The Amen Break is probably the most famous loop of all time, a six-second drum solo cut from the song "Amen, Brother" (The Winstons, 1:26). This one immaculate sequence of sound accidentally birthed a whole range of genres, literally creating hip-hop, jungle, UK hardcore and everything breaky in between. The word amen is around 3000 years old and it means the same thing in Christianity, Judaism an
d Islam: "so shall it be". Whether we're believers or not, it's a word that allows us to emotionally give in to forces higher than us, to surrender to natural gods like love, empathy, beauty and music. amen is house and techno, it's minimal and breaks, it's jungle and drumfunk, amen unites all club cults under one roof, for the one true purpose of experiencing amazing, uplifting music. Let us be vibing in sync, let us share the flow, let us come together under the best religion there ever was on Earth,
our one common faith,
music. Now and again,
rrrrrrrrroll the beats
amen.
