Back catalogue: Leftfield

Notes: The Buddha Machine is a little plastic box that plays music. Specifically, FM3 constructed nine drones, varying from two seconds to 42 seconds, which repeat endlessly in the listener’s ear until the 'track' is switched to the next drone (or the two AA batteries run out). The machine has its own built-in speaker, in case one would like to fill a room with the drones, but there is also a headphone jack for more personal meditative experiences. There’s a switch on the side that allows for traversal of the tracks, and a DC jack (though an adapter is not included) for those who would like the Buddha Machine experience be truly endless. In a way, it’s like the cheapest pre-loaded MP3 player you’ll ever be able to buy!

Notes: The Buddha Machine is a little plastic box that plays music. Specifically, the FM3 constructed 9 drones, varying from 2 seconds to 42 seconds, which repeats endlessly in the listener's ear until the track is switched to the next drone (or the 2 x AA batteries run out).

The machine has its own built-in speaker, in case one would like to fill a room with the drones, but there is also a headphone jack for more personal meditative experiences. There's a switch on the side that allows for traversal of the tracks, and a DC jack (though an adapter is not included) for those who would like the Buddha Machine experience be truly endless. In a way, it's like the cheapest pre-loaded MP3 player you'll ever be able to buy.

A small soundbox, an integrated speaker, a volume control, mini jack-out and a switch to choose between nine different loops

Notes: There are few voices in popular music like that of Dead Can Dance's Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard. Perry's is rich and earthy, whereas Gerrard's multi-octave instrument is, at times, downright unearthly. Toward the Within, the audiovisual version of a 1993 concert at Santa Monica's Mayfair Theatre, chosen, no doubt, for its excellent acoustics, is a fine showcase for their unique talents.

Joined by five musicians on keyboards, strings and percussion, Mark Magidson (Baraka) has filmed the proceedings in a straightforward manner, but the music is intricate and exotic enough that no special effects or fancy camera moves are necessary. The songs, which incorporate pop, folk, and world-music influences, are interspersed with interview clips, turning the release into a hybrid between a concert video and a documentary. Highlights include the hypnotic Rakim and soaring American Dreaming.

Notes: These pair of slipmats with limited Minimal Wave design are perfect to accompany the industry standard turntables.

Notes: 'Downbeat & Leftfield' is the type of sample CD that you open at Dusk and don't put down until dawn! This superb and completely original CD is packed with sampling inspiration for contemporary producers looking to mix up hip hop style samples with electronica, sub basses, acid and electro influences, sub bass, breaks, chilled out musical loops and urban flavours in a new way. From fresh hip hop beats (live and programmed), industrial drum FX, side sticked grooves and distorted percussion to live played saxophone samples, tabla loops, percussion and guitar, 'Downbeat and Leftfield' from Loopmasters takes you on a journey of inspiration between the mellow lounged out after club vibe, through atmospheric rhodes, piano and B3 grooves to the darker side of sonic experimentation with 303 esque basses, vocoded loops and rich pads, scratches and cone blowing subs. If you move from Zero-7, K&D, Royksöpp, Lemon Jelly and Fila Brazilia over to Leftfield, Good Looking, Ninja Cuts and Grand Central in a single sitting then this CD will be your personal assistant! Featuring over 1,000 downbeat and leftfield samples, 275 Rex2 Loops, 700 Wav files, 21 Drum Kits, Halion, Kontakt, EXS24, NNXt patches, Drumloops, Saxes, Flute samples, Pads, Keys, Guitar and Sound Fx in Wav/Rex2 and Reason formats, for both Macintosh and PC computers check it out today!

Notes: What do you get when you cross Ian Boddy, veteran sound designer with one of the world's biggest analogue synth collections? Transmission-X....

Transmission-X - a journey to the outer reaches of sonic possibility, using the finest vintage analogue synths, the warmest signal processors, the dirtiest distortions and the largest arsenal of audio toys yet assembled. With samples and loops grouped at 100bpm, 125bpm and 140bpm, this collection will serve not just musicians and producers across various genres, but the sounds also slot neatly into film scores, foley edits, post production and much more. With Transmission-X the possibilties are truly limitless.