I completely agree. The Amen break sounds amazing and always will. It has become an instrument in and of itself in contemporary music. Saying its played out is like saying the piano is played out.
-Aaron
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From: atomly <atomly@atomly.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:04 pm
Subject: Re: [idm] RE: Amen Break/Breaks recommendations
quoted 40 lines [Chris <chris@tandjrec.com>]> [Chris <chris@tandjrec.com>]
> > Pretty much 85% of all jungle/drum and bass stuff utilizes the amen
> > break or a similar break.
>
> What does that mean? Aren't all breaks similar? Are you saying
> 85% of
> jungle samples their breakbeats? Did you do a scientific study, btw?
>
> Anyway, fuck all y'all. The amen still wrecks the place. 808, 909,
> 303, Funky Drummer and Amen. There's a reason they all got so
> popular.
> You listen to a Remarc record, a Doc Scott record, a Squarepusher
> recordand an Erik B and Rakim record and you tell me that the Amen is
> played out. People were saying it was played out before Remarc,
> beforeSquarepusher, before Hrvatski + Lesser, etc. It's drum
> samples that
> happen to sound good. How can drum samples be played out?
>
> I think one of the things that's pushed me away from IDM in recent
> yearsis this orientalism. The idea that a drum sound is played
> out- that
> making innovative "sounds" instead of tracks or mixes, is the problem.
> I'd rather listen to a solid hour-long minimal acid set than
> listen to
> some wank show off how many computations per second his Powerbook
> gets.
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