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minus-squarevzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·12 days agolol I would recognize that envelope even without the context
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·12 days agoWould you enlighten my uneducated self? 🦦
minus-squarenull@piefed.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·12 days agoIt’s (probably) the most popular drum break in history. Dubbed the “Amen break”, it comes from a track called “Amen, Brother” by The Winstons. It has been sampled in countless tracks, and is the foundation of some genres like breakcore.
minus-squareExecutive Chimp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·12 days agoPeople always mention Winstons but nobody names the drummer Gregory Coleman. He got no royalties and died homeless and broke. He should at least get some respect.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days agoThanks. For anyone else learning about this, have this cool video about it that i found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zmEDzsMkqE
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoIs it the one from Firestarter?
minus-squareDruid@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoA lot of Big Beat or Breakbeat is based on the drum loop, so yea, a lot of The Prodigy’s catalogue is based on it too. More so the earlier albums, tho
minus-squarerustydrd@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoTo add to this, one well known example of where it was used is Straight Outta Compton by NWA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 days agoI’m also clueless, based on the 50 year bit I’d hazard a guess at the intro to Blue Monday
minus-squareHond@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·12 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·12 days agohttps://samplefocus.com/samples/amen-break If you want to listen to it
minus-squaresnoons@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoThe ‘Amen Break’ from ‘Amen, Brother’ by The Winstons (Invidious link)
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoIt’s the “drum” part of “drum n bass”
lol I would recognize that envelope even without the context
Would you enlighten my uneducated self? 🦦
It’s (probably) the most popular drum break in history. Dubbed the “Amen break”, it comes from a track called “Amen, Brother” by The Winstons.
It has been sampled in countless tracks, and is the foundation of some genres like breakcore.
People always mention Winstons but nobody names the drummer Gregory Coleman. He got no royalties and died homeless and broke. He should at least get some respect.
Thanks. For anyone else learning about this, have this cool video about it that i found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zmEDzsMkqE
Is it the one from Firestarter?
A lot of Big Beat or Breakbeat is based on the drum loop, so yea, a lot of The Prodigy’s catalogue is based on it too. More so the earlier albums, tho
To add to this, one well known example of where it was used is Straight Outta Compton by NWA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8
I’m also clueless, based on the 50 year bit I’d hazard a guess at the intro to Blue Monday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break
https://samplefocus.com/samples/amen-break
If you want to listen to it
tysm
Thanks
The ‘Amen Break’ from ‘Amen, Brother’ by The Winstons (Invidious link)
It’s the “drum” part of “drum n bass”