summer

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)

Between Boom Bap and Lo-Fi
Mad artwork from the man https://soundcloud.com/aqui_dela, thanks again 🙏


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No Need For More

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/stop-fakin-instrumental

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Fakin' Jax Acapella' by Pete Rock and INI

Visuals: https://youtu.be/KVoufTJXd1M

When I originally came up with the concept for this remix I called it 'deceiving, achieving nothing', which I still think is the hardest hitting line for sure. This might be my favourite verse Pete Rock has done as an emcee to be honest, his lines are just mad creative here. 

I switched the name up to Stop Faking just cause it sums up the whole vibe of the track better, this track never feels like an angry one to me, INI always have that laid back style which fits Pete Rock's jazz heavy production, and on this track they sound more fed up then anything with all the artists faking, but again not in an annoyed way, more like they're saying it's plain to see, why even front and fake when it's that obvious. That's the aspect of this track which I rate the most personally, and wanted to bring that out in this remix. 

Peace!!

Original version: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/deceiving-achieving-nothing

Stop Fakin'

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/57jDdmkuvhUoXeRegnEFyC?si=1b2a8b9977344fa0
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/dead-on-earth-instrumental/1592352003?i=1592352004

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/dead-on-earth

I made both these beats back in 2018, sampling the movie ‘Day Of The Dead’, which in essence is a movie about hell on earth. I’d seen Night Of The Living Dead and Dawn Of The Dead a few times before, but I never really knew about Day Of The Dead which didn’t do as well as those other two. It’s the final film in the original trilogy of zombie films by George Romero though, so I figured I’d check this one. (I’d only say check it if you rate the other two) The movie is absolutely bugged, maybe the goriest film I’ve ever seen, it genuinely shocked me the first time I watched it it was that next, but what really stood out to me was the soundtrack, from the first opening theme I started paying attention cause the sounds were hitting crazily, and after I watched it I looked up the soundtrack straight away to see what I could sample. The whole soundtrack was crazy to me, not just one theme, the whole score for different scenes and moods in the film was mad atmospheric and emotional, I must have made at least 5 beats out of it over the next few days.

At the time I was in a very different place, I was very deep into production having been sober since December 2017. It wasn't easy staying sober at first especially seeing as my housemates still got waved, especially in the evening when I would normally have smoked into the early hours. I knew I wanted to stay sober because of how much happier I was, but it helped to distract myself from the vices that were around me, so each evening I was watching all the films that I used to enjoy watching before I started smoking and pushed that past-time aside in favour of getting high. The evening I watched Day Of The Dead was crazy and the soundtrack really did connect with me, I was spending mad time reflecting on the way I used to live, and these beats were completely born out of that reflection, I wanted to express those negative feelings and memories through the music so I was flipping the darker parts of the soundtrack with most emotion. The best way I can show that is through the lyrics that I originally wrote over the first beat: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/without

Now all these years later, it feels really nice to be able to revisit these beats and make a proper remix with them. For the video I decided to use visuals from the film, which I thought would make sense seeing as most of the beats are sampled from the soundtrack. I tried to make a cohesive video that acts as a miniature version of the film, mainly focusing on the characters finding the ‘hell on earth’, trying to escape it underground, and ultimately getting trapped and overrun. I hope people enjoy this one, it’s definitely got a unique vibe to it, and I had a lot of fun reworking these beats and making something out of them.

Thanks for reading and listening

Dead On Earth (Instrumental)

[Come On]

here is the 5th of 10 Singles taken from the upcoming Compilation "2nd Order" 
"Simple Soul" by @kelcey-crittenden is a bangerand he as usual do things properly.
The upcoming heavyweight producer from Connecticut based in New York.
You can download and stream the Single on all digital stream platforms :
https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/_simplesoul

Make Sure to check @kelcey-crittenden , @flawless-delivery on Spotify, Instagram, bandcamp.

Enjoy

Flawless Delivery

2nd Order Compilation

Simple Soul

Kel C - Simple Soul

Different Compromises (premium)

Alternate take recorded 4/30/25
Thanks for listening 🧄✌️🧄

Ajo II

081724 | JUST SAY IT

4-Track Beattape by

@jesus-ander - Opas (Track 2, 4)
@earfluvv (Track 1, 3)

Opas x earfluvv - Crossings on the moon

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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Underground Airplay

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

Peace