Big beat
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History
At a time when electronic dance music tended to have deliberately artificial, robotic and repetitious drum beats mixed with sampled drum loops, the Chemical Brothers took the unusual step of recreating rock-style drum lines with individually-sampled drums, their music consequently combining elements of dance and rock music. The term caught on, and was subsequently applied to a wide variety of acts, notably Bentley Rhythm Ace, Lionrock, Monkey Mafia, Death In Vegas and David Holmes.Other noteable 'big beat' acts include The Crystal Method, Overseer, Mr. Oizo, many artists signed to Brighton's Skint label and London's Wall Of Sound label, and to some extent the later work of The Prodigy. By the time of the latter's successful 1997 album The Fat of the Land, the music press were increasingly drawn to using the catch-all term 'electronica' to describe the big beat sound, and the term 'big beat' itself is now rarely used.
Notable big beat artists
- Bentley Rhythm Ace
- Boom Boom Satellites
- The Chemical Brothers
- The Crystal Method
- Death in Vegas
- David Holmes
- Fatboy Slim
- Junkie XL
- Lionrock
- Monkey Mafia
- Mr. Oizo
- Overseer
- The Prodigy
- Propellerheads
See also
External links
| Breakbeat/Breaks |
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| 2Step - Basskore - Big beat - Breakcore - Brokenbeat - Drill n bass - Drum and bass - Florida - Hardcore - Jungle - Nu skool - Progressive - Raggacore - Wonky techno |
| Other electronic music genres |
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