Galbanum has announced the release of Abstraction 04: Found Sound Urban Intelligence. Like its predecessor Abstraction 03, Abstraction 04 is once again an all-you-can-eat buffet of domestic "found sound", which has been "purposefully polished, refined, and formatted into rhythmic loop adders designed to spice up percussive pallets and inject freshness into grooves". This time around, it is targeted directly at down tempo breaks, centrally - intelligent hip-hop, and experimental urban futurism. Furthermore, this second helping of glitch rhythms and real-world sampled eccentricism, is for the first time paired together with analog kick and snare loops "to synergistically co-create some seriously freaky future funk designed to make 3008 look old-school", according to Galbanum.
All Abstraction 04 loop content is produced at a native tempo of 106 BPM and is designed to effortlessly stretch from 90 BPM to 120 BPM and beyond to fit all tempo ranges used in current urban and down-tempo breaks music sub-genres. Abstraction 04 is particularly suitable for:
- Experimental Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Glitch Hop, and Dub Step.
- Breaks, Electronica, IDM, and Abstract Rock.
- Ambient, Chill Out, Downtempo, and Left Field.
- Film Scoring, Game Development, and Sound FX.
- and any other cross-genre music style that borrows from these influences.
Specifications:
- 1,040 new loop files. 160 Solo Kick Loops. 160 Solo Snare Loops. 320 Abstraction Percussion Loops. 320 Mix Loops. 80 Extra Bonus Abstraction Perc Loops. All files are 44.1K/24bit content. Over 1GB of new Loop Samples.
- Loops available in Apple Loops, Acid Loops, or REX2 formats. All loops are 2 measures long and are designed to allow using partial segments of the full loop to give thousands of variations.
Special Features:
- Both Mix and Solo Element loops are provided. Four different loop types are available.
- Solo elements may be combined in different ways to create hybrid mutations and build completely new loops. Over 6 million simple combinations are possible.
- All solo element loops are provided without additional auxiliary Reverb or delay effects. This keeps the loops pristinely clean and sharp, enables easy custom slicing and editing, and allows the producer to apply his own favorite effects.
- All percussion samples are made in stereo and make use of extreme spatial processing techniques at the sample level to produce sounds that literally jump out of the speakers.
Creative Theme: "It began in Africa. Dr. TR-Analog is your guide on this safari through the jungles and grasslands of the ancient-future world of Found-Sound. Poly-rhythmic perturbations and nano-organic chaos constructs channel the spirit of the Mbira, invoke the antediluvian rites of the witch-doctor trance ceremony, and supplant these venerable visions with post-modern urban reincarnations. Transmuted ethnomusicology and club-ready analog grooves interbreed and spawn a new synthesis of composite contrarian bliss, where modern talking drums recite soliloquies that compete with Shakespeare in their metaphorical eloquence."
Pricing & Availability
Abstraction 04 is available for direct download at: www.galbanum.com. In an effort to keep the price of the download versions low, Apple Loops, Acid Loops, REX Loops, and the Single Hit Samples are all separate downloads. Various combinations are available to allow customers to pick, choose, and pay for only exactly what they need. Customers may choose a single format for $39.95 and may add additional formats for $14.95.
Distribution Partner Expansion
Galbanum has also announced that Galbanum Sample Lines products are now distributed by Big Fish Audio in US. Big Fish Audio will distribute both download as well as physical versions of Galbanum products as they become available. Galbanum Sample Line products also continue to be distributed by Loopmasters in the UK. Abstraction 04 will be available shortly from these distribution partners.
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