Multi-track DVD-ROM Cat: BFP-M-011

Keith Le Blanc started out as a session drummer for the infamous Sugarhill Records, working with Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel on classics such as The Message, Freedom, White Lines, the Treacherous Three and many more.

20 full length drum tracks of 70s classic Funk, Soul and Rock ranging from 65-130 bpm. Organized by bpm in convenient session folders each containing separate Kick, Snare, Hat, Stereo Overhead, Toms, and Mono Room tracks. More than 7 gigabytes worth of tape saturated beats.

Includes tempo-mapped ProTools LE, Logic 6 and Cubase SE session files.

Recorded and mixed on a 1970s Neve console, analog tape, vintage microphones and outboard gear including multiple Pultec equalizers, Fairchild compressors, vintage Ludwig and Gretsch kits were used with old skins including calfskin, vintage Zildjian hats and snares by Ludwig, Rogers and Slingerland.

Disc 1

1. 71 bpm Hypnotic Hip-Hop groove with rimshot, snare and ride variations
2. 78 bpm Swinging east coast groove with rimshot and jazzy ride
3. 82 bpm Slow trip-hop groove with low tuned snare, ride and hi-hat patterns
4. 83 bpm Bouncy east coast beat with high tuned Gretsch snare and hi-hat breaks
5. 84 bpm Swinging trip-hop with jazzy ride flavours, big hats and rimshot outro
6. 86 bpm Old skool shuffle influenced beat with fat Ludwig snare and ride intro
7. 87 bpm Bouncy east coast groove with tight snare, rimshot and ride
8. 90 bpm Hypnotic trip-hop groove with low tuned snare, breaks and ride outro
9. 91 bpm Classic 90s Hip-Hop with swinging bass drum, tight rimshot and snare
10. 91 bpm West coast groove with fat snare, 15" hi-hats and Crash of Doom
11. 92 bpm West coast beat with rimshot, hi-hat and ride variations
12. 92 bpm Heavyweight west coast groove with hi-hat breaks and 15" hi-hats

Disc 2

1. 93 bpm Swinging east coast influenced rimshot groove with tight hats
2. 93 bpm East coast groove with busy bass drum pattern and hi-hat breaks
3. 94 bpm West coast flavour with fat snare, hi-hat intro and breaks
4. 94.5 bpm Swinging rimshot beat with 24' bass drum and 70s tom sound
5. 96 bpm Old skool groove with swinging hats, 24' bass drum and ride
6. 97 bpm Classic P-Funk beat with 15" hi-hats with breakdowns
7. 97.5 bpm Heavy west coast flavour with fat snare and hi-hat variations
8. 98 bpm Bouncy P-Funk groove with fat snare, 15" hi-hats with breakdowns
9. 98 bpm Heavyweight west coast flavour with bass drum intro and open hats
10. 101 bpm P-Funk with big tom fills, breakdowns with dampened snare sound
11. 101 bpm Classic block party beat with heavy snare and 70s tom sound
12. 106 bpm Up tempo trip-hop groove with fat snare and hi-hat breakdowns

Features

• Easy to use; all audio files start from the same point
• Tempo mapped ProTools LE, Logic 6 and Cubase SE session files
• Supplied with 16-Bit .AIFF previews for easy auditioning
• MIDI files with tempo map info for importing to other DAWs

Click here to find out more about the tempo map feature.

Credits

• Drums Keith Le Blanc
• Percussion Keith Le Blanc and Nasser Bouzida

“Truly the best collection of originally recorded drum tracks and breaks I have ever heard...the Drumdrops in Dub series is destined for classic status.”

Adrian Sherwood

Producer & Dub Maestro

“Like roses need the rain Music needs live drums just the same To keep it real, is to keep it live”

Junior Delgado

Artist