Breakbeat, more commonly known as Breaks, is a genre of Electronic music known for its broken-up kick and beat structure. It has a variety of subgenres, and drives influences from many other genres of Electronic music.
Prior to the release of Draper's Ready For Us, Breaks was represented by the gray color Monstercat used for Electronic. Information included on this page was received from this video.
Subgenres[]
Ambient Breaks[]
A subgenre of Breaks music that uses an ambient, atmosphere driven productions that make use of the breakbeat formula, as well as heavy usage of pads, layering, and vocal chops.
Big Beat[]
Deriving its influences from Funk, Rock, and House music, Big Beat makes use of distorted broken beats, and typically features rap vocals.
Nu Skool Breaks[]
A broader style of Breakbeat that typically mixes more complexity into its beat structure. It is also known for its mixing of other genres such as Drum & Bass, Dubstep, R&B, and more, into its songs.
Progressive Breaks[]
Like Progressive House and Progressive Trance, Progressive Breaks relies heavy on progression and atmosphere, and typically has sound design derivative of Progressive House, Progressive Trance, or Techno. It died out for awhile, but has been attempting to make a resurgence with producers such as Raito, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Aeron Aether, and Bluum producing it regularly.
