Strange Days - International Karate Part I (Synthwave Remix)

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Arranged by:
Strange Days Remixer
Member profile:
Stefan Nyberg (Strange Days)
Original SID:
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Original composed by:
Rob Hubbard
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Duration:
5:00
Released:
15/02/2018
All-Time charts position:
1986
Score:
79%
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Review by LaLa
16/02/2018

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It's a nice retrofuturustic treatment of Hubbard's track.

The mix heavily favors the high-end throughout, which bothers me a bit. The arrangement really gets going after the full set of drums come in at 1:53, that got my hopes up high. However, the chords at 2:46 sound odd to me, both in texture and pitch, and they broke the illusion a bit.

The entire track reminds me a lot of Tangerine Dream's albums from the 80s, which I think is the style Strange Days was actually going for. Nicely done!