Editing Breakbeat (section)

==Subgenres==
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===Acid breaks===
"Acid breaks" or "chemical breaks" is [[acid house]], but with a breakbeat instead of a house beat. One of the earliest synthesizers to be employed in acid music was the [[Roland TB-303]], which makes use of a resonant low-pass filter to emphasize the [[harmonic]]s of the sound.

===Asian breakbeat===
The Asian breakbeat scene is a remix genre blending elements of [[Freestyle music|Freestyle]], [[Electro (music)|electro]], [[progressive trance]] melodies, [[Florida breaks|Florida Breaks]] drums and Southern rap, [[Crunk]]. It was originated and made popular by predominantly [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese American]] and Southeast Asian DJs throughout the U.S. South (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina) during the 1990s and 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jameson |first1=Tanya |title=Paid to Party - Asian Style |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/631074650/?match=1&terms=Hypnotika&clipping_id=154877083 |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=The Charlotte Observer |date=24 December 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Euphoria dance series by Dark Lotus Productions |url=https://www.phocas.net/2002/03/euphoria-3.html |website=Phocas}}</ref> Notable active DJs include New Orleans' Dj Babyboi, Tinman, and Loopy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eggert |first1=Jeremy |title="Exclusive Interview With DJ Babyboi" |url=https://jackfroot.com/dj-babyboi-interview/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |agency=Jackfroot |date=14 February 2012}}</ref>

===Big beat===
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'''Big beat''' is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as [[The Prodigy]], [[Cut La Roc]], [[Fatboy Slim]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[The Crystal Method]] and [[Propellerheads]] typically driven by heavy breakbeats combined with [[Four on the floor (music)|four-on-the floor]] kick drums, synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in common with established forms of [[electronic dance music]] such as [[techno]] and [[acid house]].

=== Electro breaks ===
Breakbeat combined with [[Electro (music)|electro]] music, often using 80s synths, robotic sounds, vocals with [[Vocoder|vocoders]] or [[Talk box|talkboxes]], and infused with elements of [[funk]]. Electro breaks was pioneered by [[Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[Man Parrish]], [[Cybotron (American band)|Cybotron]], [[Newcleus|and Newcleus]]. 

=== Andalusian breakbeat ===
In Spain from the mid-1990s to early 2000s, breakbeat became a massive social movement, especially in the southern part of the country, [[Andalusia]].

Largely responsible for the spread of the "broken rhythm" in Andalusia, was the public radio station of the autonomous community: [[Canal Sur Radio]] and [[Canal Fiesta]], known at that time as Fórmula 1, where the program "Mundo Evassion" was broadcast, or "Evassion Planet" which was presented by Dani Moreno. Artists of that era included [[Digital Base]], [[Dj Nitro]], Jordi Slate, Man, Wally, Kultur, Jan B, Anuschka, and Ale Baquero. <ref>{{cite news |title=Break nation, la electrónica que bailó Andalucía |url=https://www.movistarplus.es/documentales/break-nation-la-electronica-que-bailo-andalucia/ficha?tipo=E&id=1948400 |agency=Movistar}}</ref> 

The breakbeat of Andalusia has formed its own style, based on a simple structure of pre breaks + pre drop + drop. All this is repeated a second time with some variations in the song. With this structure, the tracks are mixed when one has passed the drop, until the pre drop of the next one arrives, respecting the melodies without breaks. 

Andalusian breakbeat has once again become a mass industry, with festivals almost exclusively dedicated to this genre, such as the Winter Festival, Summer Festival, Floridance, Retro Fest, and Olibass. <ref>{{cite news |title=Festivals of Andalusia (in Spanish) |url=https://elpais.com/icon/2024-06-18/euforia-tragedia-y-resurreccion-del-breakbeat-la-musica-electronica-que-arraso-en-andalucia-en-los-noventa.html |agency=El País}}</ref>

=== Progressive breaks ===
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'''Progressive breaks''' or '''prog breaks''', also known as '''atmospheric breaks''', is a subgenre of breaks that is essentially a fusion of breakbeat and [[progressive house]]. Much like progressive house, this subgenre is characterized by its "[[Trance music|trancey]]" sound. Its defining traits include extended synthesizer pads and washes, melodic synth leads, heavy [[reverberation]], and electronic breakbeats. However, unlike progressive house, very few progressive breaks tracks have vocals, with most tracks being entirely instrumental or using only electronically altered snippets of vocal samples for sonic effect. Typical progressive breaks tracks will often have a long build-up section that leads to a [[breakdown (music)|breakdown]] and a climax, often having numerous sonic elements being added or subtracted from the track at various intervals in order to increase its intensity. Progressive breaks artists include [[Hybrid (British band)|Hybrid]], [[Brian Transeau|BT]], [[Way Out West (duo)|Way Out West]], [[Digital Witchcraft]], [[Momu]], Wrecked Angle, Fourthstate, Burufunk, Under This and Fretwell.