Eddiebangs - Yes the Alice in Chains cross over with Faith No More is alive and well in this tune. Production is great as are the vocal performances. A little too close to home though Eddie in your tribute to who I would think are inspirations to you. Cool solo at 1:28. Glockenspiel is cute but out of character in my mind to the heaviness of the tune. Great drumming. I just felt that the straight ahead rock is not what I wanted for Chaos vs Order. But, the song is well executed for the genre it was searching for and that may just get my vote for that, cuz it ain't easy to do what you've done.
HKD - Industrial lo-fi. I think you should have went heavier edge with the vocals in the vein of Skinny Puppy or earlier Cabaret Voltaire to make me buy this. The inverted cymbal, although kind of hot, is a cool intro to the washing industrial Metal in the section after it. The harpsichord aspect doesn't work for me in the gothic anthemic way it's represented in the fall-out of the song. It sounds too good in comparison to the poor production preceding it.
Jeremy Martin - Mandolin or is that a Uke? Good transitions and the vocals are pretty sweet sounding. Reminds me of Andrew Cash on some level. My major beef with this tune is that I don't really feel the title in this style of music although there are sweet elements. A little long and kinda sugar-coated for a battle don't you think?
Squirrel Damage - This reminds me of the Northern Pikes for some reason. Which isn't a bad thing per se, but once again doesn't seem to strike me as the proper execution for a crazy title. Straight ahead power-punk-pop-rock seems forced for this specific title. You could have had any title for that music/vocal melody. No vote.
TV's Kyle - I love the cartoon aspect of what this song represents to the title. Tamborine could have been better executed in the Order section. The personality shifts a little in the Chaos and for that loses points in the execution of the tune. Still, possible vote.
Wreckdom - This is where I think if there was a noise choice award for this title, which I think it deserves, this would win. Laughing hard at the metal transferrance of the He's got a Wreckdom. Very funny. I'm sure if we were to anthropomorphize Chaos and Order they would both have a wreckdom - go figure
. Digital distortion sucks, but you know that. Theremin rules!!! Nutbars.
Caravan Ray - Production is the best I've heard from Caravan Ray yet for SF. If you've noticed my avatar you'd probably deduce that I'm very much into fractals and the Chaos Theory. I love the cross-over vocal section around 1:50 or so. Very fractal like and for that might just get my vote. Good job. Best song so far.
Down with Gender - If there was a reward for best instrumental it might win except for the Pachelbel's "Canon" rip-off prior to the bashing end. Although nice transition considering the writer in you vying to beat the block moving into the frustrated chord. Buzzer. Pull out the long Cane. Reminds me, strangely enough, of the "The Big Snit" cartoon. But wait........ kinda cool for some reason....... naaahhhh........ maybe........ is it destructive..... or is it orderly....... naaaaaaaaaa....... no vote and that's fo sho!!!!
Dollar Bill and the Inkpoints - Best production so far. I hear the J$ signature vocal sound in this one. I like how the voice is a little buried in the mid-range reverb space. The transition with the wacky static charge rhythms with the spacey feedbacky keys thing going on is way cool. Interesting in a strangely organic techno kind of way. Poetic and unnerving at the same time. Cool. Possible vote.
Draft - Well this tune came together mostly cuz The C-Monster and I wanted to do something in an altered time signature. So 7/4 it was and the song came about from there. The thing I was most pleased about was the way that my one-take, stream of consciousness vocal came out over the rest of the music. We were thinking like a rap thing and that was kind of silly and then I just went for it. I love happy accidents. For that matter the guitars and percussion were all happy accidents. The reviews have been spot on. I'd like to re-mix it and add a whole other section possibly an amalgamation of various signatures and meters to better represent the Chaos element, although I felt with the variety of acoustic instruments represented it came across pretty good on it's own. Could have been longer and better mixed. Hats off to The C-Monster for the great parts. I love the delayed percussive frog. Trippy sound.
My top 5 in no specific order are:
Dollar Bill and Inkpoints, Eddie Bangs, Caravan Ray, TV's Kyle, Wreckdom
I'll be voting later. Need time to decide. Thanks for the reviews.