Progressive Breaks (soundtrack, electronic, drum, funk, house)

Freebase Dali · 03-18-2009, 02:58 PM

I remember seeing that vid a while back.
Bored me to death, but it's juicy info.

What I've found interesting is that a lot of other Breakbeat sub-genres still use the Amen loop in its original form, aside from layering in other sounds, but Progressive breaks has almost completely detached from that sample and grew into something else rhythmically.
I think that's where you stop calling breaks "breaks" strictly as a term based on its history, and start defining music beyond a drum beat. I think that's what allowed breakbeat to progress as far as it has, in terms of diversity.

03-18-2009, 02:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I remember seeing that vid a while back. Bored me to death, but it's juicy info. What I've found interesting is that a lot of other Breakbeat sub-genres still use the Amen loop in its original form, aside from layering in other sounds, but Progressive breaks has almost completely detached from that sample and grew into something else rhythmically. I think that's where you stop calling breaks "breaks" strictly as a term based on its history, and start defining music beyond a drum beat. I think that's what allowed breakbeat to progress as far as it has, in terms of diversity. __________________