Zenhiser
Golden £39
Take a chill pill and plump up that beanbag. We‘ve got a super dope, lo-fi, sample pack to peruse — and it’s a downtempo doozie. The whopping 3GB of deep, bittersweet beats and blissed-out bass are all top-tier. And, as with all Zenhiser’s releases, the extra mile has been trodden. There’s foley and field sounds joining the party. Iconic machine hardware. And a ton of the moody grooves and crunchy, organic funky fusions get run through a nifty little recording chain.
So, marvel at vintage tape delays and decades old spring reverbs. Gold star business. www.zenhiser.com n9/100
Audiotent
Pause £55
Throbbingly well-stocked library of rugged and raw techno hooks and loops, lifted with love from the Buchla Easel Command synthesizer.
This iconic modular machine has been fired up, tweaked and tinkered with. And the resulting sounds have been expertly captured, processed and compiled, to provide y’all with over 1000 track-boosting noises.
Split across the 127-131BPM range, each killer chord, drum loop, bass sound, lead line and atmospheric pad, has an uncompromising character all of its own. Combining to give you a really rich and rewarding palette to play with. www.audiotent.com
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Bingoshakerz
Space Techno 2 $24.95
Intergalactic beats and bleeps galore in this 1GB set of stellar samples. There’s a ton of punchy and powerful drums. Raw-to-the-ship’s-core analogueinfused low end loops. And a whole galaxy of out-of-this-world lead lines and synth sounds you’ll be itching to make first contact with.
The glitchy robot vocal samples keep the theme going. And all the spacey FX, techy hits and solid synth stabs back them up with force. Add a big old batch of versatile MIDI files, and you’ve got plenty to keep the planet rocking. www.bingoshakerz.com
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Mulen
House Revolution of 90’s Vol.2 £35
A big and bold batch of authentic grooves from the ’90s. There’s vintage drum programming styles on display, brash warehouse organ melodies, rave riffs, and some cool old-skool vocals to chop up.
Everything comes out the gate at 130bpm, so the energy levels are primed in this collection. And the near 1GB library doesn’t waste any space, with everything in the key-labelled set holding its own amongst some stiff competition. Makes for a tip-top trip back to the heyday of house, for dance music heads looking for retro vibes. www.samplemarket.co.uk
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W. A. Production
80’s Retro Revival $24.90
Housey bops, poppy production, and
