Daft Punk's High Life Sample Discovered!

[@drsipp407]

“This isn’t perfect...” *perfectly recreates the song*

[@MyAccount217]

no

[@funkenmusique]

*yes*

[@Hinterhof-qx5ql]

no

[@c31979839]

Maybe

[@FrezzyYT]

Who knows

[@programclu1]

The genius of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem Christo. Unbelievably people find out they sample and feel less of them, when in reality.. this is just mind blowing. The pure talent and creativity to be able to find these tiny segments of forgotten songs and turn them into what they have, just unreal.

[@IncarnationOfNeutrality]

Agreed, it is pure genius

[@MegaFinalRound]

If you can create songs that sound as good, if not better, than their original, then that is 🤌

[@theoracle7463]

The prodigy have also been doing things like this for almost 3 years longer than daft punk and they are amazing at it too

[@DerAchte8]

Of course having high skills is very respectable but the most important in music and arts in general is the emotion you feel and want convey, which is not given to anyone… All their songs are made sampling, and they're all worldwide hits which makes Daft Punk some of the greatest artists _Around The World_ and people not ok with sampling would say they're "purists" but if their music is better with their technique then why won't they share it or why aren't they famous yet ?

[@theoracle7463]

@@DerAchte8 Or as I like to put it when I produce music, "if it works it works"

[@tommasoascari2706]

almost cried watching this video. it's the purest essence of 2010s youtube.

[@Nicotine46]

Exactly. I felt emotional watching this video idk why

[@rafarity]

same here

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

Reject 20s KZbin embrace 10s KZbin

[@reeft]

This is closer to actual 2010 and the 00s tbh. Old video.

[@simple-human-being]

@@Nicotine46 more peaceful - youtube is basically all corp, ads and influencers (then there's the actual good stuff crammed in between)

[@ru0t]

Shows how genius they are. I knew they used samples from the begining, and that didn't stop me from loving them. It takes alot of (musical) imagination, creativity, and a good ear. They're work is so clean that you can barely hear the sample they used :o

[@ant0bi]

Thank you for putting this out.

[@CozyCrimeClub]

Seriously.

[@michaelmorales1475]

Yup

[@neo1754]

robot rock

[@tristanraine]

Robot Rock is obvious as hell

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Enjoy the resurgence of this video man!

[@Squitdoogenz]

Aaaaaaye

[@lucyac3]

That's quite a DISCOVERY *Step step, clap*

[@Monomonmamon]

**stomp, stomp, clap** we will.... we will.... rock- wrong stuff

[@7homas0wen]

4:15 - 4:56 A combo of this with the original song at the beginning, and high life played slow , then just the baseline, like that is just amazing and it sounds perfect. I’d love to hear a remix of all that combined. I keep watching this video just to hear that few seconds.

[@Saebaryo23]

Same for me

[@emsolis]

Fucking hell, Daft Punk are talented as fuck....they have a really good ear for music.

[@guillaume774]

Sir, you’re.. Gonna wanna sit down..

[@julieftherulies]

@@guillaume774 hahahaha

[@TrippinDrago]

This is incredible, Daft Punk gave credit to all of the samples they used on the back of the physical releases, but they didn't give one for High Life. This is undeniably real!

[@1Axonn]

+TrippinDrago They also didn't credit Aerodynamic

[@BeansBeansBeans]

@AuralFiendOfficial They have to deny them or they will pay through the nose

[@Baloonboy105yt]

@AuralFiendOfficial haven’t read the interview where they denied the samples in a while but if i remember correctly it was them talking about voyager.

[@sjorskattenbelt4384]

After 11 years this is still gold

[@kako12ente]

Amen

[@darrinsiberia]

Your face is still gold.

[@tyrantgaming8645]

If you DJ at a place, you should play the song sampled in High Life and then go into Daft Punk's version with the way you did it.

[@peradolia]

Tyrant Gaming I would kill to be there to hear that

[@tomydurazno6243]

Instant fireworks !

[@Pablo-zk6ug]

I will :)

[@shawnz12ss]

yo that recreation at the slower pitch was dope

[@Texturas75]

Far from perfect? LOL, it's bassically the same result!! Just some hi-pass filtering and you got the intro as it is! Awesome.

