RetroThing calls attention to this short YouTube documentary about the “Amen Break,” the world’s most important drum loop:
From RetroThing:
It’s not new, but Nate Harrision’s six-year-old look at one of the most sampled drum beats in the world is still worth a listen.
“This sample was used extensively in
early hip hop 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.”
Very interesting stuff.
