Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop

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This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: February 21, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Author: mobius32

Length: 00:18:08
Rating: 4.78
Views: 1279259

Tags: Amen break nate harrison jungle

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Video Comments:
fleontrotsky (November 30, 2008 at 12:44 pm)
how can you talk about jungle and the 'Amen' break, and not mention Remarc? For Those That Know!!!
davidb8 (November 30, 2008 at 12:34 pm)
microsoft sam?
XxBrandonBaileyxX (November 29, 2008 at 10:16 pm)
i almost fell asleep watching this.

very interesting though.
Nicuu2000 (November 28, 2008 at 11:32 am)
Where can i get this Vinyl....???

Please ansewer... i could pay much for it ...:P
MikeHockisuge (November 30, 2008 at 2:33 am)
Vinyl?! I have no idea what the f that really is 0_0
NotEvenSmoozed (November 28, 2008 at 11:11 am)
I enjoyed the video except for the monotone narration, and all jungle isn't obsesed with the amen (although a lot sure is) and the apparent fact that the producer is not found of squarepusher.

chin stroking art crowd that push the limits of absurdity with its use, sounds a little "absurd" to me.
jahshaolin (November 28, 2008 at 2:53 am)
Here's my question? How fast can jungle get?
skeetupinmygrill (November 28, 2008 at 3:34 pm)
as fast as it wants. but in my experience when you push the tempo past 220 bpm it stops sounding like you want it to.

to the creator of this video:
chin stroking art crowd my balls. "beyond the point of dancability and syncopation"... if you want dancable, may i recommend the new britney spears cd?
the true self-indulgence here is that you write off some of the most brilliant artists in the world because you're not smart enough or musical enough to follow the beat.
VortexNeurofunk (November 27, 2008 at 4:40 pm)
haha yes and now does your respect for good producers grow? it takes ages to arrange a drum n bass amen break like the ones in this vid i mean its easy to chop it all up but then arrange it and make it sound funky and nice well thats the prick hahaha
superarchmegalon (November 27, 2008 at 2:29 am)
I learned to play the drums with this beat! The first time I ever touched a kit, this was what I played. I went from there. Strange that my brain defaulted to that!