Drum Cover: Jungle Bros.: “The Promo”

This, Stezo’s “It’s My Turn” (which I also covered), half of Ultra’s Critical Beatdown album and Large Pro remix of “It’s A Boy” are all examples of how mixing console/sampler quirks and effects totally altered commonly sampled drums to the point of them becoming their own unique thing. Just Blaze had me replay this groove for him this summer, but I didn’t really try to dial it till now. “Smokin’ Cheeba Cheeba” is a common breakbeat but the vibe of the equipment used and the delays at the end of the song always made it feel like something new. Love playing the JB’s ending with the wild delays but damn that drum sound took a lot of trial and error to dial! I got as close as I could with my set up but I had to play the more drastic delay parts on the set. I added the AWB horn and some vocal snippets from “The Promo” (pitch shifted so I don’t get flagged). One of my favorite drum-related moments on a sample-based record!