Drum and Bass · hard · 165 BPM
Amen Break
The most sampled breakbeat in history, lifted from The Winstons' 'Amen, Brother' and the backbone of jungle and drum-and-bass. Its syncopated, ghost-note-laden snare placement and shuffling swing give it that endlessly chopable, rolling feel. Played fast it becomes the breakbeat science of an entire genre.
Press play to hear it, then open the full machine to edit, loop, and play along with your own kit.
What this teaches
Teaches syncopated backbeat displacement and the loose breakbeat phrasing behind jungle/DnB.
Heard in
- The Winstons - Amen, Brother