Category: luminaries
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Since 1984 🫖
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo mark the 50th article here at samplenerd.com we have something of a departure. So, have your polished tea spoons at the ready… 2024 marked forty years since the release of the Bobby O version of West End Girls in 1984! To commemorate forty years in the biz the Pets are releasing…
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Magic -{ colour
Reading Time: 3 minutesA US. sample collection from a NY 90’s music producer involved in the industry of that era. How cool is this? We have here a very legit disk library. OK it might look scrawled and messy to you, but to samplenerd this collection is as authentic as it gets! Now, you might…
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AKIRA ISHIGURU
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe ability to appreciate individual sample collections is something samplenerd.com is rather proud of. With that in mind, I humbly present to you the Akira collection featured on the KORG M1/R program cards. Graduated in 1984 from Kunitachi Music college with a bachelor of arts in music composition. Born in Tokyo in…
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Obviously?
Reading Time: 2 minutesSampleNerd.com asks the fundamental question: are KORG given enough credit for being the very reason the Pet Shop Boys partnership even got going?
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Hollow Sun: Legacy
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere we are – the final part of the series! There is so much more that could have been written about the luminary Stephen Howell. One of the things that drew me to his story was the conjunction of creativity, business dealings, high art and the explorative world of synthesizers and sampling. Ultimately…
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Hollow Sun: Nightfall
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo far in this six part series, we have covered Stephens earlier years: growing up in Wales and achieving a scholarship. Singing for composer Benjamin Britten in one of his operas to working at the local live scene. From writing for magazines to a serendipitous meeting that developed into a long term working…
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If Mercedes Benz made a synthesizer
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis could be an article on the legendary Yamaha DX1. Or it could just be an excuse to show off these wonderful photos, which if it weren’t for SampleNerd.com could well be lost for all time. Many of the images you will find on this site (unless amended with a copyright notice)…
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Hollow Sun: Eventide
Reading Time: 3 minutesPut on your white coat and don’t forget your pen for Part 4 of this exclusive retrospective of Stephen Howell. SampleNerd.com takes a look at Music Laboratory Machines!
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Hollow sun: High Noon
Reading Time: 3 minutesStephen Howell, after exploring his love of synthesis during his teens, worked on classic releases like the AKAI Headrush and Alesis Fusion in his early twenties due to a fortunate encounter with an AKAI executive. However, exhausted from business dealings and frequent travel, he chose to strike out independently.
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Hollow Sun: AKAI Years
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is part two of a series on Stephen Howell, founder of Hollow Sun. A chance meeting with an AKAI executive, led to a long-term collaboration and the development of an innovative sound library!
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Hollow Sun: The Dawn
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe life and career of sample maestro Stephen Howell, who transitioned from singing for the Royal family to becoming a luminary in music sampling, is being chronicled in a six-part series on SampleNerd.com.
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Hans Zimmer
Reading Time: 2 minutesHans Zimmer explains why computers are musical instruments, and the value of original work. Also, working with samples and the difference between samples and stems!
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