Future Chill
Future Chill: Mellow chilled electronica loop collection (ACID / REX2).
Publisher – Equinox Sounds
Contact – contact@equinoxsounds.com
Web – www.equinoxsounds.com
Anybody seeking audio loops these days doesn’t have to look far. A quick google around the Web will yield a plethora of companies offering expensive loop libraries in every conceivable genre of electronic music. Even corporate giants like Sony are grabbing a slice of the market. Search for longer, though, and you’ll eventually unearth smaller companies like Equinox Sounds, from Barcelona. With their own studio and a team of freelance producers, they’re out to prove that small can be not only beautiful but original as well.
Their latest offering, Future Chill, is a well-conceived assemblage of loops and phrases for use with chilled electronica tracks. The overall focus is on melody and, to that end, a selection of melody files are included. Although very uplifting and distinctly European in flavour a more apt description might have been arpeggios and chord sequences, rather than melodies. Nevertheless, we liked them a lot and would certainly recommend them as ideal kick-starters for this kind of music.
Three further elements include Ambient Sequences (a collection of short pulsating synth textures), Synth lines (111 widely varied lines and arpeggios, some of which can be used as bass lines) and Drum Loops (9 folders of artistically programmed drum loops at tempos ranging between 80 and 120 bpm).
Presented in ACID and Rex2 formats, this is a quality library, well programmed and imaginatively produced, without resorting to gimmicks. Buy with confidence because it’s all good stuff and good value for money. Let’s hear it for the little guys.
Verdict – A very professional loop library for chilled electronica music producers at an affordable price – recommended.
