Simon Reynolds is an English music critic who began writing about the UK’s electronic music scene for Wire Magazine back in 1992. This month is the magazine’s 300th edition and to mark the occasion, the editors have released a 7-part series of Reynolds’ work through the years under the title “The Hardcore Continuum” that begins by profiling Hardcore Rave and moves on through Jungle, Drum ‘n’ Bass and Hard Step to Grime and the Dubstep breaks of the last few years.
The series is remarkable for its immediacy, as a …

In 1969, soul music group The Winstons released the single “Color Him Father” which would go on to reach number 2 on the R&B; charts and number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and win them a Grammy Award in 1970 for Best R&B; song.
However what is most remarkable about this record comes from the song on the B-side, “Amen, Brother”, specifically a six second drum break in the middle of the tune that has since become one of the most heavily sampled drum breaks in the course of electronic …