This year marks the 40th anniversary of the six-second drum loop that forever changed the face of modern music. Plucked from the middle of “Amen Brother,” a 1969 B-side version of the Winstons’ Grammy-winning “Color Him Father,” those six seconds shaped drum and bass, hip hop, jungle, and a huge chunk of the music we listen to today. You may not have heard of the song, but you’ve most definitely heard the break beat: something along the lines of boom-boom-BAFF ba-boom-ba-boom-BAFF.
No, I’m not a real drummer. Maybe you should just listen to the clip — an 18-minute history lesson and rumination on six seconds that changed the music world.
Thanks, Gen!
Via Montreal State of Mind.
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1 FPM // Feb 24, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I used to be a homeless rodeo clown but now i am a world class magician !
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