SONG ID: samples/loops the beginning of Nick Drake's "Fruit Tree"(?) over a downtempo breakbeat

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I heard it on a mix CD early on in the New Year's Eve party I was at.. I jumped up and screamed "Hey, NICK DRAKE!" and all the techno dudes in the living room looked at me weird.

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 06:47 (twenty years ago)

is that the bowery electric thing? or is that something else?

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 08:27 (twenty years ago)

There's a Greg Davis track called "nicholas" that samples and loops the beginning of "Introduction" from Bryter Later. There's a downtempo loop, then later it goes double-time glitched-up jungle, then slows down again.
It's beautiful. It's also Greg's least-favourite released track, but hey, I love it.

This could be your thang, but then again it could be something else. Depends how um... experimental... this track was.

― Peter Hollo (raven), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 08:47 (twenty years ago)

Sampling Nick Drake for any purpose is a crime punishable by being eaten alive by vultures on the hottest day of the year.

― Bimble..., Tuesday, 4 January 2005 08:58 (twenty years ago)

Peter, that *might* be it.. the loop was just guitar, and I clearly remember the guitar part doing a triplet or at least going off the beat a little, which is why I thought it was "Fruit Tree" and not "Introduction", although the latter makes sense... I don't remember the track going into any crazy jungle beats though, but maybe the mix CD cut out of it early.

Maybe stence is right.. Bowery Electric sampled Drake? Maybe it's them.

Bimble, why is sampling Nick Drake wrong?

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 09:06 (twenty years ago)

I can't remember what the name of the song was, or what album it was on, but I'm pretty sure bowery electric did sample nd (maybe on their second album?). I wasn't a fan of theirs, and hearing such an obvious, long sample sorta made me not want to hear any more.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 09:09 (twenty years ago)

I sold my copy of Beat a long time ago, so I wish I could check. :/

Bimble, apologies. Maybe you were just waxin' Alex in NYC style.. and didn't really mean that.

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

The Bowery Electric song that samples ND 'Introduction' is 'Freedom Fighter'. It's on the _Lushlife_ album, and there was also a CD single with a few different mixes.

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)

I thought I heard a Drake sample on an RJD2 track a wile back - can anyone confirm?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

since you said it's guitar, can't be the one I'm thinking of, but for a very Nick Drake downtempo vibe check Wagon Christ - "Floot"

― Paul (scifisoul), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

märz's "introductory" (the first track on love streams) samples some nick drake song, i think something off of bryter layter, there's german talking over the top of it. maybe some of the other songs on that record also sample nick drake?

― locus solus, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

this probably doesn't narrow it down too much, but the Drake loop is bare for a good bit of the song, it's certainly guitar only (no strings, vocals, anything else), then the break behind it kicks in... does that help?

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

i bet it's greg davis' "nicholas".

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

but the strings come in later.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

eight years pass...

what is what with Nick Drake being mixed into New Years Eve mixes?

just heard "cello song" (at least the part with violin and tablas) sewn into a "downtempo lounge" mix...

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 06:25 (eleven years ago)

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