Brokenbeat - Definition and Overview

Brokenbeat is an electronic music genre first appearing around the change of the second millennium. Appearing in the western parts of London, the genre is also referred to as West London.

Artists in this area mostly have a drum and bass, house, hip hop or techno background. As a result in a mixture from all of these, brokenbeat is more sophisticated than regular dance music, on the scale of jazz, soul or funk. Popular names are Bugz in the Attic, Seiji, Domu, Afronaught, Stephane and Alex Attias, 4 Hero and Jazzanova.