Polluted Futuristic City

Hi,

I recently started work on a new composition which is more synth heavy than my other compositions and I was hoping for some feedback on it.

The piece is based around a futuristic city which hasn't broken away from outdated technologies, such as fossil fuels, and as a result is terribly polluted but society has still found away to survive despite the harsh conditions.

Thanks.

Edited August 14, 20178 yr by Sen1

Very nice!

The beat is catchy and the music does not bore me at all. There is a fine balance between repetition and variation.

All sounds are nice and the story you wrote in the description fits the music brillantly.

The only point of critique is the following. I have doubts about the voices that say "hey-hey-ho." It does not really improve the atmosphere. In fact, I think it only disturbs it. Maybe another voice lyrics would work. This is just my opinion, other people might like it.

Very well done!

Thanks for the feedback.

My thinking with the vocals was that it adds a more industrial vibe by having factory workers chanting but I do see where you coming from with them sounding a bit out of place. I think I might experiment with altering the reverb on them and maybe using different samples to see if I can blend them in better.

Edited August 14, 20178 yr by Sen1

9 hours ago, Sen1 said:

Thanks for the feedback.

My thinking with the vocals was that it adds a more industrial vibe by having factory workers chanting but I do see where you coming from with them sounding a bit out of place. I think I might experiment with altering the reverb on them and maybe using different samples to see if I can blend them in better.

 

Aha, now I understand them! Actually, it is a quite nice idea, but I think you have to make it clearer that it is a sort of factory. Maybe adding some factory sounds like an envil and steam? 

It sounded out of place, because I did not understand what you wantes to express with them, but now I see what you want with the voices.

Can I ask which drum voice is that specifically from? It sounds really familiar.

It's from a soundfont called OmegaGMGS2 although I'm not sure where the soundfont's creator got the samples from.

Also for anyone that's interested, I've made an updated version with slightly different chanting samples and the inclusion Maarten Bauer's suggestion of the anvil sounds.