Live Hip Hop Drums

Live Hip Hop Drums is a collection of down-tempo grooves between 80 and 100 BPM performed live on drum set and percussion by Charles Van Kirk. The grooves are inspired by Motown’s influence on hip hop and were recorded with a combination of Coles ribbon microphones, Telefunken tube microphones and class A preamps. Each sound is presented with two different versions of processing: one clean and one "crunchy" to mimic a vintage lo-fi sound. Notably, each loop has a corresponding layer of auxiliary percussion composed of shakers, tambourines and drum rims that can be mixed in separately to add texture and motion.