From joanisse Sent Thu, Jul 9th 1998, 23:21
From joanisse Sent Thu, Jul 9th 1998, 23:21
> > just a few things about this thread.... there have been a few records lately-ish that use the amen in innovative wayz: acid track by dilinja and that cut "jade" by hokusai come to mind and are quite excellent. there are a few older cuts by boymerang, jmajik & leon mar that take it farther than anything i've heard. shit, goldie even used it on saturn one of the reasons the amen is so popular is that, played out or not, it really does blow away just about every other break in terms of power and all-around funkiness. it's also one of the few breaks that requires no timestretching - you just pitch it up a third and you are rolling. (if you want to fuck about it, it's also very easy to edit compared to other classic breaks) remember that amen and apache and the bells go back to old school hip hop (straight out of compton, wheels of steel...), and i don't think drum and bass could really play them out completely. there will always be room for innovation (i'm listening to acid trak right now and it's pretty wicked in 1998) which reminds me, could the previous poster who mentioned 3rd bass post which song uses it? words of wisdom? damn, when was that '88? feeling somewhat oldish, r.j