Notable examples of the break's usage include the Shy FX produced crossover jungle smash 'Original Nuttah', Ganju Kru's jump up anthem ' Super Sharp Shooter' and Bukem's fledgling intelligent soundscape 'Demon's Theme'. Amen Brother itself borrows its musical content from a pair of tracks by the Impressions, 'We're a Winner' and ' Theme from Lillies of the Field (Amen)', although it's the open drums played by Gregory C Coleman that appear a minute and half into the track for which it will forever be remembered. It's NWA's use of it that proved one of the most popular of the period and it's not unlikely that this is where many hardcore / early jungle producers would have first heard it. As with many other breaks on this list, these drums first came to prominence as a sample source in hip hop, gracing numerous tracks in the late 80s from the likes of Salt N Pepa, through to Ultramagnetic MCs.
The undisputed king of the jungle breakbeats (and the 2nd most sampled record of all time), it's the breakbeat that defined the genre. It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the genre that we've given the The Winstons' 'Amen, Brother' the number one spot on our list. The break has become a go to source for drum & bass's darker, techier mutations, usage in collaborations between Trace and both Technical Itch and Bad Company being good examples. The break itself is constructed from elements of three other popular sources: Alex Reece's remix of Model 500's 'The Flow', James Brown's 'Tighten Up' and of course The Winston's 'Amen, Brother'. DJ Trace has divulged in interviews that the break was in fact created by Dom of Dom & Roland but became associated with Trace thanks to his early and frequent use of it. The break first appeared on DJ Trace's ' Mutant Revisited' in 1996, but it is the clean break in the opening bars of the 1999 release ' Sniper' from which others have primarily sampled it. Often referred to as 'the Tramen', a name derived from the name of producer, DJ Trace, and ' Amen', the title of one of the constituent breaks used in its creation. The first entry on our list is something of a curio in that it is the only breakbeat featured here to have originated on a drum & bass record.
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