Welcome to my regular visitors and to the newcomers as well, read on if you're interested in hearing some great music submitted this month to the Newgrounds Audio Portal!
First off, an apology for being a week late this time around - being on a cruise, I couldn't meet my usual posting time, midnight Newgrounds time on the first Wednesday on the month at the same time as Weekly Best. It's been postponed to this week, but hopefully it hasn't caused any inconveniences. ;D Anyway, below is the usual introduction...
Every month I go through the tracks submitted that month, pick my favorites, and promote them in a front-paged news post. I don't mean at all to imply that these are the best tracks submitted - just my favorites. What's more, these couldn't, for sure, be the best overall. You'll find I'm heavily biased towards Trance and related electronic genres while selecting tracks as it's my area of expertise, and I have to be careful I don't select and promote something that may not meet high standards for its genre. I also may have missed a deserving track entirely, so it's inaccurate to suggest that these submissions below are the best tracks out of everything submitted. Regardless, you can be assured that this is quality music, as each track is strong in composition, character, and overall execution.
Thanks to those of you who made suggestions or helped find these artists, and to you readers, please support these deserving artists by showing some kind of support - reviewing, leaving a comment or PM, anything, they deserve it! This series of picks is pointless unless you do, after all. :)
Karco's Picks of February
Karco's Pick of February: xKore - Star Shower (NG Cut) by xKore [House]
xKore goes and steals my first pick of January, again. I really don't know what's wrong with him. >:(
The track itself is unlike anything I've heard on Newgrounds. For one it's extremely reminiscent of the Signalrunners, which is a good thing, considering the characterized and layered tracks they're known to put out. It's a very deep and hypnotic track, a style xKore has succeeded at this time. First chance I get I'm going to ask him for the full version, like you all should! ;D
2nd Pick of February: Ocean's Breath (OM Collab) by Sungazer [Trance]
Collabing with an artist outside of Newgrounds, Sungazer submitted something new this month that once again shows his near-mastery of each of the facets of a Trance track. Though at times it leaves more to be desired it's nothing short of strong in all areas and it's definitely something to be proud of.
3rd Pick of February: Blue Roses (BC Remix) by BrokenCrossfader [House]
BrokenCrossfader's really become more noticeable recently - compared to the underdog we all discovered when he took pick of the month last November, not only has he become more involved in the community but this remix of Blue Roses also placed Weekly 3rd a few weeks ago. Production value is high here, but because of an overused style it dropped a few places - one of the better house submissions on NG nonetheless and deserving of its place here and on the Weekly Best.
Honorable Mention of February: Synthetica EP Demo Track by ElectronicEP [Miscellaneous]
Having at last bought the Synthetica EP yesterday, I was taken by surprise by the quality of some of the tracks included. It's hardly perfect - this is Newgrounds after all and we can't expect everyone who participated to produce at a professional level - but regardless, it's all quite impressive and I thought I'd do my part to promote it. The following picks work just like Picks of the Month - they're my favorites of the bunch!
EP Picks:
- nal1200 feat. Lira Yin - A Moonless Blue (link to iTunes)
- Kr1z - Morning Light (OM) (link to iTunes)
Click here to find the album at the iTunes store!
Great job and great effort everyone, what a feat. :)
ZooSafari
Rofl XD I guess couldnt catch my last post, oh well, I like the picks, but you should REALLY consider listening to the tracks I told ya ;)
I would really like to know your point of view about them :D
Congrats to the winnars!!!
Karco
I don't remember you showing me any tracks? Let me know again when you get the chance.