Category: Dilla Samples
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DILLA SAMPLES #3: Dorothy Ashby – Django (1962, Argo Records)
When talking about experimenting with the harp in jazz music, one can think of musicians such as Alice Coltrane. But years before she even entered a studio, it was a Detroit native who was pulling the strings (pun intended) as a pioneer with the harp as her instrument of choice: Dorothy Ashby.…
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DILLA SAMPLES #2: Eric Burdon & The Animals – Man – Woman (1967, MGM)
From the late eighties to mid-nineties it wasn’t uncommon for emcees to spend a couple of record grooves to share their big up’s and rock on’s. The 90s brought some well-crafted shout-out tracks—Brand Nubian’s Dedication, to name one—but other than that it was mostly filler no killer. No wonder shout-out tracks quietly died…
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DILLA SAMPLES #1: The Art of Noise – Moments In Love (1983, ZZT Records)
A collaboration with The Find Mag, discovering the story behind an iconic sample. The catalogue of English avant-garde synthpop group The Art Of Noise is quite ambiguous. On the one hand, they had Grammy Award-winning production for Yes’ 90125 (including the earworm-slash-guilty pleasure Owner of a Lonely Heart) and an official…
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