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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Big_beatBig beat - Wikipedia

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   Big beat is an electronic music genre that usually uses heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns – common to acid house/techno.The term has been used by the British music industry to describe music by artists such as The Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads, Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada.

   • Cultural origins: Early 1990s, London, England

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   After the streams we got 300 top/best big beat tracks of the 90s. I decided to make 10 mixes from it! The purpose of this collection to collect more names, r...

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3. www.treblezine.com › 10-essential-big-beat-singlesThe 10 Best Big Beat Singles | Treble

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   Feb 28, 2013 · The Prodigy – “Smack My Bitch Up” from The Fat of the Land (1997; Maverick-XL). After critically acclaimed twists on house music and rave culture, this crew from Braintree helped define big beat’s mix of techno and breakbeat with hard industrial elements, expanding on the efforts of 1993’s Music for the Jilted Generation with 1997’s monstrous The Fat of the Land.

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   What is a big beat?

   • Big beat features heavy and distorted drum beats at tempos between 100 and 140 beats per minute, Roland TB-303 synthesizer lines resembling those of acid house, and heavy loops from 1960s and 1970s funk, soul, jazz, and rock songs.

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   Why is big beat so popular?

   • Big beat was considered by some in the electronic community to represent a dumbing-down of dance music, though others claim it saved electronic music from wandering off the edges of experimentation. Britain quickly embraced the trend, and the style managed to briefly cross over into the American mainstream.

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   How did big beat get its name?

   • Big Beat took its name from the "Big Beat Boutique," a dance night that Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, co-founded in 1995. In the early 1990s, when raves had become commonplace in London's underground electronic music scene, a faction of U.K. DJs decided to try something new.

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   When did Big Beat become popular?

   • Big beat achieved mainstream success during the 1990s, and achieved its critical and commercial peak between 1995 and 1999, with releases such the Chemical Brothers’ Dig Your Own Hole, The Prodigy's The Fat of the Land, and Fatboy Slim's You've Come a Long Way, Baby, before quickly declining from 2001 onwards.

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5. www.npr.org › 2011/08/19 › 139754112The Big Beat Revolution: 11 Essential Songs : NPR

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   Aug 19, 2011 · The music that turned me on to big beat was Chemical Brothers' "Song to the Siren." At the time, dance music had run itself up an alley, with the 4/4 beat and the cheap, cheesy vocals. It had just ...

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6. www.allmusic.com › style › big-beat-ma0000004997Big Beat Music Style Overview | AllMusic

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   Big Beat. Rescuing the electronica community from a near fall off the edge of its experimental fringe, Big Beat emerged in the mid-'90s as the next wave of big dumb dance music. Regional pockets around the world had emphasized the "less intelligent" side of dance music as early as 1994, in reaction to the growing coterie of chin-stroking ...

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8. music.apple.com › us › playlist‎Big Beat Essentials - Playlist - Apple Music

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   Apple Music. Big beat—an expression of ’90s dance music at its most crowd-pleasingly boisterous—was always upfront about its intentions. Its philosophy was right there in the name: The bigger the beats, the better. Coldcut and M/A/R/R/S lay the foundation in the late ’80s, fusing acid house and turntablism with infectious hooks.

9. rateyourmusic.com › top › albumBest Big Beat albums of all time - Rate Your Music

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   Apr 16, 2024 · The Chemical Brothers. 3.67 5,106 63. 21 June 1999. Big Beat Neo-Psychedelia. House Neo-Psychedelia Techno Tech Trance. psychedelic warm party energetic uplifting rhythmic melodic summer. Memories of Tokyo-To: An Ode to Jet Set Radio. 2 Mello. 3.57 612 2.