As a follow-up to Streetsweeper: Southern Drill, producer Ray Luminais (Lil Wayne, Boosie, Ambre) pulled inspiration from artists like Fivio Foreign, Central Cee, and Pop Smoke to serve up dark, grimy melodies paired with a mix of classic and fusion drill drum patterns to create this pack. Splice Originals: Savage is a deeper exploration of Ray's love of hip hop and trap.

After taking us on a sonic journey through West Africa with the Splice Sessions label, producer Ismaila Talla - aka Iss 814 - shares his first Splice Originals contribution: Afro Dimensions. While demonstrating his signature Senegalese Afrobeats sound and adding vocals from female Dakar-based vocalist, Waaw Coumba, he infused Afro-Cuban influence by enlisting help from Rene Shalom, the guitarist from the famous West African Afro Cuban band, Orchestra Baobab.

Afro Dimensions is the result of ISS 814's long journey of musical research in Senegal. He pulled from a diverse pool of inspiration, allowing the producer - you - to use these sounds in different and unimagined ways. Enter into a new Afrobeats dimension with this new pack.

In Splice Sessions: Senegal Origins, producer Pape Armand Boye and a group of West Africa’s top musicians further explore the earliest African music. Learn the sounds of the balafon, a type of xylophone closely associated with the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa. Get familiar with the kora, an ancient ancestor of the banjo. Make dance music with the help of bikutsi rhythms from Cameroon. Fuse the sacred stylings of mbalax into your next heater. With this pack, we intended to honor the origins of African music while providing you with the depth and vitality passed down in African culture for generations.