So it’s awesome raging out to big bass trax, but what about afterwards when you’re like, “Oh my god, that was great but now I need to just chill…,” what then?
Here – Will Herwig from his youtube page has got you covered. It even opens with the best Flying Lotus track ever (IMO, anyway) and the whole thing is just a stone cold slow-down-groove-mix…. Stuff that might’ve been called wonky (I would’ve called a lot of it that, a few years ago) but it’s so slowed and chilled, I don’t know.. Anyway, whatever the hell it’s called, it’s chill, it’s got mellow breaks and nice ambience, and it’s great for chilling out or even falling asleep, if so desired::::: (and if you look below the video, there’s a dl link that the dude put up, too. Thank, Wil Herwig, you masterful motherfucker!)
Here you go, have it on your phone or wherever: http://dl.soundowl.com/4qhn.mp3
Hey hey, the dude also has a mix of XXYYXX. If you haven’t heard of XXYYXX by now, here:
Top Ten Chillwave Trax! by Will Dunn (aka StrangeFlow, aka 5ifty$ix K)
So, in the last few years, there’s been a new sound in music.. For now, I’m going to refer to it as ‘chillwave,’ as some other folks have been – but really, it’s a loosely applied label. It’s a broad-ranging sound, and really, it’s best to understand it (in my opinion) as more of a mood that’s taken told, rather than a genre. Alternative r&b is another label given to it. Or, just ‘vibes.’ Some of it you could call downtempo-wonky, an some of it has a decidedly throwback 80s-shoegaze-y feel to it, as well. But, as I said, it’s better to understand it, for the time being (again, in my opinion) as more of a mood that’s gotten bigger in the last few years, perhaps as a cultural shift has taken place. When you’re done raging out, and want some chill grooves (but still want the same drum boxes, grooves, and aesthetics as what you might hear in electronic or hip hop music, you might journey over to the smoking lounge, put on some chillwave shit, and chill.
Modern, retro, lush, chill, thick, vibey, and dreamy; these are all, in a surprisingly cohesive way, descriptions of this sound. As with much of the music of the Internet Generation (Ha, yea that’s right – I’m not calling it Generation Y. Sorry, condescending Baby Boomers) there is such a willingness of young people to learn about and engage themselves in a large range of artistic and musical styles that a music as open and loosely as chillwave was bound to emerge.
Also, it’s good to point out that this is often how new styles of music have always organically emerged, until corporate media whores like Rolling Stone, NME, MTV (or the idiots at VH1) pick up on – and over-label the fuck out of – it, stagnate it, look for their “Kurt Cobain” of the art form, and then, a few years later, declare it ‘passed it’s peak;’ only to pick up on the next wave of music they can jerk off and sell back to us in a cheaper, triter shell.
Or, you could look at it from a much simpler angle; people need music to chill out to, and this shit is modern chill out music, plain and simple. I say, since there are so many variations of modern hip hop-ish / electronic-ish / retro-80s-ish lush of chill out music, I’m happy to just find some good tunes and go with ’em. Eh?
Hell, I’ll probably have to do a top ten for wonky, a top ten for alt. r&b, top ten for shoegaze shit, eventually to; just to differentiate a bit. Though if there’s crossover, that’s fine. This top ten is ALL about crossover, really.
OK, Let’s get to it!
10. Washed Out – Feel it All Around
9. Neon Indian – Polish Girl
8. Flying Lotus – Massage Situation
7. Lindsay Lowend – Mmmmm
6. Flying Lotus – RobertaFlack(Mike Slott’s Other Mix)
5. Luvian – Haze
4. Samiyam – Return
I can say, from personal experience, that Samiyam is GREAT sex music ;)
3. Teedra Moses – Be Your Girl (Kaytranada Extended Edition)
2. Samiyam & Hudson Mohawke – Eff This – Juice Vol. 88
Yes, Yuri got out of jail. And, despite being the laziest person on earth (and yet claiming and bragging about the number of fans he has, of which he supposedly “gives everything to, all the time”) he was arrested for theft. He retells the tale in the video, below. Yuri claims it’s a tutorial, but it isn’t. Don’t follow in the footsteps of this fellow, he’s bad news.
Ok. So its here. It’s finally here! The sample pack to end all sample packs. Black Friday is coming… and even crazier than that… the MAYAN CALENDAR IS ENDING! OH NOOOZZZZZZZ!
