AQUATIC AMBIANCE (Donkey Kong Country) [AMBIENT JAZZ]

▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nD5F3A ▶ Apple Music: https://apple.co/40DgjG2 ▶ Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/40XOGHu ▶ YouTube Music: https://bit.ly/42YE6C3 Also available on Tidal, Deezer and others. THE SONG The water levels of DKC made a huge impression on me as a kid, with their endless MODE 7 ocean floor and eerie, atmospheric soundtrack. I used to play the first water level over and over just to listen to the music. I used two samples from the original track – one is the note that's rising in pitch at the beginning and the other is the iconic sonar sound from the Roland R-8 (kindly sent to me by Sam Miller:    / jamminsammiller  . THE ALBUM 'Songs from the Seas' is a follow-up to my album 'What the Forest Taught Me', a collection of forest themes from some of my favourite games. THE ARTWORK The cover artwork is based on 'Braving the Storm' by illustrator/artist Aric Salyer (check out his work at https://www.artstation.com/aric_salyer). I did this as a study a while ago, and when I started working on a water themed album I used it as a temp cover. I was going to replace it, but it stuck with the project so I asked Aric if he would be ok with me using my rip-off painting, and he said yes. :) #donkeykongcountry #jazz #davidwise