Zenhiser

Didge – Didgeridoo

£33

There aren’t nearly enough didgeridoo packs out there. But, hold on to your oversized hat: that stops today. The super classy crew at the Zen HQ have come back off their gap year, and laid down some sweet parps from the didge – and the results are corking.

The throaty burbling coaxed from this traditional instrument is notoriously difficult to recreate, digitally. So, this collection is a godsend for any producers wanting to add its distinct, deep and hypnotic energy to their tracks.

The playing runs through all the styles and phrasing you’d ever need, leaving you with the fun task of setting it to some throbbing club beats. G’day, indeed.

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9/10

Mode Audio

Dispersion

£18

More swirling, mood-enhancing soundscapes to fog up your moody electronica. The nebulous noises in this beefy, but budget pack, are real pea soupers – thick and funky, with flanks of them dark and dense and others, bright and ethereal. The music comes from a fair collection of dangerous drones, pungent pads, silken strings, and billowing bass rumbles, built from the ground up to melt and mutate before your very ears. The findings are packaged neatly next to some MIDI files, and a more than decent stock of complementary drum samples, too.