Welcome to another new edition of our bi-weekly record-diving sampling extravaganza!
Thank you all for joining @natehorn and I for another week of sampling goodness! Before we get into our artist and track in focus, and in case you aren’t already aware, there are some other Mission Briefs/Challenges currently taking place that you may also fancy spending some time on here:
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@malus_mons is hosting Elektronaughts Hip Hop Battle #23 - Love is Light and Light is Free
Last day for submissions: Sunday, August 13, 2023 -
@BLKrbbt’s Exquisite Corpse open challenge (no voting, no deadline)
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@sleepside’s Open Challenge #15: ARPs & LFOs [VOTING OPEN!]
Has been reported to be closed, but still worth checking out -
@ViolentMeals’s Open Challenge #14: Title Redacted
Has been reported to be closed, but still worth checking out (rd.2) -
@Habit_Reform’s Electronic/Sythesized Hip Hop/Rap Beat challenge
Hoping @everyone is/has been enjoying their holiday season, respectively, wherever you may be 
I had been saving this sample for a few weeks, and even went so far as to keep this sample safe from the lovely folk over at the jazz appreciation thread, including @DimensionsTomorrow (who just partnered/collaborated with @Sleepyhead on his new 15 Minutes of Hiss Vol. 3: Sunflowers 
This week, we’re going to be taking a closer look at the massively funky intro track, “Sidra’s Dream” from jazz flautist Dave Valentin’s album, Land of the Third Eye. The album was released in 1980 on Arista/GRP Records (GRP 5009). The track opens the album on a very strong, funky note, that carries on throughout the entirety of it’s play.
Here are some bits about Dave Valentin from wikipedia:
Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City. He attended The High School of Music & Art.[2] He learned percussion at an early age, and by 10 was playing conga and timbales professionally.[3][1] When he was 12, he began to practice the flute so he could get to know a girl in school who played the flute, Irene Cathcart. He borrowed a flute, bought a Herbie Mann record, and started to teach himself. [4] Years later, he recorded an album with Mann called Two Amigos.[2] He took lessons from Hubert Laws, who became his mentor.
In the 1970s, Valentin combined Latin music with jazz in bands with Bill O’Connell, Lincoln Goines, Richie Morales, Robby Ameen, Sammy Figueroa, and Giovanni Hidalgo.[3] He was the first musician signed to GRP Records, a label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen that specialized in smooth jazz, jazz fusion, and jazz-pop. He recorded his debut album with Ricardo Marrero in 1977.[2] Over time he recorded with Noel Pointer, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, Chris Connor, David Benoit, Eliane Elias, and Nnenna Freelon.[3] Until 1979, he was a schoolteacher.[1]
For several years Valentin served as musical director for Tito Puente’s Golden Latin Jazz All-Stars, and also toured with Manny Oquendo’s Conjunto Libre. In 2000, he appeared in the documentary Calle 54 performing with Tito Puente’s Orchestra.[5][6][7]
For seven years in a row, he was chosen best jazz flautist by readers of Jazziz magazine. In 1985, he received a Grammy Award nomination as best R&B instrumentalist.[2][1] In 2003, he won a Grammy for Caribbean Jazz Project, an album he did with Dave Samuels.[8]
In March 2012, Valentin had a stroke which left him partially paralyzed and unable to perform. In 2015 he suffered a second stroke, and worked to overcome his disabilities in an extended care facility.[9]
On March 8, 2017, Valentin died from complications of a stroke and Parkinson’s disease in the Bronx at the age of 64. His lifelong “special friend”, Irene, for whom he learned to play the flute, was at his side when he passed.
Here are two different youtube user uploads in case there are regional playback issues:
Here is a link to the best available .mp3 version of the track and a version that has been converted to 16bit/44.1KHz wav, please delete it after using:
DAVE VALENTIN - SIDRA’S DREAM (MP3)
DAVE VALENTIN - SIDRA’S DREAM (WAV)
Album Photos:
(Images taken from google search)
THE BRIEF
YOU have been selected by the notorious Global Sound Syndicate for a top-secret operation. Not really, please, share with your friends, family, and even the friendly folk that mix the paint cans at your local hardware store.
Mission:
-Sample any part(s) of the track we’ve nominated
-Spend no more than 1 week turning it into music
-Post your creations here for us all to enjoy
Deadline: Sunday , August 20, 2023
Submit your entry no later than 11:59 PM, Sunday, August 20, 2023, or be faced with a brief moment of self-loathing for not participating. Submissions entered on later dates are also welcome!
Compensation:
Hearts and compliments from the community
(not guaranteed)
You can use as much or as little of the sample track as you like, you just have to use it. No winners, no losers, just good times!
Every two weeks we will post a track from our record collections, ideally something you’ve not heard before. Jams, full tracks, noodles - share whatever you like!
Looking forward to the future challenges man you guys got some sweet submissions 
It sounds awesome though man really well done! 
