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From:
ryan|b|shaw
To:
Christopher Fahey
Cc:
'KaisrSolze@aol.com' , idm@hyperreal.org
Date:
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:39:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
RE: (idm) Assorted Comments and Questions
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<Pine.HPP.3.95.970702103555.20846A-100000@apollo0.Stanford.EDU>
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On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Christopher Fahey wrote: o}Here's a question for you all: What the fuck is an Amen break? I always thought o}that meant a particularly triumphant flourish, but here KaisrSolze seems to o}refer to it like it was a particular sample or something. it is a particular sample--it's the break from "amen, brother" by the winstons (i believe, my memory may be failing me). it's a hard soul-funk tune from the 70s. i always wonder if any of those guys (the winstons) know that an entire genre of music has been founded largely upon one break from one song they made. sounds like some type of sci-fi scenario... Rs.