First track I completed for the Catalyst Institute application

I set out to make a soft dnb track, mimicking sounds of nature with percussive rubs, croaks, atmosphere, and contrasting that natural feel with classic retro video game boops.  Most of the production time was spent imagining toads and insects absolutely vibing, in and old school video game level.

toadneff

I had only 2 days to make this track for my second Catalyst Institute submission, and i was stressing!

I chose tech house for simplicity to meet that time frame, but also because I was deeply inspired by the return of Claude Von Stroke set I had just heard at Lightning in a Bottle.  I tried to emulate that dark, gritty, and hypnotic style, and really started to play with automations for the first time. 

jamez.wav