D&B&Jungle Battle #9: Bring the Spring

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INTRODUCING ELEKTRONAUTS DRUM N BASS N JUNGLE BATTLE THE NINTH:
BRING THE SPRING

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Here we are in April and spring has officially sprung itself on us, as it always has done.

For some, spring is when the world wakes up after the long nights of winter. For many folks spring is festival season. For some of us, spring will bring the rains—maybe cleansing, maybe flooding. And for some, spring’s just a stepping stone on the way to summer.

So for this challenge, I’m calling open season in the spirit of spring—interpret the concept however you want, but try to capture the spirit of the season.

Is it the chirps and dwoops of newly returned birds at dawn? or the snap of firecrackers and barking ice cream trucks? Is it a tightly coiled track that shakes off icy leads to embrace the warm glow of analog? Is it the prayers of Pesach or Eid or Easter? Or is it a sound that means something only to you?

It’s all up to you—just keep it under 6 minutes!

THE RULES:
—Create a Drum & Bass or Jungle track that captures the feeling of spring wherever you live.
—Keep it under 6 minutes!
—Use any gear you want.
—Post inspiration tracks in the thread!
—Send me a WAV/AIFF/FLAC by End of Day
FRIDAY, May 1st!!!

Have fun & good luck!

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Let’s goooooo

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Nice idea for a theme. Very into this

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I’ll see to push myself to do this one, thanks @KingDuppy

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I’ll start off the inspiration posts with a sound cue that gets me every time.

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I’ve tried out an idea and I can confirm it’s horrific and I apologize in advance.

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This could definitely be a great jungle/dnb remix

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Late-night-request-line-smoothed-out-80s-electro-banger

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I’m in. :+1: Just for clarification: does using a spring reverb classify for this battle?:wink: Just kidding…I’m in a good mood, weekend is finally here and even the weather feels like spring where I live. A new battle is just the cherry on top. :slightly_smiling_face:

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There’s other kinds of reverb?

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This is my go to Spring song, not my favorite version but shout out to Ireland for showing the world how to actually protest.

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Thinking about spring, this is one great piece of music:

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Nuclear spring reverb

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If anyone needs some inspirational sample fodder, a few years ago I recorded the mockingbird that comes back to the tree in my yard every spring.

Here are some of its calls:

Mockingbird Samples.zip (1.8 MB)

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I’ve submitted an entry. It’s horrific, but it is spring themed.

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I had one of those for a few years at my house that started up at 4am and seemed to be trained on car alarms and penny whistles

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whoa, almost forgot about this one, in all the buzz.
Meaning i’ll have to start cracking

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Haven’t started yet, I think I’m stuck at the ideation phase. Guess I just got to commit to something

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I have something brewing. First battle after half a year break.
My inspiration was a lyric about spring, a certain style of DnB (and a new synth, ahum…).
Started yesterday so I hope it will work out.

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