On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Christopher Fahey wrote:
quoted 18 lines From: Chris <cdperk@trib.com>
> >From: Chris <cdperk@trib.com>
> >Subject: re: (idm) it takes the physical....
> >
> >hello all. fotive me if this seems an ignorant question, but i was just
> >wondering what exactly an amen break is?
>
> This web site will make you want to throw away half of your drum and
> bass collection instantly. Basically, 99% of jungle is formulaic crap and
> here's how you can make your own track it in a half an hour:
>
> http://www.tiac.net/users/sheket/breaks.html
>
>
> Very informative and probably very bubble-bursting for some. About a
> year ago I was introduced to the Amen break via this list and I began to
> notice that artists I had previously thought to be interesting programmers
> turned out to be lazy samplers. This site makes the extent of that very
> clear. Have fun!
Yes, this is a great page for just laying out these old break samples that
have been used thru the 90's. It seems to me that the mid-90's
algorhythms of samplers/software to timestretch is really a huge reason
breakbeat was sort of reborn as d-n-b (look at 4-Hero then and now for
instance).
I like early Squarepusher, that 1st Carpet Bomb 12" and bits of early
Chrome and Spymania vinyl. Maybe I'm not listenning to d-n-b..? What is
that stuff? It seems different when it is programmed out on drum
machines...more personality and variation...?
Solenoid
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