DerekDiaz aka The44thfloor is a producer, engineer & sound designer from Manteca, California. He has worked with acts such as BurnaBoy, Tory Lanez, Raekwon, Smokepurpp, Trippie Redd and many more. His volume one on Kingsway is his first ever sample pack, and showcases his diversity as a instrumentalist, composer and producer.
Matt MacNeil has various musical identities - a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, the Toronto-based MacNeil has been a figure both as a solo artist, and bandmate to Kingsway alum Matthew Tavares with their indie-rock project Homer. With his vast array of skills MacNeil deftly explores new musical territory with these selections - using his abilities with guitars, bass and keys to lay down raw and captivating melodies, and digging into the effects and textures to ensure every musical idea is solidly presented and executed. Tempos run from 80bpm to 120bpm with a range of vibes from grim and raw to bright and vibrant there’s plenty here to explore on his first volume for the Kingsway Music Library.
WahWah James is a multi instrumentalist musician and producer from Toronto. On his first volume he explores a range of styles pulling from Cuban music, Country, Surf, and Electronic. Each of the 15 tracks is crafted in a way that contorts these different styles into a fresh modern context sure to inspire the imagination. James uses many different instruments in his music including the Pedal Steel, Tres Cubano, Acoustic/Electric Guitars, Yamaha CS30, and the Prophet 6. Each sample contains clear song ideas and structures for producers and artists to live within while still allowing enough space to explore their creativity.
ABOUT THE KINGSWAY MUSIC LIBRARY
The Kingsway Music Library is a boutique sample library created and curated by Grammy-Award winning producer Frank Dukes. Initially a place for Dukes to release volumes of his own compositions that were then sampled by many producers and artists on their own tracks, it grew to include compositions and releases from many young up and coming producers such as CVRE, FORTHENIGHT, Mino, Louis Bell, Wallis Lane, Allen Ritter and others.
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