Music | March 21, 2008 | 5 comments

The history of the Amen break

source: http://www.nkhstudio.com/pages/amen_mp4.html

phillyharper
I thought I'd get all high brow and post this. It's a vinyl that explores the use of a beat that has become known as the Amen break, a beat which has been used over and over in popular culture and has become part of the public sub-conscience.

It's strangely interesting to hear the history of something that I never even knew existed, and yet the beat seems strangely familiar.
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5 comments // The history of the Amen break // Video

  • cheakywillie
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      cheakywillie  

    • this is an excellent pod thank you.....as far as copywrite laws, people get around them all the time...although i dont agree with using samples that are not not cleared many interesting dj's and producers use samples all the time without anyone but themselves knowing the true source....but it is not just aural sounds that are being usurped...just months ago there was a link on this website where a mcdonalds was using a portion of a nin poster cover...it is in our nature to replicate what we like and use it for our own gain....

      but the amen break is just a phenom...even though james brown is the most sampled musician it boggles my mind to think how many songs in my collection use that simple six seconds.....on another note i was so happy when i found my own 45 version ....

    • 3 years ago
  • ocanada
  • huntre
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      huntre  

    • Yeah. I'd say Jazz in origin.
      It's such a complex drum pattern that you'd need little or no other instrumentation to drop lyrics over it.
      Makes the task easier.

    • 3 years ago
  • MornRail
  • smorrisey
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      smorrisey  

    • this is the dopest video on current.

      i cant think of it right now, but i have a strong feeling some jazz drummer started the Amen-break in the 1940s or 50s before the Winstons?

      who's the copyright person that gets to hunt for this stuff? i guess theyd work for the record studios..how do i get this job?

    • 3 years ago
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