hovering thru
(hovering.xm)

this was noa nakai's entry in Assembly 2001, and won 3rd place for it. its one of my favorite techno songs; interestingly it sounds influenced by Purple motion's sine-wave masterpiece, "Satellite One". Well, you can't blame someone for being influenced by Purple Motion. This song really is awesome in the beginning, promising great things later on in the song, and it absolutely and completly delivers the goods around 1:35. WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW AMAZING THIS SONG IS. The first 1:35 of the song is essentially variations on the same theme, where different instruments take a shot on the whole "Hovering thru" idea, and the overlap and interplay is brilliant, and the pads wonderfully complement his ideas. Then, around 1:16, there is a bridge that connects the introduction with the main section at 1:35. There is alot of "up and down" between the sine leads which work very well, similar to "Satellite One". I think the song ended a little short, and lacks any real exiting phrase, but I suspect their was a time limit constraint on entries into the asm compo. In short, this is one of the best mods I've EVER heard, etc.... Go download it and you will see what I'm talking about. Download this because you will see what a perfectly polished song is. This song is simple enough that bad samples and slightly less than perfect use of effects could have ruined most of it, but the composition sounds so good, you would not believe it was a mod. This song is so slickly polished, the polish alone makes it worth downloading. Just download this song, you will not believe your ears.

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Thu 15th Nov 2001