Vienna-based producer Sam Irl popped up on our radar a couple of years ago following stellar releases on Jazz & Milk, but honestly we should have been paying far closer attention as this guy has been making the best crunchy, MPC-driven jazz-infused House music dating right back to 2006. EP’s for S3A’s Sampling As An Art and collaborative projects with Patrick Pulsinger and Dusty have won him fans including Gilles Peterson (leading to a release on Brownswood), Mr Scruff and Session Victim amongst many others. His live sets have also seen him perform at the hallowed grounds of Panorama Bar and Sonar Festival. For his debut EP here on Freerange Sam has delivered four tracks which perfectly showcase his production skills and knowledge of what makes a dance floor tick, kicking off with title track Rain Technique. Quirky keys and a playful groove help build a warm and charming vibe, light and bouncy yet deep and driving enough to get your dance on to. Trust follows with loping, lopsided percussion forming the basis of the groove, sparse Rhodes pads punctuating the beat and adding just the right musical element to the mix without cluttering the beats or compromising the sense of space. Flipping over we have All That’s Left which sees Sam utilising his trusted TR606 for some lovely snappy snares and sizzling hihats. Chiming arpeggios join the repeating chord riff creating another simple yet uplifting and playful mood which can’t fail to get under your skin. Closing the EP we have a wonky, shuffling house track which once again shows Sam proving less is more, sampling his key elements into the MPC and jamming out the arrangement in a live and improvised way which brings a fresh, somewhat naive appeal to the production. More

OOOOOHHHHH yeah!!! Nearly 2 years without new and fresh stuff on S3A Records???? We had to come back to the kitchen right ??!! So, let’s do it!!! Here we have a new cook in the family : OUVRIJSTER!! He is a great artist from Amsterdam, with a brilliant taste!! Mix a little bit of Moodyman with a large dose of Alfabet (Tom Trago + Awanto 3), add a little Max Graef spiced hihats, and you have the recipe for this “Staying Sane EP” !A 6 tracks EP from samplebased house to hiphop. More

Music is feeling, music is meetings. In 2015, the S3A RECORDS 04 was released with collaborations of good friends of S3Amet in the world by the music (Tito Wun, Mannmademusic). This Sampler continue the story with tracks from people S3A met during gigs and travels in the past year: Sweely delivers here great speedy long jazz banger with a great voice sample as a theme. The Columbian Felipe Gordon gives a great stompy funk bass track! On the B side, The French G2S drops a beautiful house sample based “Graef like” song. For the last track need a little bit of story. In 2016 S3A released an EP called 3711 on SoundOfSpeed records in Japan. The track “Bush” taken from this EP has been remixed during a contest in early 2018. 42 Remixes were done and the winner has is remix edited here. Pnom Pen gives us here his 80’s electro version of the track adding great pads and a complete different rhythm and grooves! More

Since the very first release of Tommy’s Turbojazz project, we wanted to have him with us on the boast. This excellent Ep proves his great musical skills and we are thrilled to release this wide range music. Bangers with solos, Acoutstic deep house, hiphop interludes, regular hiphop house sampled song or even a smashing “emotional disco” track done in collab with S3A complete this EP. We would highly suggest you to dig (literally) this release for home listening or dancefloor play. More

Llorca known for the success of his first album on F Communication in 2001, returned in 2017 for his second album called The Garden on Must Have Jazz / Membran. This album was a great opportunity for S3A Records to work with him on the Remix EP of this second album. Cuthead, S3A, Souleance and Rim Laurens make here 4 great remixes in completely different styles. This EP goes from the stomping house of Cuthead to Rim Laurens’ breakbeat ambient, passing by S3A emotional disco/house track featuring Georg Levin (Sonar Kollektiv/BBE).
S3A Records is thrilled to present you Llorca’s The Garden Remix EP.

