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Title     : N/A
Producers : Attraction
17 Bit No : 2495
Musician  : Howard Wilsher
No Disks  : 1
No Tracks : 3


It's  the disk with no name, and only three pieces of music on it as well.  Is
it any good ?  Let's find out shall we.....

We  all  Know This - Is the name of the first offering, although I didn't seem
to  recognise it.  The track kicks off with some string chords in a minor key,
and  is  gradually  joined  by  some sparse metallic sounding drum beats.  The
first  problem  arises  when  the melody is introduced, it's sounds like a mix
between  an  electric  piano,  and  a  synth-string,  and  is in a very bright
sounding  major  key.  The resulting clash in keys makes the song sound out of
tune.   I  can't imagine how the composer didn't notice this as he was writing
this.   There's a short part of the track that is in-tune, and that's when the
string chord sample is dropped to make way for a bass line, which is joined by
some  faster  drums, and the track began to sound a bit like the in-game music
in  a  shoot-em-up; not necesarily a bad thing, and certainly the highlight of
the song.  After the short in-tune interlude, we're taken back to the original
out-of-tune  melody  for  the  rest  of  the track.  This is a song where very
little  actually  happens,  it  sounds  like  each pattern is played, and then
repeated a few times just for good measure, the net result of course is a very
dull tune.  Rating 3

Angel  -  Oh  no,  it's  that  string  chord  again,  and  that  means another
out-of-tune  song.   But  to be fair this song wouldn't have been much good if
the  string  chord was in the right key any way.  I think this was meant to be
some  sort  of  dance  song,  it's  got  an electro-style beat, and completely
overuses  an orchestrial hit sample.  But then again, if it was supposed to be
a  dance tune, then why did it have the strings going all the way through, and
why  did  it  use  a  bell  as  the melody instruments.  Once again, not a lot
happens, the patterns repeat, it's all a bit dull again.  Rating 2

Attraction  -  The  title  track,  surely  this one was going to be better.  A
better start anyway; this time leading in with a choral/string mix sample, and
playing  a  resonable  intro, setting the track up ready for the drums to come
in.   In  came  the  drums, the same electro beat as 'Angel', except this time
they  actually fitted in.  It was all going well up to this point, but then it
all  went  wrong, the choral/string sample was dropped, and replaced with..can
you guess ?  That's right, the minor string chord sample, and the song died at
that point.  Yet again nothing happens in terms of melody, and there's way too
much  repitition.   This  song suffers particularily badly because it drags on
for a mind-numbing 8 minutes and 44 seconds.  Rating 3

Composistions  :   Rather  uninspiring to say the least, there just just a few
key elements missing from the songs :  Melody (quite a crucial one), any sense
of tempo, and harmony.  The two most prominent problems are the off key string
sample,  and  the  repitition,  add it to the fact that nothing really happens
during  the  songs, and all you're left with a three bad tracks that all sound
much the same.  Rating 2

Samples :  The samples were quite clear, but they lacked presence.  To explain
further, it sounded as if they were being played with the low-pass filter (i.e
the power light) on, which they weren't.  So they could have been much better;
however  they didn't have any clicks, buzzes, or any nasty noises mixed in, so
one out of two isn't bad.  Rating 5

Presentation  :   Just a simple static screen, with the usual F-keys to select
each  piece.  It all worked O.K, so no complaints there.  I wasn't a great fan
of the colour scheme though; magenta and cyan reminded me of the CGA cards you
find  in  the  low-end  PCs,  and  I don't want to be reminded of something as
disstasteful as a PC when I'm on my Amiga, but that's just me.....Rating 5

AM/FM  Rating :  I don't get any pleasure in slagging someone else's work off,
but  this  is  really bad.  The songs are very boring, and would make you drop
off  to  sleep,  if  it wasn't for the fact that the out-of-tune string sample
will  hurt  your  ears too much.  It's a simple as that really, don't get this
disk, it's just completely useless.  Rating 3

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