Long before the Today Show, Richard Wilkins brought MTV to Australia as a program on Channel 9. This video from around 1988 is as charming as it is naive. It’s the early days of electronic music when sampling was considered theft. Beastie Boys, Ice T, Fresh Prince — sorry, Will Smith — Jazzy Jeff, Cold Cut, De La Soul and even Debbie Gibson try and get to the bottom of the question “is sampling art or stealing?”
Sydney artist, Neon Stereo, has produced official remixes for the likes of Deadmau5, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and Steve Angello, and now he’s come up with what could be the first dance track featuring Siri’s synthesised monotone. It comes out on Ministry of Sound Australia’s Hussle Recordings next week — check it out after the jump.
