documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop
Landon Proctor · 15 HN recommenders · 11 recommendation months
Recommended by 15 Hacker News commenters across 11 months (2011–2026).
SignalTube analysis
There are too few matching documentary videos tagged Music performance & songs for a stable peer comparison. This video has 15 distinct HN recommenders across 11 recommendation months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
75% of its 20 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2011–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 18 minutes 9 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2006-02-21.
- Channel / speaker
- Landon Proctor
- Verified runtime
- 18m 9s
- YouTube upload date
- 2006-02-21
- Hacker News mention years
- 2011–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in Music performance & songs. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loopCurrent video | 15 | 11 | 75% | — | 18m 9s | 2006-02-21 |
| Pipe Organ (5-story instrument)documentary · Rob Scallon | 3 | 3 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 29m 53s | 2019-06-08 |
| Dan Deacon - Bromst - In The Studiodocumentary · Pitchfork | 3 | 3 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 30m 16s | 2012-04-11 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Teenage Engineering: Introducing APC-2”. Its short rationale: Great documentary about the Amen Break.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “A 25-Year-Fight over a 2-Second Sample”. Its short rationale: In-depth history of the Amen Break.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Bubble Sorted Amen Break”. Its short rationale: Taught commenter about the Amen Break's influence on 80s and 90s music.