The Most Iconic Electronic Music Samples of Every Year

Within the first 2 minutes this video is ticking all the right boxes! It demonstrates the original samples used in chart hits spanning 34 years and details how they were altered and combined, with parameter information alongside - to become the tracks we know and love.

It starts of with fascinating insights from De-Lite Groove is in The Heart, which is shortly is followed by 2Unlimited - No Limit, and also features the likes of The Prodigy, Moby, FatboySlim, Daft Punk, and the Chemical Brothers - and that's just the 90s! In a time when sampling was finally accessible to the masses - its wonderful to see how tracks were put together. 

Here are the timestamps: 

00:00 1990-1994

5:31 1995-1999

10:15 1999-2004

14:33 2004-2009

19:49 2010-2014

23:21 2015-2019

26:51 2020-2024

This might be one of my favoutire videos of the year - brilliant stuff. We're patiently waiting for an 80s video! 

TrackLib is also running a sampling competition in conjunction with NinjaTune: 

Our new Sample Breakdown video covers over three decades of sampling in electronic music. The comprehensive video shows the evolution, ranging from underground classics to club anthems. It also gives you the opportunity to become part of the Sample Breakdown, and this lineage of legends. Make the next iconic flip to win $10,000 and get released on one of the most revered electronic music labels out there: Ninja Tune--home to Bicep, Bonobo, Jayda G, and soon potentially you.

Find out more about the competition here: https://www.tracklib.com/blog/electronic-music-sampling-competition

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