Loopmasters has released Progressive House & Electronica by Trafik and Electro House & Breaks by Aquasky, the first two releases in its new "Artist Series" - massive collections of samples "straight from the hard-drives of the world's hottest producers".

Trafik, aka Andrew Archer & John Elliott, are signed to independent dance music label Global Underground. As well as putting the finishing touches to 'Club Trafikana', their second studio album, they've taken time out to produce a comprehensive collection of Progressive House and Electronica samples.

Progressive House and Electronica features over 1.2 GB of material, including 64 progressive drum loops (both breakbeats and 4/4 patterns), 35 basslines, 27 music loops, 120 drum hits, 54 percussion sounds, 40 bass sounds, 61 progressive fx, 36 atmospheric pads, 16 lead sounds, 16 piano samples, 19 hits and over 50 ready-to-play patches.

The 1.2GB collection includes:

• Over 488 Acidised Wav Samples.
• 125 RMX friendly REX2 Loops.
• 126 Apple Loops.
• Full Reason Refill.
• 50 patches ready for Reason, Kontakt, HALion, EXS24, Emulator X2, Ableton Live.

Aquasky started life as a Drum and Bass production outfit in the 90's with many releases on the likes of Moving Shadow – but recent years have seen them gain a reputation for their awesome basslines and Electro-Breaks productions. Well known and respected for their production style – particularly the cone-melting basslines that are the signature of many of their tunes – Aquasky have delved deep into their production archive to bring you an exhaustive palette of samples for anyone looking to make Electro, Breaks or House.

Electro House & Breaks features over 1.5GB of material, the package includes over 190 Breakbeats and Electro House drum loops, 15 drum fills, 53 twisted bass loops, 167 music loops, and over 150 vocal samples from the Ragga Twins and Bex. Also included are over 300 heavyweight drum kit samples, 187 single bass hits, 55 fx hits, 15 fx loops and more than 200 instrument sounds. You also get a full remix pack for their latest 'Have a Good Time' release which includes 4 drum loops, 1 fx loops, 3 bass loops and 2 bass multisamples.

The 1.5GB collection includes:

• Over 1360 Acidised Wav Samples.
• 557 RMX friendly Rex2 Loops.
• 579 Apple Loops.
• Full Reason Refill.
• 147 patches ready for Reason, Kontakt, Halion, EXS24, Emulator X2, Ableton Live.

Progressive House & Electronica and Electro House & Breaks are available now on DVD priced at £34.95 each (including shipping) or £29.95 each as a download.