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Subject: The "other" Amen Break ?!
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Original Message 1/3 26-Jul-07 @ 09:49 PM - History about the Tambourine beat?
..This is a tougher one, but I'm very curious about the history of another loop almost as frequently used, especially in the drum'n bass scene. We recognise it as a vivacious breakbeat that hits us with incredible swing tight 16th-note tambourines (impossible to quantize without template) and a distinct metallic-sounding snare drum.
Already in 1989 The Stone Roses dubbed their own drums over it on "Fool's Gold". The year after we could hear it drenched in reverb on Meat Beat Manifesto's "Radio Babylon", and around the same time as a background beat to Right Said Fred's cheesy hit "I'm Too Sexy". Also in 1990 Stock Aitken Waterman throws it right at the intro of Kylie's top10-hit "Step Back In Time". Liam Howlett of Prodigy used it a couple of times for example in "Break & Enter" 1994, and PFM's beautiful The Western tune from 95 is a lovely example, among loads of other drum&bass tracks from the era with that uplifting beat. During the end of the 90's it also came back to mainstream audience following William Orbit's work on Madonna's "Frozen".
But what is really the origin of that particular beat??? When was it performed and recorded?? And by whom? Is it like all the other classic breaks, taken from funk-records mainly from the 1960's and 70's? Or is it something that was recorded, lets say during a New Wave session in the early 80's? Heh what do I know.. please help me with this one - one of the most incredible drumbreaks in the music history! Spread the knowledge as a sample maniac to another.
In the audiofile above i have three (3) examples of the "Tambourine break".
The first one is a loop that contains in several sample libraries, the second is unknown, and the last one is from the famous "Fools Gold" where we can hear it in action.
These three examples differ a bit from each other but has the same character. Especially the second loop is interesting (very lofi because I've only been able to find it in an mid-90s MOD/XM 8-bit file so far) but it's a bit rougher, more aggressive and tighter than the two others - who might be from the same origin. (If someone has the second loop or know where it is available in hi-fi, it'll be well appreciated!)
cheers, Stuff
Message 2/3 02-Aug-07 @ 04:44 PM - RE: The
http://www.phatdrumloops.com/old_site/wav/hotpants2.wav
'The JB's - "Hot Pants (I'm Coming) (Bonus Beats)" (Note - often attributed to Bobby Byrd. Available on The JB's 40th Anniversary single)'
Message 3/3 03-Aug-07 @ 12:21 AM - RE: The
those examples are speeded up alot
i've also got about 4000 old soul tracks, but i'm keeping those muahahahahahahah
perhaps we should have a new section called THE DAILY OLD SKOOL featuring a great old soul track each day
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