OCR01137 - Extreme-G "G-Storm"

[Vertigo88]

My first love for techno songs started when I rented Extreme G for my N64 years and years ago. I thought the race theme couldnt get any better. Thanks for proving me wrong!

[SkyWay]

oh...you made my day with this. Just decided to check your profile and look what I found.

I'll have to get my hands on that game as I have the rest of the series...with XGRA for Cube and PS2

[OceansAndrew]

The source was pretty boring to me, but the arrangement here makes it very listenable. Great use of effects and builds, and overall it's all exciting and adrenaline-charged stuff.

[Marmiduke]

Really could have benefited from a building intro. I know that the original version of this mix had a more substantial intro, and I also realise that there is a stylistic advantage to just rocketing straight into the hard stuff (ala a high-speed jet-bike race), but ultimately my brain gets overwhelmed in the early confusion.

Once I get recover from my discombobulated stupor however.... there's some broad, inoffensive trance here that does everything you'd expect and not a thing more. It sounds great, and I don't think it overstays its welcome at all. it's trance. It does what trance does. And does it very adequately.

This is quite a straightfoward piece from Blind; very technically focused and I'm guessing a lot more suited to people that know and understand the ins-and-outs of electronic musical production. For me though, its lack of hooks make this just a slick, harder-than-average trance mix. Still, kudos for the skill involved (and representing the N64).

[swansdown]

Excellent race music! Gets you pumped

From ~2:40-3:00 feels like going under a tunnel, and 4:45-5:20 gives the song plenty kick too. Just awesome.