Playing beats on the roof
Friends, a speaker and twenty new beats at sunset. What they liked and what they skipped.
12 minBeat videos
A beat from start to finish every Friday, with the packs I use on screen.
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WatchTwenty-four bars and a turnaround
Turning a loop into a beat someone can rap on: the intro, the hook and the switch.
16 min
WatchRecording the street for texture
A handheld recorder in Osu on a Saturday: horns, hawkers and rain.
9 min- Watch
WatchTape wobble on a clean loop
Running a loop through a cassette deck and back, and why it sounds older.
11 min- Watch
WatchA bass under a sampled loop
Finding the key of an old record and playing a simple bass under it.
15 min- Watch
Drums that swing: 57 percent
Why the swing setting matters more than the sounds, and where I set it.
12 min 
WatchChopping a loop into sixteen pads
One four-bar loop, cut where the drums leave a gap, and laid out across the pads.
18 min
WatchDigging highlife records at the market
An afternoon at a record stall in Accra, and what I listen for in the first ten seconds.
14 min
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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.