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Neil Conti - The Dark Side Of The Groove |
In a Nutshell
Great drumming, edgy production and an obsessive pursuit of the ultimate groove ensure this is another classic, truly a work of art.
Contents
Long live mixes and jams (with key loops sliced out in appropriate formats) as well as shorter loops categorized as Extreme, Resonant and Dry. Hundreds of loops in total. Stylistically very human, creative and warm. This collection was recorded over many years and carefully processed through the finest available analogue processing by Brian Eno and Daniel Lazerus - as you would expect you can almost hear these drums sing!
More info on the Producer
Neil Conti is one of the UK's leading drummers and, as well as being an integral member of Prefab Sprout over the years, has also worked with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Deep Forest, Youssou N'Dour, Thomas Dolby, Primal Scream, Level 42, Cher, Steve Winwood and many more.
Brian Eno is widely acknowledged as one of the finest producers alive today.
Review Highlights
"Man this sounds fat! Noise free, but warm and fat...Brilliant recorded stuff period!...the sound quality is 100% fat! It's mixed so nicely and it really grooves...very hip sounding |
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Price $99.00 |
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Neil Conti "Funky Drums From Neil" |
Contents
Over ninety long developing grooves offering literally thousands of juicy potential loops. 5 distinct sounds - Mellow Antique, Hard Funk, Dry Studio, The Basement Tapes, Natural Room. Recorded at Metropolis Studios by top engineer, Daniel Lazerus. Also features a selection of specially recorded Funky Hi-Hats section with solo hi-hat patterns, plus a section of extracted single hits to customize your breaks.
More info on the Producer
Neil Conti is one of the UK's leading drummers and, as well as being an integral member of Prefab Sprout over the years, has also worked with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Deep Forest, Youssou N'Dour, Thomas Dolby, Primal Scream, Level 42, Cher, Steve Winwood and many more. Brian Eno is widely acknowledged as one of the finest producers alive today.
Review Highlights
"the whole collection has a strong, appealing and very distinctive sound" - Melody Maker
"...the playing is immaculate...a controlled looseness in the playing...the snare drum sounds like a snare drum should...Definitely the best live drumming CD." - SOS
"...this compilation represents the coming together of everything that has been learnt about drumming in the last thirty years - taut performances, impeccable recordings, skilful tuning and above all, the value of the groove...I can recommend this CD wholeheartedly...If these funky drums are from hell, the Devil still seems to have all the best music." - MT
"Un must! Five Stars." - Keyboards (France)
Credits
Prefab Sprout, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Thomas Dolby, Primal Scream, Level 42, Paul Young, Deep Forest. |
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Price $35.00 |
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Pukka Masala |
In a nutshell
A brand new collection of ethnic samples from Pandit Dinesh - much more than percussion!
About the producer
Pandit Dinesh, the godfather of the British Asian Musical Movement, brings you an amazing new sample collection featuring hundreds of his performances. Together with Stephen Luscome & Asha Bhosle is one third of the West India Company. His other credits include Osibisa, Monsoon, Caron Wheeler, Annie Lennox, Blancmange, Boy George, Trevor Horn, George Fenton, Jah Wobble, Riyuchi Sakamoto and many more!
Playing a style of percussion which combines Indian, African, Latin & Pop, Dinesh's instrumental 'batterie de cuisine' includes tabla, congas, madal, duggi, chenda, timbales, dhol, dholak and duff to name but a few. A unique resource created by a unique talent.
Contents
Hundreds of specially recorded loops. Solo and ensemble percussion, instrument licks, atmospheres and vocals!
Format Information
WAV files are the simplest and most widely compatible sound files for use with computers and some hardware samplers. If you can't find a 'cleverer' format you can utilize then this might be the best option. You should find any loop content is edited to loop smoothly too which will save you a lot of time versus sampling yourself from audio CDs!
PRODUCT SPECIFIC - We managed to squeeze the whole collection onto this CD-ROM! There are 483 samples in total, in all 483 megs of data. NB: This CD-ROM includes a few samples that require additional licensing prior to any commercial usage. This only applies to a few longer performances and atmospheres. |
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Price $99.00 |
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Punch |
Contents
This CD was created using a vast array of built from scratch oscillators, waveshapers, filters, sequencers and one-of-a-kind controllers as the sources for these sounds. Then, each sound was carefully crafted and processed by computer.
The end result is more than 50 snares, 50 kick drums, 50 hats, tons of hybrid percussion tones, crashes, and a special folder of percussion oriented sound effects - 400 hits in all.
Perfect fodder for today's cutting-edge electronic musicians.
DEMO MP3 NOTE: The following mp3 demos were created on an Akai MPC2000 and contain no loops or effect processing. Each demo was created using about 10 - 12 samples from Punch:ERM - Remember, there are no loops on this CD, just tons of electro - percussion sounds.
All demos Copyright Saulstokesmusic, 2002.
Review Highlights
"The sounds themselves are amazingly varied...Whilst this collection is undoubtedly aimed at the electronica crowd, it might be interesting to other electronic and dance musicians who want to get a bit more experimental. And if you happen to find yourself doing the sound effects for a sci-fi movie, it would be ideal! The other reason you might want to own this CD, is that you probably wouldn't have thought of half of the noises on it yourself, let alone taken the time to build your own synths to create them." - Sound On Sound, Dec 2003
SPECIFIC: This CD features 400 drum hits. There are some suggested kits included but you can combine these samples exactly as you wish. |
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Price $50.00 |
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