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Drums Of Joy Volume 1

by Dr Rubberfunk

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Yeah - 98BPM 01:23

about

20 years ago, following the release of my debut Dr Rubberfunk single 'Harry The Guitar', I spent a few days back at my folks place with my long time friend & musical cohort 'Slim' Jim Oliver and an 8 Track reel to reel tape machine, recording drums in my childhood bedroom.
Some of the results made it into Dr Rubberfunk songs over the next few years, and some of the ideas went on to develop into the mythical 'Super Guder Breaks' series by Mr Guder, but several reels of drums stayed on the shelf - until now!

We tracked these through an outboard compressor and a guitar multi-fx unit, with Jim live tweaking the effects, compression and mic levels (we only used 3 mics), and I reacted to what I was hearing in my headphones whilst playing - changing tempo to match delays, changing dynamics to match the changing sound of the drums as we hit the tape hard.
Something of a voyage of discovery, we were loving overdriving the tape, so there's quite a bit of that, plus the occasional delay, phasing and flanging flying in and out for good measure.

I've re-edited the only mix down we did back at the time and selected 1, 2, 4 & 8 bar breaks, patterns, phrases and fills to extend into stand alone drum tracks.
The 25+ original breaks presented here are ideal for DJs, producers and songwriters alike - use them as they are, or chop, slice and re-program to suit your needs - you won't find another collection that sounds like them, that's for sure.

These are royalty free, if you use them, please credit the release, if you press a record or a tape or something, maybe send me copy, that would be cool. And obviously I'm sure you'll come correct if you drop these beats on something that ends up on next year's John Lewis Christmas TV advert, right?

If you like what you hear, but these aren't quite right for your song or project, get in touch, and we can talk rates and availability for all your drum recording and production requirements.

Stay in the channel for Volume Two as I uncover more lost drum takes from the last 2 decades!

credits

released December 3, 2021

Drums, editing, mixing - Simon Ward
Recording, mixing and effects - Jim Oliver

Produced by Dr Rubberfunk for Funkydown Productions

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Dr Rubberfunk UK

Simon Ward began DJing in his Dr Rubberfunk guise in 1992, releasing his debut 12” in 2001. He has since produced 4 artist albums; ‘The First Cut’, ‘My Life At 33’, ‘Hot Stone’ & most recently 'My Life At 45, alongside remixing & producing numerous artists, including Izo FitzRoy's debut LP 'Skyline'.
He's DJ'd from NYC to Moscow, and appeared at Glastonbury, Bestival & The Big Chill.
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