Drum & Bass Sampling

New Crowdfund To Pay "Compensation" For The Amen Break

It’s the most famous drum break in the history of recorded sound and like most old samples, none of the musicians involved have received a single penny for their efforts. Until now. “Amen Brother” was a composition performed by 60s soul band The Winstons and, more specifically, the “Amen break” performed by Gregory Cylvester “G. …

Hip Hop Jazz

SumoChief – Gator Season (2Late Remix)

London based jazz/hip hop quartet SumoChief have enlisted the services of High Focus beat-wizard 2Late to deliver an intriguing reinterpretation of “Gator Season”. The pursuit of musical complexity can sometimes be futile, as it is often done at the expense of the overall “vibe” of a track. When there is a perceptible lack of this …

Sampling

Bad Panda Records Release 80UA EP Made From NASA Samples

A group of musicians have put together a free EP entitled 80UA using nothing but space samples from NASA. The joy of sampling is you can create music from any type of sound you can find and some can be literally “out of this world”. Musicians Davide Cairo and Giacomo Muzzacato, from the Fabrica Music …