MBC 2008, Conner_Bw Judgements. http://www.trotch.com/mbc/

1. Vocal throws me off, a bit too Marilyn Manson? (Did I ever tell you story
where me and JD bought tickets off a guy in the parking lot for $5 to go see
Marilyn Manson because the seller was desperate? We spent the whole show loudly
heckling Marilyn Manson (show us your tits!!!) only to realize at the end that
we were sitting beside the guy who sold us the tickets.) With that out of the
way, I have to say I really like this track. Just a pile of intense noise.
A 90's Alec Empire meets Merzbow vibe. Appeals to the skid in me. Top 3!

2. I'm a computer. I wanna play video games. How can I say no to Fesner films /
GIJOE samples with crazy jungle cuts and basslines a plenty? One of the best.
Top 3!

3. When that weird smurfed up vocals (kids voice?) comes in, this track pays off
and it got the hairs on my neck to stand up, a bit. The intro is very bizarre. I
read that you generated the bassline, randomly, using the Renoise Phrase
Generator, or something? Points from me if that's true. Points even if it isn't
because I at this point I pretty much think it's true. Maybe a bit too many
crashing snares which reminds me of me back in the day when I used to have the
opinion "more snares". Top 3!

4. Pretty bad ass tune. Reminds a bit of a producer who went by the name of
Keltec. Before that his name was Critical Adjustment. He was on the net in the
mid nineties and got props from The Prodigy for his free MP3 tunes. It even said
so on his webpage. Yeah, back when pretty much me, Critical Adjustment, and the
Prodigy where the only ones on the internet. Note I said a bit, and note it's a
fond memory, not in any way an indication of the style of your track which is
quite contemporary sounding. A banger among the the experimentalists. Top 3!

5. The future of Montreal right here. I'm not gay. Top 3!

6. This is probably the best crafted tune of the bunch but it doesn't do it for
me. It's like a tune you would hear supporting the visuals for some really
expensive multi-media presentation at a corporate conference. Still, it's quite
a beautiful and emotionally demanding tune. Ah what the hell, top 3!

7. I've listened to every track in the contest at least 30 times each. The first
time I heard this one I thought it was a series of mistakes. But every track
after 30 listens has it's own magic. Apache and musical amens, general distorted
artifacts, weird synthetic basslines, a broken maxtor hardrive sampled in the
intro (i read that in IRC), this one grew on me. Top 3!

8. BOTB can do no wrong. However he already won the discography in the Trotch
parasite contest where I randomly appended a prize onto BB5, appointed myself
the judge, and chose him the winner. So this time around I'm doing everything in
my power to make him lose. Had that not happened I would have done everything in
my power to make him win. The track is dope. One of the best. Top 3!

9. An emotionally demanding track for which I'm not afraid to shed a tear over.
Drums are a little rough but the resulting scrapes, bruises, and beat cuts have
endearing qualities to them. Top 3!

10. I listened to the tracks as well as compiled them to CDR in the order I
received them. This one, as the 10th track, is well placed. Chilled out bass
heavy vibes top off the previous 9 tunes nicely. A good endeavor. The black
sheep of the pack. The closest thing to Dubstep in the bunch, thus allowing me
to keep Dubstep in the genre description on the contest page. Top 3!

11. As the only judge opening the XRNS files, I am privy to the information that
this track is exclusively created out of one sample, the "Funky Drummer" break
by James Brown. The fact that you held over 3 minutes together with a single
sample and sounded like a breakcore version of Fat Boy Slim in the process?
Brilliant. Almost like a bonus track. Top 3!