Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Amen Break Documentary
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 by The Winstons. 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.
Labels:
1969,
2004,
Amen Break,
Amen Brother,
breaks,
documentary,
drum and bass,
hip-hop,
history,
jungle,
Nate Harrison,
sample,
The Winstons
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