Discoteca Imaginaria: Sampled to the Soul IV
06.03.25
Discoteca Imaginaria is an audio docu-series covering the people, places and sounds that have shaped popular music. Each episode transports listeners through history to the greatest club on earth – the disco of our imagination.
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This is the fourth installment of the mini-series Sampled to the Soul. Since the 1940s, when French musique concrète artists first experimented with tape loops, artists have built new compositions from existing recordings. But it was the arrival of the MPC sampler that pushed sampling into the cultural spotlight. In the 1980s and ’90s, hip-hop and electronic musicians like DJ Shadow (Endtroducing) and the Beastie Boys (Paul’s Boutique) revealed the sampler’s creative potential. That momentum slowed after a wave of high-profile copyright lawsuits. Yet despite the legal and financial hurdles, sampling remains a vital force in contemporary music.
Tracklist:
Quincy Jones & Ray Brown Orchestra – Go Down Dying
“Sampling” Mini-Documentary (MTV Australia, 1988)
Joe Cocker – Woman to Woman
Stevie Wonder – Pastime Paradise
Coolio – Gangster’s Paradise
OutKast Interview (John Reed, 1988)
Joe Simon – Before the Night is Over
David McCallum – The Edge
Lalo Schifrin – Danube Incident
Portishead – Sour Times
“Copyright Criminals” (Benjamin Franzen, 2009)
Isaac Hayes – Ike’s Rap (Part 2)
Brass Construction – Happy People
10cc – The Worst Band in the World
J Dilla – Workinonit
Erykah Badu Interview (RBMA Madrid, 2011)
Tarika Blue – Dreamflower
Them – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Adrian Gurvitz – The Way I Feel
Bent – Magic
“Copyright Criminals” (Benjamin Franzen, 2009)
The Turtles – You Showed Me
The Chi-Lites – Are You My Woman
Folder Man – Please
Gnarls Barkley – Going On
“Sampling: Dangermouse” (Channel 4 News, 2004)
Danger Mouse & Jay Z – Public Service Announcement
Claudio Simonetti – Tenebrae
Taco – Puttin’ on the Ritz
SebastiAn – Love in Motion
Diplo Interview (SXSW, 2010)
The Clash – Straight to Hell
The Dells – I Can Sing A Rainbow
Monk Higgins – I Believe To My Soul
The Shirelles – The Dance is Over
TV Girl – Lovers Rock
“Copyright Criminals” (Benjamin Franzen, 2009)
Neil Merryweather – Step in the Right Direction
Cerrone – Garden of Love
Axel Boman – Sottopassaggio
Jamie XX Interview (Konbini, 2024)
Keni Burke – Let Somebody Love You
Ennio Morricone – Dance On
R.d. Burman – Are Dil se Dil Mile
Caribou – Odessa
