The History of Sampling

[James Fee]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://jessekriss.com/projects/samplinghistory/' target='_blank'>http://jessekriss.com/projects/samplinghistory/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"This Java applet is a visualizer for the history of music sampling -- a timeline with colored dots represents some of the most widely circulated tracks; click to see all the tracks they spawned, click the tracks they spawned to see what other tracks they sampled. It's hypnotic "</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/sampling.jpg" /> <br /><br />I always enjoy seeing relationships between things. This Java applet shows you what samples have been used by what songs in a nice graphic format.

[dean_shan]

Very cool, looks like a lot of work to compile all that information. Would be nice if it included classical works that get sampled in today's pop music.