Roger Linn trying out an Akai MPC
Roger that!
Roger that!
Spoiler alert: they liked it.
It’s a new device in an old skin from Akai and its latest MPC sampler.
Supreme’s new SS21 collection features all the hip hop essentials.
Their list featured the likes of Akai, Maschine, and Behringer.
Akai’s iconic sampler has been around for over 30 years with fruitful timeline. Think of a producer, any producer. They’ve used an Akai MPC at some point or at the very least they’ve wished they had one. Much like the Fairlight and Mellotron before them, the Akai MPC has been a hardware staple in music …
He wasn’t kidding with the name.
Germany’s Slim the Chemist keeps his jazz beats in order with his Silence EP.
Belgian producer Freddy Bracker gives “a retrospect of the daily” with Daily Grooves & Nasty Loops.
Estelle Caswell discussed how J Dilla made his MPC3000 musical for Vox. Many musicians are synonymous with their instrument of choice – Jimi and his guitar, Questlove and his drums, Dorothy Ashby and her harp. And then there’s J Dilla and his MPC3000. In effect, J Dilla was a Jimi, Questlove, and Dorothy thanks to …