THROWBACK THURSDAY: Sun Ra - Night Music (1989)
As it’s Sun Ra’s 100th birthday today, our Throwback Thursday is dedicated to the man from Saturn. Here, he speaks about his music and plays a few compositions including “Face The Music”.
Month: May 2014
J Dilla - The Doe
Taken from his upcoming posthumous album is “The Doe”, also featured on the “Give Em What They Want” EP.
FREE DL: Pyxis - Dilla
Louisville’s Pyxis gives a Jay Dee beat the soul house treatment in “Dilla”.
EXCLUSIVE! Scott Xylo - Neo-Gotham
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 child so upon hearing Scott Xylo had a track inspired by the dystopian version of Bruce Wayne’s home town from Batman Beyond, my attention was well and truly grabbed. But that’s …
SoundBoyMusic - DeetroitSoundS
Detroit’s SoundBoyMusic channels the spirit of Dilla with his latest project, DeetroitSoundS. Good luck if you’re a producer coming out of Detroit wanting to keep you name away from Dilla’s. Even Black Milk, as diverse as his sound has become over the years, gets the comparison wherever he goes. But some harness the vibe he …
Herbie Hancock To Collaborate With Flying Lotus
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock has been collaborating with Flying Lotus, as he discussed with Time Out Dubai.
Review: WhoSampled's First Ever "Samplethon"
WhoSampled and The Great Escape Festival in Brighton put on the world’s first “Samplethon” in conjunction with Boosey & Hawkes and SoundCloud.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain
Oran “Juice” Jones’ classic hit The Rain is our Throwback Thursday. All thanks for this throwback goes to Laurence Holmes of Chicago’s 670 The Score. Produced by Russell Simmons and Vincent Bell and reaching #1 on the Billboard R&B Chart for two weeks and #4 in the UK Charts, Oran “Juice” Jones’ The Rain was …
Sequence, The App That Lets You Turn Outdoor Sounds Into Samples
Record the sounds around you and turn them into beats with Incident’s new app, Sequence.
Leftover Links: Music Interviews
Our latest edition of Leftover Links features interviews from the likes of Black Milk, Malcolm Cecil and Thelonious Martin.