Sample Breakdown: Daft Punk - One More Time
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a striking visual breakdown of how the song was constructed.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2021 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec alun · 2026-01 · on “Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?”
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]
Recommends modeless · 2021-03 · on “All Futurama Opening Quotes”
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]
Recommends phrotoma · 2025-04 · on “Recreating Daft Punk's Something About Us”
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]