Firespace's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[THE BURN]

This is really unique. It feels like it's building up to something but nothing ever happens. I don't really know how to describe this song or how it makes me feel. All I'm going to say is that I love the sound design and how it gives the song an ethereal feel

[New Direction]

Not bad! It is a little repetitive but other than that it's very good. It reminds me a lot of racing games since it's kind of like the music you expect at the menu or when your customizing your car. It also has a very nostalgic feeling to me and it reminds me a lot of older songs that are in this style/genre

Mauxus responds:

I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my track and leave feedback.

[no reason to cry]

This is really cool and I love how glitchy it sounds. I don't know why but it kind of reminds me of how a tape or a CD sounds when it gets stuck on a certain part of a song and it ends up repeating the same part. It eventually carries on playing the song but it keeps glitching and looping back to the previous part of a song. I also kind of imagine this song being played during some moment when everything is frozen and it looks like time has just stopped moving. Something else I really like about this song is the synth sound in the background that comes in at 0:46 as it kind of gives the song a melancholy feel.

[Tau Industrial Sky Factory]

Firstly, I just want to say that it feels like your sound design has improved tremendously. I've always been impressed with how your songs have sounded but each song you've released recently has impressed me greatly even if I may not like it. I really hope that one day you will be popular outside of Newgrounds since I feel like a lot of people would love to hear your songs but since not everyone has a Newgrounds account they won't ever hear your songs.

As for this song, I love how euphoric and calming this feels but at the same time it feels like that moment when you get lost in thought and everything around you just feels like nothing. Your there but at the same time your not. I imagine this song as the thoughts that are going around your head. You can't think of one thing as it's just a big collection of thoughts that keep changing from one thing to the other. Each one is trying to show itself but it can't and that's why you become lost in thought because in that moment your thoughts become one. Every thing you've thought of just gets played inside your head but you don't know it and that's why someone looks suprised after being deep in thought.

One last thing, what is Future Beats? I've never heard of this genre before but if it's stuff like this then I may have to check it out.

[BORROWINGYOURJACKETCUSITSTILLSMELLSLIKEU]

This is really relaxing but energetic at the same time. It feels like a song that you would listen to while your driving on the highway or when your coming home from a long day at work. Something I really love about this is how it feels like a progressive house song from around 2012 or later. The vocals also help give it that feeling as it's similar to how vocals were back then. Another thing I love is the intro, it kind of gives the song a melancholy and relaxing feeling like your reliving the memories you had when you were younger. The ending is also another example of this. They also both feel like something that would be played in a montage where you see people playing with their old childhood friends. Overall, I really love the old-school house feel to this song and how it feels like something that would be perfect for a montage of some kind. Once again, it looks like I found a song from you that I can put on repeat and as usual keep up the amazing work.

[Glass Housing]

At first I didn't really know what to expect from this as it kind of sounded like a normal drum and bass song at the start but when I heard the part at around 0:44 it caught me off guard. It was like I was listening to some classical song but if it was mixed in with drum and bass. I can't really describe the feeling it gave me but what I can say is that it reminded of one of those cinematic style songs that is played during some intense scene where everything is falling apart. The way it slowly builds up and keeps getting more intense really helps to visualize everything collapsing. The part afterwards at 2:14 could be considered the aftermath or it could be a way of introducing the person that caused the destruction as they watch their plan unfold perfectly. Overall, I really like how you've mixed classical and drum and bass since you have managed to make it not sound too classical or too drum and bass. You've managed to find a perfect blend of both and that is something I don't see too often when people try to combine stuff. Keep up the great work!

[cone head]

I don't really know how to describe this song so all I'll say is that it's intense but at the same time it's melancholy. It's like someone is in a fight but they know they won't be able to win that fight no matter how hard they try. I think that this might be one of my favourites from you along with Memento Mori and Endless. I just really like the melodies you've used for this it's like everything is slowly building up to something. Great work.

[rapture]

This is amazing! The beginning gives the song a mysterious feel but at the same time it gives the song a melancholy feel as if the world is desolate and there is nothing left not even animals. The vocals give it that mysterious feel as you wonder what this rapture is and what caused it. When the drop comes in, it changes the entire feeling of the song. It's like you've gone back in time and are now witnessing the event that caused the world to become desolate. The part after the drop is when you see the people that managed to survive the event realizing that they won't make it since the world they once knew is now gone

[eyeless]

I think this is probably my favourite song from you so far. The melody and beat work well together which really helps to give the song a meaning. Anyway, the melody for this gives me a nostagic feeling and it personally reminds me of a game I used to play when I was younger. As for the beat, it gives the song a chaotic feeling which is the opposite of the melody as it gives the song a more melancholy feeling. When the beat and melody combine, I feel as though it gives the song a feeling of being lost or not knowing what you should do after you've lost someone close to you. I guess that ties in with the name of the song though as the name eyeless could refer to the fact that you can't believe that the person close to you is gone and that you are blind to the truth

[TIME]

Once again this is another amazing song from you. I liked the original but I personally find this to be a bit better than the original. The original song kind of reminded of those times when I was playing games with my old friends and doing all those things that you did as a kid. This on the other hand generally reminds me of those older EDM songs and it also reminds me of those times on YouTube where people had weird intros with some random song playing. The melody has that nostalgic feel to it but combining it with the Breakcore, Trance and Dubstep stuff helps to enhance that nostalgic feel even further which helps to make it sound like an old EDM song. Looks like this is going to be another song that I'll be putting on repeat from you again. You're honestly one of the few artists that I can find that has a unique sound design of some sort. Your songs always seem to stand out to me from others since they just seem to sound different compared to what I have listened to me. As always keep up the good work! :)