breakbeat
Sign in to saveBreakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, often sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as Florida breaks, hip-hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK garage styles (including 2-step, breakstep and dubstep).
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Breakbeat
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Mid-1970s, US Late 1980s, US and UK
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- 1970s–1980s: Classic breaks and hip-hop production
- 1990s: Evolution as electronic dance genre
- Characteristics
- The "Amen break"
- Sampled breakbeats
- Legal issues
- Subgenres
- Acid breaks
- Asian breakbeat
- Big beat
- Electro breaks
- Andalusian breakbeat
- Progressive breaks
- See also
- References
- External links
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, often sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as Florida breaks, hip-hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK garage styles (including 2-step, breakstep and dubstep).
==Etymology== The origin of the word "breakbeat" is the fact that the drum loops that were sampled occurred during a "break" in the music – for example, the Amen break (a drum solo from "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons) or the Think break (from "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins).
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