Est. 2019 · Lisbon

Analogue sounds,
recorded to tape.

Loodstead is a one-room sample label working out of Marvila. Every pack is tracked through a 1977 Tascam and a rack of old Neves, mixed slowly, released when it is ready.

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112Producers on board
4Packs in rotation
48 kHzWAV + Stems
A dim analogue production studio, vintage reel-to-reel tape machine and synthesizer on a wooden desk
Individual Packs

Four drops. One workflow.

Buy a single pack, or skip the maths and grab the Vault. Every file is cleared for commercial release, no sample-credit footnotes required.

Vintage drum machine in dramatic studio light
Pack 01 · Drums

Analogue Drums Vol. 1

214 one-shots and 86 full kits, tracked through a TR-808 reissue into two-inch tape. Kicks you can feel in the cheek, snares that sit forward without EQ surgery.

€35EUR Buy →
Condenser microphone on a boom arm, warm backlight
Pack 02 · Vocals

Vocal Stems & One-Shots

Sessions with four local vocalists. 120 dry stems across hooks, vamps, ad-libs and spoken-word one-shots. Key-labelled, tempo-free.

€29EUR Buy →
Close-up of a vintage analog synthesizer keyboard
Pack 03 · Synths

Analogue Synth Presets

180 patches for Serum, Vital and Diva. Modelled on a Juno-6, a Prophet-5 and the studio's modular rack. Every preset labelled with its source unit.

€32EUR Buy →
Flat-lay of vintage cassette tapes on dark leather surface
Pack 04 · Loops

Tape Loops & Textures

96 loops and 140 textural beds printed to 1/4-inch tape and back in again. Bpm and key tagged. Use them as glue, ambient backing, or transitions.

€25EUR Buy →
Save €32 Overhead flat-lay of a producer desk with cassettes, a vinyl record, a synth module and a handwritten notebook
The Producer Vault

All four packs.
One slow workflow.

Everything we have pressed so far, in one download. 510 one-shots, 216 stems, 180 synth patches, 236 loops and textures. Use it to sketch, or to finish.

  • Analogue Drums Vol. 1$35
  • Vocal Stems & One-Shots$29
  • Analogue Synth Presets$32
  • Tape Loops & Textures$25
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The Studio

Two people,
one room, no hurry.

Loodstead lives in a converted warehouse unit off Rua do Açúcar. The back room is lined with egg-crate foam that was old when we got here. We record everything once, through one chain, onto tape, and commit. If it is not good, it does not go out.

  1. 01
    One chain, no pluginsMic, pre, tape, out. Every pack is tracked through the same signal chain so a Loodstead hat sits next to a Loodstead hi-hat without EQ fights.
  2. 02
    Cleared for releaseRoyalty-free commercial licence included with every pack. Put it on a record, stream, sync, or tour visual. No credit footnotes required.
  3. 03
    Lifetime updatesWe add one-shots and stems to existing packs as we track them. If you own a pack, you get the additions at no cost.
Producer's hands on an analog mixing console in a warm dim studio
What producers say

Used on records,
not demo reels.

★★★★★

"The drums are ugly in the best way. I used the 909 kit on four tracks of the EP and did not reach for a single transient shaper."

Nina H.Lisbon / house
★★★★★

"Bought the Vault on a Tuesday, had a rough sketch of a full album by Sunday. The tape loops are the ones you keep coming back to."

Marcus T.Berlin / producer
★★★★★

"The vocal stems saved a record for me. Real singers, real rooms. Not the auto-tuned a-cappella thing you get on the bigger sites."

Ayodele K.London / hip-hop
★★★★★

"Finally a synth pack where I can hear which unit tracked which patch. Ten minutes in and I am already cutting with the Prophet bank."

Sasha V.Montreal / ambient
★★★★★

"Small catalogue, high hit rate. I trust whatever they drop next without previewing it."

Jon B.Portland / mastering
★★★★★

"The licence language is in plain English and that alone is worth the price. My label counsel approved it without edits."

Rachel O.Sydney / label A&R
Say hello

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chasing a stem?

Licence questions, install help, or you think a patch has a wrong tag. We reply inside one business day from the studio in Lisbon.