The “Amen Break” - A 6-Second Drum Loop Continues to Make Music History
Check out this video clip about the famous Amen Break drum sample when you have 18 minutes to spare. Despite Nate’s monotone delivery, it’s awesome:
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. Nate Harrison’s 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.
Posted to Beat Mixing, Music Videos by Mike on
September 11, 2007
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Excellent clip. Thanks.