collabo EP with the homie Opas @jesus-ander

Tracks: 1,3,5 by earfluvv
Tracks 2,4,6 by Opas

Artwork by Opas: https://www.instagram.com/opas.lofi/

Opas x earfluvv - Explorations [EP]

Have another one <3

Been tweaking this one for a while, one of my more trappy beats

s o u l m o v e s

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/41IFWwfQmazoGRI0Uok0Fl?si=388814988411445d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/lifetime-impression-instrumental/1585999527?i=1585999528

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/lifetime-impression

I had to go all out when I mixed this beat. The drums are all layered so thick, there’s about 4 hi hats, 6 kicks, and 6 snares which are all mixed together to give the drums weight. The way I chopped this sample left some vocals in for split seconds, which sounded like scratches because of them being right at the end of a chop and cut off, like how a fader cuts out a scratch when the DJ spins a record back. I thought this sounded cool but it only happened once in each 2 bar loop of the sample, so I decided to add some of my own scratches from a few break records I have. I used ‘Super Seal’, and recorded some scratches of snares and the famous ‘yo’ sample at the BPM of the beat. Layered with the drums this sounded crazy to me, it gave the beat a different vibe, I’ve definitely said before how much I love how scratching sounds, and it was cool to incorporate it into this beat in a more permanent, less obvious way, not just something for the hook. I also layered the sample 3 times, 2 filters, one high one low, and a standard mix, which I layered, soloed etc throughout the track. This was unbelievably long to do without quantization (which is how I flipped the sample originally), so all 3 had to perfectly match each other, which took hours to sequence. I fully kept giving up but knew the beat needed the layers on the sample to really do it justice (especially the groove that’s added by filtering the lows), so I just stuck by it, and sequenced each chop individually, so I was hitting the pad at the exact right time, which ended up with the beat sequence being 30 tracks on the MPC (they’re usually 15 or so). It was definitely necessary to do this, because the contrast of the smooth flows of the low end to the scratches and samples really gives the track variation, and gives it a lot more presence throughout, definitely was worth the time and effort.

Peace!

Lifetime Impression (Instrumental)

I've drank too much _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ orange juice

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scatter

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/59zSt2aPBMk6PGULiFiSie?si=9544ffca413a4fdc
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-sink-instrumental/1588134483?i=1588134484

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/dont-sink

I’ve still been listening to a lot of funk and disco since I made this beat. It started by digging through songs to sample but then I was just enjoying it so much I immersed myself in the genre for a bit. This beat samples a disco song, and originally when I first chopped and sequenced it, I pitched down the sample by -90 on the MPC (which is a lot), to make a really grimey sounding beat. However when I revisited the beat this week after listening to a lot of disco, I decided to completely change what I did; the sample sounded too distorted for how pitched down it was, and because of that it was basically impossible to mix it well. Whilst experimenting with how to fix it I decided to just do the inverse of what I’d done, and pitched the sample up by +90 on the MPC, and worked out completely new sequences for the melody and bassline. This made a way more upbeat track.

Peace

Don't Sink (Instrumental)

Presenting Motions of Emotion a 5 Track EP by https://soundcloud.com/404sahmo & https://soundcloud.com/mrtreezuk 
Special thanks goes out to https://soundcloud.com/housenez on Vocals and also a massive thank you to Bruce Cameron on Saxaphone

https://open.spotify.com/album/4pvAZGSLzKZ21Rh0oeE7d0?si=QbAP_LyNS0qR5KQCs7dWRQ

01 404Sahmo & Mr.Treez - Pink Gators
02 404Sahmo & Mr.Treez(Feat HouseNez on Vocals)- This Must Be Heaven
03 404Sahmo & Mr.Treez (Feat Bruce Cameron on Sax) - Boom Nap
04 Mr.Treez - By The Boxes
05 404sahmo - Ephemeral Yoh

Motions Of Emotion - (404Sahmo & Mr Treez)

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/7CIy8DJbftLyQQo8yVQF8a

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS8i13zy65sUVltMpA2KbGQ/videos

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/smogzz.prod/

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Mainly comprised of beats created in November.

It's The Program

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

Lifetime Impression (Instrumental)

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