breakbeat
nounEtymology From break + beat.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
- A cornucopia of hyped-up breakbeats, keyboard squiggles, surf grooves, dancehall stylee, dumb loops and much atonal shouting along, Far In dares you not to smile.2001, CMJ New Music Monthly:
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms.
- Derived terms
- breakbeaty
- Related terms
- breakcore