Spitfire Audio have released Tape Percussion, an explosive afro-percussion meets Dub and Jazz library. It’s available for $29.00.
On Tape Percussion, the Nok Cultural Ensemble centre diverse Afro-diasporic percussive traditions expressed through free jazz sensibilities and glitching beats, extending the futuristic pulse of dub technologies. This intuitive toolkit opens with 5 one-shot jazz kits and 6 one-shot African percussion patches, followed by Caribbean rhythms and dub-inspired warps over 8 drum loops, 69 atmospheric scenes, and 13 tonal, melodic warped presets — complemented by a range of in-built FX. Recorded to tape at the legendary Ariwa Studios, these sounds and textures thrum, crackle and crash with new possibilities for modern tracks and contemporary media scores.
Led by Edward Wakili-Hick, this collective of percussion prodigies are all leading lights playing across various genres underpinning London’s eclectic jazz and beat scenes.
Features include:
- Recorded to tape at the legendary Ariwa Studios, London
- Presented in Spitfire Audio’s award-winning dedicated plugin
- Five sections:
- FULL KITS (5): Detailed drum hits from five distinctive acoustic and electronic kits
- KIT LOOPS (8) – Tempo-synced drum loops, stemmed out across the keyboard
- PERCUSSION (4): A selection of various African and Caribbean percussion instruments
- ATMOSPHERES (2): Experimental drum loops played live with various kits and percussion
- TONAL WARPS (13): Melodic, abstract hits and loops, warped and distorted from the original percussion recordings
- Five controls:
- Processed Signal — The dynamics slider allows you to fade into a processed signal featuring bespoke live FX from Ariwa Studios
- Reverb — Controls the amount of reverb being added. Choose between a collection of 7 impulse responses, ranging from short studios and rooms to long, cavernous churches and halls
- Release — Allows you to change the length of the release of a note
- Tape Saturation — Controls the amount of tape saturation added
- Attack — Allows you to change the length of the attack of a note
- NKS compatible
- ~2.7GB
NCE’s mission is to celebrate the diversity of global black percussive music styles and the cultures they emerge from. At the heart of this collection are 5 one-shot drum kits pulled from the explosive epicentre of London’s multi-faceted jazz scene. These include high-tuned, low-tuned, open-tone, electronic, and extended-hit kits—all deeply sampled with 3 dynamic layers and 3 round robins.
Seven thousand kilometres away, we play through 6 one-shot patches of rarely-sampled African percussion, shakers, and bells—including the Kpanlogo, Ravann, Shekere, and Agogo.
Eight tempo-synced drum loops fuse contemporary jazz with African percussion, Caribbean rhythms, and dub-inspired warps. Each loop stems out on the keyboard, so you can play the full loop on a single key, or deconstruct it key-by-key for dramatic effect. The drama continues across 69 atmospheric scenes—cinematic loops that reach beyond rhythm, capturing the essential character of each instrument’s sound.
Tape Percussion is available to PC and Mac users via Spitfire Audio’s dedicated plugin.
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