This level was the beginning of a sort of "new dawn" of layouts. I remember seeing this for the first time and being genuinely blown away because prior to this level, pretty much nobody toyed with the concept of rotating a previously un-rotatable block. Now, I was 12 at the time and able to easily be impressed, and also nowadays we see levels like this all the time. I think I gotta give this one credit for being the first, though. For the level itself, though, the gameplay's just okay. The "decoration" is definitely more substantial for a "layout", but still not really winning any awards. I appreciate the push in the limits of the 1.0 blocks, however.

The mother of lacklustre effect layouts, but in spite of that I think it's composed pretty well and easily stands out above all its descendants. The effects themselves arent anything out of the ordinary though, the ideas are fairly basic for its time, even if they do serve their purpose right. I'll admit I have a bit of a soft spot for the level, there's something about its modest way of releasing tension (and the breaking down thereof) that intrigues me a little, the movements are very clean and every part represents the song in its own characteristic manner