Sp3cul8

Old school sample lover. My first sampler was a scsi unit plugged into the back of an Amiga in the 1980s. Refugee of the infamous Melbourne rave scene of the 90s.
When I used to DJ back in the olden times I went by DJ SP3CUL8 but when I played live with my hardware machines I used the monkier "Proximity Efkt". Retired from playing in clubs now (old fart that I am) but still making tunes and using my hardware to make samples for all the young ones out there. When I started out finding samples was so hard, but with Looperman I can help others and that makes me happy to be able to give back. It's been wondeful to hear the tracks people have made with my samples too!

Decks
Keyboard (badly but getting better)

Reason
Ableton Live
Audacity
Reaper
Koala Sampler
Traktor Pro

Roland MC-505
Yamaha V50
Behringer Edge
Roland SP-606
Roland JX-08
Behringer TD-3
Behringer RD-9
CasioTone
Yamaha RY30
Roland Juno-D
Various FX Pedals
Xenyx X2222 mixer
Zoom H2
Boss DS-1
Stanton decks

Been crate digging in the dust - looking for old vox especially. Poetry records and storybooks are great for the kind of music I make.

Easy E - Easy Duz It.
Spiderbait - Songs in the key of J.
Prodigy - Music for the jilted generation.
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
RUN DMC - Tougher than Leather
Avalanches - Since I Left You
Beatles - Sgt Peppers
The Doors - The Doors
Dave Clarke - Archive One
Carl Cox - F.A.C.T

Anyone who uses samples, from the Avalanches to the Prodigy through to Chris Liebing and Mallgrab. I'm not fussy or elitist at all - and I really do listen to everything. I like all electronic dance music but I'd have to say that I'm mostly influenced by 90s techno and trance for the sounds I put out.

I make techy-trance and trancey-techno, heavily influenced by the golden age of rave. I never did stick to one style when I was DJing and my music output reflects that ethos. I like to play sets that start out techno and evolve into epic trance by the end - my tracks tend to fit in somewhere in the middle...

I have a Soundcloud if you wanna hear more of my stuff both old and new.
https://soundcloud.com/sp3cul8

Do other things

I must say that it has been nice to gain several professional sample making contracts though this website. Thanks Looperman!

If you want to make samples professionally, upload as much as you can to Looperman as it is fantastic exposure...