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Broken beat

Broken beat (sometimes referred to as "bruk") is an electronic dance music genre that emerged in the late 1990s and is characterized by syncopated beats and frenetic, choppy rhythms, often alongside female vocals and elements inspired by 1970s jazz-funk. It has been heavily influenced by styles such as house, drum and bass, hip hop, techno, acid jazz…

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Cultural origins
Late 1990s, London, UK
Derivative forms
Gqom, Dubstep, UK Funky
Other names
Bruk
Stylistic origins
EDM · house · jazz-funk · R&B · acid jazz

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related to history · 31
Broken beat → Afronaut, AllMusic, Appearing, As, As One, Attic, Attic's Neon Phusion, Broken, Bugz, Carl Craig, Detroit, Goya Music's, Ian O'Brien, IG Culture, John Bush, Kirk Degiorgio, London, London's Ladbroke Grove, Many, Mark Force
related to Influences · 15
Broken beat → Bobbi Humphrey, Broken, Depeche Mode, Donald Byrd, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Hammond, Kraftwerk, Lonnie Liston Smith, Mizell Brothers, New Order, One, Planet Rock, Prince, Shalamar
Stylistic origins · 7
Broken beat → acid jazz, drum and bass, dub, EDM, house, jazz-funk, R&B
Cultural origins · 1
Broken beat → Late 1990s, London, UK
Derivative forms · 1
Broken beat → Gqom, Dubstep, UK Funky
Other names · 1
Broken beat → Bruk

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broken techno beat music drum bass jazz-funk house jazz genre late 1990s london sound referred influenced rhythms scene bruk acid

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Broken beatCultural originsLate 1990s, London, UK1.00infobox
Broken beatDerivative formsGqom, Dubstep, UK Funky1.00infobox
Broken beatOther namesBruk1.00infobox
Broken beatStylistic originsEDM1.00infobox
Broken beatStylistic originshouse1.00infobox
Broken beatStylistic originsjazz-funk1.00infobox
Broken beatStylistic originsR&B1.00infobox
Broken beatStylistic originsacid jazz1.00infobox
Broken beatStylistic originsdub1.00infobox
Broken beatStylistic originsdrum and bass1.00infobox
houseinstance ofIt has been heavily influenced by styles0.80text
druminstance ofIt has been heavily influenced by styles0.80text

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