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This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single 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. Nate Harrison’s 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.
A must-watch.
Posted on September 16, 2009 via The Documentary Group with 70 notes
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вот офигенное видео, сегодня только про него вспоминали
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I watched a while back and favorited it. A nice little piece in music history.
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most interesting...I’ve seen in ages. what intrigues me
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I was just thinking of this documentary today! I saw about a year ago maybe and it just stuck with me ever since. Ever...
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I’ve just watched this documentary. It’s...if you, like me, have an intrepid love
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an interesting view on ambiguity and how...object can be used, recycled,
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[Even more than all that, I think it’s...Richard Dawkins’s concept
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I hope my jams get to be this popular!
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while since i threw...some good tech step / dark step.
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