Re: (idm) 'breakbeat' defined

From .daevid.
Sent Tue, Sep 14th 1999, 12:59

> From: xxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxxxxx.xx (Andrew Duke)
> Subject: Re: (idm) 'breakbeat' defined

<snip>
> do his thing. anyway, producers in the 80s
> and 90s clued in that they could sample
> the best breaks from classics like james
> brown's funky drummer, led zeppelin's
> when the levee breaks (sorta ironic title
> in hindsight, eh?)


sort of ironic, eh?  well, yes, especially if you take into
account that that led zep track was a cover of a classic blues
song originally recorded by Memphis Minnie in 1928.  you can
find it down on various Yazoo Records blues compilations.  if
she only knew now what she hath wrought...


dae.vid


oh, the Memphis Minnie track wasn't quite as heavy on the
breaks, though...


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