Red Snapper – Live Soundscapes | £11.98

www.loopmasters.com Over the course of seven albums for iconic labels like Warp, Rich Thair and crew won fans and plaudits alike with their effortless fusion of organic instruments and tough electronica.

On their first artist sample pack they let you into the Red Snapper studio to lay bare the wealth of elements that make up their unique sonic mixture. Culled from expressive jam sessions, the resulting 1.11GB of loops and samples throw up dubbed out FX, breakbeats, analogue synths, bass and lead guitars, vibes and other groovy and digital building blocks you’ll be itching to experiment with.

Tempos sit between 62-150bpm, and the styles of music explored cover everything from jazz, psych, dance music, grime, hip-hop and surf – talk about eclectic, but that’s Red Snapper.

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