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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 16, 2014 2:57 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 16, 2014 2:57 PM UTC Israeli producer and musician Kutiman has released a new track called “Give It Up” that doesn’t actually feature any of his own vocals or instrumentation. Kutiman (real name: Ophir Kutiel) pieced together clips from other musicians and edited them into one surprisingly cohesive and beautiful new track. “Give It Up” is one of the tracks from Kutiman’s upcoming[ album](http://www.thru-you-too.com/), _Thru You Too_, out Oct. 1\. “Give It Up” is not an outlier — all the album’s tracks are comprised of unrelated YouTube clips. 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