[@DavidTheChiliPepper]

Holy smack! When it takes 9 years for the world to find out what you sampled, you know you´ve made a good job. Thomas and Guy-Man in my heart forever.

[@Reckno64]

Sampling is so cool.....

[@PimbSeventyNine]

This is why Daft Punk are sample Geniuses !!!

[@EvanDrinkwater]

Thank you for your 11 year old video upload. A fantastic snapshot into Daft Punk’s skills, love that I’ve discovered this in 2021. Unfortunately we heard some recent news regarding Daft Punk, but the robots will live on in our hearts ♥️

[@SuzieClemme]

Did Daft Punk just get a bunch of old random flops (not that I think they're bad, mind you) and told themselves "Alright. Turn it into something brand new. Make it work."

[@Keroopayyy]

Thomas' father is somewhat involved in the french music industry and owns a lot of royalties to some songs. So Thomas also gains these royalties and used them as samples

[@enamouredwiddit]

@ yeah Thomas Bangalters father

[@briansredd]

It's been loads of fun trying to figure this stuff out :) These boys are brilliant!

[@BohdiBohdi]

“I gotta check out this Ableton thing at NAMM” lmao

[@kamesound]

You're quite RIGHT! it's awesome how Daft Punk creates NEW bass lines from chopping songs! I had already noticed that in "one more time"! GREAT VIDEO DUDE!

[@Thekinggamelon]

Wow! What a discovery!

[@TheFrozenxd1]

is that a pun?

[@nikokoloseus9212]

iBalls yes i think it is

[@PDJazzHands]

Niko Koloseus I think the album name is just this in reverse

[@EASFromTheWest]

+Thekinggamelon One of their worst albums.

[@TCHICKIBRAXD]

and it's very disco! ^^

[@NemesisAnother]

Thank you for all this "investigative" work! It means a lot! I kinda feel I've lost a lot of love ever since I found out they didnt want to credit back the songs they sampled...not sure what that's about.

[@PDJazzHands]

One song only because it was given to Thomas by his father as he was a music producer

[@SianaGearz]

NemesisAnother Some songs aren't credited in case of "interpolation", i.e. when you can't receive a sample clearance from original publisher, a trivial (non-copyrightable) number of notes or sounds were re-created all anew and that was used as a substitute. While it would be ethical to cite sources of inspiration, that would open them up to a potential lawsuit, which is why "interpolation" sources are no longer ever credited by anybody. It's also possible that no "interpolation" took place but actual sampling, however clearance couldn't be obtained (rights owner couldn't be found or has refused) and thus no credit, so they can claim "interpolation" has taken place. Where sample clearance took place, the original creators are credited, as required. That's the crazy world we live in today where crediting isn't driven by ethics, but by law which was intended well, but evolved into a monstrosity.

[@acex90]

How the fuck did they ever had the idea of picking 4 small pieces of one obscure song and create a whole new song based on that? This is awesome stuff

[@OhmygodSportacus]

Trying this now...ive always wondered what song this was sampling thanks a lot

[@pepapu7112]

KZbin recommendation back at it again!

[@Shezmen88]

you are a genious!! :)

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

*genius. Learn how to spell, dipshit. I hope that in the past 7 years your grammar has improved. Why the fuck would you mess it up in the first place eh? Holy crap get a brain, kid.

[@ASizzo28]

@@PlatinumEagleStudios jesus christ it’s just a spelling error

[@Crostil]

@@PlatinumEagleStudios *Genius. Learn how to capitalize, dipshit. I hope that in the past 24 hours your grammar has improved. Why the fuck would you mess it up in the first place, eh? Holy crap. Get a brain, kid.

[@jbaer0]

@@PlatinumEagleStudios woah, calm down, he’s not a native speaker

[@egehan8609]

@@PlatinumEagleStudios shut the fuck up.

[@Martijnnaber]

You became some kind of legend on KZbin because of all your Deconstructions. Seriously, You should make more. I enjoy them so much, and I'm sure plenty of others also do. Still, This sample was discovered a few months ago, but it still shivers my spine when I hear it ;D

[@thedarkprince101]

HOLY SHIT IT sounded exactly like it when you changed the pitch! That's freaking awesome!!!

