Instead of presenting boring multi‑sample sets, this release featured sounds carefully culled from a massive and well‑researched record collection, lovingly assembled over a period of years. Compared with the competition - Masterbits Old Gold Synth tone collections and the like - it was dynamite. Maybe this doesn't stand out from the crowd so much any more, but when it was released five years ago it blew my tiny mind. If you can still find one for sale anywhere, snap it up immediately - you won't regret it! Paul Farrer Coldcut's Kleptomania An extremely versatile release suitable for techno, soundtrack, relaxation or just plain weird music that is a glowing testament to Ian's love of all things analogue and his attention to detail in effects processing. Despite quite a few similar products having been released since, Ambient continues to hold its own, and even after all this time the pads and textures still sound as fresh and exciting as they did when it first came out. Ian Boddy is one of sampling's true innovators and this release (one of Time & Space's earliest) set the standard for others to follow. PAUL WHITE, PAUL FARRER & WILF SMARTIES plunder the Sample Shop archives for sampling treasure. We asked our regular sample CD reviewers to tell us which CD gems they'd like to be stranded with on a desert island (with mains power and a sampler, naturally).
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