I can’t believe I haven’t posted this yet. An oldie but very goodie.
Mad Beatz: Technology Be Amazing
I read the KJ Sawka interview in the March 2011 Drum! and decided to do some further research. Check out this video of KJ demo’ing some “Mad Beatz” with Abelton Live. I have only a superficial knowledge of a lot of this stuff, so I think it’s pretty damn awesome.
The Origin of Break Beats
A very interesting history of the sampling of the drum break from The Winstons’ “Amen, Brother”: