Who sampled · 2010s · intermediate crate
Childish Gambino’s “Les” (2011) is built on Ludwig Goransson’s “ROMANTIC - Pianotuner of Earthquakes (DEMO)” (2011). In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Ludwig Goransson · 2011
The hit that sampled it
Childish Gambino · 2011
Cue up “ROMANTIC - Pianotuner of Earthquakes (DEMO)” and listen at 00:00–00:15 — that’s the passage Childish Gambino lifted.
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