Link to Vox website with the video: How a recording studio mishap shaped ’80s music - Vox
Very well reported and explained mini 7-minute overview of this classic drum sound. I thought it was Phil Collins, but it was actually Phil playing in a favorite Peter Gabriel song, The Intruder. Phil took the sound from that experience and applied it to *In the Air Tonight. *
ETA: argh, missed auto correct error in title. Will ask mods to fix.