Sources Cited 2: Championship Edition / Hip-Hop on the Elektron Digitakt (Annotated)

Sources Cited is an ongoing series of beats that I'm putting together. For these beats, I'm sharing my sample sources with links so that you can hear the samples in their original contexts.

These beats were made entirely on the Elektron Digitakt and recorded into Audacity.

If you'd like to support what I do, please consider purchasing one of my beat tapes on Bandcamp.

Dada

SSO "Tonight's the Night" at 3 minutes
Bunny Sigler "Get Freaky Now" at 10 seconds
BT Express "Express" at 1 minute 8 seconds
Busy B in Wild Style at the Ampitheatre at 3 minutes 40 seconds
De La Soul "En Focus" at 1 minute 50 seconds
The Dennis Coffee Band "A Sweet Taste of Sin" at 0 seconds
The Ojays "Give the People What They Want" at 1 minute 17 seconds
Funkadelic "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" at 0 seconds
People's Choice "Sweeter Than Honey" at 11 seconds

Te Hablo

Jonathan Edwards "Morning Train" at 3 minutes 3 seconds
Tito Valdez "Big "T"" at 0 seconds
The Commadores "The Assembly Line" at 4 minutes 8 seconds
The Sons "Love of a Woman" at 5 minutes 54 seconds
The Travel Agency "Sorry You Were Born" at 0 seconds
Weather Report "Umbrellas" at 29 seconds
Los Socios Del Ritmo "Pescadores De Illusiones" at 1 minute 8 seconds
The Bug "Skeng" at 0 seconds
Sly and the Family Stone "Stand" at 0 seconds
Chambers Brothers "Are You Ready" at 0 seconds

Remix to Attitude

Brass Construction "Attitude" at 0 seconds
Tavares "Breakdown for Love" at 4 minutes 4 seconds
Xavier "Work that Sucker to Death" at 1 second
Five Special "Jam" (45 Version) at 0 seconds
Ultramagnetic MCs "Watch Me Now" at 2 minutes 35 seconds
ADC Band "Long Stroke" at 0 seconds
Willie Bridges "Riverside Drive" at 1 minute 30 seconds
The Futures "Ain't No Time Fa Nothin" at 1 minute 32 seconds

All I Do Is Vibe

Bill Thedford "More than Magic" at 0 seconds
Herbie Handcock "The Traitor" at 0 seconds
Idris Muhammad "Crab Apple" at 24 seconds
Love Unlimited Orchestra "Strange Games" at 29 seconds
Jimmy Castor Bunch "TR-7" at 0 seconds

Get Back

Opa "La Cumbia De Andres" at 30 seconds
King Sunny Ade "Sunny Ti De Anya" at 0 seconds
Moacir Santos "Route Infinity" at 7 seconds
Irakare "Ilya" at 3 minutes 2 seconds
Dizzee Rascal, D Double E, Footsie "I want it All" at 10 seconds
Zia Atabi "Helelyos" at 0 seconds
Ahmad Jamal "Extensions" at 13 minutes 33 seconds
Willie Bridges "Riverside Drive" at 1 minute 30 seconds
Julius Hemphill "Mirrors" at 0 seconds
Carlis Munro "Big Time Fakers" at 4 minutes 57 seconds

00:00 Spiel
00:54 Dada
03:03 Te Hablo
05:59 Remix to Attitude
07:47 All I Do is Vibe
09:51 Get Back

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[PaulBreitzmann]

At first I heard “f-ing attitude”. Then it sounded more like “funking attitude”. Then I watched the source and I’m pretty sure it’s “funky attitude”, but for me funking attitude is forever a thing now.

If I ever have a hard time reminding myself to go jam, I just need to watch my funking attitude.

[kilakituclothing]

Maestro of the collage! How did you like bringing your old compositions from 2012 into your digitakt workflow? What did you originally use? What did you notice about doing it this time around?

[kilakituclothing]

I could imagine you bringing this format to a live show! With pattern chains and muting you could really respond to a dance floor and maybe even other live musicians/vocalists/DJs!

[nicolassullivan]

Hey doug would be interestec in doing private lessons ?

[Tubefund]

That’s some serious nice use of samplemangling! Like the energy too. Is this “somg” played by a pattern chain?