Producer and beatmaker
Drum kits, sample packs and beat tapes from Accra
I'm Selorm. I make sample-based beats in my bedroom in Accra, from old highlife records and the street outside, and I sell the kits and packs I make them with.
From $5
How a beat gets made
From a record to a finished beat
Every beat I make starts the same way and splits in two. The packs I sell sit where I use them.
Record stall · 1 afternoon
Pads · 20 minutes
Boom bap
Hard drums, a chopped loop and a bass under it
Branches from Highlife Chops Pack · Rejoins at Twenty-four bars and a turnaround
Drum machine · 15 minutes
Keys · 10 minutes
Mixer · 30 minutes
Lo-fi
Soft, late drums, tape wobble and a lot of hiss
Branches from Highlife Chops Pack · Rejoins at Twenty-four bars and a turnaround
Cassette deck · 10 minutes
Drum machine · 15 minutes
Field recorder · 5 minutes
Twenty-four bars and a turnaround
Arrangement · 30 minutes
Play it to friends on the roof
Rooftop · sunset
Stems for every beat
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Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.
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Free Chop Friday
One free chop every Friday, the beat I made with it and what is new in the shop.
About
Hello, I’m Selorm
I started making beats at sixteen on a laptop with a cracked screen, chopping my father's highlife records. Now I put out a beat tape every few months and make beats for rappers in Accra and London.
Everything in my packs is recorded by me or by friends: the drums, the guitar and horn chops, the street sounds. You can use all of it in beats you sell, with no clearance to worry about.