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Identifying Barber Beats Samples, Vol. 4: slowerpace 音楽 – Barbershop Simulator™ Identifying Barber Beats Samples, Vol. 4: slowerpace 音楽 – Barbershop Simulator™
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Vol. 1: Monodrone – Forbidden Fruit | Vol. 2: Oblique Occasions – Anathema | Vol. 3: modest by default – Permaculture (组织胜过时间)

This is the fourth post in my series cataloguing the samples used in popular Barber Beats albums. This week, I’m covering Barbershop Simulator™ by slowerpace 音楽. This is one of the genre’s heavy hitters, with over 1.1 million views on YouTube. When it comes to identifying samples, slowerpace includes the following information on the album’s Bandcamp page:

CREDITS FOR ➤➤ SOUND FOR PRODUCTION — TAYLA — MAN IN A ROOM — INGO HERRMANN — TIMEWARP INC — TOSCA — DOWN TO THE BONE — AUDIO LOTION — ADANI & WOLF — MOODORAMA — FRANCESCO DEMEGNI

The first thing that you might notice is that, on an album with 13 tracks, only 11 artists are credited here. I initially thought that this must mean that some of the artists are sampled multiple times, but it turns out that two of the sampled artists have just inexplicably been left off the list. Here is the complete list of samples used:

TRACK 1: press start /// Sound For Production – Aurore Scope (feat. Antoine Binant & Julien Ranouil)

TRACK 2: haircut experts (cutscene) /// Tayla – Stargazing

TRACK 3: a new day /// Man in a Room – L’entre-jeux

TRACK 4: working hard /// Timewarp Inc. – Wanadu

TRACK 5: staff meeting /// Lounge Groove Avenue (Ingo Herrmann) – Late in the Night

TRACK 6: enough for today /// Tosca – Busenfreund

TRACK 7: coming home /// Sven Van Hees – Sophiesticated Lady

TRACK 8: reputation level up + /// Down To The Bone – The Zodiac

TRACK 9: decisive request /// Audio Lotion – Speedboats

TRACK 10: the last challenge /// Adani & Wolf – The Sign and the Seal

TRACK 11: special client /// Moodorama – Beatzekatze

TRACK 12: vacation mode on /// Dancing Fantasy – Funky Beach Shack

TRACK 13: final credits /// Francesco Demegni – A New Love (Original Mix)

Next up in the series is Macroblank. As always, let me know if you have any suggestions for albums going forward. This week, as a bit of supplemental listening, I've prepared a playlist on YouTube with all the original samples so that you can listen to them all in one place.