4th October 2025, 1PM BST

Bike Pack (6K Special)

Avid Beats

My fourth experimental drum kit and sound sample pack "Bike" is coming soon! I made this one in celebration of 6000 subscribers, and want to say a huge thank you for this milestone!

This royalty free pack includes a total of 127 individually processed sounds and 6 melody and drum loops made using nothing but my bike. The sounds include bass, effects, kicks, melodic one shots, percussion, snares and claps. All samples are live recorded, sound designed and mixed by me, Avid Beats, using my Zoom H5 field recorder and Logic Pro X. The sounds are highly versatile, and are perfect for a range of genres, from trap and hip hop, to indie and alternative, to experimental. They will inspire you to get creative and think outside the box! The 6 melody and drum loops are composed by me as well, and are in the styles of trap, hip hop and drill.

Some may know that I am an "Avid" cyclist and nature lover. I was inspired by these passions to create this sound kit and especially noticing all of the noises my bike makes. Shout out GT Bikes for the Grade Cx Rival 2017! Part of the video is filmed in Whitewebbs Park, which I am campaigning to save from development as part of the Guardians of Whitewebbs group. If you haven't already watched it, be sure to check out my video "Whitewebbs Park - What Tottenham Hotspur and Enfield Council Don’t Want You to Know".

Polarity

Cece Alaniz, Avid Beats

Lyric Video

"Polarity, inside of me
Polarity, in society
Polarity, in everything..."

"Polarity" - an intense and exhilarating new pop, indie electronic and house song in collaboration between Cece Alaniz and Avid Beats.

Cece wrote the lyrics and sung the main vocals, and Avid produced, arranged, mixed, mastered and harmonised. The song reflects on the current, worldwide, divisions in society, especially politically, but also culturally and in other domains, and how some leaders try to separate us and keep us afraid, despite us all being human, accentuating that we need to have compassion for one another and focus on our commonalities rather than our differences.

The metaphor “there's two sides to one coin; it’s still one coin” further symbolises this discord, but stresses that there can be multiple viewpoints to every situation. It emphasises that while two things may seem disparate or conflicting, for example through different people’s experiences or contexts, they may actually be more closely related; and that we are all interconnected and at heart part of the same whole.

The lyrics also feature and interpret Dr. Carl Jung’s phrase “the brighter the light, the darker the shadow”, which is used to speak on the duality of human nature, and how positive traits can co-exist with negative ones, again tying in with the theme of “polarity”. As we shine a light on our positive characteristics, we inevitably also face the darker, often concealed parts of our identity.

Nearing the end of the track, the use of the call and response and ad-libbing: “polarity, inside of me”; “polarity, in society”; “polarity, in everything” creates an exciting drop section, where the instrumental transforms into a more distorted, aggressive version of itself, capturing the anxiety and fear created by the current polarity of discourse.

Overall, the dark, haunting, intense and spacious instrumental allows the listener to be immersed in the atmosphere, while the striking vocals sail on top.

Paired with Avid’s vibrant, punchy and eye-catching lyric visualiser, this project will captivate and enlighten.

Dip & Flow

Ana George

Prod. Avid Beats x Red