Adrian Bertram

Once again with all the unpredictability of sunrise, a major company has indulged in some very lazy sampling of a lesser known musician for the shilling of their dispicable wares. This time around aware but not alarmed listeners can hear lengthy unadorned loops of Manu Chao being used to sell Domino’s pizzas, and whilst obviously at this level the samples are either cleared or have wormed their way through a legal loophole, the contempt shown is nothing short of staggering.

This is the sort of thing that gives sampling and appropriation a bad name - cheap, lazy and not very interesting.