Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Apologies if this has been done before - but if it has it didn't look to have been done very recently.
Anyway, from immersing myself in nuum/scenius centred music over the last month or so, I've come to appreciate the role of breaks in the construction of a track like I haven't before, and I was wondering if people have a particular favourite breakbeat? Personally, I've developed a real fondness for the Apache break, I like how it flirts with being quite cheesy without going all the way, if that makes sense.
I suppose you can think of this either in terms of just the 'sound' or beat of the break itself, which is what I was mainly going for, or how well it functions as a component for producer-made tracks (though if that's the criteria, then you can't really argue with Amen, can you?). This can also be a chance for people to mention more obscure breakbeats that me or others might not have heard before.
(And on a tangent, is it just me or are the orignal records that the breaks are taken from pretty darn good most of the time? Those instrumental or semi-instrumental soul and funk tracks from the 70s often seem to have a stronger groove than the the vocal-lead ones that were hits. I suppose it's more evidence of how taking that 'funktionalist' approach to making tracks can be a positive).
Anyway, from immersing myself in nuum/scenius centred music over the last month or so, I've come to appreciate the role of breaks in the construction of a track like I haven't before, and I was wondering if people have a particular favourite breakbeat? Personally, I've developed a real fondness for the Apache break, I like how it flirts with being quite cheesy without going all the way, if that makes sense.
I suppose you can think of this either in terms of just the 'sound' or beat of the break itself, which is what I was mainly going for, or how well it functions as a component for producer-made tracks (though if that's the criteria, then you can't really argue with Amen, can you?). This can also be a chance for people to mention more obscure breakbeats that me or others might not have heard before.
(And on a tangent, is it just me or are the orignal records that the breaks are taken from pretty darn good most of the time? Those instrumental or semi-instrumental soul and funk tracks from the 70s often seem to have a stronger groove than the the vocal-lead ones that were hits. I suppose it's more evidence of how taking that 'funktionalist' approach to making tracks can be a positive).