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Final Fantasy IX 'Losing Me Is Not an Option'

When the intro starts, you’re defiantly not expecting break beat, but just wait for it because that’s exactly what you end up with. That and some kick ass vocal samples, and a very deep bassline. Then at around 2:14, I’m not sure exactly what you hear there, but it makes my ears tingle with delight. I also have to say I love the scratches. Man, this one is a real piece of work. Excellent stuff, DJ Pheonix, I hope you keep this stuff coming.

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Gah, I love this remix. I even love the title. What a beautiful title. Of course, it could also be referenced to a stalker...... but hey, stalking is plenty fun. Right?.. Right?........ Nevermind. I love the crazy little drop of the bass at the end of each bass run, like they pushed an amp off of a cliff. Bwarharhraharharhahrar. I'll have to try that someday. And the "huh", "what", and "<insert whatever that was he said here>" are just delightful. 9 out of 10! WHOOP!

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The drums are okay...as is the bass.

The melody is too frantic for my tastes and while I know this is keeping in style with the whole Jungle/D&B thing you went for, but I would have preferred a fast melody as opposed to repeat fire. I dont like the equalising on it and would have preferred louder melodies (though this may be owing to my speakers)

I dont like the samples you used for the actual melody...the guitar thing just sounded dry, weird and bad...the bells sounded tolerable, but then there's the repeat firing again...>_<

And with regards to the voice samples...

Firstly, get more than three.

Secondly, make them good ones

Thirdly, dont use them cause they ruin the track further.

Overall...I dunno, D&B/Jungle fans might like it...but I sure as heck dont.

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The song is great, but the 'huh's and 'what's get to be far too much very quickly. The scat/rap parts thrown in add a nice touch, and the song itself is great. Just watch out for repetition, like in the huh/what aspect of the song. I give it an 8 out of 10, which would have been 8.5 if not for the huh/what part.

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Dj Pheonix's best work, by far.

The intro kinda sucks onto you, just so you know it's the right song you're listening to, THEN it happens.

The drums are a surpirse, at first I thought it would be one of those typical techno mixes but when the drums build even more and the breakbeat is into my bones, the melody kicks in.

And I love the way he do it, even though the sample that he uses for the main melodie is a BIT not good, it's used to perfection.

Although something I miss in this mix is a more "hold-together-ish" feeling.

it feels like the drums is all that matters and then it's just 2-3 different loops all over again. maybe if pheonix had some mroe instruments and stuff in what you could cal the "chorus"

Still, a very good remix. Keep it up.

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First thought:

I can play this synth at my organ downstairs. And that´s bad.

But it quickly changed over to an another synth, along with some quick drums. I admit it, I like that guitar synth, and the bell one that comes short after. But...

The guy that shouts What What What What What What What What What What W-W-W-What was just annoying, I wouldn´t mind losing that guy in the game.

I´ll give this one 2 of 5. Or maybe 3.

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dis brings bak the early 90s uk club scene. fast cars, they were one of the most original form of 2days drum & bass. dis is a great dance tune, gud work!!!

da idea is 2 keep the crowd dance in 180bpm or higher, treat dis as a dance tune but don't judge it from a musician point of view. why u think hard house is so borin' n yet so popular worldwide?

1 last thing, da voice is the trademark 4 the uk mc scene.

:peace:out

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OK... Hm... Firstly, there's no such thing as Rose of May. In my opinion, it has some brilliant tunes. I'll be honest I have a strong antipathy with techno/rock/et cetera, but I'll try to give a non-baist evaluation.

I think that the vocals are extremely poor. EXTREMELY POOR CHOICE . Sorry, but it really doesn't go with this. It sounds mostly OK. But because of my choices, I've to give this a NWF. Not Worth FarSight-XPing.

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LMAO - this was a sweet mix.

Now i'd love to get all technical and talk about the timing, composition, layering, and all that other stuff that goes into mixing that (as a complete nonmixer) I don't understand. I do understand this.

Sounds awfully good.

starts slow with a good pick up, nice fast pace, you can actually plug this and play (not just to FF but any game) it's repetitive but fun and so it makes for great background without getting old.

nostalgia - MASSIVE. I used to hardcore make fun of puff daddy / p.diddy / sean combs / whoever the hell he is this week (no hate, i respect the man and actually like some of the work he's done) - and act as such : Yo! I'm P. rappin' "yo, uh, wha, wha, uh, yeah" and so on and so forth. Being a VERY white boy this was greeted with a great deal of laughter. So that whole piece made me crack right up bringin' me back - right here in work! i'm laughin like a fool!

LN - this is awesome - 2 things:

>>Download<<

>>Repeat<<

ps - is it just me or does the voice sound like a young marshall mathers? .. maybe it's just me?

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Wow... I can't believe that I didn't listen to this sooner. This is definitely a creative interpretation of the original. Just when I thought that the crazy beat and the low bass was awesome enough, the voice samples came in and made it even better. I can see how some people could be turned off by them, but IMO, they fit well with everything else going on in the song.

I've probably listened to this about 7 times so far today, and I don't typically do that often.

Good work! You should be proud of this.

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Can't say this one sits well for me. It's not the vocals... I actually don't have a problem with them at all. I just hate the samples and the fact that all the variations on the limited theme is dumped onto the percussion and voicework. It puts a lot of stress on the track, especially since the quality of sounds leaves a lot to be desired. The samples used to present the melody are not my cup of tea at all, sounding overly simple and dated.

This isn't a total trainwreck. You can't really go wrong with breakbeat drums and the voicework was inspired somewhat, but the track doesn't do all that much for me.

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