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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A5omic
Acen
Adam Deitch
Atix
BKO
Baalti
Baltra
Basic Rhythm
Bios Destruction
Budu
CLIPZ
Calibre
Charlie Shell
Christopher Ledger
Chuurch
Clementine Douglas
Code Red
Complex Channel Records
Crate Classics
D. Tiffany
DIESEL
DJ 2N DO TB
DJ Cuba
DJ Flash
DLSS
Digit
Diuragga
Dj Aaron Kennedy
Dj Conrado
Dj Jen$ern
Dual Damage
Escix V
Exia
Force Mass Motion
Forest Drive West
Framewerk
Funky Bijou
Garneau
Gespona
Herflex
Hospital
Hypeblaster
Ilya Gadaev
Interplanetary Criminal
Inverse
IsGwan
J(X)
JFB
K Motionz
KJ Sawka
KMC
LNS
Left/Right
Leftfield
Luca Lozano
Maelstrom
Mefjus
Moby
Mr. Ho
Nekxum
Neutron
Nikki Nair
Nina Indi
Number_i
Orbital
Pearson Sound
Presha
Professor Creepshow
Pura Pura
QUEMIST
REAPER
Reece
Richard Norris
Rory Sweeney
SUB-TRIBE
Sector 5
Shadow
Slay
SoulTrash
Soulution
Squid 9
Strategy
Sweep J
TAKE-M
Team Karacho
The Egg
The Prodigiez
The Young Punx
Tim Reaper
Tusekah
Tyme Bomb
Typhon
Weith
YUVI
bleach.bath
dj tani
manueltime
t e s t p r e s s
xTurbo
椎乃味醂
Number_i
Moby
Clementine Douglas
The Prodigy
Nujabes
VYRUS
Wisp
Dj Bountyhunter
Wuki
Interplanetary Criminal
The Chemical Brothers
Dual Damage
Drunken Masters
DJ Cuba
Prospa
Jason Nevins
1991
Overmono
BKO
Baltra
Ghard
REAPER
K Motionz
Escix V
Kusha
The Crystal Method
MC Spyda
DJ DuBom
Mefjus
Drum7
Nekxum
Slay
Skibovicz
Orbital
Dr Donk
Noisia
Sam The Kid
Rob Swire
The Prodigiez
MEZERG
Gremlin
Leftfield
Professor Creepshow
PRECEDE
Trickle
TAKE-M
Eksman
Ed Solo
DIESEL
Audio Bullys
The Orb
Borai
IZCO
Sister Bliss
Isam
Nedaj
Battle of the Year
Inja
dj tani
HXNS
Fluke
LK
Calibre
Nyctonian
CLIPZ
Overseer
3 Steps Ahead
Former City Records
Hani
Datsik
Propellerheads
Palina
Apollo 440
A5omic
ARB4
xTurbo
Bassvictim
DJ Flash
Dan E.T.
hxly xo
The Future Sound Of London
Strategy
Main Phase
DJ Eprom
The Soulsonic Force
Tyme Bomb
Utah Saints
Liquid
Elro
Hibrid
Freestylers
Rob Dougan
Stanton Warriors
flowanastasia
Dynamite MC
Priori
Jaime Arin
Cyclone
BASS DEMON
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