The pattern
122 BPM · 4/4 · 16 step · swing 10%
| Instrument | Beat 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Beat 2 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Beat 3 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Beat 4 | Step 14 | Step 15 | Step 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Rim shot | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Shaker | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit |
How to play it and where it comes from
Groove of the Basic Channel / Chain Reaction school (Berlin from 1993), then DeepChord and Echocord, between 115 and 128: soft, full kick on the quarter notes, often slightly saturated and with a sub tail, open hat on the offbeat with medium decay, closed hat in eighths at low volume, shaker or filtered noise between hits, an isolated rim on the 2& sent to a tempo-synced delay (3/16 or dotted eighth) with 50–70% feedback: the repeats create the real groove. The clap, if present, is only on 4 and drenched in reverb. The movement comes from the chords (minor stabs in the delay) and the filter automation, not from the drums. Variants: rim on the 3&, hat with a light swing, kick slightly late by 5 ms against the bass.