Kaseijin

There's a psychological term for that... and dammit, I can't remember it. I remember going over this in my cognitive psychology class. What it essentially boiled down to is that anything can become bearable to listen to when you hear it enough times. Habituation.Oddly, I experienced the opposite. When I first listened to this remix, the melody seemed unusual but hardly incongruous. The second time, it sounded forced, and when I held a tiebreaker, I wanted to filter it out. Actually, I think the instrumentation and processing had more to do with it than the arrangement; what works well with that guitar in "Sonik Azure" doesn't work so well here. Everything else is outstanding, though.

Many arrangements of the chocobo theme become overwhelmed by the melody, but Draggor skillfully avoids this pitfall. He begins this track with an energetic guitar line reminiscent of "Mods de Chocobo", adding bass, drums, and a generous allotment of hand claps to form an accompaniment strong enough to support the first 2'30". Another danger in a chocobo arrangement is repetition, but Draggor provides variety by interspersing "The Man with the Machine Gun", "Racing Chocobos ~ Place Your Bets", and of course The Surfaris' "Wipeout" via "Electric de Chocobo". After the increasingly frantic "Electric", he returns to the chocobo melody and brings the track to a satisfying conclusion. All in all, an very fun and well-executed remix. It set my toes tapping from the first bar and sustained that vitality for the better part of five minutes and over several plays; DJP's description of it as "an instant classic" is well-deserved. I look forward to hearing more from Draggor.