When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Don’t mess with classics, they say, and drummer Merlin Matthews - founder of drum and percussion ...

Gregory C Coleman's brilliant four-bar break from The Winston's 1969 cut Amen Brother is one of the most sampled loops of all time, appearing in countless jungle, drum 'n' bass and hip-hop tracks ...

The 'Amen break' is the most sampled drum break in music history, appearing in over 6,000 songs. The 20-second break was part of a song by the Winstons, a multiracial soul band. Despite the Amen break ...

Don’t mess with classics, they say, and drummer Merlin Mathews - co-founder of drum and percussion loop/sample library The Beat Shed - is happy to agree that you can’t improve on the “perfect” Amen ...