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I’d say so long as you use at least one Greensleeves sample from the thread, you’re good. Otherwise, it’s an open challenge.
Edit: So, it took me a bit to reply because I’ve been thinking about your question a lot, since it gets to the heart of what these challenges are for.
The way I see these Drum & Bass battles is that they’re meant to provide inspiration and a deadline for people who want to finish music. Because inspiration & lack of time pressure seem to be the biggest things that keep people from completing work—or at least that’s how I read the threads.
So based on that, any additional rule has to justify its existence by doing one of 2 things: Help people finish a song, or make the playlist more listenable (which is why there’s a max track length). Any limitations beyond that would make the battles less useful as a music-making tool rather than more useful, and I think what I’m going for here is maximum usefulness.
So while some challenges may hinge around a specific limitation (e.g. “ALL Synths, NO Samples Battle”—coming in 2026!!!), for the most part these are more like prompts and jumping-off points.
TLDR: I want to give people an excuse to make music, not an excuse to not make music.
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I’ve never really tried making jungle, but fuck it, I’ve been summoned to the challenge. I never pay attention to what label released an album and I was surprised looking through the list how many of these I have heard before.
I’ve always been a big yellow man enjoyer
Same with scientist, love these old dub records
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Been having a cheeky play with my best attempt at a dub FX setup, so looking positive to cobble together something for the challenge this month.
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Some cool sfx at the beginning. The whole album is worth checking out:
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Zungguzungguguzungguzeng y’all
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Dub:
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