Nobody suspected that the Amen break would become the most sampled break in music history, not even the band that wrote it. The four-bar drum break — a smattering of rhythmic beats punctuated by a ...

Some sampled loops are instantly recognisable, but there are very few that have shaped entire genres: the 'Amen Break' is most certainly one. The Winstons were a funk/soul band from Washington DC who ...

“If you’re a drum ‘n’ bass producer you just become familiar with the varieties of Amen,” says Sub Focus, recognising that, not only is this classic break a cornerstone of the genre, but also that it ...