ReMix: Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers 'Dancing in the Sky'

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Probably the most embarassing game-related confession I could make about my past involves playing Super Street Fighter II in slow-motion versus a friend using only Dhalsim and no other characters. We called these "slow-motion Dhalsim-fests" - clever name, eh? When you're bored, it's 3AM, and you're not drinking age and have no nearby alcohol with which to violate that rule anyway, you resort to strange + wonderful pasttimes. One night, we stayed up till 7AM playing nothing but Cosmic Carnaga for the Sega 32X. And yes, I bought . . . at full market value . . . the Sega 32X. Ahh, youth :) Ryu7X has consistently proven he can make competent and enjoyable techno arrangements, and this piece from SSF2 falls snugly into that category. If you haven't already (you crazy loco), be sure to check out McVaffe's SSF2 offerings - highly polished, glistening gems that they are. Ryu7x threw in some rhythmic Cammy vocal samples with reverb that work nicely, and some of the filtering and phasing work and the ritard on the ending are all neat. Also liked the semi-surprise ending. Now, this is good, high-energy, and Ryu7x knows what he's doing, but it does get a little repetitve. I feel like the ReMixer has proven he can compose a piece of this calibre - which is admirable in and of itself - with his previous mixes, and that this particular track doesn't represent improvements or new ideas and inspirations. Didn't stop me from enjoying it, and doesn't stop me from calling it a good mix and certainly recommending you check it out. But I'd love to see Ryu7x expand a bit to more flamboyant arrangements and more dynamic percussion, with shots at alternate genres as well. That being said, this is solid - the one element I wasn't keen on was the hard-right strings which have a very slow attack and sound delayed when played this rapidly. But the 303 bass is doing it's thang, and for the bulk of the piece the energy is high and groove on.

― djpretzel