Sample Magic – Organic Ambient £15

Aaaaaaand, relax. This is a beautifully subtle, left-of-centre sample pack, for you forward-thinking, sound designers.

It’s full of wonderfully tape-warmed textures, vintage piano melodies, and re-tweaked beats. And it forms an expressive and expansive collection of electronica, with a shared history of mellow, neo-classical inspirational touchstones. The kinda stuff you might imagine Gilles Peterson has in the background of his answer machine messages, to show you how cool he is.

Well, you can too, now, with this 500MB of creamy goodness, that hit your head and heart with equal, bottom-heavy, weight. Perfect for all things chillout.

Roy Spencer samplemagic.com

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