CRACKING THE SONIC CODE // VERIFIED EVIDENCE // TRACING THE SONIC DNA // LIFTED LOOPS // AMEN BREAK (1969) // FUNKY DRUMMER (1970) // THINK (1972) // APACHE (1973) // SOUL MAKOSSA // TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS (1977) // MORE BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE (1980) // SILVER SOUL (2010) // CRACKING THE SONIC CODE // VERIFIED EVIDENCE // TRACING THE SONIC DNA // LIFTED LOOPS // AMEN BREAK (1969) // FUNKY DRUMMER (1970) // THINK (1972) // APACHE (1973) // SOUL MAKOSSA // TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS (1977) // MORE BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE (1980) // SILVER SOUL (2010) //

SONIC
AUTOPSY.

The forensic archive of borrowed sound. Tracing the samples, breaks, and interpolations that built the modern world.

EXPLORE THE BOARD

ACTIVE SCAN

THE AMEN BREAK

ORIGIN: The Winstons — "Amen, Brother" (1969)
DNA: 5,000+ Verified Traces.
STATUS: FOUNDATIONAL GENRE ROOT.

EVIDENCE BOARD

TOTAL_SCANS: 1,840 // 2026_ARCHIVE

THE AMEN BREAK

Gregory Coleman's 6-second solo. Accelerated to birth Jungle, Drum & Bass, and Early Hip-Hop.

FUNKY DRUMMER

Clyde Stubblefield's improvised break. The most sampled drum loop in history. Forensic DNA traced to James Brown (1970).

THINK (ABOUT IT)

Lyn Collins (1972). The "Yeah! Woo!" vocal and high-speed break that dominated 90s Rave culture.

SOUL MAKOSSA

Manu Dibango (1972). The "Mama-say" hook that defines pop interpolations from MJ to Rihanna.

APACHE

Incredible Bongo Band (1973). The national anthem of Hip-Hop. Foundational bongo rock DNA.

TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS

Kraftwerk (1977). The electronic bloodline where German art-pop met Bronx street culture.

DEEP ARCHIVE

Unverified samples. Unresolved origins. Open for investigation.

28 artists. Searchable, filterable. Network pages for each.

Interactive force graph. 5 albums. 11 sources. 5 descendants.

4 albums. Dream-pop DNA traced forward and back.