Breakbeat

Breakbeat is a high-energy music genre characterized by its fast-paced, syncopated rhythms, often featuring intricate drum patterns and heavy use of sampling. Emerging in the late 1980s and peaking in popularity during the 1990s, breakbeat drew from hip-hop, rock, and electronic dance music, with influences from jazz and funk. Its cultural significance lies in its role as a catalyst for the big beat and electronic music explosion of the 1990s, with its frenetic energy and rebellious attitude resonating with a generation of ravers and club-goers. Breakbeat's relationship to other genres is marked by its eclecticism, incorporating elements of techno, house, and drum and bass, while its distinctive, stuttering rhythms and emphasis on sonic experimentation set it apart from similar styles. The genre's frenzied beats, often paired with catchy hooks and MCing, create a thrilling, dancefloor-oriented sound that embodies the spirit of sonic innovation and creative freedom.

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YOU.ME.NOW (Remixes Vol. 2)
Album - 7 Tracks - Released September 16, 2024

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ARB4
Ant Miles
Audio Scavengers
AwareNess
Bassnectar
Bubble Couple
Cain Mos
Cheekybeefy
Cheshire
Crate Classics
Cursor Miner
DEVOWR.
DIESEL
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DJ Mystical
Datsik
Digital Base
DnB Deers
Drunken Masters
Dynamite MC
Echo Motion
Elite Force
Ephex
Erb n Dub
Far Too Loud
Freestylers
Freq Nasty
Future Funk Squad
GHENGAR
Gespona
Groove Terminator
Hankook
Harry Diamond
JAWNS
Jason Nevins
Jenn Getz & Alfie
K Motionz
KJ Sawka
Kid Digital
Kid Panel
Krafty Kuts
Kusha
Lee Coombs
Left/Right
MANTIS
MC Fava
MC Spyda
MC Swipa
Maggotts&Becketts
Max Sedgley
Meat Katie
Mutantbreakz
Noisia
Nu Tone
Number_i
Nuno Beats
Nyctonian
Orbital
Paul Mac
Perfect Kombo
Plump DJs
Professor Creepshow
Quadrat Beat
REAPER
Rennie Pilgrem
Rob Dougan
Rory Sweeney
SUB-TRIBE
Sam Interface
Sammie Hall
Sister Bliss
Slay
Squid the Kid
Stanton Warriors
Strategy
Synth System
TAKE-M
The Autobots
The Chemical Brothers
The Crystal Method
The Future Sound Of London
The Orb
The Prodigiez
The Prodigy
The Young Punx
Timo Maas
Tough Break
Trance Wax
Typhon
UDAUFL
Under Break
Untraceable Records
West Ivar
Wuki
Xotix
alt.bin.beats
altrice
flowanastasia
hayve
t e s t p r e s s
Number_i
The Prodigy
Wuki
The Chemical Brothers
Drunken Masters
K Motionz
REAPER
Kusha
MC Spyda
Noisia
Bassnectar
Jason Nevins
DJ DuBom
Slay
Orbital
The Crystal Method
TAKE-M
Leftfield
Sister Bliss
The Prodigiez
The Orb
DIESEL
Nyctonian
Professor Creepshow
Apollo 440
Propellerheads
Datsik
ARB4
Freestylers
Rob Dougan
The Future Sound Of London
The Soulsonic Force
flowanastasia
Stanton Warriors
Timo Maas
Trance Wax
Dynamite MC
hayve
alt.bin.beats
GHENGAR
Krafty Kuts
Strategy
Hybrid
Bodyrox
CIRRUS
Xotix
t e s t p r e s s
Maggotts&Becketts
FC Kahuna
Elro
Nu Tone
SUB-TRIBE
Far Too Loud
The Egg
Adam Freeland
UDAUFL
JAWNS
Andy Barlow
Plump DJs
The Young Punx
Max Sedgley
Audio Scavengers
West Ivar
Future Funk Squad
Synth System
Adam Deitch
Wickaman
Crate Classics
Typhon
Bentley Rhythm Ace
Harry Diamond
Cheshire
Aquasky
Josh Abrahams
altrice
Untraceable Records
Jenn Getz & Alfie
Squid the Kid
Gespona
Freq Nasty
DnB Deers
Miss Trouble
Featurecast
Cheekybeefy
DEVOWR.
MC Fava
KJ Sawka
Elite Force
Tha Boogie Bandit
Hankook
Tek 9
General Midi
Yvng Jalapeño
Slarta John
Rennie Pilgrem
Perfect Kombo
Left/Right
Drumattic Twins
Groove Terminator
Erb n Dub