Umeå, Sweden, September 20, 2016 –
Today, Toontrack announced the release of the Dream Pop EZX, a drum library expansion for EZdrummer 2 combining acoustic drums and classic machines with creative percussion elements, all honed and shaped with cutting-edge sound design to never-before-heard drum kit hybrids, tailored for modern music-making. Helmed by the creative duo of Addeboy vs. Cliff, the Dream Pop EZX was produced in collaboration with Toontrack’s Mattias Eklund. Addeboy vs. Cliff has collectively produced, written and recorded with acts like Say Lou Lou, Adam Tensta and Roxette. Mattias is the founder of Toontrack and has a long history of audio engineering, mixing and sound design.
“To design this library from the ground up, without any rules or restraints, has been one of the most creative processess I’ve ever been part of. Each kit has literally been like writing a song, from start to finish. To me, this product is just as much about music as it is about drums”, said Mattias Eklund.
About the Dream Pop EZX
The Dream Pop EZX presents a truly unique fusion of organic and electronic percussion that bridges the gap between nature and technology. A sonic panorama where wood meets metal, man battles machine and complex textures of modular synthesis clash with the crude, unfiltered tone of nature. This is the perfect canvas for ethereal soundscapes and contemporary music where you let your own creativity be the primary architect.
All in all, the Dream Pop EZX comes with 29 preset kits made up by a total of close to 250 individual percussive sounds. In addition to traditional acoustic drums and classic drum machine sounds, you’ll find completely new hybrids and textured percussive foley sampled from a rich variety of elements. Get creative renditions of stomps, claps, snares and kicks – but also, a set of chromatic pad-like sounds as well as a collection of ever-changing filter loops made in a modular system.
The Dream Pop EZX is the culmination of when cutting-edge sound design comes to a head with convention and creates something entirely new. Start making the beats of your wildest dreams. Literally.
FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
• Produced by Addeboy vs. Cliff (Say Lou Lou, Roxette) and Mattias Eklund (Toontrack)
• Acoustic, electronic and hybrid sounds
• Percussive foley sampled from a rich variety of elements
• Close to 250 instruments in total
• 29 preset kits
• A selection of MIDI grooves included
Find more information, audio demos and videos here:
http://www.toontrack.com/product/dream-pop-ezx/
