i was always sort of under the impression that breaks was like uk garage but for those who didn't want leave shoreditch and risk getting lashed at a garage dance and with no vocals. as far as i can tell though garage has more or less died out now but (apparently) breaks is still goin strong. this makes me think i was wrong in my assessment. someone inform me.
also while we on the subject of defunct or near dead genres do people still make big beat? cos every so often i might look at londonnet to see if there is anything on there worth reaching and they have a big beat category. i never liked or even met anyone who liked big beat but i thought that long went the way of click suits and moschino off keys
uk slags, what is breaks exactly?
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Re: uk slags, what is breaks exactly?
Haha - Click Suits were dope.cuntface wrote:also while we on the subject of defunct or near dead genres do people still make big beat? cos every so often i might look at londonnet to see if there is anything on there worth reaching and they have a big beat category. i never liked or even met anyone who liked big beat but i thought that long went the way of click suits and moschino off keys
I met a guy fairly recently who is still into Big Beat - he always goes on about the night Norman Cook and someone else had a 'DJ face-off' in the Astoria and they performed in a boxing ring. But yeah, I don't think anyone makes it anymore.
He's also quite into Acid Jazz.
Oh, and I don't know what Breaks is. I always presumed it was like Garage. The only place I see that has Breaks evenings is Cargo so it may well be a Shoreditch only phenominon.
see i thought 'breaks' meant jbs and whatnot too. a few years ago we painted this hoxton pimps party and this guy (who funnily enough lived across the road from me) was there spinning breaks, i was waiting around for him to actually get to the breaks but it turned out that garage-y music he played was breaks.
combine hoxton pimps with the fact that i'm going to a breaks label launch party in shoreditch tonight and i think bollocks is right about it being a shoreditch thing
combine hoxton pimps with the fact that i'm going to a breaks label launch party in shoreditch tonight and i think bollocks is right about it being a shoreditch thing
naw, there are plenty of breaks nights up here in manchester.
from what i know, breaks seems like soft drum 'n' bass for people scared of dirty synths. fast breakbeats, organ samples, that kind of thing... kind of like house crossed with drum. yet more boring as shit dance music for kids popping es like they were paracetamol, basically.
from what i know, breaks seems like soft drum 'n' bass for people scared of dirty synths. fast breakbeats, organ samples, that kind of thing... kind of like house crossed with drum. yet more boring as shit dance music for kids popping es like they were paracetamol, basically.
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Yeah, that's what breaks means, although i guess it could also refer to any type of U.K music with a sampled break-beat like old U.K rap, cut & paste tracks like "beats and pieces" by Coldcut, "pump up the volume" by M.A.R.R.S and "beat dis" by Bomb Da Bass, the entirity of jungle/drum & bass and big-beat.I understand "breaks" to mean funk/jazz/soul/disco breakbeats. Basically the foundation of the majority of dance music.
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Do you go to Manchester University?barknee wrote:naw, there are plenty of breaks nights up here in manchester.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaks
'Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). These rhythms may be characterised by their use of syncopation and polyrhythms, which are prominent in all music of African origin, including much Afro-American music'
Garage is still made, it's just not got the profile it had a few years back as it has been superceded by Grime and there is also a growing momentum behind Dubstep.
'Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). These rhythms may be characterised by their use of syncopation and polyrhythms, which are prominent in all music of African origin, including much Afro-American music'
Garage is still made, it's just not got the profile it had a few years back as it has been superceded by Grime and there is also a growing momentum behind Dubstep.
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Re: uk slags, what is breaks exactly?
Yeah I remember I couldn't afford Click so I had a Paco suit, which is only a good look if you think that denim and cord should be mixed together!Haha - Click Suits were dope.
Re: uk slags, what is breaks exactly?
Man, when i was a young, Click suits were the seal of thoroughness. I couldnt afford any of that shit, strictly Blue Bolt cords straight outta Mash....GMoney wrote:Yeah I remember I couldn't afford Click so I had a Paco suit, which is only a good look if you think that denim and cord should be mixed together!Haha - Click Suits were dope.