Sunday Sample #115: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

Dope but tricky sample to work. Sped it up and added drums into a slow-ish tempo flip. Quick and dirty.

SSC#115 Who Loves You - Frankie Valli (Arm Fall Off Remix)

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 161: Roger Webb Sound - Moon Bird (1971).

Chilled space beats. Lots of cool vocal bits/flute cuts to play with on this one. Added in drums and stuffs. The timing is a little off in a few places, might return to this one and clean it up...

Dark Side - Arm Fall Off SSC#161 Moon Bird flip

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 175: Ananda Shankar - Night In The Forest

Sample revisit - preferred the first mix, but enjoyed this attempt. Added in some bits from old submarine docu footage form the 60's and went for an underwater vibe. 

Original sample on the tubes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy9pMiSrMPI

Arm Fall Off - Deep Dive (SSC#174 Ananda Shankar Flip)

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 176: Sabali by Rokia Traore

A day late. Nifty Mali sample to play with, kept it pretty simple and added some drums so obvious i don't need to name them. Over and also an almost well-fitting acapella - Krs One.

Original samples on the tubes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ahok3oy6Q

Arm Fall Off - Hip Hop Vs Rokia (SSC#176 Sabali Flip

SSC#201: Osamu Kitajima - Masterless Samurai.

Real tricky one, so kept it simple and added in a med/blu acapella.  

Warm Sake - Arm Fall Off (SSC#201 Kitajima Flip)

Remix of a classic Bond theme via magnificent composition skills of the almighty John Barry (go buy his stuff!). Added in drums, played around with filters and drum compression techniques (much obliged BE).

Moonraker - John Barry (Arm Fall Off Remix)

SSC#241: Rhetta Hughes' Happiness

Slowed down the sample and got a bit of a grimy old school flavour to it, so added some ancient drums and a few spices. Experimented with some new VST's and no idea if they created a decent mix or effect (i'll come back to this one!).

Oh and added in a suitably slow acapella too. I don't own the copyrights innit - go buy the originals! 

SSC#241 Nas - Ether (Arm Fall Off Rhetta Hughes Flip)

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 252: Pull'N Stringz of Sheep by dope, refreshing artist Madame Mims

Yes - top quality rap. Wish I'd had more time to do more with this. Got a few potential beats to lace it this over.

Pull'N Stringz Of Sheep (SSC#252 Arm Fall Off Flip)

Sunday Sample Week 255: Phife Dawg tribute week.

Tried too much here and no time for polishing/fixing the sliding acapella, but it mostly works so what the hell. I'll come back to it. :P

Rest in peace to one of the best. 

SSC#255 - Phife Fire (Phife Dawg RIP/Tribute Week AFOB Flip)

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 262: SSC#262 Hezekiah, Talib Kweli & Bahamadia Fired Up. Acapella.

Hezekiah Ft. Talib Kweli & Bahamadia - Fired Up (SSC#262 AFOB Flip)

Sunday Sample Crunch 278: Myke Bogan 'how we do' acapella.

Remixed with glorious stringy indian summer sample. Bit overloaded in places and roughly put-together, but that's how I like it. Comment/share if you can dig it.

How We Do - Myke Bogan (Arm Fall Off SSC#278 Flip)

SSC#283: DONALD TRUMP's ipod.

Special Trumptacular themed week in view of US crazy-ness. What's the world coming to? WE NEED TO BUILD A WALL (no we really don't). More like a quick edit here with a few samples/vocals thrown in. Lazy, sure but what the hells.

Bad Hombres - Arm Fall Off (SSC#283 Trump Special)

Sunday Sample Crunch Super Space Walk #286 (I think!).

A mere 4827 space years months late on this one! More of an edit really, with some pesky bits strapped onto it and some bobs hanging off it. Loved the original track so preserved it in amber. Thanks for your ears!

Walking In Space - Arm Fall Off (SSC#286 Hairy Flip)

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 300: Robert Viger - limpidité

Gorgeous old sample with plenty to play with. Sped it up, slowed it down and mixed it into funk drums with extra little effects. Went for a downtempo, ambient flavour. Tone and vibe reflects one of the toughest times I've been through in recent years. Music can be a bit of a saviour sometimes.

Limpidite (Arm Fall Off SSC#300 Flip)

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 319: Ziad Rahbani - Mais El Rim (1978)

It's been a while. Back for a brief beat, couldn't resist such a gorgeous beat - played with it, added drums, effects, chopped and served with a garnish of redman and method man (tear the roof off). Feels good to be back.

Full Rap Metal Jacket - Arm Fall Off (SSC#319 Rahbani Flip Feat. Redman & Method Man

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 51: Dalida - Pars (1968).

Real, real nice french sample from the 60's. Lots of bits to chop up & sample here:

Original sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-7v_axSttY

Some bits ripped from a Mobb Deep acapella too. ;)

http://www.sundaysample.com/

SSC#51 - Storm Day (Arm Fall Off Dalida Flip)

Sunday Sample Crunch Week 79: Johnny Harris - Footprints on the moon (1970).

Double dope sample this week! Lots of gorgeous stringy bits. Almost too much to mess with, so probably worth returning to this one again. Added just drums and some vocal samples from the best tv show of the modern era. 

SSC#79 - Uncertainty Principle (Arm Fall Off Moon Flip)

SSC BEAT CHALLENGE!

A rusty return to beats. Had fun remembering some classic old French rap while putting this together. Props to the superb rap acapella by Konstantine and co.

Le Retour Du Beatmaker Insidieux (feat Konstantine & Arm Fall Off) - Beats, Rhymes & Life

Here at AFOB Industries, our motto is 'anything can be sampled' as long as the samples are generally from the 1970s era and the more exotic the better. We strive hard to provide nothing but the best for our clients.

Established in foggy London town during the barren year of 1842, we've been creating super-hero-powered beats for export across the globe.  Momentarily switching to fine tea creation (1890-1895) when the trade was hit by the bubonic beat plague, we powdered through after inheriting a gramophone and have since gone from strength to super-strength. 

Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AFOB3

Popular tracks by Arm Fall Off Labs