OMG! 760 samples! Let me explain! As you know, the Mayan Calendar is about to end, which means absolutely nothing. However, I thought it was a fun theme for a sample pack, so I decided to go ahead and incorporate it.
So what’s inside this package?
When you download this, you will obtain links with 2 passwords. All you have to do is type the passwords in, and BOOM, you get 760 samples unlocked!
It’s quite simple, really: you simply go to the links provided, type in the passwords provided, download the files to your computer, write some sick dancefloor-killing jams, jump to the top of the Beatport charts, win fame – fortune – and a Grammy, and then have your bouncer tell Skrillex that he’s not on the guestlist and that he “won’t be able to get into the awesome party, tonight, sorry….”
We put nearly the whole store is in this package! It’s the biggest sample pack Bassadelic has ever offered! It contains multiple sample packages available on the site, but at an incredible savings!
You will get a total of 760 samples.
INCLUDING:
– The complete “500 Trap Music Vocal Samples”
– The complete “One Hundred Wonky Beats”
– The complete “StrangeFlow’s Authentic Electro Swing Samples”
– as well as a bonus: “StrangeFlow’s 30 Funky Snares”
LET ME REPEAT: You will get SEVEN-HUNDRED AND SIXTY SAMPLES!!
Why is this happening?
Because after the Mayan Calendar ends, who knows what’s going to happen?! (The answer is: NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE.)
Plus, to celebrate 100 posts/articles here at Bassadelic, we decided it would be a good thing to do to help lively things up a bit.
But at what cost, Bassadelic? at.. what.. CCOOOSSSTTT?
You can get ALL 760 SAMPLES for just 25 bucks. BOOM.
…& I can certainly tell you that you won’t get this much value for this little cost at any big-name sample stores or blogs out there. Plus, you can look at the store portion of this site and see for yourself by comparing prices – you are definitely saving a lot of money by buying this package, if you’re an electronic producer in need of some quality samples.
So that’s about all the information you’ll need. Though if you have any questions, you can always contact us at BASSADELIC.COM@GMAIL.COM or STRANGEFLOWMUSIC@GMAIL.COM
OMG! 760 samples! Let me explain! As you know, the Mayan Calendar is about to end, which means absolutely nothing. However, I thought it was a fun theme for a sample pack, so I decided to go ahead and incorporate it…
So I put together a collection of the most wonkinest beats around. And, until Schlomo or Hudson Mohawke release something similar, this’ll be your best bet at getting some quality wonky beats.
You can get the product here OR click on the download link above!
For more information on this lovely package… Check out the demo pack I’ve constructed. It’s got a small selection of tracks (FROM THE WONKY BEATS PACK!!) and they’ll give you an idea about what’s in this product…
And now, some information about this One Hundred Wonky Beats product:
Scientists have recently conlcuded that 106 BPM has the most potential for wonkyness, compared to any other BPM in the entirety of sound.
Therefor, I felt it was my duty, scientifically, to construct 100 original wonky beats, all at 106 bpm.
These beats are crumpled up, ripped in half, stubborn, and wonkiliciously funky. They borrow from the ‘offbeat’ sound made popular by Flying Lotus, Dilla, Samiyam, and Mike Slott. Utilizing a variety of influences (including funk, gabber, grime, purple, glitch hop, and hip hop) this pack has some very fun beat samples in it. I had LOTS of fun with these beats, as wonky is my favorite genre. Or… subgenre, or whatever.
I used to host The Wonky Underground radio show on Glitch.FM for awhile, and have also made a lot of decently wonky tunes, and I feel like I have a strong sense of what it means to make a wonky beat. I don’t mean to overstate the case, but remember, this is for science, afterall!
Also, I’d like to point out something I noticed when I was doing the final proofing for these beats… Aside from putting them into new tracks, they’re also quite fun to just put into a playlist and listen to them all at once. It’s like one huge, constantly-evolving wonky soundtrack.
Also, I think “beat 47” is my favorite.
Well, anyway, I guess that’s about it! I hope you enjoy these weird and wonky grooves!
-StrangeFlow
All the beats are original, sequenced, and ready to load into any music programs that are capable of loading .WAV files.
Capable with:
Acid Pro
Ableton Live
Propellerhead Reason
Logic
Recycle
& More.
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