Tag Archives: Splice Sessions

Splice Sessions – Senegalese Makossa (WAV)

By | April 1, 2024

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Website: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: Recorded at La Boutique Studio in Dakar and produced by Pape Armand Boye, this package is a deep dive into the infectious makossa style. These bright, cheerful sounds, born in Cameroon, are designed to get people moving. This style features strong electric bass… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Afro Trap (WAV)

By | March 22, 2024

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Website: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: Ismaila Talla, aka Iss814, returns for his third package with Splice Sessions. Taking influences from all over West Africa and mixing them with elements of Western trap and hip-hop, he creates his own world. It is marked by emotional, ethereal melodies and vibrant… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Senegalese Soukous (WAV)

By | February 11, 2024

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Website: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: Soukous is a style of African popular music characterized by syncopated rhythms and intricate, contrasting guitar melodies. It originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as Zaire, in the 1970s, when the genre emerged and spread throughout Africa and France. Content :… Read More »

Splice Sessions – West African Meditations (WAV)

By | August 23, 2021

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 16/24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: This edition of Splice Sessions offers a unique and inspiring take on meditative sounds. Recorded and produced at La Boutique Studios Dakar by Pape Armand Boye, this collection of folk instruments and flowing music pieces features West African rhythms, vocals and instruments such… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Afrolove (WAV)

By | June 19, 2021

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz mono / stereo Description: This package is a deep dive into the romantic side of Afrobeat, created by Ivory-based producer Fantastic with additional production ISS814. Designed for those who want to create calm tracks, these sounds are colored in RnB and pop styles. Immersing us… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Senegalese Reggae (WAV)

By | April 20, 2021

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: Created by Pape Armand Boye at La Boutique Studios in Dakar, this set brings together some of the best African reggae artists to showcase the genre’s Senegalese style. Processed by Roland Space Echos and others, this package comes close to the classic sounds… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Senegalese Dub (WAV)

By | February 1, 2021

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: Created by Pape Armand Boye at La Boutique Studios in Dakar, this set brings together some of the best African reggae and dub artists to showcase the genre’s Senegalese style. Processed with Roland Space Echos and other classic boxes, this package approximates the… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Dakar Trap with ISS814 (MIDI, WAV, SERUM)

By | November 10, 2020

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: MIDI, WAV, SERUM Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: This pack was born out of the Senegalese edition of Splice Sessions. Producer Iss 814 (née Ismaila Talla) used some of the source material from those sessions recorded in Dakar last April to create his own sound. The resulting package reinforces… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Senegalese Serum with Wagane Faye (MIDI, WAV, SERUM)

By | November 10, 2020

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: MIDI, WAV, SERUM Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: Wagane Faye, renowned keyboardist for many Dakar mbalax and Afrobeat bands, has joined us at Laboutique Studios Dakar to record a lot of MIDI mbalax, Afrobeat, dancehall, Afroswing and Afropop. Then we cut these MIDI performances into loops and made corresponding… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Senegal Afrobeat (WAV)

By | September 24, 2020

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: Recorded at Studio Laboutique in Dakar, some of West Africa’s finest musicians have come together to capture the Senegalese take on social life and the Afrobitan sounds of Nigeria. Inspired by iconic artists such as Fela Kuti and Ebo Taylor, this package also… Read More »

Splice Sessions – Dakar Street Percussion (WAV)

By | August 27, 2020

  Publisher: Splice Sessions Site: splice.com Format: WAV Quality: 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo Description: This edition of Sessions was recorded onsite in Dakar with producer and recording artist, Iss 814, to capture the sounds of nature and city life in Dakar. We recorded the sounds of city streets, street performers, found the sound percussion created by striking… Read More »