Product Description

• Looptone regular Lack of Afro pulls out all the stops to bring you the ultimate crate digging session. With four albums released on Freestyle Records
• two more on his own LOA Records imprint (including a BBC 6 Music Album Of The Year nomination for 2016’s ‘Hello Baby’) and numerous remixes and sample libraries to his name
• UK-based musician and producer Lack of Afro – aka Adam Gibbons – is a creative force to be reckoned with. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist (drums
• guitar
• bass
• piano
• saxophones
• percussion)
• his music is in constant high demand in film and TV by networks including ABC
• Sony Pictures and the BBC. And particularly notable among his supporters are hip-hop legends Madlib and Pete Rock
• who regularly play his tracks out. Weighing in at 966MB
• Hip Hop Digger is a lovingly crafted collection of seven complete classic-style funk and soul audio construction kits
• each comprising up to 54 loops
• and all performed 100% live by Lack of Afro and his crack team of musicians. Instrumentation includes acoustic and electric guitar
• electric and synth bass
• electric piano
• organ
• horns
• drum kit and percussion; and the parts for every instrument within each track are divided into multiple sections – intro
• main groove
• bridge
• etc – for ease of reconstruction and remixing
• and sampling variation. Everything in Hip Hop Digger has been recorded to tape through a fully analogue signal chain – vintage preamps and EQs
• Urei 1176 compressors and EQs
• spring reverbs
• Alice 1228 mixing desk
• 1911 Bechstein uprght piano
• 1950s Premier drum kit and more – for an authentic
• beautifully saturated retro sound. And there’s plenty of variety in the tracks themselves
• from the tight pocket of Balcony and virtuosic bass work of Messin’
• to Cumbia’s laid-back Latin flavour and the funk-rock fusion of Church. Whether you’re after a gritty one-bar drum break or full-band groove for the basis of a golden era hip-hop track
• a tasty electric piano lick to work into your latest nu soul number
• or just a single bass or guitar note for throwing into your MPC or Maschine
• Hip Hop Digger is like having the stems of seven privately pressed soul and funk classics at your fingertips. Starring: Adam Gibbons - Bass
• Guitars
• Keys
• Drums
• Percussion
• Saxophones
• Production George Cooper - Keys Matt Carter - Keys Steve Down - Guitars Rory Simmons - Trumpets Lukas Drinkwater - Bass In detail
• Hip Hop Digger comprises 966MB of loops at 90-107bpm
• in 24-bit stereo WAV format. Pack Contents: 24-bit/44.1kHz stereo 966MB 230 audio files 53 Percussion Loops 36 Drum Loops 50 Keys and Synth Loops 15 Piano Loops 3 FX loops 25 Bass Guitar and Synth Loops 3 Mixed Instrument Loops 30 Guitar Loops 2 Tubular Bells Loops 9 Horn Loops 1 Chime Loop 1 Arp Loop 2 Mandolin Loops

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• •Versatile sound suitable for multiple musical genres
• •Professional build quality and reliable performance
• •Part of Looptone's respected Classic Hip Hop lineup

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