[@MajorLeagueBassboost]

Incredible to get this recommended and see all the topcomments as being 5, 6, 7 years old... I will leave them ignorant of the news

[@HoChiMints2007]

all this time I thought it was "2 ladies singing HOOP BEEP BUNG" and I literally tried to search for the full song to no avail

[@vincethefunk]

I really like that you added the part about them creating basslines. Thats ingenious, thanks for the insight!

[@IgnisFatuus_]

this is just magic, music magic

[@solason3115]

I watch this and think Daft punk did it so easy, but then I remember the way the sample is so special and holds a place in my childhood and to recreate is insulting, except in videos like this because they do it for the knowledge, and its fun solving Daft punk mysteries, that is why we watch these videos.

[@eramsorgr]

11 years afterwards and it is still amazing

[@user-rs1990]

More samples have been identified as follows: Fresh - If You Leave Me Now by Viola Wills Phoenix - Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John

[@anton26g]

Great job on this vid! The samples used by DAFT PUNK for their tracks are available for download. The DL comes complete with the original track info, including but not limited to artists, release date, track title, etc. You'll be surprised who they've sampled, and it's cool to hear the originals which include Barry Manilow, old disco tracks etc.

[@RandallFaraday]

Wooaaa Pretty cool All this DJ / mixing music stuff seems like an incredibly world of fun and awesomeness !!

[@camali_ch]

Hey there, algorithm! Thank you for showing me this.

[@thisIStheARTofRUIN]

that tip about them 'creating basslines' is really simple but something i'd never actually thought of. damn good video too!

[@daze-telltaleshtposts5488]

Times like this I love the internet. A video made when I was 9 years old helping me now, thank you! Currently remixing this song.

[@strikemanpop]

Man The fact about High life sample was discovered just 11 years ago and Still found new samples (a girl found The da funk's hit sample: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onXNZnSubdiJe5I) Keeps me thinking about how many years Will be passed until a new sample found out

[@coderama4677]

I think discovering the original source is pure talent. I wouldn't have figured out even if I listening to this song 10 times. Props to you and everyone involved in this discovery.

[@Jeffhardy6411]

You are absolutely brilliant and so is everyone that was involved. Absolutely brilliant

[@chrisd6736]

Haha still relevant in 2021. Nice work everyone who worked on this!

[@digitalbeat666]

nice and creative sample rip. thanks

[@keefr72]

that was brilliant. i've never been into mixing or anything but i love daft punk and its been bugging me what song this came from. thanks for posting

[@BenAMCevents]

Thanks Brian. It is one thing for Daft Punk to make such great songs... but it is pretty impressive to pick that sample from a random song after hearing the final version.

[@PantalonesFrescos]

wow I'm glad I saw this. It didn't show up on my front page. that's awe. I'm going to give this a shot as well at remaking the song. and the comment about creating bass lines. I never noticed that but you're completely right. I used to sample a few years ago and that would have been great knowledge back then searching for songs to chop.

[@TheBruceAllen]

This video older than DMCA

[@Agux909]

WOOOW, you are a genious man, i have been looking for the sample of high life on the web but i never found it. And i saw your other video: "more spell on you discovered". You have to be a good listener to hear that samples man, good work, and keep discovering ;)

[@DANDRE94]

Wow that small portion... Made an entire song D: see that's talent

[@Jose-ew7xg]

4:37 that is exactly what J Dilla did, you are a genius!!! You definitely know your music!

[@highvisibilityraincoat]

lol 13 years later and we found the last high life sample

[@bobpoo9596]

This is brilliant! I really enjoyed this video, thanks for posting.

[@blitzy2266]

...Holy crap... THAT IS AMAZING!!!

[@blitzy2266]

***** Indeed... They are geniuess!!

[@snizzleg4896]

peter griffin voice

[@lualalsa]

Now I am definitely convinced. Amazing Daft Punk for making such a great song like this, amazing people who discovered the sample and amazing you for explaining it so clearly.

