Earlybird

There’s a silence in the city before it wakes. A hush that belongs only to the earlybird—the quiet keeper of forgotten corners and faded echoes. “Earlybird” is the debut sample pack from Hermitage Records, a label born to capture what often slips through the cracks: memory, mood, and mystery. Crafted by hand and heart, Earlybird is a 425MB gold mine of 10 vintage, analogue construction kits, each a cinematic window into a bittersweet Armenia—where the warmth of folk traditions collides with the textured charm of Soviet-era soundscapes from the 50s to the 80s. Expect rich bass guitars, dusty pianos, haunting celestas, vibraphones that feel like soft rain on old rooftops, and melancholic strings that drift like smoke from a distant train. This isn’t just a pack—it’s a character study. Our earlybird is more than a name: he’s the mayor of a sleeping city, wandering through its morning fog, noticing the cracks in the walls, the light through a broken shutter, the leftover warmth on a bench. He collects these moments like stones in his pocket. And somehow, all of that—his spirit, his routine, his solitude—has found a home in this collection. Ideal for lofi hip hop, traditional hip hop, and sample-based production, each kit is an invitation to slice, reimagine, and repurpose the past into something deeply personal. Whether you're building raw beats or scoring a scene in your head, Earlybird lets you hear the world before the noise.