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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).
We trace the influence of breaks in music-making from the birth of hip-hop through breakbeat hardcore, rave, jungle and DnB
Florida breaks, which may also be referred to as The Orlando Sound, Orlando breaks, or The Breaks, is a genre of breakbeat dance music that originated in the central region of Florida, United States. [1] Florida Breaks draws on hip-hop, Miami bass and electro. It often includes samples of early jazz or funk beats from rare groove or popular film.
"A Tutorial on Cutting Up a Breakbeat Using a Tracker". PedagoNet.com The tempo for the Amen, Brother breakbeat is approximately 136 BPM. The Amen break on freesound.org; Video of an audio installation about the Amen break's history Archived June 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine by Nate Harrison (archive.org mirror, Youtube mirror)
Breakbeat (breakbeats or breaks), are a collection of subgenres of electronic music, chiefly exemplified by drum and bass and jungle, usually characterized by a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance
Breakbeat hardcore (also referred to as hardcore rave, oldskool hardcore or simply hardcore) is a music genre that spawned from the UK rave scene during the early 1990s. It combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats usually sampled from hip hop .
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece. A break is usually interpolated between sections of a song, to provide a sense of anticipation, signal the start of a new section, or create variety in the arrangement.
The Breakbeat Science record store opened in New York City became the first record stores exclusively dedicated Jungle, Drum-N-Bass, and Breakbeat music. DJ DB is an early pioneer in rave culture in America and is widely credited as being partly responsible for bringing drum and bass to America.