At 10:57 PM 2/1/96 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 12 lines With all this talk of jungle, I am going to ask a niave question->With all this talk of jungle, I am going to ask a niave question-
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>with regard to breakbeats, what part ot is the 'break' and what part is
>the 'beat'? It may sound stupid, but the only thing I hear in breakbeats
>is a sped-up repitition of a bar of some hip-hop beat, as opposed the
>classic techno/house 4/4 'thump' 'thump' 'thump' beat. I became intrigued
>when I was sorting through some old stuff and came on to KLF's White
>Room...on the inside credits they list certain people as being
>responsible for the 'breaks' on certain tracks. Are these the same thing?
>Anyone who can clarify will relieve me of this stupid desire to know so
>that I may get back some IDM listening. I got Gerald on right now...old
>house and now his jungle...cool stuff.
Breakbeats came from jazz, where at some point in a song, the rest of the
band would take a break and the drummer would play on without them. Hip-hop
sampled these to make their loops and grooves. Break dancing came from these
parts as well, because you "break" on the break. Jungle takes hip-hop and
applies the Cubase sequencing software (from techno, btw) to it.
eh