Though equally or sometimes better than the previous volumes, the two that came after have been plagued with baggage and claims of plagiarism, but I digress.Įach one of the three volumes of Sounds of KSHMR has some of the best drum samples, regardless of the more creative drum one-shots acting as time capsules into the respective years each was made, Sounds of KSHMR Vol. KSHMR’s first flat-credit Splice-exclusive, Sounds of KSHMR, was a game-changer and showed the super-producer turned EDM heavy-hitter into a sound design darling. Though the Cataracs’ made major waves with hits for Snoop Dogg (for Prince Harry), 50 Cent, the New Boyz, Enrique Iglesias, and of course Dev, the groups split in 2012 pushed Niles into a hit record with Selena Gomez, and a rebrand into KSHMR.Īs KSHMR, Niles ghost-produced for some of the biggest DJs in the world and soon became a force to be reckoned in his own right. While in the Catarac’s Niles broke through as a producer and songwriter by helming Far East Movement’s breakthrough hit Like a G6, which included a hook interpolation of Dev’s Booty Bounce, which he also produced and wrote. Though KSHMR, real name Niles Hollowell-Dhar, has recently spun off his work with Splice to create the newly minted Dharma Studio, at one point of his career, Niles was o ne-half of the most coveted new pop producers in the world as a part of the hybrid hyphy-pop duo, the Cataracs. With some many volumes of Drums that Knock to choose from, a personal and fan favorite is volume 3. With a dramatic amount of crossover appeal, DECAP’s Drums that Knock series have physically crossed over from the digital to the physical with a custom installment for Akai’s MPC Touch, X and Live series’ and also debuted in Serato’s fledgling DAW Serato Studio. Released in 2016, the very first volume of Drums that Knock came out after years of DECAP building an immense YouTube following showing his expertise as a sonic mastermind, and in the 4 years and 8 volumes that have followed in the Drums that Knock series, his sounds have appeared in hits from Jay-Z, Logic, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Lauv, Diplo and Camilla Cabello. It’s not just the quality of Decap’s drum samples, it’s his sonic perspective as a sound designer, and a big part of his self-named “Future Knock” production style, which is also the namesake of his label which he releases his own work under. Mass-native, New Yorker turned San Franciscan Decap has a truly interesting ear, his drums have always hit a bit differently, and a lot better than any of the competitors in his field. When it comes to some of the best modern drum samples, there is really only one name sound designer that comes to mind, and that’s Decap.
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