Tag: sampling
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Bang On A Drum
I mentioned this on one of the many repeats of Story Of Pop, but now it’s on YouTube – Coldcut going through all the samples they used in their classic and influential remix of Eric B & Rakim’s Paid in Full…and it includes a really obscure break from a BBC Playschool record, ‘Bang On A…
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The Lloydbrary Sample Sessions 1 – Better Living Through Chemistry
Ian Fondue from the Lloydbrary Podcast has a really good idea for a show/mix series called the Sample Sessions, where as he says “Take a sample based album, then do a mix of the sampled tracks in album track order.”. The first one is a favourite album of mine, Fat Boy Slim’s ‘Better Living Through…
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Integrity and liability, or samplers shouldn’t throw stones
Mentioned this before on Twitter and Facebook, but I’ve been ignoring the sample litigation over here which really is the home of such discussions (for me anyway). This article on PolicyMic about the recent Beasties win made me kind of annoyed. Really not sure the Beasties suing people for millions of dollars is the epitome…
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Eclectic Method – History of Sampling
Not sure about how Revolution No. 9 has the Amen break (err, no), but here’s a good primer from Eclectic Method on the early history of sample culture – although as the excellent WhoSampled points out, some of these have been sampled by hundreds of artists with the most sampled not being featured here –…
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Beastles Is Back!
DROOOOOOOOOOOP! That’s the sound of the Beastles arriving, well probably with that THX style chord from The End mixed in…dj BC has released ‘Ill Submarine’ and mighty fine it is too. Downloady here, and also on Soundcloud (and also proud for Radio Clash to help mirror it – I like thumbing my nose at those…
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Alan Hawkshaw and Les Hurdle on The Champ
You might not know the names, but you certainly know the tune…apparently the most sampled UK track of all time, Mohawks ‘The Champ’ is a real hiphop staple…and amazingly was recorded in ONE TAKE. Respect. Also Alan wrote the Grange Hill theme and Les did that amazing bass line on it…Alan did a lot of…