ReMix: Kirby & The Amazing Mirror 'Kirby's Mystical Mirror'
Right then, on with the show. Newcomer Navij11, aka Jacob Naviasky, writes:
"I made many significant changes! Thank you to your comments on the original submission, and the #ocrwip channel on the IRC. They were really friendly, and helped me through this final version.
Personally, it doesn't matter to me whether this track passes judgment or not, as it was a necessary step I needed to take in order to become a better artist. I really worked hard on this, and I asked many people for second opinions before finally deciding to submit this, three weeks later, in its final form."
This piece is definitely on the liberal side, using its Kirby source as the engine for a d'n'b ish, percussion-centric arrangement that's got jazzy ride cymbal work, tweaked and tricked out meat-and-potatoes kicks, snares, and hats, and which - somewhat unusual for the genre - pulls a lot of tempo switches, with ritardando and accelerando executed smoothly over drop bass, a theremin-like sine, and mellow EP. There's also myriad FX, including intro static, plenty of filtering, bitcrushing on the drums at times, etc. that give the whole thing an excellent atmosphere. Touches like these are far more crucial for d'n'b than other electronica sub-genres, imo, where melodic and harmonic elements take more of a center stage, and Jacob delivers. The whole thing's very easy to listen to as background, but also rewards closer attention and scrutiny. Of the resub, zyko writes:
"this improves so much on the original sub; you took the suggestions on changing up the dynamics and the groove and gave us something that is constantly alive, moving and changing. personally, i love the slow down around 2.20 - very nice touch... it changes up the track on you suddenly and unexpectedly but ramps back up into the full fledged chill drive we had been listening to. reminds me of something i'd expect on the XM channel, Chill. or maybe even on sim city 4. in other words, killer.
the groove is still contagious as hell and the production is stellar. this is as sweet as cotton candy and i'm hooked."
Very cool... nice change of pace, and a good counterpoint to McVaffe's preceding melodic smorgasbord. Hope to see more, with perhaps a little more arranged material thrown in for good measure, from Mr. Naviasky, who's got a firm grasp on production and delivers a tasty slice of Kirby beatwork.
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