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RaveGame £20

Misleading title alert, as Rave Game is in fact a straight-up 128bpm techno sample/MIDI/VPS Avenger preset library. 20 eight-bar drum loops come in four increasingly built-up versions, full and stemmed, and set the dark, driving mood of the whole thing. 30 16th-note analogue basslines come with sidechained variations; 60 synth loops, 25 acid TB-303 lines and 11 vocals get dry and FX-processed variants; a ton of superb one-shot drums and FX go straight in the bank; and eight release-quality construction kits provide instant inspiration. Unmissable. loopmasters.com

10/100

Ben Aylon

One Man Tribe $26 or subscription

Percussionist Ben Aylon serves 100 loops and one-shots performed primarily on a variety of African drums, but also incorporating a few Indian instruments, most

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