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| Cultural origins | Early 1990s, London, England |
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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.[1]
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.[2]
- ^ "Old Hit Won't Outgun Prodigy Disc". Miami Herald. 10 September 2004. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ Coleman, Jonny (2016-10-14). "In Defense of Big Beat, the Annoying 90s Music Genre That Snobs Love to Hate". Thump. Retrieved 2019-02-21.