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Description of Big Beat

 
An appealing mash-up of bouncy breakbeats and acid house attitude, Big Beat grew from the lager-soaked surroundings of the original Heavenly Social club in London (resident DJs: the Chemical Brothers) to become the defining dancefloor sound of the student crowd in the mid to late 1990s. The movement even spawned a globally recognized superstar in the form of Fatboy Slim.
 

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Big Beat Key Artists

 
Bentley Rhythm Ace

Birmingham-based Mike
Stokes and Richard March
produce thematic
mainstream-friendly
Trip-Hop full of percussiv...

Dub Pistols

Though appearing late in
the life of big-beat (1996),
Dub Pistols remain a fiercely
powerful live act.

Fatboy Slim

Recording under the alias
Fatboy Slim, British
DJ/producer Norman Cook
was one of the major
pioneers of big beat; he r...

Junkie XL

Junkie XL is Tom
Holkenborg. He makes
progressive house, although
he started out more along
the lines of the Prodigy. J...

Monkey Mafia

Jon Carter's one-man
project breeds Jamaican
dancehall, breakbeat, and
drum 'n' bass with ragga.
Monkey Mafia's "Blow The...

Propellerheads

Alex Gifford (keys, bass, DJ)
and Will White (drums, DJ)
play a hybrid of rock,
hip-hop and electronica.
Gifford (keyboards, saxop...

The Chemical Brothers

Tom Rowlands and Ed
Simons from Manchester
fuse progressive dance,
rock, and HI-NRG urban
beats. Originally called th...

The Crystal Method

Coming from the land of
hybridization (L.A.), this
duo fits right in with its
mainstream, multigenre
rocktronica. Jordan and...

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