[@suecra13]

Everybody should thank Love & Mind (Pecherecords) for finding this.

[@briansredd]

Hold on, wait a minute.. HA! Yeah I DO hear it now. Never heard that before... HA! GREAT spotting!

[@joemomma580]

HIGH LIFE IS SO UNDERRATED. Bro I can’t believe all these songs are resurfacing

[@JackGreggs]

Daft Punk were mad creative with their sampling. Thank God for them.

[@bangdaho]

It amazes me the things you can do with music.

[@xX_dash_Xx]

imagine a timeline where this youtube content still extisted

[@LOLquendoTV]

it does? you are literally commenting on it?!

[@xX_dash_Xx]

@@LOLquendoTV this is from 11 years ago. What I meant from my comment is I wish this content was still being made. It's kinda overproduced and underinformed nowadays imo

[@LOLquendoTV]

@@xX_dash_Xx i disagree, I think there is still quality content like this on the site today, doesnt always get that many views of course but its definitely out there

[@xX_dash_Xx]

@@LOLquendoTV im not disagreeing with you, I think there is still quality content produced today, but mostly not in the same manner. This guy just seems so genuine and is just sharing what he is passionate about. Everything has to be monetized now, I feel

[@LOLquendoTV]

@@xX_dash_Xx fair enough, i wont disagree on that, inevitable really, once a hobby became a profession for many

[@lipfunction]

i wonder if tavres ever contacted daft punk after this was discovered

[@bouchonaise]

it may be hard to believe, but I think the reason they didn't credit it, was because they actually re-created the sample for use on their album. They probably went through this process till they found the samples...and then re-created it. to match identically. You can tell the version on discovery just sounds so much better than the original studio recording fidelity/stereo spread.

[@mootboy4861]

+Anthony grant Your probably right, a lot of bands nowadays do this in order to avoid legal complications.

[@el_crack_game2358]

Anthony grant Or maybe because they just used micro samples so they don't needed to credit Tavares .

[@StaffRecordPlayer]

Ure the Mixmeister pro Brian ;) Love that program. You need to show me some more tricks at Musikmesse! Youre coming right ? Cheers Fabian

[@zanzibarforever]

this is actually amazing

[@ChristopherWoods]

So many years later, I finally see this video. And it is good. Hello fellow sample spotters...

[@LightBlazeMC]

incredible work

[@erinzoretich]

that was frickin' cool. my mouth dropped when he sped it up. great vid!

[@jackinbox133]

Sampling really shouldn't be frowned upon as long as you be as creative as possible...and I think you are being most creative when people can't tell what you are sampling

[@GabriGlider]

Nice to see im the first one to have it in the recomendations...

[@DjGregMN]

Brian, that was amazing! Daft punk used a lot of old disco samples on their "Discovery" album. Go album to dance to.

[@NiGHTSaturn]

Very Disco. 😉

[@TheNoblesGuild]

That is Fire! God how did this ibanz guy find that?! That's sampling I respect. They pulled short clips from 3 places to make 1 loop. From experience, not hard, but not ez... Cool uploads Mr. brainsredd, try Fl Studio's *Slicex*/Edison Editor to chop ur samples n plenty more. Mix Meister is nothing compared to it. U should love it. However I'm not sure you can as technical with it. But you probably can n I never bothered.

[@feelda303]

Very cool. Most of their stuff is old sampled forgotten tracks. I wonder if stuff like that gets ever licensed.

[@joao.ribeiro]

Holy shit, my mind's blown 10 years later

[@MagikGimp]

Why on earth or how rather would anyone take samples so seemingly randomly like that? No wonder no one has found this until now. Great video, cheers B.

[@santiagomelendrezblanco2077]

Why is everyone commenting 11 years later

[@ezmyrelda]

You must not have heard the news when you made this comment..

[@BaruchTheName]

Wow this gives so much insight for me because I sample songs for beats and songs too. Great vid!

[@sutiban]

When are you going to do some more Origins videos??? Those are awesome. Especially the daft punk ones :-)

[@briansredd]

Yeah the BEAT sample.. or People sample. That one was pointed out to me after I shot this. Never even picked that up in High Life. Great spotting!

