{"id":5606,"date":"2018-11-06T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T17:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2019-08-06T15:27:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T19:27:37","slug":"dez-andres-q-and-a-jay-dee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dez-andres-q-and-a-jay-dee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dez Andr\u00e9s on hearing his friend Jay Dee (aka J Dilla)&#8217;s beats for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sampling is a conversation between artists.<\/h1>\n<p>We\u2019ve brought that conversation to life with &#8220;Fantastic Loops,&#8221; the companion pack series to <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/the-fantastic-sounds-of-jay-dee-aka-j-dilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The Fantastic Sounds of Jay Dee aka J Dilla.&#8221;<\/a> We invited some of today\u2019s greats to take sounds from the pack and make them their own. A friend of Jay Dee (aka J Dilla) and a mainstay in the Detroit house music scene, legendary producer and drummer Dez Andr\u00e9s speaks to us about Jay Dee\u2019s unique musical style. Check out his companion pack <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/fantastic-loops-andres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about hearing the Jay Dee pack for the first time. What kinds of sounds did it inspire? Walk us through the process of creating this companion pack. What direction you went in, what formulating ideas for it was like &#8211; give us an insight on crafting this work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first time I heard the Jay Dee pack, I was pretty excited to hear those sounds in this medium. It inspired some gritty hip hop and soulful energy that\u2019s missing right now from the game. I kinda randomly grabbed some sounds and was like, \u201cokay, what can I add to this or what can I do with this melodically to add a soundscape that\u2019s missing right now,\u201d something Jay Dee was so big on, but with my own twist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Walk us through your personal history with Jay Dee\u2019s music. What was the first record of his that you remember hearing? In what ways did his work influence yours?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always been a fan knowing him personally, him and his stuff before the public heard it or knew who he was. It\u2019s interesting, you would know he was special when you heard it the first time, which was rare, the feeling of \u201cokay wow, this is something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first record I heard was the first Slum Village that the public hasn\u2019t heard, like \u201cGhost Town Till the Break of Day\u201d &#8211; so much early, early Slum stuff. 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