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curate a playlist of patterns. share the URL with a producer, save it locally, or render each one through nick's gear.

01
parliament · flash light bass110 bpm
p-funk · Parliament · 1977
moog-only bass pattern walking root-5-b7-root in Bb minor — bernie worrell's expressive monosynth phrasing. add drive to taste.
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02
808 · planet rock electro116 bpm
electro / electro-funk · Afrika Bambaataa + Soulsonic Force · 1982
Afrika Bambaataa's 1982 template — syncopated 808 kick (1, 1.75, 2.5, 3.5), clap on 2/4, cowbell on every 16th-note offbeat, closed hat on 8ths. The track that invented electro by stacking Kraftwerk over a TR-808. Drive on for punch.
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03
TR-606 · Sheffield industrial130 bpm
industrial / post-punk electronic · Cabaret Voltaire · 1983
Cabaret Voltaire 1983 template — TR-606 drums alone at 130bpm. Driving kicks on EVERY beat (mechanical four-on-the-floor, no swing), tight snares on 2/4, metallic hat on 8ths, cymbal washes on the 1 of every 2 bars. Drive + delay on for the proto-industrial Sheffield warehouse sound.
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04
frankie knuckles · warehouse floor122 bpm
chicago house · Frankie Knuckles + Jamie Principle · 1986
the foundation — chicago 4×4 909 only, no bass, no chords. learn to sit the kick at 122 first. plate on for the room.
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