Meet Sev & Mo, the production duo from Germany making waves under HOUSE OF WAVES Music Library. Their captivating sample “blindside_Fbm_75.wav” found its way onto ImDavisss’s track “4 U” from the AMP 2024 Freshman Cypher featuring ImDavisss, Kai Cenat, Duke Dennis, the entire AMP Crew and a special guest under the name Cholocate Droppa who we all know as legendary actor Kevin Hart.
Sev & Mo, a.k.a. The Blindside
This track turned some heads.
Not just because of Davis’s unexpected singing debut—but also because of the beat itself.
Produced by Lucas Quinn from The Vault Sounds and built around The Blindside’s sample (which Lucas sampled through WAVS.com), the flip was undeniably destined to become a banger. And fortunately, it did.
We’re thrilled to be able to chat with the guys and bring some more information of the behind the scenes process of a very peculiar placement such as this one.
The 2024 AMP Freshman Cypher featuring ImDavisss & Kai Cenat alongside other AMP members and Kevin Hart.
1. Who are The Blindside?
We were introduced to you by Brian “Deep” Watters from HOUSE OF WAVES, a producer whose taste we deeply trust. Knowing Brian’s eye for talent, we were excited to have you on WAVS, and you’ve truly impressed us with your sound. Your recent AMP placement is no surprise. We’re keen to learn more about you guys and your unique sound.
We are Sev and Mo from Germany, and we are studying music production. We founded The Blindside about a year ago with the goal of creating unique samples inspired by various genres. We are big fans of analog equipment, including instruments, synths, and tape. We strive to create as much as possible from scratch—from vocals to recording ethnic instrumentalists, which plays a big role in our sound. We have been working with Brian for six months now, and his mentorship lead us to releasing on WAVS, for which we are incredibly grateful.
The Blindside talking about the placement and their work.
2. How did you feel about your sample “blindside_Fbm_75.wav” being placed on the
AMP cypher with ImDavisss, featuring names like Kai Cenat, Duke Dennis, and, of
course, the legendary Kevin Hart?
We remember the anthemic quality of this sample and even featured it in a ‘sample this’ post on the WAVS Instagram. Whether that influenced the placement or not, it caught the ear of producer Lucas Quinn, resulting in an amazing flip.
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to such an amazing format. It’s incredible to see a sample we created in our small student apartment go international and be used by such big names, which wouldn’t have been possible without the platform WAVS provides. What makes this placement particularly special for us is that the original idea was to create some form of a theme song for ourselves, “The Blindside,” which is reflected in some of the lyrics we sang: “This is a hit from the blindside.” The lyrics have a double meaning, both referring to someone being hit from the blindside and the song itself being a hit from The Blindside (us).
3. Can you tell us how it felt to get such a unique placement like this one and whether you’ve found WAVS to be a good environment for your work?
It felt amazing, especially seeing all our hard work finally pay off, which wouldn’t have been possible without WAVS. WAVS provides the opportunity to share our work with amazing artists and producers from around the world. It allows us to collaborate with people globally, as we did with the AMP placement and Lucas Quinn, who did an incredible job flipping the sample and creating the beat for ImDavisss. The amount of people we met through WAVS that share the same passion for music is insane and we are extremely grateful for that.
Some of the reaction videos regarding the cypher and Davis’s “4 U”
We’re very thrilled to see amazing and unique placements such as these come to fruition through WAVS and we’re always happy to highlight some of the best & brightest composers on WAVS right now!
Stay tuned for more highlights and catch The Blindside’s freshly released CHIDLREN’S CHOIR VOL. 3 on wavs.com/houseofwavesmusiclibrary
