May 2014 entries - Sampleface

Dapper Rapper: Perennial Merchants

May 31, 2014• Music

How Did I Miss That: Fredfades & Ivan Ave – Breathe

May 30, 2014• Hip Hop

Norwegian duo Fredfades & Ivan Ave dropped their EP, entitled Breathe, in February and we’re only just getting round to hearing...

Don’t Believe The Hype: How To Cultivate Hip Hop’s Artform

May 30, 2014• Hip Hop

LD Henriquez speaks candidly about the state of modern day hip hop and gives her views on what should be done to retain its artistic...

THROWBACK THURSDAY: DMX x Rick Astley – Where The Hood At Mashup

May 29, 2014• Music

Jondis & Keor Meteor – Deleted Scenes

May 28, 2014• Free Download, Hip Hop

New York emcee Jondis shares some “Deleted Scenes” with Keor Meteor on their latest album. France’s Keor Meteor is...

Javis FauX – KAIZO

May 27, 2014• Electronic

Potholes’ Javis FauX has some fun with a Super Mario sample on KAIZO, the title track from his upcoming project. A new genre has been...

FREE DOWNLOAD: tiromancy – Knee Deep In Adele (Rumour Has It)

May 25, 2014• Free Download

Jeff Jericho – Drives Me Crazy

May 25, 2014• Hip Hop

LA native Jeff Jericho drops a smooth cut – Drives Me Crazy – from his latest project, The Jericho Experience. Summer is a...

Hooligan – For Medicinal Purposes 4

May 25, 2014• Free Download, Hip Hop

Chi Town’s Hooligan drops the fourth instalment of his For Medicinal Purposes beat series. It’s around 1:15am here in the UK as...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: The New Sound Of Music (1979)

May 24, 2014• Music

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Sun Ra – Night Music (1989)

May 22, 2014• Music

As it’s Sun Ra’s 100th birthday today, our Throwback Thursday is dedicated to the man from Saturn. Here, he speaks about his...

J Dilla – The Doe

May 22, 2014• Hip Hop

Taken from his upcoming posthumous album is “The Doe”, also featured on the “Give Em What They Want” EP. We all...

FREE DOWNLOAD: Pyxis – Dilla

May 21, 2014• Free Download

EXCLUSIVE! Scott Xylo – Neo-Gotham

May 20, 2014• Electronic

We have an exclusive here at Sampleface in the form of Scott Xylo’s Neo-Gotham. I’ve always been a big fan of Batman since a...

SoundBoyMusic – DeetroitSoundS

May 20, 2014• Hip Hop

Detroit’s SoundBoyMusic channels the spirit of Dilla with his latest project, DeetroitSoundS. Good luck if you’re a producer...

Herbie Hancock To Collaborate With Flying Lotus

May 20, 2014• Jazz

Review: WhoSampled’s First Ever “Samplethon”

May 18, 2014• Reviews

WhoSampled and The Great Escape Festival in Brighton put on the world’s first “Samplethon” in conjunction with Boosey...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: beat:repeat NYC

May 17, 2014• Music

RBMA pay homage to the New York and the drum machines involved in crafting its soundscapes with an eight-part series called...

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Oran “Juice” Jones – The Rain

May 15, 2014• Music

Sequence, The App That Lets You Turn Outdoor Sounds Into Samples

May 14, 2014• Sampling

Record the sounds around you and turn them into beats with Incident’s new app, Sequence. It’s a nightmare as a music maker if...

Month: May 2014