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Technoboy – Ti Sento / 4 Days Review
Whenever Technoboy and the SAIFAM team release a new track, it’s all over the place. All over the parties, all over the internet. At least, that is the general rule. Recently, there have been some exceptions to that. Zappaman – Sexual Healing for example, seems to have been missed by the public completely. And only a month later, we get the new Technoboy, which also seems to have gone largely unnoticed. Since we have not yet reviewed Sexual Healing for you, we decided to pick this one up quickly.
First of all, let’s criticize SAIFAM for making this a very easy slate of polyvinylchloride to review. In keeping with their tradition, the difference between both sides is marginal. Not even a change-the-kick-mix is granted to us this time, the only merit 4 Days has is the abscence of the break. Besides that, the only difference between the songs is the title.
Enough talking then. A typical SAIFAM intro kick welcomes us into the track, making for a start far from exciting. However, the intro melody fades in. Simple, but brilliantly arranged and wonderfully voiced by a proper Italian synth, it is wildly effective. Clearly, Ti Sento is one of those songs that turns off your brains, picks up your body and makes your feet involuntarily fly all over the place.
Right at the moment when you are starting to slide down from that seventh cloud the intro dropped you on, a long and shamelessly cheesy break comes in, sampled from a classic Italian lovesong – I think, because I do not speak Italian. She could be singing about your mum’s nose hair for all I care though, I imagine that singing would be very fun during those drunk or drugged moments at the parties.
For any and all other moments, 4 Days skips the cheese break and immediately gets down to business with the exact same melody as Ti Sento. It picks up where the intro left, adding more notes and a new jolt of energy to guarantee another flurry of flailing limbs. After that climax and a short break, the intro melody returns for a little while, and the track ends in the same standard kicks.
Looking at the purpose behind this release, it is obvious that both of these are straightforward party tracks, nothing more and nothing less. Even though they sound a little empty for SAIFAM productions, they do a wonderful job at simply getting you going – having you gather all your energy and generally just creating a huge rush. Especially 4 Days will not give you a moment of rest; the break in Ti Sento is very long and takes the flow out. On the other hand, it may be extremely cheesy and lame, but at a party you will sing along to it, no matter what.
As stated above, this release has its drawbacks: basically the same track twice, somewhat low production standards – yet it meeting its purpose so well more than makes up for that. The unrivalled amount of energy it carries thus makes for a high rating and a spot in my personal favourites list.
Tracklist:
- A. Ti Sento
- B. 4 Days
I agree with everything you said in the review, but the score man, the score. It's too high, especially when comparing it to Serenity/Our Core, which only had 2 points higher. I think a solid 83 will do the trick for this release, as it is not nearly as good as Serenity/Our Core, but it's not bad either.
Comparing this to Serenity/Our Core seems a bit strange to me, they're both very different type of tracks.
Anyways, the original track is Matia Bazar – Ti Sento.
I agree with everything you said in the review, but the score man, the score. It's too high, especially when comparing it to Serenity/Our Core, which only had 2 points higher. I think a solid 83 will do the trick for this release, as it is not nearly as good as Serenity/Our Core, but it's not bad either.
Thomas, you aren't the reviewer. This is Ool's score, not yours.
Comparing this to Serenity/Our Core seems a bit strange to me, they're both very different type of tracks.
Anyways, the original track is Matia Bazar – Ti Sento.
But he can still comment on the score.
I believe the score is to high aswell, but again Ole, a very well written article.
And that is why these comments can be written, so people can comment, you get it?
Why? I mean, the style is different, but it still is hardstyle. So they can be compared.
Yeah, the comments are there for a reason. But still, as I am trying to point out in the last sentence of that review, the ultimate rating is a goddamn well personal thing. And goddamn well hard at that, too. Go ahead and try it – pick 10 random releases from you library and try to give them all a fair rating, pretending it will be posted on the net. Most of the time, it takes me at least 5 minutes of pondering to decide upon it, and I'm never sure if I really got it right. Besides, the difference between 87 and 83, for instance, is marginal. As said, it's a personal thing, and with that I could explain way greater differences than just 4 measly points.
I totally understand that, and I can't do it only half as good as you do. But I always have the need to comment on everything, so that's why I did it here. I still think the difference between a 87 and 83 is noticable, and certainly something to think about. Especially when comparing it to other reviews, but I know it's easy for me to say that, because I'm not the one who decides all the scores in the first place, so it's easy comparing for me. You're doing a fenomenal job though, as almost all of the reviews are very well written, with a skill in English unknown for most Dutch people. So, great job, I can't stress that enough.
Thomas, you aren't the reviewer. This is Ool's score, not yours.
But he can still comment on the score.
I believe the score is to high aswell, but again Ole, a very well written article.
And that is why these comments can be written, so people can comment, you get it?
Why? I mean, the style is different, but it still is hardstyle. So they can be compared.
Yeah, the comments are there for a reason. But still, as I am trying to point out in the last sentence of that review, the ultimate rating is a goddamn well personal thing. And goddamn well hard at that, too. Go ahead and try it – pick 10 random releases from you library and try to give them all a fair rating, pretending it will be posted on the net. Most of the time, it takes me at least 5 minutes of pondering to decide upon it, and I'm never sure if I really got it right. Besides, the difference between 87 and 83, for instance, is marginal. As said, it's a personal thing, and with that I could explain way greater differences than just 4 measly points.
I totally understand that, and I can't do it only half as good as you do. But I always have the need to comment on everything, so that's why I did it here. I still think the difference between a 87 and 83 is noticable, and certainly something to think about. Especially when comparing it to other reviews, but I know it's easy for me to say that, because I'm not the one who decides all the scores in the first place, so it's easy comparing for me. You're doing a fenomenal job though, as almost all of the reviews are very well written, with a skill in English unknown for most Dutch people. So, great job, I can't stress that enough.