Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3T5fdAc9Mub8GJzt3dIm8K?si=e3cb64cdc7384a8a
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/back-in-the-days/1652318974?i=1652318975
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/back-in-the-days-instrumental

De La Soul Breakadawn Remix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/days-of-the-breaks

This beat has a really nostalgic sound to me, very reminiscent feeling. Also has a bit of a bittersweet feel, which made it a great fit for the De La Soul acapella I put over it. Decided to change the title a bit for the instrumental to draw focus to that nostalgic feel of looking back to the past, hope people enjoy it! 

Peace

Back In The Days (Instrumental)

Track 4 from the DOOMSDAY Tribute Album: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/doomsday-tribute-tapehead-remixes-full-album

Instrumental: 
https://open.spotify.com/track/2u15R5jB37CQe0LXGEdYIH?si=b6c9d8364a7c4df5
https://music.apple.com/us/album/bad-dreams-gas-drawls/1651521860?i=1651521864
https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/bad-dreams-gas-drawls

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals  from 'Gas Drawls' by MF DOOM 

Visuals: https://youtu.be/jJp3q_eCZOQ

This is one of my favourites from the album - the original is one of my all time favourite tracks, so I was very happy with how this remix turned out. Ive always loved how grimey the verses are, and I wanted to emphasise that with the beat. Didn't want to try and re-do a grimey piano beat for this though, instead went for a grand sort of vibe with strings and some crazy echoing keys, I was gassed with how it turned out. Also wanted the bass to hit hard on this so I added some extra layers to make sections of the verses hit harder. Had to chop up the same iconic 'get out of my life woman drums', and went all out as always when layering them to get that fat sound. 

Peace!!

Bad Dreams (Gas Drawls)

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/bad-dreams-gas-drawls

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2u15R5jB37CQe0LXGEdYIH?si=b6c9d8364a7c4df5
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bad-dreams-gas-drawls/1651521860?i=1651521864
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/bad-dreams-gas-drawls

One of my personal favourite beats from the album, I knew I wanted to remix Gas Drawls and I had a rough idea of the kind of beat I wanted to make for it. The first flip I worked out with just the bassline reminded me of the laid back intro to Gas Drawls with the Steely Dan vocals, but I knew I wanted to switch it up in a big way to create some proper atmosphere for DOOM's verses. This sample was perfect for that, the melody of the strings was crazy to me, but it was those echoing sounds which I layered ontop that really made the beat for me, I love adding elements like that to beats and especially in this case I thought it worked perfectly with adding to that grand sort of vibe. The mix ended up really really thick here too, I wanted to make the drums fat so had to layer up the sample too, definitely ended up with a hard hitting sort of feel.

Bad Dreams [Gas Drawls] (Instrumental)

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/ladies-remix

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Xb90zbyAvh8bYRuqT2zdd
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/making-love-shadows/1654462882?i=1654462883
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/making-love-shadows

I think it’s cool how here the beat is initially quite happy sounding and carefree, the piano definitely is not sad melodically. When I was chopping up the sax parts of the sample I knew it would change the vibe. I tried to structure the melodies and layering throughout the beat to give it a journey, with the ‘making love to a shadow’ vocals coming in towards the end as the track crescendos. I will say I’m glad I gave this one more variation, not just one vibe for the whole track, instead fluctuating from hopeful melodies to more aggressive sad ones.

Making Love (Shadows)

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something between us

Contemplation

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Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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Trying to give something back to Hip Hop - really appreciate any comments or feedback.

Peace

Bad Dreams [Gas Drawls] (Instrumental)

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