The Amen break comes from Amen, Brother, a 1969 track by American soul group The Winstons, where drummer Gregory Coleman played the short solo that later became one of the most sampled drum patterns in music. Hip-hop producers rediscovered it in the 1980s, and jungle, drum and bass and breakcore producers then sped it up, chopped it and layered it into entirely new tracks. Its appeal has lasted because the pattern is both instantly recognisable and endlessly flexible, working at many tempos and in many styles without losing its driving energy.