DJ Rock Well Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Well, you asked for it... yes, both of you. Continuing the often used themes of stuff I really want to sample but haven't got round to yet and by default, sharing music I like that people might not know, it's time we tackled some Ethiopiques. Probably old news to many, but to recap in case: Ethiopiques or Ethio-Jazz is a specific type Ethiopian music from the late 60s/early 70s. To massively simply the story, an Ethiopian musician went to the US in the mid 60s, played with jazz, funk and Latin musicians and took these styles back to Ethiopia and made music blending them with traditional Ethiopian music and melodies. It's lofi as fuck but just as atmospheric and these guys can really play. The singing won't be for everyone, but you know. FWIW 'Feqer Feqer New' is my jam! At the time it wasn't big thing really. With a pretty small pool of musicians playing on all the tracks and records only getting issued on a couple of labels in Ethiopia and France. But it's had renaissance in recent years via the series of CDs compiling pretty much the whole back catalogue, the Broken Flowers soundtrack, Nas and Jr Gong sampling loads of this for their album, Dr John's album produced by Dan Auerbach, etc, etc. Despite this newfound popularity, I reckon there's still plenty to get busy with. And now the difficult part... it's a CD But time was tight and there's more stuff on here I want to sample than on any of the handful of records I've got, so there. The wavs https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xuelp6y5nek0on/best%20of%20ethiopiques.zip?dl=0 As usual, the only rule is that you have to sample at least one sound from the audio files provided above. You can add any other sounds, samples, instruments, cuts, vocals, etc. The final result can be any style, medium or genre you like. Post up your entries in the comments of this thread. Deadline for entries will be the end of Wednesday, 5th September. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Any reason you went with .m4a instead of .wav ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 Oh FFS! I shared the wrong folder, that's why! I'll amend this after work tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 In retrospect, this does explain why the 'wavs' uploaded to Dropbox quicker than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 And now the difficult part... it's a CD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 SABOTAGE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Update: the link is now to real wavs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Sweet, never heard of these before, cool stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broma Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Yes rocky, Ill try and get something done for this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I cant find any issues with the wavs, what is the CD reference, why is that an issue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Oh no issue with wavs, except I linked an Apple Lossless format first time. And nothing wrong with a CD either, just the longest running gag about keeping it real, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 There is a shit ton of awesome samples here, but i really dont like this music lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 There is a shit ton of awesome samples here, but i really dont like this music lol.Hehe. I've not even listened to the wavs yet. I'll try to get on it at some point this weekend if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Its definitely a bit more up your street than mine Danielsan.(I will try to get that deck out to you tomo by the way ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Each to their own and I realise this is never gonna be for everyone... but I don't like at least half the music I've ever samped TBH. In fact, often it's the biggest motivator... as in 'these 3 seconds are fantastic but they're buried in this awful track. How can I present the really good bit in a way it will be appreciated by more people'. In many ways the whole culture of breaks is just this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeClockwork Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 That's hip hop right there! Take something you don't like it and turn it into something that sounds dope. J-Zone made a career out of sitting through material he hated until he found that magic two bar loop. It also increases your chances of using something that no one else has. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I generally like all music enough to listen through it a good few times before i hit never listen again zone, this made my skin crawll on the first few listens, there is probably a shit ton of samples i have missed because of that.The only thing i like is the vocals lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Gonna try my best to get in. My setup isn't up at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Gonna try my best to get in. My setup isn't up at the moment. Get an ipad, my set up hasn't been erm set up for ages, got to sell more shit to make room, made more music lying on my bed than i have for years lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Really, on your iPad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Seriously, there are so many ways to make music on the iPad these days that it ought to be criminal - or at least severely reprimanded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Yeah Beatmaker 3 is like an MPC on Acid that was fucked by Amphetimines !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broma Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Fuck, there's no way I'm gonna have something for the 5th. Will try and make something with something off this anyway and throw it up here sometime, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 You seem to be overlooking the potential extension period after tomorrow when it turns out I'm the only person who's made something! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 The other night I chopped up a quick beat to make up the numbers and accidentally created a new genre! Today this will go down in the history books as the day the world was first gifted Future Retro Desert Folk. You're welcome. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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