Splice Originals Smoke Dreams: Soul Tapes WAV Childhood friends Chris Hartz (Childish Gambino) and Nick Paul (St. Lucia) grew up in Los Angeles. Beginning their careers as players, a drummer and a pianist respectively, they’ve both carved places in the music business as sought-after producers, music directors, and players. Coming from backgrounds of soul, jazz, and hip hop,… Read More »
Splice Originals Technicolor Soul WAV Written by Gavin Turek and Chris Hartz and produced and performed by Hartz, Splice Originals: Technicolor Soul was made from the session files for Gavin Turek’s new record. Recorded and performed at Sunset Sound Studio in Los Angels, CA, this pack is brimming with guitars, organs, synths, huge drums, choir, slapping bass lines,… Read More »
Splice Originals Divine Vocal Emanations with Eman8 WAV Born Brandyn Burnette, EMAN8 (pronounced em-a-nate) is an MC and artist from Saint Louis currently living in Los Angeles. Hoping to emanate the true authentic vibration of his experiences, soundscapes, and songwriting, EMAN8 combines hip hop, soul, ska, electronic, and pop music with an edge that’s simultaneously prolific and transcendent.… Read More »
Splice Originals Molly Moore Ecstasy Vocals WAV New York native Molly Moore is a singer, songwriter, and producer based in Los Angeles, CA. One half of the progressive pop duo Cosmos & Creature with EMAN8 (Brandyn Burnette), Moore has seen strong support of her solo career. Inspired by icons such as Aretha Franklin, Alanis Morissette, Beyonce, and Gwen… Read More »
Splice Originals Turkish Roots WAV Take an expedition through the rich sonic landscape of Turkey and parts of Egypt and Iran led by Istanbul Music Conservatory-trained musicians. The trio played traditional tunes with quarter tones and folkloric tunes from all over Turkey. They made these sounds using traditional Turkish instruments including the bendir, daf, darbuka, and riq for… Read More »
Splice Originals Soul Roots with Cover Story Doo Wop WAV If you’ve lived in NYC for long enough, you know Cover Story. The acapella doo wop group has been busking in the city for decades. The five men came up in the 60s and 70s, absorbing all kinds of music, including doo wop, a voices-only, more popular distillation… Read More »
Splice Originals Organic Hip Hop with The Love Experiment WAV NYC-based future-soul collective, The Love Experiment return with their third of four Splice packs. For Splice Originals: Organic Hip Hop, the group focused on 1990s-era boom bap stylings. This pack leans heavily on bass and guitar layered over old school rhythms served up by Charles “Blvk Samurai” Burchell.… Read More »
Splice Originals Pocket Drums with Corey Fonville WAV Recorded at Aura Studios Brooklyn, Splice Originals: Pocket Drums focuses on the tight Philadelphia drum sound that Questlove pioneered. Percussion styles in the pack represent funk, soul, disco, hip hop, and R&B. You’ll find all of the quintessential breakbeat-style grooves that capture that 1970s groovy feeling, plus a few surprises.… Read More »
Splice Originals Sublime Vocals with Jarell Perry WAV Jarell Perry is back on Splice sharing his sublime vocals that transcend moods and mundanity, transporting us to a place of pure joy and beauty. These harmonies emote a delicate power that’s hard to describe. They’ll soften the jagged edges of your productions while commanding attention with their epiphanic qualities.… Read More »
Splice Originals Jazz Cuts feat. Alita Moses WAV This pack is the first of a five-part series created over the course of five sessions in New York. Splice Originals: Jazz Cuts was recorded and composed much like an album would be executed. This installment embodies the cool jazz scene of the west coast with an added dose of… Read More »
Splice Originals Afro Cuban Percussion with Elizabeth Pupo Walker WAV This is the first in a series of sessions we recorded at Red Bull Studios NYC. Afro Cuban percussion provides some of the most emotive and dynamic sounds known. The way intricate grooves and upbeat dance rhythms meld and blend through its signature polyrhythmic drumming will get anyone… Read More »
Splice Originals: Thundergod Percussion WAV Having merited the nickname ‘Thundergod’ by fans, Brian Rosenworcel is a percussive force. One of the founding members of the band, Guster, for years, Rosenworcel played a combination of bongos, congas, djembe, hand snares, and cymbals instead of using a traditional drumset. He now alternates between hand percussion and a drum set. For… Read More »
Splice Originals: Flutopia Soul Flutes WAV For Anders Bostrom’s second Splice pack, he focused on soulful jazz flute stacks and loops. He used the C flute (the standard concert flute) and bass flute to get an extended range, adding soft tones to these arrangements. Explore flute song starters featuring fully-formed chord progressions and jazzy vibes primed and ready… Read More »
Splice Sounds Lemurian Healing Samples WAV Lemurian Healing Samples Sample Pack from Splice In June 2017, Lemurian traveled to the Peruvian jungle in “exploration of frequencies.” Outside of Iquitos, at an Ayahuasca retreat center, he met Sinanishikawa, a Shaman Maestro. He asked the maestro if he could record his chants to show the rest of the world. Now… Read More »
Splice Originals Laraaji Reimagined: Photay WAV Photay’s take on Laraaji’s Originals pack is a remix of the zither player at an atomic level: one shots pulled from loops and loops made from one-shots, even loops looped from loops. The texture-minded producer twists, turns, buries, reverses, dips and rips apart Laraaji’s samples, making buzzing, warbling, and wet kalimbas, lo-fi… Read More »