The KLF: The Band That Hacked the Music Industry

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  @rorz999 · 2 months ago

  Chill Out is a masterpiece, anyone who is into sample-based music that hasn't heard it before owes it to themselves to check it out

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• SH

  @shbooms · 2 months ago

  If you haven't read John Higgs' "The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds," you've missed out on one of the most amazing journeys from the end of the 20th Century. These guys (The KLF) are more important than we yet recognize.

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• TH

  @ThemeMusic-d1b · 2 months ago

  Hi El Train, could you make a video about Coldcut, hey are an influential British group known for their music as well as their sample CD, such as 1992 called Coldcut – Kleptomania, that CD contains samples from other artists' songs that the WhoSampled community is still actively tracking down. They also founded their own label, Ninja Tune; you should check it out on Discogs, as they released several well-known CD samples there like the five volumes of DJ Food - Jazz Brakes and the four volumes of DJ Toolz – Break Beats 'N' Grooves which also feature samples from other artists that the WhoSampled community continues to discover.

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• RO

  @romanazbukin8687 · 2 months ago (edited)

  Imagine such a surreal picture - I serve as soldier in the Soviet army in 1991. We had a TV in our barracks, which was allowed to turn on in the evenings, shortly before lights out. And suddenly, a KLF video is shown on some music program, it seems to be "3 A.M. Eternal". Of course, this is the first time I've seen this band, but I immediately get the feeling (deja vu) that I know it for some reason and that it's very cool and important band :yougotthis:

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• AS

  @Ashfaq9914 · 2 months ago

  Great documentary. The klf were legends of early dance and electronic music.

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• PR

  @ProtestingTheProtesters · 1 month ago (edited)

  These are the men that made me. I am glad I was there in the 90’s when 3 AM ETERNAL was everywhere… they gave me joy when I needed it. They taught me to never give up. GOD BLESS BILL AND JIMMY.<br><br>Lord Rock and Tim Boy… bless. You made me a happy person to the impossible is possible.

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• JE

  @jesseratcliff3508 · 2 months ago

  My earliest memory was hearing their single “Last Train to Transcentral”. Blew my mind! Loved them ever since. The book by John Higgs is a great overview of their music and philosophy.

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• JE

  @JeremiahTrue · 1 month ago

  I found the KLF when I went to Blue Man Group in the late 90s. Loved that tune and digging into their catalogue when the internet came of age and Napster was king.

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• XI

  @xinth23 · 2 months ago (edited)

  Wow! This is an amazingly concise documentary on the KLF. I really enjoyed the narrative and the editing. Also, the way you introduced your Patreon was seamless. I usually skip past those, but not on this video. Nice work!

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• ZE

  @Zeddman88 · 2 months ago

  All aboard all aboard !!

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• TH

  @TheAVroomChris · 2 months ago

  You made a video on one of my favorite bands. I feel lucky to have lived through it. Threw you some HYPE.

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• JO

  @jon-paulfilkins7820 · 2 months ago

  Big in Japan, that band is like an upside down supergroup. Then they were nobodies, a decade and a bit later just about everyone was well known in music or art.

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