In the fall of 1996, DJ Shadow blew minds around the world using materials he found in a dusty Sacramento basement. Four years later, the Avalanches did much the same from their headquarters in ...

Say the name DJ Shadow to any hiphop head who came of age in the 1990s, and they'll stop what they're doing to recall a favorite track. For some, it's "Organ Donor," the methodical-yet-spastic ...

DJ software specialist Serato has announced Serato Sample, a sampling plug-in that aims to bring the speed and ease of typical DJ workflows to fully-fledged DAW environments where sound quality is of ...

After months of teasing its arrival, DJ Khaled finally shared his song with "the Drake vocals" today. "To The Max" is the latest in a list of collaborations between the pair which began with “I’m On ...

The pioneering producer explains why he switched up his sample-heavy workflow in favour of soft synths and Ableton Live ...

Learn to create golden era hip-hop riffs by triggering slices from samples from your MIDI controller When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Don't see this video? Click here. In our new series on the art of sampling, hip-hop producers demonstrate how they find inspiration in classics, hidden gems, found sounds and other raw musical ...

Kanye West’s most prominent production signature is arguably his use of samples. Any album he works on is full of them, but according to acclaimed house DJ David Morales, Ye just took a sample from ...