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Sampling as an art is a concept: Taking samples away from their origins forward something new, emotional or even Funny. “Le grand détrounement” was a movie made in the 90’s by great actors of French media “Canal+”. It took several 50>80’s movies with classical American actors, cutting them and redubbing to make a big funny story. S3A Records is delighted to welcome a new French artist, who wanted to make the same on his music with this project. S3A REC is very excited to present 6 tracks EP between minimal sampled house music and dirty hip hop! More

Music is love, music is passion and music is crossroads. In 2007, S3A was huge fan of an album called Byron & Onra "The Big Payback". When Byron and S3A met in mid-2015, the project of an EP came out instantly. The S3A RECORDS team is really thrilled to present this magical 7 Tracks EP mixing Deep Sample Based House Music, Hip Hop, an even general Electronical Music. This EP goes with a collaboration between S3A and Byron on the track “Nights in Tokyo”. Always looking forward house music and Hip Hop, Euphoria EP will be for sure one of the most important of 2016 house music. Clearly musical, Byron The Aquarius signs here a major EP by its size (7tracks) and its quality. The S3A Team is thrilled to release this jewel of what USA can do in electronic music. Deep, musical, Emotional, full of history… We can hear here some UR, 4Hero and great Nowadays Sample Based House Music background : The roots of the S3A RECORDS. This EP goes with a collaboration between S3A and Byron on the track “Nights in Tokyo” already playlisted by FunkinEven on his “Funkineven & Jay Daniel NTS Apron Show - 3rd Feb 2016”




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After Neue Grafik , the S3A Records team releases another great new blooded talent from Germany : Henry L ! The “Gemini” track, clearly for the MCDE lovers, is a smashing hit. It goes forward a sexy downtempo interlude: Dust it off. To finish the side, “Dice game” is a great deep house track done in collaboration with Matt Flores and contains live played “MK1 Rhodes, drums, percussions…” The B side comes with two great remixes from S3A and Cuthead of the A side tracks with a Henry L hiphop badass skit between! A great release from the S3A RECORDS team for sure!
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The 5th release of the S3A RECORDS is done by the label owner: S3A. Two musical and personal pumping tracks and a blasting hit on the full size for this great release. One step forward in the S3A vision, right between Raw sampling house, musicality and dancefloor music! Great release from the Sampling as an art records label owner: S3A. Two musical pumping tracks and a blasting hit on the full size for this tasteful record!! Right between Raw sampling house, musicality and dancefloor efficiency! A Must have !



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Great tracks and collabs of Tito Wun, Mannmademusic and S3A. Dedicated to the Moodymann and Herbie Hancock fans ! Raw and quality sound for these huge sample based house music songs. Music is feeling, music is meeting. This project is the result of crossroads between 3 great samplebased house music producers. Mannmademusic, Tito Wun (with Lorenzo Merluzzo) and S3A. One track of Mannmademusic, one track of Tito Wun and two Collas with the owner of Sampling As An Art label , S3A.

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This third release on S3A Records is massive!!! We have here one of the most talented artists nowadays: CUTHEAD. The Dresden based composer, after is last huge LP on Uncanny Valley shots this beautiful 6 tracks mini LP !! He Signs here multiple chapter songs from innovative sample based house to great hip hop interludes. S3A RECORDS is very pleased to welcome CUTHEAD in the family! Very inspired songs for both of your life places : Home & Dancefloor. A release your feet and ears won’t forget

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For the second release of S3A RECORDS, S3A chose the most talented Parisian New blooded artist nowadays: Neue Grafik ! He has Jazz, funk and hiphop roots and his house music sweats all of these influences. This ep goes from “great sample based house musi”c to “Saxophone played bridges” passing by delicious Piano interludes witch can demonstrate all breadth of his talent. A release made to last for years with a Classy delightful efficiency.

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This is the first release of the low awaited Sampling As An Art Label. Owned by Parisian house artist S3A, the four tracks of this ep are merging the 4 aims of the Concrete Parties resident: Dynamism, Musicality, Groove and Aliveness. After several years of active productions on labels as Phonogramme, Hold Youth, 4Lux, Concrete Music, Local Talk and Faces Records; S3A decided to make is own structure to promote his vision of music and produce the artists he loves. Let’s welcome this truly ethical Label!! “Looping Strings” and “Seekin’sunshine” are two feet stomping anthems, with massive sampled themes. “The First Year” and “The 4th” are more musical and emotional beautiful productions. This Ep is very personal and is released to last decades!

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