A beginner’s guide to jungle breakbeats. I kick off with some context and history, then cover how to chop and process breaks in your DAW.
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Chapter markers:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Chapter 1: What are breakbeats?
03:31 Chapter 2: UK breakbeat music
10:06 Chapter 3: Why do breakbeats sound good?
14:29 Chapter 4: Where do I get jungle breaks?
17:31 Chapter 5: Old school breakbeat technique
21:10 Chapter 6: Automatic slicing
24:13 Chapter 7: Contemporary technique
29:49 Chapter 8: Breakbeat processing tips
If you’d like to use my Live slicing preset you can find it here:
This should be placed in your Ableton user library in the Defaults/Slicing folder.
Tunes mentioned:
The Winstons - Amen Brother
Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants (I’m Coming)
Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
Tommy Roe - Sweet Pea
Mantronix - King of the Beats
MC Duke - I’m Riffin’
Hardnoise - Untitled
Shut Up & Dance - This Town Needs A Sheriff
The Scientist - Exorcist
Shut Up and Dance - Derek Went Mad
Low Noise Block – Rave In The Bedroom
Lennie D’Ice - We Are I.E.
The Prodigy - Charly
Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Awesome 3 - Don’t Go
RatPack - Searchin’ For My Rizla
Big Daddy Kane - Raw
DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect
Q-Project -Champion Sound (Alliance Remix)
Shut up and Dance - Raving I’m Raving
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
DJ Crystl - Meditation
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune
LTJ Bukem - Music
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares
Engineers Without Fears - Rhythm
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP)
DJ Krome & Mr Time - The Licence
Model 500 - The Flow (Alex Reece Remix)
Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction
Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing
DJ Trace - Mutant Revisited
Codename John - The Warning
Boymerang - Soul Beat Runna
D’Cruze - Watch Out
Mark from Solardo talks about sampling the break from “Tribesmen“:
Software mentioned:
Ableton Live
Akaizer
ReCycle
Eventide Audio H3000 Factory
Oeksound Soothe 2
Inphonik RX950
D16 Group Decimort 2
Airwindows
iZotope Neutron 3
FabFilter
Jungle photo by Chris Abney on Unsplash:
@chrisabney
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