Summary
WhoSampled is a website and app database of information about sampled music or sample-based music, cover songs and remixes.
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Type of site | Music website, sampled music |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | London, England |
| Owner | Nadav Poraz[1] |
| URL | whosampled |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | October 1, 2008[2][3] |
| Current status | Active |
HistoryEdit
Nadav Poraz founded the site in London, England in 2008, as a way to track musical samples and cover songs. Mobile apps were released in 2012 and 2014 for iPhone and Android, respectively.[4] The website's database is user-generated and reviewed by moderators before the content goes live. As of 2016, the site's most sampled track is the Amen break from the Winstons.[5] In 2015, the site added support for film and television clips.[6] The following year, it partnered with Spotify[7] and introduced a six degrees of separation-inspired game that tracks relationships between artists, producers, and their tracks.[8] In October 2017, WhoSampled partnered with KPM and Ableton and organised the third 'Samplethon' competition at Point Blank Studios in London.[9][10][11]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Khan, Basheera (1 December 2009). "Say it isn't so – WhoSampled reveals the rip-offs in music". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "WhoSampled is 8 Years Old!".
- ^ "WhoSampled.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Dredge, Stuart (23 September 2014). "With 1 million users, WhoSampled brings its music DNA exploration to Android". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Goldenberg, David (22 September 2016). "It Only Takes Six Seconds To Hear The World's Most Sampled Song". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Solomon, Katie (15 May 2015). "Get to the chopper! WhoSampled adds movie and TV sample clips". TechRadar. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019.
- ^ Sawers, Paul (8 February 2016). "WhoSampled taps Spotify to show you who covered, remixed, or sampled your favorite songs". VentureBeat. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Pugsley, Adam (6 July 2016). "WhoSampled's new Six Degrees tool shows you how your favourite artists are connected". Chart Attack. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "WHOSAMPLED PRESENTS 'SAMPLETHON' COMPETITION AT POINT BLANK LONDON WITH KPM & ABLETON". DJMag.com. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "WhoSampled presents third Samplethon contest hosted by Point Blank Studios". www.solvdmag.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "WhoSampled teams up with Sony/ATV for new Samplethon | Complete Music Update". www.completemusicupdate.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.