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Mon 05 May 2007Giving back borrowed BooksThe Books might take their inspiration from found sounds and scraps of recorded music and dialogue, but the results are ambitious, sweeping soundscapes, writes Jim CarrollSampling is an art-form favoured by many musicians. Hip-hop producers, for instance, regularly and casually create beats from breaks repatriated from dusty funk or jazz records. The old becomes the new and, as long as credit is given and the appropriate royalties are paid, everyone is happy.