Movies and TvShows featuring "sampling" theme.

This documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and rise again of the soft rock epitomized by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Retroactively dubbed "Yacht Rock," the easy-listening genre came to be gently mocked and even dismissed by rock lovers and critics. However, it has since reclaimed its place in music history and is celebrated in this groove-infused film.

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories is an experimental documentary that delves into the history of cinema. Using film clips and archive footage, it presents a unique perspective on the evolution of the film industry. The documentary covers various topics such as the impact of World War Two on cinema, the distinction between reality and fiction, and the role of Hollywood in shaping the industry. Through its thought-provoking narration, it invites viewers to reflect on the power of cinema as an art form.

Terror Nullius is a remix collage film that takes snippets of Australian film and television history to create a political and cultural critique. It explores themes of colonialism, politics, and nostalgia, while also incorporating elements of mythology and eco-horror.

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes is a documentary that delves into the rich history of the iconic record label, Blue Note Records. The film explores the influential role the label played in shaping the jazz music genre and its impact on music history. Through interviews with jazz musicians, archival footage, and recordings, the documentary showcases the talent and creativity that emerged from Blue Note Records. It also explores the label's role in fostering a sense of community and individual expression within the jazz music scene. The film touches on various themes such as the civil rights movement, innovation, and the evolution of jazz music.

Method Sampling is explored through the works of a hip-hop orchestra, a disabled choreographer, a self-taught Black mycologist, a tiny house builder and a critical theorist.

Who Killed the KLF? is a gripping documentary that delves into the intriguing story of the influential music duo KLF. From their successful career in the 1990s to their unexplained exit from the music scene, the film explores the circumstances surrounding their sudden disappearance. With interviews, archival footage, and investigative research, it aims to uncover the truth behind the mystery that has fascinated music enthusiasts for years.

Comprised entirely of hundreds of pirated film samples, Hello Dankness is a bent suburban musical that bears witness to the psychotropic cultural spectacle of the period 2016 to 2021. Set in the American suburbs, the film follows a neighbourhood through these years as consensus reality disintegrates into conspiracies and other political contagions. Part political satire, zombie stoner film, and Greek tragedy, the work is also informed by the encrypted memetics of contemporary internet culture.

Swamp City is a documentary film that explores the vibrant electronic music scene in a small city. It follows a group of self-taught and improvised musicians who create music in their home recording studios and rehearsal spaces. The film showcases their live performances, recording sessions, and interviews with the musicians. With a lo-fi and dark-wave aesthetic, the documentary delves into the challenges and creativity of the underground music scene in Swamp City.

An episode in Soda_Jerk's multi-channel digital-video installation cycle entitled "Astro Black". Race for Space gives life to Sun Ra’s claim to have been abducted by aliens who schooled him in the radical potential of music. While working as a piano man in Chicago in 1943, Sun Ra is contacted by Morpheus who offers him a choice of two destinies. Flashing forward to the 1969 moon landing, Neil Armstrong discovers that outer space has already been colonized by Sun Ra and his intergalactic ensemble, The Arkestra. At stake in this episode is the cultural politics implicit in the territorialization of outer space, both as a geography and a virtual field of possibility.

An episode in Soda_Jerk's multi-channel digital-video installation cycle entitled "Astro Black". This episode considers the politics implicit in Public Enemy’s claim that we’re already living [in] armaged-don. It begins with the discovery of an ancient stone crosshairs at an archeological site in Egypt. Sixty years later a giant alien mothership emerges from a mena-cing cloud over New York City, hijacking President Ron-ald Reagan’s TV statement in order to transmit a pirate broadcast from Chuck D, Flavor Flav and Sun Ra. Like Sun Ra’s mantra that ‘it’s after the end of the world’, Public Enemy invoke armageddon to insist upon the critical moment in which we already live.

Splicing together footage from the musical comedy Pardon My Sarong (1942) and the TV series Graffiti Rock (1986), Tap Hop stages a dance battle between the pioneering 1980's hip-hop crew the New York City Breakers and the seminal 1940's tap group Tip Tap & Toe.

Mellodrama is a captivating documentary that delves into the fascinating history of the Mellotron, a unique musical instrument that revolutionized the world of music. With its innovative sampling technology, the Mellotron became a key element in the creation of iconic soundscapes. Join us on a journey through time as we explore the impact and legacy of this extraordinary instrument.

An episode in Soda_Jerk's multi-channel digital-video installation cycle entitled "Astro Black". We are the Robots re-imagines the iconic scene in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), where sci-entists use a synthesizer keyboard to communicate with an alien mothership. In Soda_Jerk’s revision of these events, Kraftwerk play sequences from their own music and the mothership responds with frag-ments of tracks that have sampled Kraftwerk. This jam session– between the original and sampled ver-sions of Kraftwerk’s music–explores the impact of German electronic music on Afrofuturist sonic culture.

An episode in Soda_Jerk's multi-channel digital-video installation cycle entitled "Astro Black". Destination Planet Rock maps the intergalactic legacy of Sun Ra and George Clinton in the sci-fi futurism of early hip-hop. Set in 1974 in the South Bronx, the episode be-gins in a neighborhood center where Sun Ra is explain-ing his ideas about the intersection of race, myth and outer space. The three future originators of hip-hop—DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash—are abducted and transported across the galaxy to Planet Rock, where they are schooled in the alien language of turntablism.