The Amen Break Universe

Famous “Amen Break”, champion drum loop sampled by everyone, has a long history.
You can catch most of it in this short MixMag documentary released in 2019:

What I want to focus on today is article from 2008 “The Amen Break and the Golden Ratio” by Michael S. Schneider, mathematician.

Human bodies and created sounds, like flowers, crystals and galaxies, can never exactly equal any ideal mathematical template. But the major wave peaks of the Amen Break, and many of its smaller ones, seem reasonably close to being an expression of the fractal nature of the wonderful Golden Ratio. I wonder what it would sound like if it was more precisely proportioned to the ideal, but I also know that slight differences are what make it human and alive.”

Article has since been refuted, for example by Sean Barrett in 2012 “The Amen Break Does Not Involve The Golden Ratio”.

But I would argue that what Michael Schneider saw in Amen Break drum loop still stands in principle, and can be applied to any musical or rhythmical construction:

“A whole line may be divided in such a way that the length of the whole relates to its large part in the same way that the large part relates to the small part. In other words, the same relationship appears on different scales, comprehending a mathematically balanced whole.”




From Dub to Jungle Loop Pack – Deluxe Dubwise

Subtifuge from Totally Dubwise Recordings teams up with Dub Arc Studio to cover entire scope of musical genres from Dub to Jungle ready to load up for any soundclash!

From Dub To Jungle Loop Pack

Deconstructing Hip Hop

Deconstructing Hip Hop is a great video series running from 2012 way back before “how to sound like” videos, the show in which “geek meets ghetto” a.k.a. where hip hop classics are broken down using original samples and digital audio tools.

Fela Kuti & De La Soul – Fela Soul

Since digital revolution, good music is not lacking, just in need of digital crate diggin.
Back in 2011 Amerigo Gazaway crafted this musical gem:
https://youtu.be/g3nw54YFpDA
Check out full album and instrumentals.

SampleScience – 8 bit FX

Need your 8 bit arsenal re-up? Check out this small but deadly pack:

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Specifications:
  • 3.14 Megs
  • 60 samples
  • WAV format
  • 16 bit 44.1 kHz

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