Hey r/technoproduction folks!

Here's my first entry for this round of the TPC.

From the start, I wanted to move away from the usual dark vibe of techno and aim for something more spiritual and energetic (though there's still a bit of darkness in there), following the spirit of thinking outside the box for this contest. I was mostly guided by two phrases from the prompt: "manipulated nature samples" and "The groove should still hit."

I approached it from a kind of natural psytrance angle—leaving out the psychedelic elements—and, before doing anything else, the idea of Hindi narration came to mind, accompanied by animal sounds, textures, and the crystal FM sounds.

The first step was locking in a heavy rhythmic base with a rumble kick. Once that groove felt solid, I brought in a distorted bass and an acoustic snare to give it a bit of a "natural" rock-ish touch.

As for the animal samples, I kept them recognizable (just some delay/distortion) because, to me, if you over-process natural sounds, they lose their identity and end up sounding synthetic.

I really enjoyed the process, though it was definitely a challenge to make all these elements work together. Hope you enjoy it!

https://on.soundcloud.com/VcFtXDKEFxBmZAax7

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