I learned about the history of the music and about the tracks that made this club so popular. I came there with just Rap records to play my first show, but the manager said I won’t need my records – they had a whole collection built in the DJ booth. At this time it was the only club for hip hop, RnB, funk, soul, etc. I started my club DJ career in a local club in Dresden. Tell us about the city and how it shaped you musically? This week we were fortunate enough to ask him a few questions about his DJ journey, touring the world and get insight into what inspires him creatively.
His victory has catapulted him to the upper echelons of the DJ game which sees him tour the world doing what he loves. But I can promise that it will be ‘Massive’!Įskei83 is a German DJ and producer that was the winner of 2014 Red Bull Thre3style World Championship. Next week we have some more lessons from our growing team of Melodics Artists. So what do you think of our list? Is there something that we missed? If so let us know in the comments. Three months later after the release of his first LP ‘Clouds’ he was signed to Mello Music Group. Apollo was fired from his office job in 2009 and gave himself one year to make it as a producer. Our final beat is a pure instrumental from Detroit based Apollo Brown. Lupe Fiasco also went in on this Weldon Irvine sampled beat dropping some incredible bars for his version ‘Dear Fall’.
Many may have heard this beat initially from Jay Z’s song ‘Dear Summer’. Original Sample: Weldon Irvine – Morning Sunrise
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Tea Leaf Dancers utilises a Free Design sample and has sultry vocals from British songtress Andreya Triana. His adventurous productions have made him a household name amongst beat makers around the world. Original Sample: Free Design – Light My Fireįlying Lotus is no stranger to the experimental. As the video suggests this song is perfect for going on long scooter rides and singing in a laundromat.Ĩ) Flying Lotus – Tea Leaf Dancers (Feat. Sampling one of the most heavily sampled tracks of all time Leeds producer Nightmares On Wax put together this song back in 1999. Original Sample Of The Bass Line: Quincy Jones – Summer In The City
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Other notable career accomplishments include making the soundtrack for the movie ‘Snatch’. They are renown for there jazz influenced productions. Original Sample: Roy Budd – The Car ChaseĪ hip hop duo out of South London. This track has an almost atmospheric and film score feel to it that compliment the lyrics.Ħ) The Herbaliser – A Mother For Your Mind The third track of GZA’s 1999 album with the same name lives up to its name sonically. Oh and how can we forget that Diana Ross sample capping off a truly beautiful track. The verse and hook from Kanye West sit beautifully with Chrisette Michele’s vocals. One of my favourite tracks from Nas’ Hip Hop Is Dead album. Original Sample: Diana Ross – The Interim This was common on jazz samples at the time because the SP-1200 did not have much sample time.Ĥ) Nas – Still Dreaming (Featuring Kanye West & Chrisette Michele) The original sample is sped up significantly, most likely on a SP-1200. ‘Yeah, this is how we chill from 93 ’til’. The legendary combination of Pete Rock and CL Smooth released two albums and an EP in the heart of Hip Hop’s golden era. The sampled horn for ‘T.R.OY’ is arguably its most iconic element. Original Sample: Tom Scott – Today (Featuring The California Dreamers)
The track ‘Saffron’ contains a Sade sample and some Special Herbs for Metal Fingers himself.Ģ) Pete Rock & CL Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y) The masked emcee has rapped over many amazing productions in his career. Starting off the list is the one and only MF Doom. To mark this release the team has decided to do something a little different and have made a list of some of our favourite laid-back hip hop tracks. We have a laid-back jazz infused hip hop lesson called ‘Vib’ now available on Melodics. The samples for Vib come from the Smokers Unite sample pack on the Loopmasters website and can be downloaded for your own productions.
A conversation with Tristan from The Beths.Presents INFINITY “Infinitum” - Maida Vale Sessionįlying Lotus Presents Brainfeeder Radio Dublab Whole Wide World / Lit Up / Keep It Moving BADBADNOTGOOD & Flying Lotusĭimlites Remixes of Carlos Niño & Flying Lotus WOKE ( Flying Lotus, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat) feat.