Computer Music Magazine | 8 out of 10
45 varied construction kits and 262 individual audio files totaling an excellent 689 samples, make up this collection of reggae breaks, beats and loops. You'll find stacks of basslines, guitar riffs, breaks, keyboards, melody loops, drum hits and rhythmic loops, not to...
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Future Music | 7 out of 10
Reggae is a musical evergreen and, like a lot of music from the late sixties and seventies, it has aged well. It's influence on dance music is obviously, from the dubby bass in drum'n'bass to the Augustus Pablo-type noodlings of Gorillaz on their Clint Eastwood...
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Interface Magazine | Contents 9
Originality 8.5
Sound quality 8.5
Price/Performance 8.5
There are not many reggae sample cd's on the market, but the American firm Big Fish Audio made a change to that with this release. The basics of this CD is laid within 45 construction kits, which will give you beside the full mix every element of that mix without any...
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Keyboard Magazine | Pros: Full of authentic reggae flavor. Welcome balance of clean and lo-fi sound quality.
Cons: No isolated guitar skanks.
Bottom Line: An outstanding reggae toolkit.
I spent a couple years playing I a reggae band called Workmaster General and another year or so with the Equal Solution Band. I fell into reggae by accident, and it wasn't without resistance that I came to love its throbbing rhythms and the musical freedom offered by...
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Remix Magazine | 4.5 out of 5
Reggae sample CDs are fairly rare, but leave it to Big Fish Audio to produce a beauty. Dread: The Reggae Collection ($99) ships with two CDs containing essentially the same sounds in two formats (one audio and the other an "Acidized" WAV version that is precut into...
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