The Weird Side Samples is a free collection of glitch samples, weird sound effects, and abstract sonic textures produced by Johan Ekelove aka Introspectral. This is the first release in our new Artist Series product line, which will feature sample libraries created by talented sound designers from around the world.

The Library

This free sample library is made up of sounds from the album The Weird Side of the Mundane which has recently been published by Introspectral.

The author describes this sound collection as “a sonic exploration through hidden worlds afloat on a metaphysical plane”. I was blown away when Johan sent me a preview of these samples and I’m proud of the fact that this fantastic library is the first Artist Series release on 99Sounds. The included samples are sorted into six different folders, as described below.

“Atmospheric” contains some of the more ambient elements from this sound library, as the name suggests.

“Vox” contains weird vocals that were morphed and re-synthesized to best describe the undefinable.

“Textures” contains textures, or sonic backdrops, not to be confused with pads or ambient soundscapes, but rather like the texture of a physical surface.

“Movements” is sounds that for one reason or another, did not make it into the “Textures” pack. As the title suggests, these are sounds that are based on movement of some sort.

“Percussive Elements” is more or less what the name suggests. A set of percussive one-shot samples with elements of glitch and FSU sound processing.

“Tech” is the term used here to describe various “one-shots”, often of a somewhat glitchy character. This is the final piece of the puzzle and also the biggest pack in the collection.

The Artist

Introspectral describes himself as a “sonic connoisseur and explorer of aural dimensions”. Check out his Bandcamp page to hear more music produced by this talented sound designer.

Technical Details

The sounds have been carefully edited, normalized, and trimmed by Johan Ekelove, who is also the author of this free sample collection. The download size is 220 MB (ZIP archive)

Contents

The library contains 182 audio samples in total, occupying 284 MB of hard drive space when extracted. All included samples are provided as 24-bit WAV files with a 44.1 kHz sampling rate.