The Most Iconic Electronic Music Sample of Every Year (1990-2023)

Oh man this is so great: electronic music sample breakdowns from 1990 until the present day. The visualizations on these are fantastic — just watch a bit of the first one (Groove Is In The Heart) and you’ll see what I mean. They’re not all that great (some of these producers are out here working harder than others, is what I’m saying), but these are some of my favorites:

• Groove Is In The Heart by Dee-Lite (Eva Gabor Green Acres sample!)
• Firestarter by The Prodigy (sample from The Breeders?)
• Praise You by Fatboy Slim (It’s a Small World from Mickey Mouse Disco? Fat Albert Theme?!)
• One More Time by Daft Punk
• Robot Rock by Daft Punk
• Archangel by Burial
• First of the Year by Skrillex
• Girl by Jamie xx
• Pick Up by DJ Koze
• leavemealone by Fred again

Is DJ Shadow electronic? I would have liked to have seen something from Endtroducing… but maybe they couldn’t even locate the samples. 😂

I could have also gone for more Daft Punk, but I guess you need to let others have a shot. Luckily the same channel has breakdowns of a few more Daft Punk tunes from Discovery and an extended breakdown of One More Time.

Also from the same channel (and even better IMO): The Most Iconic Hip-Hop Sample of Every Year (1973-2023).

See also The Making of Burial’s Untrue.

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