-27-2007, 05:12 PM
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I've never heard the original (or even of the game), so I'm not sure how the interpretation stacks up, but it seems to me that things get a little mired down in repetition. THe mix seems to get a good start, but spins it's filtered and panning wheels for a few minutes before closing down.
Synths come and go throughout, but the same arpeggiated pattern plays throughout the entire mix, and it's so much in the forefront that the rest is just laid off to the side. Even the key change doesn't really help. About 2/3 of the way through the part drops out for a breakdown, but within a few seconds it is right back.

The synths are nice, but it's too repetitive for me to want to listen to more than once. After the first time, i've heard that arpeggio enough, thanks.
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Old 12-02-2007, 06:06 PM
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I'm in agreement with OA for most of this. It's really repetitious, which is alright for background music. Trying to focus on it is difficult, as I'm constantly hearing the same thing over again.

Regardless, I liked how it started out, it pulled me in quickly. Wish it could have kept my attention more.
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Old 12-10-2007, 10:39 PM
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I just couldn't enjoy this mix after the first 30 seconds or so, unfortunately. I'm not a huge fan of this style as it is, and I'm completely unfamiliar with the source material; that coupled with the repetition made me quickly lose interest. The synths are really nice, but aside from that, it just feels like it's the same thing over and over again, and the key change at 1:17 does little to alleviate this problem.

Not really music that you can listen to intently, but, as mentioned by other reviews, it probably makes pretty decent background music if you're doing other things.
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Old 12-11-2007, 07:23 AM
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Yup, could definitely use more elements thrown in and yeah, a bit more break from that one arpeggio. It wouldn't necessarily take a lot, but it should be something substantial. The track has a really nice feel, but doesn't have enough meat in it to stand on it's own. That's a pity, I think it could be great.


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I don't think the vocal samples really fit in here, especially the "Thanks for playing" at the end, but then again I'm not really familiar with the source.

I agree with previous sentiments that this would be fine for background music, the vocal samples especially pull this remix in that direction, and that there could have been more to this remix.
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The repetition didn't really hurt too much for me. It did drag on a bit but I didn't really like it any less because of this. The vocals were pretty cute, and they really do suck you in on the intro. Not much else to say though.
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I liked the integration of the voices in this track. I think this one does it properly, not thinking "play music-> stop music to deliver generic sci-fi quote-> continue with music". I like how they kind of hover in the background just beyond comprehension. Other than that, I'm not terribly fond of the high-pitched noise that occurs several times in the track, but that's just me :) Good job overall!
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