Sample a Drummer-Producer Who Gets Compared to Roy Ayers, Count Basie & the Native Tongues

Drummer-producer Pat van Dyke has a knack for all things analog. Whether he's producing his 'Dusty Breaks' drum packs or all-new compositions on the Fender Rhodes, his sound is always clearly informed by golden-era hip-hop while moving with ease between 70s funk, warm soul, and jazz-influenced brass licks.

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September 6, 2024

"Van Dyke doesn't make beats, exactly. But he does favor repetitive, mid-tempo jazz that often resembles the Native Tongues beats of the 1990s."

—Pitchfork ('Hello, Summer' Review: 7.2/10)

"The album comes to feel something like Count Basie directing a big band dedicated to lost Roy Ayers compositions; it is highly, almost restrictively controlled, but nonetheless dedicated to the funk."

—Pitchfork