The Amen Break

Exhibition: 27 Feb 2010 – 24 Apr 2010

The Amen Break
Dieter Blum, Tasting Freedom #5, 1998, Gelatin silver print, Edition of 6, 120 x 180 cm

THE AMEN BREAK a six-second drum sample from the b-side of the chart-topping single* by THE WINSTONS 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. ( taken from YouTube)

*Arranged by The Winstons
A Don Carroll Production
B-Side of Metromedia Records MM-117
contains a drum break by G.C.Coleman
Holly Bee Music Co. (BMI)
copyright Richard L.Spencer
Promotional Copy (White Label)

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