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Thrust - arranged by Romeo Knight

Review by Brian, 15/08/2007

Extremly well guitar playing: in time, with feeling, good vibrato and little gimmicks. The best i heard so far concerning c64 remixes. But not only well played, also very tastefull and the arrangement is far more than power cords with one, and the melody with the other guitar. I especially like how the bridge(?) is done with harmonics. Very original! The rhythm guitar is quite loud, compared to the melody. It's ok for me because it makes the track quite heavy and i wouldn't call it unbalanced.

In my opinion the overall sound is a bit lacking. Though the tuned down base (or is it a 5 String?) sounds great, the drums do not match the guitar sound that well. The drum sound should by more dry, a bit more dirty and less sterile, witch would be more fitting to the modern sounding guitar. But hey, this would mean to hire a drummer and spend much money recording it. So this is not really fair to critizise it. Besides, the sound is far better than another rock version of Thrust (maybe you know whitch i mean), which wasn't even quite in time and tuning, though the guys sell it.
Technique Outstanding
Artistic skill Outstanding
Nostalgia factor Outstanding
Overall rating Outstanding

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