Sampling as an art: Dillinja, Bad Company UK and more

Let’s dig into oldschool a bit further. Find out how the soundtrack to Blade Runner was interpreted in a range of dnb tracks, which Ed Rush & Optical tune has a Nirvana sample, and what are the sources of monologues in some of Bad Company’s stuff…

Dillinja – The Angels Fell (1:45; 0:00) >>

Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982) (0:02);

Vangelis – Blade Runner Blues (0:32)

The theme from Blade Runner was used in various ways in different dnb tracks. For instance, Silver Blade, also produced by Dillinja, features an excerpt starting at the 15th second (in the track itself it is on the 45th second):

Sample in G Dub – Forever (Original Sin Remix) starts right in the beginning of Blade Runner Blues:

Tantrum Desire’s Runaway Bass features a sequence starting from the 0:50 of Blade Runner Blues:

Dillinja – Feel My Pain (0:00) >

Sade – Pearls (0:00)

Dillinja – Friday (0:46) >>

Dr. Dre – Keep Their Heads Ringin’ (0:12)

Dillinja – Threshold (0:06) >>

Egotrip – Dreamworld (Higher Understanding) (0:29)

Bad Company UK – Ladies of Spain (0:49) >>

Jim Morrison and The Doors – Angels and Sailors (0:00)

Bad Company UK – Spider (1:26) >>

Green Velvet – Flash (3:08)

Bad Company UK – Bullet Time (0:26) >>

Animatrix Historical File 12 1 (2003) (0:21)

Ed Rush & Optical – Lifespan (0:13) >>

Herbie Hancock – Chameleon (0:08)

Ed Rush & Optical – Kerbkrawler (1:29) >>

Nirvana – Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (0:02)

Ed Rush & Optical – Capsule (0:01) >>

Rui Da Silva feat. Cass Fox – Touch Me (0:01)

Dylan – Dominion (0:11) >>

Dyke & The Blazers – Let a Woman Be a Woman – Let a Man Be a Man (1:47)

This voice sample is probably familiar to you, as it ended up in a whole variety of tracks. Many dnb artists made use of it in order to make their tunes more dynamic, and this technique mainly relates to Renegade Hardware members. Below are some of the examples of how this sample was used.

Digital & Spirit – Phantom Force (0:45)

Loxy & Dylan – Nightmare (0:33)

DJ Ink – Kaos Theory (2:23)

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