Latte Chill Music

Category: Single

Individual Moments of Calm: The Lofi Singles Collection

Sometimes, all you need is a single track to shift the energy of a room. My Lofi Singles category features the newest standalone releases from the Latte Chill project. Each track is a bite-sized exploration of analog soul. It is ranging from dusty boom-bap rhythms to ethereal ambient textures. Whether you’re looking for a quick focus boost or a melodic backdrop for your morning coffee, these individual beats are crafted to stand alone while fitting perfectly into your daily rotation.

Scroll to soothe your mind. Enjoy Latte Chill beats, your daily lofi and chillhop companion.

  • Free music samples – where to find them?

    free music samples

    Free music samples are essential if you are into lo-fi and chill beat making. Generally we visualise old vinyls being recorded and chopped up for your next dope song. But it is not that simple.

    Mind royalty and copyright

    To begin with, if you wish to live off and share your beats on Spotify, Apple Music and other stream platforms, most likely you will not sample vinyls. The reason is quite simple – that vinyl is an artistic product of a fellow musician. Simply using it as a sample without the artists’ consent is stealing. Some on the other hand is doing so, after all if you chop it well, YouTube ID might not notice it. Oh well.. Let me share you different (and more legal) aspects in this article so you can make sure, that your lo-fi beat is 100% legal.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL0JocrISKI

    Free music samples #1 – Music Radar

    Music Radar is a great place offering up to date news with regards to music, instruments and much more. As a side project they are featuring free samples in tens of genres since ages. Personally I wish to put them as number one source as they are perfect for starters. You can find easy to use samples either you are to produce your first beat with DAW, smartphone app or physical sampler.

    Click here to get 75k+ free samples

    Pro:
    – easy to overview/search
    – clear description on legal part for every sample
    – huge database

    Con:
    – Might find the barrel after a while in terms of quality (depending on your genre)
    – No way to set up an e-mail alert on new samples, have to check the page regularly

    Free music samples #2 – Bedroom Producers Blog

    Clearly the most well-known blog for home music producers. Though I have to say, recently more and more beat makers to go out for more inspiration. Regardless, I believe this blog is kind of a must follow page. They have tons of interesting articles (maybe too much, depending on how much time you have). But perfect if you are into DAWs and sample collecting. You can read about great VSTs, check the free/lite versions. And occasionally find some free music samples. Again it is also genre-less. But well, let us be honest: lo-fi is a small genre and we can implement other genres (hip-hop, jazz, lounge) into our beats easily. So worth following!

    Pro:
    – Many articles, regular updates
    – Free samples almost every week
    – With RSS you can track new posts easier (plus mail subscription is also available)

    Con:
    – Linking to other pages – have to be careful with copyright / check details
    – Many articles – maybe too much time to time

    Free music samples #3 – Upstream Squad

    Update 2023 – this site is not working anymore 🙁

    I found them recently. Upstream Squad is a great growing page offering large variety of VSTs and free music samples. What made them different from Bedroom Producers Blog that they had a great weekly update newsletter introduced maybe even earlier. What does it mean? I am usually not checking my mails during the weekend. Being someone working with digital marketing round the clock – weekends are more like internet detoxing. Therefore I start my weeks with Upstream Squads weekly top 3 samples and instruments. These newsletters are my perfect boosts for Monday. I guess a subscription to their mails will only offer you more samples.

    Pro:
    – Regular/weekly updates
    – Great newsletter
    – You can track your downloaded materials if you create a free account

    Con:
    – Linking to other pages – have to be careful with copyright / check details
    – A bit limited in terms of samples compare to the previous 2 sources

    These are my best places to get free music samples. I hope you enjoyed my article. Please note that this article is not paid. I am not receiving anything from the pages above (besides the free samples ha-ha). My point is that my purpose was to support upcoming lo-fi and chill-out beat makers to produce better songs. Any comments are welcome.

  • [Single] Fly Poison

    Fly Poison Dark Cherry cover single by Latte Chill

    New single: Fly Poison. An old Dark Cherry song remake we performed on stage from 2008 to 2011. One of the first songs we put together with the team members including Jigsaw and Kyoki. Later fine-tuned by Cay and Kai. Almost had it on every single gig.

    I enjoyed those times and as a reminiscence I decided to rework it. It ended up being a partially chiptune video game-ish. On the other hand lo-fi break beat like song.

    Click on the player to listen to the song. If you enjoyed Fly Poison, feel free to download it via my Bandcamp page. I also released a couple of other old Dark Cherry songs such as Memoire.

    I hope to compile an album soon with these cover songs. Though I have to add I have tons of projects right now. Some includes lo-fi beats, new ones. I am also working on some T21CB beats – similar to this project. Furthermore I just released Rock 128, a chiptune album. Long story short, much on my plate but I wish to give you these songs one after another.

    Original version of Fly Poison

    I thought I am posting you the original version of the song. Keep in mind that it was recorded with home tools only, therefore the sound quality is so-so. Same goes for the video. It was recorded with an old compact camera somewhere in 2009 or 2010.

  • [Single] Stage Selection

    stage selection from rock 128 chiptune album

    Click on the cover to grab Stage Selection chiptune single. It is my latest beat from Rock 128 8-bit album that has been inspired by Mega Man retro video game. I produced the album on a single pocket synthesizer, called PO-128. The PO-128 or Pocket Operator 128 Mega Man edition is a limited pocket instrument produced by Teenage Engineering. Please read the linked article above to deep-dive the benefits of this tool.

    About the production of Stage Selection

    Stage Selection is one of the songs that I have recorded during the production. As you can see in the video, it was indeed fully produced on a single micro-tool. I recorded every sound as is with my Tascam microphone via line-in. I only played with EQs and added a slight reverb to make it sound dope.

    Space Man (demo)

    Another song is part of Stage Selection demo. This is the demo or first record version of Space Man that I have released on Rock 128 chiptune album. I recorded both beats live and made both videos available for you today.

    The same goes for this song as the single title beat: it was recorded with the help of PO-128. I was eager to learn the use of this synthesizer so I started working on an album. During the production I learnt how to glide and use vibrate that are the key special effects of this tool. Furthermore I understood the differences compare to the PO-33, which is more a sampler. Even though both share the same layout, one must learn how to use them.