[@ProtoBusterSwrd]

briansredd hi there, I am a fan of Daft Punk and I was wondering if you can try to find out what the sample or samples used were in the track "Teachers" from the "Homework" album. I really like the track, especially the lyrics, highlighting the DJ's and singers that inspired the two humans- turned robots. I would really appreciate it if you can. Wishing you the best, Xlted1

[@netsab9846]

Damn, Thomas and Guy-Man' main talent is to find pure gold and succeed to make it even better!

[@delphinerenault7151]

i'm very happy to be french i like daft punk

[@ezmyrelda]

How you feel about Les Rythme Digitales. They are extremely french.

[@RRollergod]

Bri look at the Rane booth for a new Rane/Ableton announcement at NAMM!

[@keeveekoomoo2083]

What software r u using for this, also, I think there is another sample in the song at "we're just people *bein'* people"

[@jaggass]

Have ever wondered what daft punk used in 'fresh'? its from the homework album.

[@JacobTheLoofah]

I am aware that this isn't perfect, but in the chop, the second sample beat isn't in the song, it's just one simgle note through.

[@erinzoretich]

there is a smudge on your camera lens - by your right eye (our left). i thought it was dirt on my screen and started wiping, but it wouldn't go away. i was going crazy until i scrolled down, and it moved!

[@jaggass]

Its good i had a go didnt add the be in the end. I got F,Dminor,Aminor. I combined to two titles of the songs called it High Punk.

[@djvjnigel]

Nice vid B. love it when u find a sample! :-)

[@ScottMusgrave]

i LIKE that brian.......and you got over 300 views al ready.. GREAT job !

[@pavlekocbek]

For someone, perhaps, who would like to sample this on Tavares - Break Down For Love (total 4:31) you will find, in this video, here, mentioned samples at around 0:35, 1:17, 1:33 and at about 1:38 minute. Now, do sample a lot, kids. Don't you know, and hey, listen. Listen. I remember, a long time ago, manny decades in fact, all that shit. A legendary master wizard, senior sonic swordsmith, a sensei and sonic guru/demigod, told me, when I expressed my gratitude and phrases some really epic rap album he recorded for now long gone rapper that was a huge, huge mastonova superstar in the 90, don't you know. He said to me that everything on that album, except some bass tracks and almost all vocals, obviously, were sampled from lps. That he and this rapper dude first sat down for a month with piles of their favourite LPs and carefully recorded a whole ocean of quality samples through all the mighty old pre-digital studio systems and channels. They would then use antique filters on ARP Odyssey, Roland Jupiters and Junos on this samples. it was the best, all done by hand. And this was a serious facility, the value of all those machines in that exquizit soundworks power factory today is enormous, stupendous and beyond belief. The studio, it still operates to this day. It's now cooperating in fact on the highest levels, with echelons in agencies like nasa, private mastodon tycoon magnates of the car industry from the north of europe. It is only degrees away, in my opinion, from setting off into the fantastic, never before seen outer pockets across intergalactical vast wonderlands of deep space, beyond, perhaps, even the very borders on the edge of our boldest imagination. All the way to the end of spectrum, don't you know, the spirit realms itself. The sphere, where we all converged before and will again, ...and again, to unite/dissipate for the eternity. One love!

[@JoseAhonen]

I'm not hating KZbin for showing me this after 11 years.

[@johnottonelli1190]

the fact that he gives the credit ti all the people involved make this video so pure

[@deadlyqueen]

This is so awesome! Great work to the guy who discovered it!

[@AdiVAbdulsky]

The perfect follup up video after seeing this one is the reconstruction of Mobb Deep - Shook Ones pt.2. Those are not examples of genious, but on 'higher plain of existence' level.

[@jamieperryart6366]

Ok, I’m only 12 years late, watching this video, but thank you for sharing. I had always wondered where the sample came from.

[@GalacticJourney]

The second bass beat is a major second high, but otherwise, excellent sleuthing!

[@KnockoutKomedy1]

If you want to hear the missing part, it is in the beggining where they sing "we're just people being people." It is the first 'people'. Try it!