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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/doomsday-1

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1cQ5UmSzuM6xDDB1oCkd66?si=3e3458bdae304ac6
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/doomsday/1651521860?i=1651521862
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/doomsday

Although the original beat for Doomsday definitely has a hint of sadness to it, I made it more upfront here for my remix with the strings and melodies. I also kept that smooth vibe, choosing this sample for that reason, the bassline especially had a nice flow from the chops I sequenced. 

I knew I was going to sample Sade for this beat to keep the atmosphere and vibe reminiscent of the original, and tried flipping tracks from all of her albums. This was like my 4th attempt at and it was by far my favourite, definitely a chilled vibe to calmly reflect on the classic track that I'm remixing. I put it at the start of the album for that reason, wanted to gradually build into the rest of the project which had higher energy and a bigger focus on celebrating DOOM. Hope people enjoy the instrumental of this one!

DOOMSDAY (Instrumental)

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/hoe-tapes

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/27QL9nmJE5xrwKAYqmn9sc?si=93a9e4743ada4f8d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/hoe-tapes/1651521860?i=1651521866
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/hoe-tapes

I was really happy with the change in vibe for this beat, even though it's from a Soul/Funk sample I took these synth chops to make a very chilled almost video game sounding beat. The layering levelled this one up for me, added a lot more atmosphere and weight to the soundscape especially on the low end, and also gave the track more variation. Went for that bouncy vibe on the drum groove here to match the flows of the melody, wanted this to be a track you can chill/zone out to, with some emotive elements to the sample too especially the layering.

Peace!!

Hoe Tapes (Instrumental)

~ t r a c k l i s t ~
0:00 it's walker - reflections
https://soundcloud.com/walkerhopkins

0:50 maoen - within
https://soundcloud.com/maoenbeats

3:31 elevenprs - little
https://soundcloud.com/elevenprs

4:43 stain.jaded - bigger bag
https://soundcloud.com/stain_jaded

7:00 trbdwnsth - w i n r a r (トゥパック)
https://soundcloud.com/tribedownsouth

8:26 phansyphish - in my track pants
https://soundcloud.com/phansyphish

9:34 indescribableindy - justbcuz [ indy remix ]
https://soundcloud.com/indescribableindy

11:09 it's walker - above
https://soundcloud.com/walkerhopkins

11:58 truesent - phewthings
https://soundcloud.com/truesent

13:49 pandi - sunset
https://soundcloud.com/pandi

15:52 indescribableindy - fallinback
https://soundcloud.com/indescribableindy

18:26 wodoo wolcan - sun out
https://soundcloud.com/wodoowolcan

22:06 stain.jaded - loose change
https://soundcloud.com/stain_jaded

23:32 og bananahead flatface 2timez - 2bluesixflips
https://soundcloud.com/2blacktoostrong

25:10 obsolidity - staywithme.../thinking... [v1]
https://soundcloud.com/obsolidity

27:06 angry apple - beat62_autumn in the city [demo]
https://soundcloud.com/angryapple

VISUAL

SLACK MIX 62

[makesnosense] bolognaise

#russianrap #русскийрэп #hiphopRU #russianundehroundrap

Плацкарт

Three echoes move together among the ruins of steel and stone, their trembling footsteps over rusted horizons and broken circuits. The towers fall into silence as sparks of shadow burn against the weight of time. In the darkness, the obsidian light awakens, glowing with a fire too fierce to be contained. At the edge of the horizon, a lantern lingers, casting its final crown of ash upon the night: three lions walking as one flame.

Ashen Crown

look fast

[NOIRE] - w. Upper class

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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

Peace

DOOMSDAY (Instrumental)

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