This article is about breakbeat, the genre. For the technique, see break (music).

Breakbeat / Drum and bass
Stylistic origins:	Rave, Techno, Hip-hop, Dancehall
Cultural origins:	mid-1990s, London
Typical instruments:	Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler - Laptop
Mainstream popularity:	Small, largely in late 1990s United Kingdom and Europe
Derivative forms:	Big beat
Subgenres
2Step - Hardcore - Breakcore - Brokenbeat - Drill n bass - Drum n' bass - Jungle - Techstep
Fusion genres
Regional scenes
Other topics
Notable breakbeat artists

Breakbeat (breakbeats or breaks), are a collection of sub-genres 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).

See also

• Florida breaks
• nu skool breaks

External links

• http://www.vadj.com
• http://www.breakbeat.org
• http://www.breakbeatworldwide.com
• http://www.nubreaks.com
• http://www.hometrip.net
• http://nuskoolbreaks.co.uk/
• http://www.breakspoll.com

Electronic music | Genres Ambient | Breakbeat | Electronica | Electronic art music | House | Techno | Trance | Industrial | Synth pop

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