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Happy Birthday, Dangerous!
Michael Jackson’s Dangerous is 21 today! It’s been three and a half years since Michael Jackson sadly passed away but his legacy lives on through his expansive music collection, released and...
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12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop – Day 1
We kick off our 12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop with a look at a 1991 classic. The early 90’s was a golden era for hip hop. Some of the most impressive music of all time was created within a three or...
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12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop – Day 2
Onto Day 2 of our 12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop and we look at another classic, this time from 1992. Mecca and the Soul Brother – Pete Rock and C. L. Smooth (1992) Produced by Pete Rock, C. L. Smooth...
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12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop – Day 7
Happy new year on Day 7 of 12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop and The Oynx is here… Bacdafucup – Onyx (1993) Produced by Chyskillz, Kool Tee, Jam Master Jay and Jeff Harris This debut album from Onyx made...
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12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop – Day 10
The antepenultimate Day 10 of 12 Days of Early 90’s Hip Hop and we’ve finally leaped into the future. Well, 1994 anyway… NAS – Illmatic (1994) Produced by DJ Premier, Large Professor, Q-Tip, Pete Rock...
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Sampleface Five: Classical Music Samples
We look at five great classical music samples from the likes of Slum Village, Nas and Big Pun. Classical music: stuffy old people (mostly from France, Germany or Russia) from a million years ago...
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28 Days Of Dilla #27: Suite For Ma Dukes – Fall In Love
Our penultimate day of 28 Days Of Dilla is dedicated to Carlos Niño, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and their orchestra’s cover of Fall In Love for Suite For Ma Dukes. As we’re coming close to the end of...
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Happy 151st Birthiversary, Claude Debussy!
Google have crafted a doodle for the 151st anniversary of Claude Debussy’s birth so we decided to look at some of his best sampled tracks. France had a rich history in late-Romantic and early 20th...
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Review: Fink – Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
We reviewed Fink’s Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. You may not have heard of the name ‘Fink’ – the stage name of Cornish songwriter and DJ Fin Greenall, but the probability is that you...
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SONG FOR SUNDAY #76: Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra – Untitled/Fantastic
The Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra’s rendition of Slum Village’s Untitled/Fantastic is our Song for Sunday. Bus rides are easier when you have a gorgeous soundtrack to drown out the screams of children...
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SONG FOR SUNDAY #85: Nils Frahm – Re
Nils Frahm’s Re is our Song for Sunday. Something mellow for your Sunday evening. Nils Frahm is a German composer and producer known for an “unconventional approach to the piano”, mixing multiple...
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Jacob Collier, Cory Henry & the Metropole Orkest – Billie Jean (LIVE)
Witness an incredible multi-instrumental cover of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean starring Jacob Collier, Cory Henry, Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest. You don’t need to hear what I think about...
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Claire Courchene – Parallax
Sit back and relax to the unique tones of Claire Courchene and her upcoming EP, Parallax. The last time I heard the word parallax, I was researching names for one of my own albums. The word has...
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Obscure Artists Made For Hip Hop Samples
Here’s a selection of obscure artists ripe for sampling. It appears some people weren’t very happy with our guest post on Classic Artists Made For Hip-Hop Samples. That’s fair enough. It goes without...
View ArticleShrill Evans – MONOLITH
It’s a new moniker for Starchildluke as he releases his fifth #Road2Switch series. No prizes for guessing where the name Shrill Evans comes from. But in case you didn’t know, it’s a lo-fi take on the...
View ArticleBlack music theorist Philip Ewell calls out racism in music theory
Philip Ewell spoke out against racism in a 2019 paper and found himself on the other end of it when White music theorists responded in a closed publication. The post Black music theorist Philip Ewell...
View ArticleJoseph Bologne, the Black polymath composer
Joseph Bologne may have been a composer, a virtuoso violinist, a conductor, a renowned champion fencer, but he was NOT the Black Mozart! The post Joseph Bologne, the Black polymath composer appeared...
View ArticleThe racist history of music theory
Screw Heinrich Schenker, Ben Shapiro, and his music theorist dad. The post The racist history of music theory appeared first on Sampleface.
View ArticleTed Gioia’s 100 Best Albums of 2016
Jazz historian Ted Gioia posts a list of his 100 best albums of the year. Here is his list for 2016 (so far). The post Ted Gioia’s 100 Best Albums of 2016 appeared first on Sampleface.
View ArticleClaire Courchene – Parallax
Sit back and relax to the unique tones of Claire Courchene and her upcoming EP, Parallax. The post Claire Courchene – Parallax appeared first on Sampleface.
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