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    The Story of the 'Amen Break' with Crissy Criss - BBC 1Xtra

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    In 1969 the drummer of a band called The Winstons performed a 6 second drum solo in a track called Amen Brother. He could have had no idea how that break would go on to become one of the most used samples of all time.

    It was used in early hip hop records during the 80s, it cropped up in loads of old skool rave tunes and became one of the foundation stones of Jungle and Drum & Bass - not to mention all the other tracks which feature it in one form or another! There are loads websites, databases and facebook groups devoted to the subject, for some reason Djs and producers are TOTALLY obsessed by it.

    Crissy Criss explores the legacy of the Amen Break and tries to track down one of the original members of The Winstons to find out how he feels about creating the most influencial 6 second break in music.
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    • Amen
    • Break
    • Crissy Criss
    • Bbc Radio 1xtra
    • Drum&Bass
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    MR_AmenBreaK
    MR_AmenBreaK
    1 month ago
    http://soundcloud.com/mramenbreak/spa... , interesting audio documentry, thanks for educating the world dude.
    Shabazz Fernando
    Shabazz Fernando
    3 months, 2 weeks ago
    Whats the name of the track at 25:47 please tell!
    devnull
    devnull
    4 months, 4 weeks ago
    some good info but one really important early track that didn't get mentioned is Success n Effect's "roll it up (bass kickin beats)", amens w/ chopped hiphop samples a year or two before "we r ie"
    lgb
    lgb
    5 months ago
    biggup sir!
    DjHavick
    DjHavick
    6 months, 1 week ago
    LOVE shows like this.. it shows the People that don't research music where jungle/DnB came from
    Shabazz Fernando
    Shabazz Fernando
    6 months, 3 weeks ago
    Awesome! Is it possible to get a listing of the jungle/drum and bass tracks used in this show?
    Matt Durstan / JMDT
    Matt Durstan / JMDT
    8 months, 1 week ago
    Great show and some quality interviews, Slipmatt is and always will be the Don.
    MGX
    MGX
    11 months, 2 weeks ago
    awsum show
    sine_waves
    sine_waves
    11 months, 3 weeks ago
    great job
    Freeky
    Freeky
    11 months, 3 weeks ago
    awesome .....
    Mush633
    Mush633
    11 months, 3 weeks ago
    Really good listen!
    Alec Empire
    Alec Empire
    11 months, 3 weeks ago
    awesome! so important that this show was finally DONE and people know where it all came from!!! :)
    Fillipe Marendi
    Fillipe Marendi
    12 months ago
    good music

    plz support my friend by clicking on favorite (and play/comment) :) thanx
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