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We have always been fans of the Evolution Control Committee , supreme pioneers of "Mash-up". Their latest offering is pretty awesome.
Listen: NPR : Jimmie Riddle and the Lost Art of Eephing.
The eccentric Southern tradition of "eephing" is best described as the hillbilly equivalent of the hip-hop human "beat box" vocal style -- a kind of hiccupping, rhythmic wheeze that started in rural Tennessee more than 100 years ago.
Related link: HUMAN BEATBOXING.
Link: Amen break - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
"This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip."
QUOTE: "Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it".
