Splice Sessions Ngoni with Django Diabate WAV For this installment of Splice Sessions, Django Diabate joined the Sessions team at Laboutique Studios Dakar to play the stunning ngoni. This intricate instrument has appeared in several of the previous Sessions packs, so we’re delighted to highlight its unique sounds and value....

Splice Sessions Dakar Trap with ISS814 WAV MIDIThis pack was born from the Senegal edition of Splice Sessions. The producer Iss 814 (born Ismaila Talla) used some of the raw material from those sessions recorded in Dakar last April to craft his own sounds. The resulting pack amplifies the style...

Splice Sessions Congolese Drums with Andre Toungamani WAVCongolese Drums with Andre Toungamani is the third installment of Senegal Sessions and the first instrumental pack in the series. This groovy pack focuses on creating sounds to dance to in the style of Mbalax, Afrobeat, hip hop, and dancehall. Mbalax (or Mbalakh)...

Splice Sessions Balafon with Sidy Koita WAVThis edition of Splice Sessions was recorded at Laboutique Studios Dakar with Sidy Koita, a world-renown balafonist who plays with the Orchestre National du Sénégal and many other acts. A member of the griot family in the Mandinka community of Senegal, Koita celebrates the...

Splice Originals Brazilian Carnival Percussion WAVGet ready to party. Splice Originals: Brazilian Carnival Percussion features a variety of rhythms heard during the Carnival of Brazil. NYC-based Brazilian percussion experts gave us a crash course in different Brazilian samba, focusing primarily on the samba-enredo style common to Rio de Janeiro. Other...

Splice Originals Soulful Strings with The Splice String Quartet WAVThe Splice String Quartet returned to the studio to perform soulful strings in the classic 1970s soul style. For this edition, we focused on creating string loops that would be at home in modern and classic R&B productions. We recorded and...

Splice Originals Organic Hip Hop with The Love Experiment WAVNYC-based future-soul collective, The Love Experiment return with their third of four Splice packs. For Splice Originals: Organic Hip Hop, the group focused on 1990s-era boom bap stylings. This pack leans heavily on bass and guitar layered over old school rhythms...