This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break, ” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. […]
Day: November 14, 2011
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