Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

TBM: Music modules with the extensions .mod, .s3m, .it, .xm and some others work with JJ2 too. You just have to include the extension in the music field in the level proporties. You have to have version 1.22 or higher to make it work tho (correct me if I’m wrong) And besides, some remixes are just for listening.

Violet: I think he’s either trying to suck up to me (Tubelectric is my fav JJ song) or finding that the song so easy to remix, along with Technoir.

And with that, i’m forced to write a review. How lucky can I be? :P

First impressions

Danyel has really overdone it this time. Just a warning to future reviewers: it’s 10 and a half minutes long! Be sure to have some spare time handy ;p. Anyway, this a real remix, not just a change of instruments, or tempo. Just parts of the song rearranged, but because the original song is so short (2 minutes at the most) you only have that many parts to work with, so repetition is a major danger here. It gets repetitive, yes, but I actually didn’t find it that annoying, especially near the end.

Melody

It’s not a straight conversion, but some part of the original are used more than others. We’re talking 10 minutes of play time here, folks, ten fricking minutes! The Intro is really… well, semi-active, just some beats in a regular tempo. The real thing starts at about 1:20, a tad long for my tastes. That’s where the intro of original Tubelectric kicks in, and keeps kicking in till 1:58. Then we get the intro again, mixed with the second part of Tubelectric, fading in. When near 2:48 it fades out, then the song relies on beats and the second part of the Tubelectric, stand-alone. At 3:05 it resumes its original pattern, but more of the original can be heard. Stay with me folks :P, We’ve only covered a third so far. Intensifying at 3:31, switching to outtro at 3:57… To make this short, It’s repetitive, but not that annoying (Yes, I’m a cheapskate for not giving you the entire song ;p), thanks to the variaty in instruments and good use to fading in and fading out of some parts. I just wish more of the original melody would have been used, would have made it more interesting to listen. As for looping, there is none, only fade-out from 10:00.

Instruments and Samples

Danyel claims this to be techno trance, I’m sensing more techno than trance. In fact, I dare say this more dance music. Heavy beats, synthesized instruments and the like. Tho the melody is repetitive as stated before, the change of instruments gets most of the sting out of it. A real nice example of this is near the end from 8:58, where it keeps switching between two sets. i don’t really have anything else to say :)

Final Verdict

Things are starting to look up for Danyel, he’s finally getting closer to the jackpot. This remix is more for listening (or dancing, it’s perfect for that) than for using in a level, therefor it’s recommended.

- JelZe GoldRabbit =:3

P.S. I’m playing this in XMPlay, but MODPlug works fine too