Welcome

• ThE SaMpLisT is your source for free breakbeat samples.
  
  
• Most of these samples are not copyright-free. This doesn't mean you can't use them in your music, it just means that certain 'issues' may arise if you release a record. The responsibility for dealing with these issues is yours, not mine.
  
  
• ThE SaMpLisT's URL has officially been changed to www.geocities.com/samplist.geo/ although the old one (www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/4312/) should also still work.
  
  
• No further updates of this site are planned.

The samples

Impeach The President
The drum break from 'Impeach The President' by The Honeydrippers (16-bit, 22.05 kHz). Thanks to Twizt for supplying this break.

Blackbyrds Theme
The drum break from 'Blackbyrds Theme' by The Blackbyrds. (16-bit, 22.05 kHz). Thanks to Twizt for supplying this break.

Move On Up
The drum break from 'Move On Up' by Curtis Mayfield (16-bit, 22.05 kHz). Thanks to Twizt for supplying this break.

September 13
The drum intro from 'September 13' by Deodata (16-bit, 44.1kHz).

Rock Steady
The drum break from 'Rock Steady' by Johnny Hammond (16-bit, 44.1kHz).

Scorpio
The drum break from 'Scorpio' by Dennis Coffey (16-bit, 44.1 kHz).

Time Brings On A Change
The drum break from 'Time Brings On A Change' by Leroy Hutson (16-bit, 44.1 kHz). Thanks to Frank Caligiuri for supplying this break.

Slowdance:
The drum break from 'Slowdance' by Stanley Clark (16-bit, 44.1 kHz).

Bustin' Loose:
The drum break from 'Bustin' Loose' by Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers (16-bit, 44.1 kHz).

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby:
The drum break from Barry White's 'I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby' (16-bit, 44.1 kHz).

Apache:
The drum break from 'Apache' by The Incredible Bongo Band. (16-bit, 44.1 kHz)

Funky Drummer:
One of two breaks from the legendary James Brown tune (16-bit, 44.1 kHz)

You and the music:
The drum break from 'You and the Music', from the excellent Blue Note album 'Places and Spaces' by Donald Byrd (16-bit, 44.1 kHz).

The 'Amen' break:
The infamous 'Amen' break, from 'Amen Brother' by The Winstons (Stereo, 16-bit, 44.1 kHz).

Coldcut breaks:
All but one of these breaks were found on a (now-deleted?) sample CD called 'Coldcut's Kleptomania'. I don't know the original sources of many of them. 'Full break' is a loop taken from a track called 'Bang On A Drum', which appears towards the end of Coldcut's 'Seven Minutes of Madness' remix of 'Paid in Full' by Eric B and Rakim. All of these were sampled at 22.05 kHz. Enormous respect is due to Coldcut and the whole Ninja state of mind.

Miscellaneous breaks:
These are a few assorted breaks that I have downloaded from here and there. Once again, I don't know the original sources of most of them.

Basses:
A few bass sounds. Might be useful, might not.

Weird Vinyl:
Unusual sounds that have made the journey from my record boxes to my sampler.

808s and 909s:
A few samples from the now-legendary Roland TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. Thanks to Michael Fischer & Jason Baker respectively.