''[[Amen break|]]''Amen break'']] dahulu biasanya diartikan sebagai bagian dari produksi drum and bass bentuk awal tetapi ada beberapa sampel lainnya yang memiliki dampak signifikan terhadap sejarah DnB, diantaranya sampel break dari lagu "Apache", "Funky Drummer", "Soul Pride", "Scorpio" and "Think (About It)".<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.knowledgemag.co.uk/features.asp?SectionID=1031&uid=&MagID=1062&ReviewID=1684&PageNumber=1| title = Forever And Ever Amen article on knowledgemag.co.uk| accessdate = 6 September 2006 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070309101109/http://www.knowledgemag.co.uk/features.asp?SectionID=1031&uid=&MagID=1062&ReviewID=1684&PageNumber=1| archivedate = 9 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.junglebreaks.co.uk/breaks.html | title = The Breaks | website = Jungle Breaks | accessdate = 15 August 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100804172201/http://www.junglebreaks.co.uk/breaks.html | archive-date = 4 August 2010}}</ref> Pionir awal DnB biasanya menggunakan [[sampler (alat musik)|sampler]] dan [[music sequencer|sekuenser]] [[Akai]] pada komputer [[Atari ST]] untuk membuat lagu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knowledgemag.co.uk/features.asp?SectionID=1031&uid=&MagID=1062&ReviewID=1684&PageNumber=1 |title=Forever And Ever Amen article on knowledgemag.co.uk |accessdate=September 6, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309101109/http://www.knowledgemag.co.uk/features.asp?SectionID=1031&uid=&MagID=1062&ReviewID=1684&PageNumber=1 |archivedate=2007-03-09}}</ref>
