With the release of MPC2000 Snacks From Mars, we invited producers from all over the world to take part in a contest: whoever produces the best track using only these samples for their drums will win an MPC2000XL. Ultimately we received over 600 submissions and decided to create an album with the standouts. 

Read each track description for info on how the song was made, in the producer's own words.

https://samplesfrommars.com/products/mpc2000-snacks-from-mars

MPC2000 Snacks From Mars Competition

https://samplesfrommars.com/products/2020-from-mars

2020 From Mars

Dub // Bass2

“Winter” 2024

All The Drums From Mars

Tape Bubbler Spesh - Breakage

FREE DOWNLOAD

VERDANSK (Eloquin Bootleg)

Make It Out Alive

Trample (feat. Gods Gift, Irah & Jammer)

40 Drum Machines Cut To Vinyl And Sampled. Vinyl has quickly become our (and your) favorite medium to process sounds with. and with this pack, we dive in with our bread and butter: drum machines!

https://samplesfrommars.com/products/vinyl-drum-machines-from-mars

Vinyl Drum Machines From Mars - Drive Demonstration

skepta x 808mystic - the hood dream

BUY NOW: https://humanmovement.bandcamp.com/track/daboor-shabjdeed-inn-ann-human-movement-syg-edit

Daboor & Shabjdeed - Inn Ann (Human Movement SYG Edit)

Off the back of some huge debut releases, rising star ESC has stepped up to deliver our wobbliest tune yet. Putting a dark 2-Step spin on Little Simz's 'might bang, might not', this tune is guaranteed to lock off the dance.

Artists: @esc-uk
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/konkretejungle
Demo Submissions: konkretejunglerecords@gmail.com
Bookings: konkretejungleartists@gmail.com

Free Download

Little Simz - might bang, might not (ESC Refix) Free Download

The rarest drum machine we've ever sampled!

https://samplesfrommars.com/products/ekko-from-mars

Ekko From Mars contains 275 loops and 515 round robin one-hits, with clean and processed versions for both. You'll get full-beat loops and stems for bass drums, tops and more - ranging from classic rhythm box patterns to more modern genres. This is the most extensive sample pack available of the beloved early 70's Italian made Eko Computerhythm.

Ekko From Mars

Following the initial response to the split single we have decided to release the remixes on vinyl along with the original tracks.

Sully’s XT opens track one with sparse percussive reverberation before dropping straight into the funk with a bubbling break and a bass-line reminiscent of American b-movies of the ‘70s. XT bustles along with a militant urgency, but never losing the funk flavour.

On track two, Basic Rhythm flips Sully’s XT into a straight ahead 2 step pattern, retaining the energy of the bass line whilst ramping up the militant urgency, all without losing the funk flavour. Combining modern drum production with a 90s jump up vibe.

Basic Rhythm’s Woozy is a suitable companion piece, opening track three with an ominous Hammond organ chord line and a scattering of half heard vocal snippets, before dropping into a militant break with a one note bass-line evocative of 97 era V Records. Dark and moody, but with the dance floor firmly in step.

Sully’s flip of Basic Rhythm’s Woozy on track four strips away the layers. Opening with a spartan percussion and a scattering of vocal snippets, reducing the one note bass-line to an even more laconic drawl, while littering the track with bursts and stabs of strings and effects. This one is for the dark corners of the dance.

https://basicrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/xt-woozy-remixes

UHMN01R

Sully - XT (Basic Rhythm Remix)

London-based @otusdj steps up on Scuffed Bits with the undulating double A-side of Rez & Yu.

Buy:
https://scuffed.lnk.to/RezYu

Otus - Rez

Created in Ableton using loops from Lin Loops From Mars

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Lin Loops From Mars - 130 BPM

Mellodroid - Subterrenean Ocean Signal

Inside

https://samplesfrommars.com/products/mpc3000-from-mars

Created using the Rude Cymbals kit preset in Ableton

(also contains a few hits from the kits presets: Real Crunchy, Heavy, and Subs N Metal)

Rude Cymbals - MPC 3000 From Mars

Zaspéro is a french house producer "trying to find the Outerspace groove".

On producing this track:

"I only used my own sounds, chords from my Yamaha CP, leads from the Moog Matriarch, bass from Reaktor, voice from the VT-3."

SoundCloud/zaspero400

HONORABLE MENTION: I Want That MPC so bad - Zaspéro

Blanax is an Electronic music producer / audio engineer based in Romania/Europe

On producing this track:

" I used Ableton Live and a recently purchased Push2 Controller, basically following the learning curve of the Push2. I started with programming the drums pattern,using the MPC2000 Snacks From Mars, which made me super inspired, afterwards adding various chords, bits and pieces, mostly using Ableton's Simpler device and stock effects (reverbs, delays, autopan). After I had all tracks coming together, I started arranging, automating stuff and mixing."

https://soundcloud.com/balanx_88

1st PLACE: Paradise Chills - Balanx

Exenye is a 24 year old producer and sound designer from Germany.

On producing this track:

"I created the track in ableton 10, made the groove within a single drum rack and impulse channels, and enhanced the percussion with compression, plate rooms, vocoders and much more."

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CQq765j8c1v4UpIc7REBl?si=6yai2WCjTNuPtOIqimaYUA

Advancing - Exenye

Ethereal is a producer based in Poland - making a wide variety of music, from trap to synth wave to metal.

On producing this tack:

"I used the samples from "Quarantine Club" subcategory. All of the sounds were put together in FL Studio, which is my DAW of choice. I experimented and tried to create something similar to 90's rave mixed with modern trap feeling, and I'm happy with the result."

https://www.instagram.com/not_ethereal

2nd PLACE: No Point - Ethereal

Asra3 is an experimental multi-genre artist/producer from Barcelona.

On producing this track:

"I created it using the Samson SR850 headphones, my laptop and Fl Studio 20."

https://linktr.ee/Asra3

Dystopian Trap - Asra3

pasha stclair is a Scottish groove enthusiast who lives I London.

On producing this track:

"The track was created with the Ableton (MPC2000 Snacks) live drum pack, with synths from my own sample pack - Hotwire Samples for Ableton Live - 4 modern synths sampled through a Manley Core Pre amp with Millard vintage valves Installed. (giving away my secret recipe here ;-). The synths in this track were a Dreadbox Abyss and a Boomstar SEM. Mixed and Mastered with UAD plugins."

https://pashastclair.bandcamp.com/releases

Dystopian Trap - Asra3

Samples From Mars