Loop Lounge Sound of Cairo Volume 1 | £13.99

Most sample packs called ‘Sound of…’ are filled with the latest rising club sounds from that region. The ‘Sound of Berlin’, for instance, would be chock full of Berghain bothering beats. Loop Lounge however have a collection of recordings taken from the actual bustling streets of Cairo. Expect city soundscapes, calls to prayer, and the jangle and jingle of people living their lives in the bustling Egyptian capital. Hardly riveting chunks of sampler-ready dancefloor dynamite, but, you know what? Each and every audio snapshot of this wonderfully captured environment would work wonders underneath your next chilled out composition. It’s like the real-life street sounds in the Stevie Wonder track, Living for the City. VERDICT 7