Music Archives - Sampleface

Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, pointing a gun

Sampleface Five: Blade Runner Samples

August 23, 2020• Music, Sampling

From Ryuichi Sakamoto to Tricky, here are 5 tracks that used Blade Runner samples.

Stevie Wonder at Festac ’77

August 21, 2020• Music

Festac '77 was a festival of Black musical excellence in Nigeria which took 12 years of planning and over $1bn in costs (in today's money)....

Black music theorist Philip Ewell calls out racism in music theory

August 15, 2020• Music

Philip Ewell spoke out against racism in a 2019 paper and found himself on the other end of it when White music theorists responded in a...

The Black Music History Library

August 14, 2020• Music

Get educated with The Black Music History Library, curated by Puerto Rican-Dominican writer Jenzia Burgos.

Magical Mystery Mix – 80s Japanese Fusion Summer Mix Vol.3

August 11, 2020• Mixes

Magical Mystery Mix are back again, this time with Vol. 3 of their Japanese Fusion Summer Mix series....

Thundercat’s Favourite Bass Lines

August 9, 2020• Music

Bass icon Thundercat broke down his favourite bass lines for Pitchfork including D'Angelo's Lady and Herbie Hancock's Chameleon....

Black Milk using his MPC Touch and Ableton on his laptop for a beat set

Future x Sounds 2020 Virtual Sessions with Black Milk

July 24, 2020• Music

Black Milk joined Quelle Chris and Aaron Abernathy on a live stream for Future x Sounds and performed a dope beat set which you can watch here.

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Ehoes - Astral Traveling

Jazzcat – Astral traveling 01 and 02 (MIX)

May 31, 2020• Mixes

Jazzcat's Astral traveling 01 and 02 mixes feature jazz from the likes of Lonnie Liston Smith, Rotary Connection, Placebo and plenty more....

Breakbot’s Lockdown Boogie Mixtape

May 16, 2020• Mixes

Get down and funky to Breakbot's Lockdown Boogie Mixtape, a 51-minute excursion through boogie, disco, and funk....

Andrew Huang’s 10 Uncommon Production Techniques

May 7, 2020• Music

Need some unorthodox inspiration? Try Andrew Huang’s 10 unqique production techniques and watch how he does them.

Music Writing is Boring, Hard, and Rewarding

March 28, 2020• Music

Don't mind me, just a meta-article on music writing and how it's difficult but worth it in the end but also boring but also rewarding....

The Breaking Atoms Podcast Gives Its Due Dillagence

February 29, 2020• Music

Episode 54 of The Breaking Atoms Podcast celebrates the life and legacy of J Dilla. Stream it here....

ewonee . – Bootlegs

February 15, 2020• Music

ewonee . compiled a selection of show remixes and personal tracks and threw them on Bandcamp.

Michael Jackson Is Alive! #1

January 26, 2020• Music

Our new series looks at different men called Michael Jackson who are living and breathing. Today's edition looks at a British-American talk...

We Asked 6 People What Black Music Meant To Them. Here’s What They Said.

October 25, 2019• Music

In a collaboration with Bedford's Power In Discussion, we conducted a survey on black music and what it meant to people....

Happy 7th Birthday, Sampleface!

October 1, 2019• Music

Sampleface is 7 years old today! These birthdays come round so quickly. It’s been 7 years since I officially launched Sampleface. A...

Electric Brixton’s Upcoming Events (Aug-Dec 2019)

June 24, 2019• Music

The London venue has some cracking events coming up for the rest of the year. One of the best music venues in London has to be Electric...

Marcus J. Moore and the art of breaking through

May 30, 2019• Music

Woman sought hypnotherapy for Michael Jackson phobia

May 25, 2019• Music

Thriller lived up to its name when it caused an 18-year phobia for one UK woman. Poppy Johnson was 5 years old when she first saw Michael...

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