Besides listening to that beautiful music, library music if often a nice sample resource for Beatmakers... so, did I... and here we are back with a new release on showup records:

BOB FLAPS - On The Move [showup records – showup 10lp]

Producer, record collector, rare groove compiler, mastering engineer, drum breaks archivist and avid beat builder. All of this applies to Bob Flaps!

"On the Move" is a continuous, atmospheric instrumental album, packed with organic grooves and samples, warm spacey sounds, which merge mosaic-like and seamlessly into each other.

Flaps' signature drum grooves and sounds are unmistakably, originating from his own collection of well over 5000 drum loops!
All the beats sound deep, dope and are lovingly arranged down to the smallest detail and provide for continuous head nodding...

"On the Move" is full of soundtrack & jazz melancholy, paired with a fresh breeze of Golden-Era-HipHop, spiced with the finest herbs of all music genres.
Bob Flaps takes us on a journey into the endless expanses of his Groove-galaxy and we glide and slide to an undiscovered planet that seems mystical, but is full of beauty and surprise! Newfangled phenomena like autotune or trapbeats are not part of this sound tapestry, which is woven consequently, providing us over 30 minutes with tension and drama!

Have a listen here:

If you like what you hear, order the album here:

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Discogs

V/A: COSMIC FUTURE GROOVE VOl. 2 -
Spaced Out Disco & Funkified Electronic Themes [1973-1983]

On this current volume you get 17 more spacey grooves (the CD contains 18 tracks) originating from diverse library labels from Germany, France, the UK and the USA. ‘Unreleased’ means that none of these tracks have been commercially available to the public but only on library LPs, pressed in limited quantities for the sample purposes of production houses for use in backgrounds of radio, television, film and advertising.

The foundation of all the tracks compiled on this album, are warm analogue synthesizer sounds illustrating the endlessness of space. Futuristic at the time they were recorded, still sounding up-to-date, these groovy tunes make a perfect crossover between funk, disco and electronic music! With the 80ies retro wave, some cosmic future grooves, may find a new platform in contemporary hip electronic clubs… These banging drums and killer grooves will make you dance, dance, dance!

In the mastering process of this album, I laid the focus on giving the tracks enough air and dynamic range. I didn’t want this album to sound like the usual productions nowadays where everything is compressed and limited to death… I spent hours on bringing the sound to perfection! 14 out of 18 tracks have been ripped from my own vinyl copies as they didn’t exist in the digital world before. I hope you appreciate all the blood, sweat and tears I put into the production of this album!

The LP comes in a limited edition in beautiful BLUE VINYL!!! The LP contains also an inlay, where all the original library cover artworks are shown and indicate where the compiled songs have been taken from and provide each tune with its original title description. Enjoy!
The full tracklist and more specific infos you find HERE


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Side B:

V/A: Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 3
Roaring Rare Grooves, Action & Detective Breaks 1972-1983
(show up records, 2011)

Oops, I did it again… Here we are with ‘Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 3’! In 2008 I started the series with big funk scores from the British Themes International Music Library repertoire only. The follower featured various British music libraries such as KPM, Music De Wolfe, Bruton or Josef Weinberger. On Volume 3 the focus turned to a more global view on library music and presents 20 (vinyl: 18) previously unreleased pearls originating from Germany, France, UK and the USA. Available on CD + LP.

The library gems from this album originate from the following library labels: Conroy, Golden Ring Records, Hudson Music, KPM Music, Music De Wolfe, Omnimusic, Patchwork, Peer International Library, Robert Hall Productions, Selected Sound, Studio One and UBM Record.

Both CD and LP include infos on all original library albums these songs were taken from plus the original cover artworks.

Soundclip A:

Soundclip B:

 V/A: Cosmic Future Groove Vol. 1
Spaced Out Disco & Funkified Electronic Themes 1975-1987 (CD/LP)
- 16 Unreleased Library Gems -

LP Tracklist + additional info /  CD Tracklist

Side A

Side B

  
V/A: Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 2
Thrilling Rare Grooves from UK's Leading Music Libraries 1970-1980 (CD/LP)

LP Tracklist + additional info /  CD Tracklist + additional info

  

V/A: Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 1
British Rare Grooves from the THEMES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC Library 1973-1976 (DigiPak CD/2LP)

LP Tracklist + additional info / CD Tracklist + additional info