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Sample Breakdown: Daft Punk - One More Time

2.2M views · Feb 21, 2020 · 0:51 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2026

A short Tracklib video visualizing the disco sample that Daft Punk's One More Time is built from. It shows how the track is composed from the original material.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as a striking visual breakdown of how the song was constructed.

“This video is a great visualization on how it's composed. Absolutely incredible.”HN comment, 2026

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Strongly recommendsalunJan 2026

“This video is a great visualization on how it's composed. Absolutely incredible.”

Visualizes how One More Time is built from a disco sample

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Daft Punk are very clever in the way they make their music. Their song "One More Time" is a simple three-part sample from a 70s disco song. This video is a great visualization on how it's composed. Absolutely incredible. this video

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“Wow, what an amazing breakdown video visualization.”

Visual breakdown of samples behind a Daft Punk track

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Wow, what an amazing breakdown video visualization. I see there are a bunch of these, for e.g. Daft Punk this video , Britney Spears link , Fatboy Slim link

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“This youtube channel has a whole pile of sampling recreations.”

Channel with many sampling recreations including this one

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This youtube channel has a whole pile of sampling recreations. Daft Punk: Discovery link Daft Punk: One More Time this video Mos Def: Mathematics link Pogo: Alice link Fatboy Slim: Rockafeller Skank link And this 30 minute compilation that spans four decades is utterly mesmerizing link

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