The pattern
82 BPM · 4/4 · 16 step · swing 25%
| 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 | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Snare | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Rim shot | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Bristol trip hop (Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky) between 70 and 100: slow, heavy hip hop breaks, moderate swing (25), big snare with reverb and saturation, syncopated kick (1, the last sixteenth of 2, the "and" of 3). The character comes from the sound: vinyl samples, filters, scratching, cinematic atmospheres. Variants: breaks sampled from old soul/jazz, rim instead of snare, slower half-time kick.