Should-watch movie of the day: "The Amen Break"

[bradm]

There's an interesting documentary movie (OK, it's mostly audio; the video is actually of a dub pressing of the audio narration spinning) on The Amen Break, a staple of hip-hop and techo/jungle music, with information (and interesting raised questions) about sampling and copyright. The narration is a little dry and dead-pan, but the content is, to my ears, very interesting; you may not know the break by name, but, believe me, you've heard it.

(The same maker also made a an interesting movie about the TB-303 bass synthesizer, and its role in electronic music.)

Aloha,

Brad