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November 20, 2009

20 Tracks Every Broken Beat Fan Should Know...

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The beat changed one day. Four-to-the-floor’s steady dominant drum march fractured, as chaotic new patterns emerged in the ranks of uniformity.

Once the familiar heartbeat of disco, house, and techno skipped, the boundaries tumbled down. The tempo rule book was thrown out, sounds warped, and strange new dance moves emerged. It was a jungle of rhythms, drums, and gut-wrenching basslines.

Two-step, breakbeat, dubstep, big beat, drum & bass, and garage – all dared to break the rules, all broke the beat.

Today Beatportal’s Caleb Rakes grabs his whistle and airhorn, and shouts ‘Oi Oi’ from the rooftops, as he takes a rewind through the disorderly and boisterous side of dance music with 20 tracks every broken beat fan should know.



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