This is one incredible use of YouTube. Kutiman, an Israeli musician who started playing piano at age 6, then drums and guitar, has taken numerous clips from YouTube and mashed them all up to create an entire album of songs. Some of the clips aren’t even musical in nature. But added together, mixed and remixed, it turns into a symphony of sound and vision. Clicking on the “more info” link on his YouTube videos will show you all of the videos used to compose each song.

Kutiman becamed influenced by the likes of James Brown and Fela Kuti while listening to a college radio station at his convenience store job. He then traveled to Jamaica, eventually working with Stephen and Damien Marley to perfect his funk/afro beat sound.

Below is one of the songs and video. Also, check out Thru-You.com to see and hear the rest of the album, and Kutiman’s MySpace page to hear some of his other music.

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