Good Vibrations

Signature presents, “Good Vibrations,” a release of original loops featuring jazz .

This pack highlights the inspirations of artists like the heavily sampled Roy Ayers and his influence from soulful funk-jazz and the acid jazz movement to neo soul that all came about with including such an interesting and iconic instrument–the vibraphone. Take advantage of having this studio session of loops in your possession adding vintage soulful sounds to your library that have been staples for boom bap and lo-fi hip hop alike, using the sounds of the vibes as a guiding and leading instrument. Lu offers a unique, intersectional perspective on modern jazz as a Taiwanese-born woman vibraphonist with a masters in classical music from Taipei National University of the Arts as well as in jazz from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has received critical acclaim for her music while also touring extensively in Europe, Asia and the US over the years. Stevens, known as “Uncle Don” in the Philadelphia music community, who has played a prominent part in the neo soul scene’s golden years being a part of the Grammy Award winning album by Jill Scott, “Who is Jill Scott,” and lacing the hit single “Long Walk,” with his playing. We of course also had our frequent collaborators Christopher Michael Stevens and Marcus Myers as well who were sure to write beautiful compositions that pay homage to Ayers, who at a time was the most sampled artist in hip hop. Whether you are making hip hop or any other style of music, no matter how you use these sounds we know they will bring “good vibes” to your next project!