The last decade or two have seen an explosion of innovative and memorable indie games, and these are some of the most enduring standouts. This is all in good fun, so feel free to weigh in with thoughts, recommendations, and rankings of your own!

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Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh’s 1985 hit “La Di Da Di” has become one of the most sampled songs of all time. Hip-hop is a genre built on sampling, borrowing from the greats of James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” and The Winstons’ “Amen Brother”. Alongside “Children’s Story”, Slick Rick’s voice has been used in over 1,000 different tracks and counting, but what is it about the MC that made him so ideal for sampling – let’s find out.

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Synkro has really delivered the goods on this mix. It’s inspired by his wicked new Apollo EP.
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Tracklist:

Black Narcissus – Till The Rains Break
Desolate – Tyroshi
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Synkro – Automatic Response
Com Truise – Isostasy
Paul Blackford – Light Years
Synkro – Vanishing Point
Overlook – Travelling Without Moving
Chromatics – Broken Mirrors
Boards Of Canada – You Could Feel The Sky
Neozaïre – Departed, Gone and Lost
Danny Wolfers – Scenic Highway System
Marenn Sukie – Until Such Time
Mark Isham – Sympathy and Acknowledgement
Synkro – Hand In Hand
Satoshi & Makoto – Chuchotement
Andy Stott – Expecting
Synkro – Red Sky
Aleksi Perälä – The Field

“Today! Not the day before yesterday when writing was powerful, not yesterday when writing was within anyone’s reach and demystified. Today, when AI has learned to write, today the act of writing is unnecessarily – and for that very reason – revolutionary. “

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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

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