It's been a while. This is my entry for Round One of The Producers Corner "Head2Head" sample challenge for 2022, where thirty-two producers are given the same source from which to sample, and they send their results in to be randomly matched up against another producer in an elimination round with possible cash prize rewards.
The source for the first week was a soundtrack snippet entitled "Les Marchancres" by François de Roubaix (https://youtu.be/GseX9akFpoA?t=702). Competitors were allowed to sample from this source, add their own bassline, drums, and "extra sounds", which encompasses just about everything including infinite other sample sources; but I decided to limit all music samples to the source material. I ended up using about thirteen heavily-edited loops and snippets, applying copious amounts of time-stretching and pitch-adjustment to get them all in line over my drum programming and bassline. Once I was done with the music, I added a few little a cappella vocal samples on top for seasoning.
I began working on it Wednesday afternoon and finished at 4AM on Thursday. I probably would've preferred coming up with something a bit harder-edged, but the sample source is a bunch of atonal piano and synth phrases, so there wasn't a lot of rhythm or variation to be worked with. I ended up with my usual musical songy trip-hoppy arrangement; here's hoping the judge happens to be a fan of RJD2 and Banco de Gaia!
Wish me luck in the first round. If I'm lucky enough to advance, I'll see you back here next week. Enjoy the music, and I hope that you're all staying safe and healthy!
* This did indeed prove to be good enough to advance to Round 2 (watch the video here: https://youtu.be/9_HYiNgRL4g), so stay tuned!
