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8 episodes in this season

The Art of Recording

53 min

Painting with Sound

53 min

The Human Instrument

53 min

Going Electric

53 min

Four on the Floor

53 min

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The World Is Yours

53 min

Sound & Vision

53 min

I Am My Music

53 min

Soundbreaking

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Season 1 · Episode 6 · Nov 21, 2016

The sixth episode of Soundbreaking looks at a musical revolution that was not only inspired by recording but born from its history: the art of sampling--a kind of musical equivalent of Adam's rib. Beginning with the pioneers of hip hop (Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, Rick Rubin), the episode tracks the way in which the practice of borrowing fragments from existing records created a new genre--a potent musical form that emerged from the margins, up-ended the establishment, and set in motion a controversy over copyright that has yet to be resolved. As we survey the development of sampling and its multiple, varied incarnations over the years since, Episode Six explores the complex sonic landscapes which, by their very existence, pay tribute to the art of recording itself, and examines the eternally blurred line between theft and homage.

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Soundbreaking

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201653m7.8

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The World Is Yours

Season 1 · Episode 6 · Nov 21, 2016

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