From cognition Sent Tue, Sep 14th 1999, 04:00
david: a couple of "doh!"s in my post, thanks for fixing 'em. i actually listened to licensed to ill a couple of times last week and forgot about that, practically ditto for the apache/amen confusion. geez, i need to be given a good slap. thanks. andrew duke :) David Viens wrote: > I always liked those history-of-electornic-instruments > parts of documentarys > like the PBS aired History Of Rock And Roll > episode 10 : The Perfect Beat's 808 > or Modulations type 303-909 worshippin.. > > On The perfect Beat they mentioned > Public Enemy`s first use of Funky Drummer > on Fight the Power. > But they failed to mention NWA`s use of > Amen on "Straight outa Compton". > > Andrew Duke wrote: > >coldcut's beats and pieces, for example, > >was the first track to use led zepelin's > >break from when the levee breaks to > >show best what i'm talking about here. > > actually it was used way before on the Beastie Boys > Lisence To Ill on "Robbing and Stealing" > (Alibaba and the 40 thieves) > > Other worthy mentions: > Bjork`s Army of Me. > And Tears for Fears`s "Shout" > for the snare sound only > (seems weird but I`m pretty sure of that one) > > >much of the early "trip hop" was essentially > >breaks with some stuff on top, same for > >some hip hop. > >much of the early jungle just took the > >incredible bongo band's break from > >their track "amen" and looped it, > > Actually the "Amen" breakbeat comes from > "The Winstons" on the B side of "Color me father", > Whereas the "Apache" break comes from > the Incredible bongo band`s Apache track > Both of them were indeed used to death in early jungle. > > Now maybe some other break geek can help me on this one: > What`s the origin of the one used in Panacea`s Lightbringer?? > (dont be confused `cause there are also traces of Amen in there as well) > That sample was also used on the B side of Plug's "Cut 97" 12" > I listened to all of the breaks on Audio113 and didnt find > anything like it.. > It hasnt been used on as many tracks as Amen, but it is equally powerfull. > > Cheers! > -------------- > while(1)fork(); -- Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xx http://www.techno.ca/cognition 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9