Movement 2018: Sounds of Detroit

Team FLARE | 21 October 2020 | 636 MB

Techno / 164 Loops / 335 One Shots

A microphone, an assortment of mallets, and an abandoned liquor store turned recording studio. These were the ingredients in creating the MOVEMENT Sample Pack, a celebration of Detroit and the artists who call it home. The pack came together at MOVEMENT Festival 2018, Detroit’s annual electronic concert series. With so many musicians returning to the city, the opportunity came to bring together some of Detroit’s legendary musical talents in a collaborative project, spearheaded by Shigeto and Waajeed. Waajeed, born Robert O’Bryant IV, grew up in Detroit’s Conant Gardens, developing an affinity for Roy Ayers, Funkadelic and more through his father’s record collection. His genre-spanning career began as part of the Slum Village crew, producing tracks for the seminal recording project of J. Dilla, Baatin and T3. He went on to form the label Bling47 and the hip hop duo Platinum Pied Pipers, and now runs Dirt Tech Reck, a label releasing sinewy house and techno from magesy download the likes of Rimarkable, Theo Parrish and more. Shigeto is the recording alias of Ann Arbor native Zach Saginaw, whose jazz flavored experimental-electronica has received worldwide acclaim, releasing numerous full lengths and EPs with Ghostly International…