Double’s
Dash Compo 14 continued with its new rule of adhering to a theme for
participants to follow: In addition to collaborating with a songwriting
partner that night, entrants had to write a song about intimacy and closeness. The two teams
each tackled the challenge from contrasting perspectives: “Wishy
Washy Relationships” is sexually explicit while “Hugging Time” dealt with
brotherly affection. SDCompo
also completed its 65th round with a handful of submissions adhering to the samplepack and tracker requirements established on the
site’s rules. Battle of the Bits had a fair amount of competition activity over the last week as well, including a “KLINK” battle based on a pack,
and a “Spring Tracks” compo forbidding cover versions of any kind.
People’s
ReMixing Competition 215 fared well in terms of
remixes submitted, with three entries. For the round two Phoenix Wright source tracks were selected, and contestants were
encouraged to rearrange both. JerryTerry
intended to remix only one, but settled on an amalgam of both by starting off
on mellow piano and building to a degraded electro beat. For his first remix Darren Schwinghamer tacked the material with an orchestral
spin, which proved to be more difficult for him with software than using the
acoustic instruments. A wild Chickenwarlord appeared and worked out a quick entry
due to time constraints, introducing a new set of lyrics.
OLRmageddon LIX featured “Batman” as its theme and had
the additional stipulation that entries include a self-made drawing of a
villain conceived by the entrant. Thus the music and the drawing would be voted
upon separately. Dwelling of Duels
had its jingle
month that focused on the shorter video game tunes of the world, and
perhaps as a result the turnout was smaller than usual. The Street Fighter compo World Warrior Remix
Royale began the voting stage for round two of the Hadouken
Bracket, which had remixes from Ghetto Lee Lewis and OA leading to a close vote. On Sunday LLCompo
Battle 11 fell upon April Fool’s Day, which was
acknowledged in the description but was otherwise not a part of the round’s
“Anime” theme.
JHCompo on Tuesday took participants on a perilous
journey as “The Messenger” to deliver a package on time. SonicThHedgog preceded the festivities
with a JHC advertisement of his own creation on his SoundCloud page. With a bed
of synthesizers, MandraSigma sent his bad news
successfully and ended on a tempo slowdown. Shadix made his “Interstellar
Distress Call” braving a bevy of asteroids, cosmic strings, and other things
that are probably in space. SonicThHedgog made a 911 call by way of ambient electronics and some familiar
video game sounds, followed by some electronic. Finally Duosis delivered late and pitched some sample-loops to set a mellow mood lasting a little over a minute.
Thursday’s
OHC brought back the ghosts of days gone by with its “Haunting Past” theme. Unlike the last few rounds, the night was
without an introduction by The
Stuff of Legends. Instead the listening party started off with “The
Haunting White Boy Rap” by LOLitslewis
putting together sub-bass, a drum machine, self-deprecating lyrics and a Nyan Cat exit. A number of newcomers joined OHC, including Gottvich
with gritty ambience and blastron
using copious amounts of reverb. The round was also home to longtime veterans: Arcana's
submission made use of strings and oboe; sci
bounced along the dancefloor with vocal samples; and
DDRKirby(ISQ)
fittingly sent along a re-imagined Kirby’s
Adventure tune. At the end of the party the_lulzorz
disqualified himself when he indulged in a “Nyan Hop”
bathed in breakbeats, thereby creating a bookending effect.
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