quoted 1 line isn't anyone SICK to the back teeth of this break yet??>isn't anyone SICK to the back teeth of this break yet??
no way. drum'n'bass has finally progressed to a point where producers are
realizing the full potential of amen. the more experimental tech steppers
are really pushing the amen break to the limit instead of mindlessly
looping it and chopping it into simple
eighths.
i was really surprised to hear the lacklustre amen noodling performed by
MBM and NIN for the perfect drug remixes. it seems to me that if one is
stuck in a track that's going nowhere, you can just break out the amen as a
backup. i was working on a track for six straight months that was going
absolutely nowhere. out of curiousity, i fiddled with the amen break just
to finish it. it totally killed the song, but at least i got it out of the
way :)
speaking of breaks, i'm real surprised that the same 12 or so breaks are
still being used by producers. there's so much good, unused shit laying
around in old jazz records that sounds manic when pitched to 165 or so.
i've got a bank of a hundred or so - and i'm not even a serious musician by
any means! surf rock breaks are the best cuz most of them are at jungle
speed to begin with! and geordan drummond and i have both thought
separately about sampling high school marching band drum lines. i attempted
it once and it sounded terrible.
here's to hoping that wishmountain produces a jungle record.
grant.