HoboKa's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Miserable Little Pile of Funk]

Campy goodness. Silvagunna level of skill here. Time to eat some Miserable Piles of Spaghetti!! With Michael Rosen of course.

TheVodouQueen responds:

Hehe, you're making me blush here! Thank you so much for the listen and compliments! I'm so pleased, but nah don't think I can be compared to the great SilvaGunner. Funny enough this is like the sixth or seventh song I ever made. I just started trying to understand DAW, loops, mastering and all that good stuff about the beginning of September. But I really appreciate the props. Lifts my spirits up! Good luck in the contest, and I'm defo having a look at your work too. The song titles sound funny and sound like bigger fun to listen to!

[RejSende - Privokzal'naya Downtown]

Love the vinyl textures here. Thought it was weird at first until I adapted to it, like with the other tunes. Low-Fi Jazzhop eh? Nice mash up of styles. And well executed. EDITS...sorry.

Vimori responds:

No problem, glad you like it :)

[RejSende - Orange Soda]

I wish it was longer...but I can see the need to vary up lengths to tracks. Guess it's to serve as a transition track of sorts. EDITS...hah.

Vimori responds:

I think you are right
Btw nice review :)

[RejSende - Late Night]

I like this one the best. Love the brass-work. Overall, the album 'Tea & City Lights' has a consistent style and texture all-throughout. Love the low-fi vibes, the trippy brass and piano work, the odd timing glitch stuff and other FX that I'm too lazy to do myself. LMAO. Good work man. GREAT lounge music...

Vimori responds:

Thank you!
I'm really glad you like it.
And you are not the first one to say that this is the best work from the album. Thaaaank youuuu :D

[RejSende - Jazz Cafe]

Jazzhop, eh? So many Hop styles lmao. And Step styles. And Wank styles. Love the mellow vibe and instrumentation. The transition FX are dope. Nice vocal samples too.

Vimori responds:

HoboKa is back for reviews :D
Love u, bro, thanks <3

[Dracula's Madness (Super Castlevania IV x Fahad Lami Remix)]

EDIT...Lemme break this down better. Nice German Pluck thingy too. 2:18 is a nice breakdown. I like what you did with the E-Guitars from 4:20 to 7:10...the timber and style of the samples works better in the 2nd half of the song. I enjoyed the distorted legato E-guitar notes at the end as they added to the cool atmosphere you set up. So...it's pretty decent.

Pardon revisions...needed to make my review a bit more coherent and less hammy.

FahadLami-NG responds:

Thank you very much :D

[Lost Chronology - The Egg of the Incunabula]

I am digging that corrupt, glitchy vibe with the beat. The other elements definately lend to an alien vibe. In fact, the vox/pads remind me of some classic sci-fi animes, same with the semi detuned strings. Also, who's playing ping-pong in the background? Haha...it just works. Damn good piano melodies. Love how this evolves. Nice work dood.

LostChronology responds:

Thanks for your feedback man! :)

[Halo: ODST]

my friend and I had a helluva time with that campaign lol. Too bad the guns were nerfed compared to Halo 3. Oh well. I did like the OST though!

Love the sample quality here. The timber of the strings is fantastic. Beat is good too. Nice interpretation man. Oooo 2:45 choirs are sexy...why does this part remind me of 007?? Oh well...great work mate.

Desmae responds:

Thanks a lot man, poured a few hours into this, I'm glad you like it.

[Spider Cavern]

Damn, this is hella creepy and jank - in the good way. I think it's mixed pretty well. The wet/bony sound is very disturbing... Like we're inside Pennywise's Sewer. Ick.

BakiTheFox responds:

Thank you! I actually made this from objects in my shed. Haha

[The Resurrection]

And another under-appreciated tune at NG. Great vocal sample - love the haunting distortion to it. Reminds me of some Western RPG's made in the early 2000's. Actually, I'm also feeling some Chrono Trigger in this. Like a VERY remixed version of the Queen Zeal theme. Lots of applications here. Oh! Great production too, especially knowing that you used Sonatina Orchestra - some good use of freeware for sure - that takes talent :)

BakiTheFox responds:

Thank you, I was having a lot of issues working out the mixing for it but I got it as good as I could. I think maybe there's some phasing issue but eventually I might go back and fix it.