Review of Loopmasters Marshall Jefferson House Generation 2 sample library. Marshall Jefferson, aka The Godfather of House is back with a sequel to his sample library House Generation released last year. Volume 2 continues the exploration of house as house once was, but this time with a larger focus on horns.  One of the things that continues to fascinate me with the Loopmasters Artists Series is the whole point of it: you get a glimpse into what kind of musical ideas that goes on inside established musicians minds. As with most sample libraries, some of the collections of the Artist Series are seriously good while some are plain dull. House Generation by Marshall Jefferson is, from a higher perspective, neither. These two libraries fill a void in a genre that has been empty for a long time, and from this perspective House Generation Volume 2 is indeed welcome. Add Comment Review of Sample Magic The secrets of house music production.  When renowned sampling masters Sample Magic takes on the subject of house music production, the expectations are very high. But after reading through the near 150 pages, it's clear that Sample Magic have created one of the most relevant texts about modern dance music production.
Push Button Bang - Tribal Tech 01/16/2010
Review of Tribal Tech sample library. Tribal Tech is the sixth sample pack from the London-based firm Push Button Bang and sets the focus on percussion loops for house music.  With the risk of sounding like a person who woke up on the wrong side, but the first thought that ran through my head when I read about this library was ... “tribal – what is that supposed to mean?”. In the evolving post-rave scene in the nineties – sure. But today, I'm sort of clueless. With the risk of sounding like Rama Kandra in Matrix Revolutions – it all boils down to what the word implies for its makers. In my book, if I would set out to release a sample pack with “Tribal” and “Tech” in the title, you would do right to expect something very synthetic. Something that would be based on the original tribal techno scene but from a modern perspective. I would go deep down with Reaktor and wreak havoc with any kind of synthesized toms and congas. I could squeeze any old drum machine or modular synthesizer I could get hold of. Then I would compress the hell out of it with Sonalksis TBK 3, spice it up with Ohmicide, burn the hard drive, mince it to pieces with a grinder and use whatever unfortunate data that is left. But that's me. | Subscribe news
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