sampladelic, adj.
Brit. /ˌsɑːmpləˈdɛlɪk/ , /ˌsampləˈdɛlɪk/ , U.S. /ˌsæmpləˈdɛlɪk/
Forms: 19– sampladelic, 19– sampledelic. (Show Less)
Etymology: < sample n. + -adelic (in funkadelic adj., psychedelic n.).
Music.
Designating or characteristic of a type of dance music which uses sampling and other digital technology to create an effect characterized as psychedlic. Cf. sample n. Additions b.
Used in a sentence in 1998 by S. Reynolds:
“While the purists followed Detroit in fixating on the supposedly more ‘musical’ synthetizer, ‘ardkore was sampladelic music, based around a collage mess-thetic.”
1991 Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.) 2 May f5/2: The brief, expletive-littered scolding forced Kier out of character and introduced an element of gray reality that in other shows might have seemed unfortunate. After an hour-plus of Deee-Lite's goofy ‘sampladelic’ delirium, however, it was most welcome.
1994 i-D Oct. 101/2: Using sampladelic hip hop as a point of departure, they mesh Hindi film music, devotional Muslim song, streetwise ragga and '50s sci-fi movies onto earthen dub and hardnosed breaks.
1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash iv. 126: While the purists followed Detroit in fixating on the supposedly more ‘musical’ synthetizer, 'ardkore was sampladelic music, based around a collage mess-thetic.
2005 Time Out (Nexis) 7 Sept. 115: Brighton's Day-glo party punkers turn on the sunshine at 6pm with their screwy, sampladelic madness.
