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big beat

Last updated: Mon Nov 03 2025 08:25:43 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Big beat is a music genre that emerged in the 1990s and was popularized by artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads. It is characterized by its heavy use of sampled breakbeats, electronic and rock sounds, and high-energy tempos, often combined with distorted basslines, synthesizers, and vocal samples. Big beat draws influence from a variety of musical genres, including hip hop, rock, techno, and funk, and is often associated with the electronic dance music scene.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
27		1990-05-07	Meat Beat Manifesto	99%	big beat breakbeat dance electro-industrial electronic	electro-industrial # 43
17		1991-02-25	The Prodigy	What Evil Lurks	breakbeat electronic big beat	breakbeat # 46
23		1992-09-21	The Prodigy	Experience	electronic breakbeat rave	breakbeat hardcore # 6 rave # 12 techno # 29 breakbeat # 93
36		1992-09-29	Meat Beat Manifesto	Satyricon	big beat electronic industrial	illbient # 84
5		1993-03	The Prodigy	Need Some1 (Remixes)	bass house big beat breaks drum and bass	breaks # 34 bass house # 68
45		1993-08	The Prodigy	One Love	big beat electronic techno
64		1994-05-16	The Prodigy	No Good (Start the Dance)	big beat rave	rave # 34
46		1994-08-04	The Prodigy	Voodoo People	big beat
28		1995-02-27	The Prodigy	Poison	breakbeat	european # 26 europe # 27 breakbeat # 61
59		1995-03	The Prodigy	No Tourists	electronic	rave # 56
37		1995-06-05	The Chemical Brothers	Leave Home	big beat electronic electronica techno
91		1995-06-26	The Chemical Brothers	Exit Planet Dust	electronic
42		1995-08-28	The Chemical Brothers	Life Is Sweet	big beat breakbeat electronic electronica	breakbeat # 15
8		1996-08-07	Ken Ishii	Stretch	big beat breakbeat breaks jungle techno	jungle # 31 breaks # 37
94		1996-08-26	Fatboy Slim	Better Living Through Chemistry	big beat electronic
85		1996-11-11	The Prodigy	Breathe	big beat breakbeat techno electronic	techno # 42 rave # 45 breakbeat # 76
88		1997	The Prodigy	The Fat of the Land - Expanded Edition	big beat breakbeat hardcore dance electronica house tech house techno	breakbeat hardcore # 3 techno # 53 tech house # 94
98		1997-03-25	The Chemical Brothers	Dig Your Own Hole	electronic big beat
100		1997-06-30	The Prodigy	The Fat Of The Land	electronic	breakbeat # 31 electropunk # 39 electronic # 46 techno # 63
79		1997-07-22	Lunatic Calm	Metropol	big beat
89		1997-08-26	The Crystal Method	Vegas	electronic breakbeat	breakbeat # 87
60		1997-11-17	The Prodigy	Smack My Bitch Up	british techno big beat electronica europe european idm	techno # 25 european # 46 europe # 48
9		1997-12-01	The Chemical Brothers	The Private Psychedelic Reel	big beat breakbeat electronic
25		1998	Meat Beat Manifesto	Actual Sounds & Voices	big beat electro-industrial electronic electronica industrial techno	electro-industrial # 34
39		1998	Fatboy Slim	On the Floor at the Boutique	electronic big beat
82		1998	Fatboy Slim	You've Come A Long Way Baby	electronic
97		1998-01-20	Propellerheads	Decksandrumsandrockandroll	big beat electronic
72		1998-05-25	Lo Fidelity Allstars	How To Operate With A Blown Mind	big beat
24		1998-07	Meat Beat Manifesto	Actual Sounds + Voices	big beat electro-industrial electronic electronica industrial techno	electro-industrial # 35
21		1998-10-05	Dub Pistols	Point Blank	dub	dub # 44
58		1998-10-05	The Wiseguys	The Antidote	big beat
15		1998-10-08	Asian Dub Foundation	More Signal More Noise	big beat british electronica
96		1998-10-12	Fatboy Slim	You've Come a Long Way, Baby
40		1998-10	Bentley Rhythm Ace	BRA	acid jazz big beat electronic
63		1999	Apollo 440	Gettin' High on Your Own Supply	electronic
70		1999	The Chemical Brothers	For That Beautiful Feeling	big beat
99		1999-06-07	The Chemical Brothers	Surrender	electronic big beat	electronica # 49
11		1999-09-15	Leftfield	Rhythm and Stealth	electronic
44		1999-09-28	Hardknox	Hardknox	big beat
67		1999-10-18	Mint Royale	On The Ropes	big beat
19		2000-04-12	Lo Fidelity Allstars	Don't Be Afraid of Love	big beat house
20		2000-07-10	Midfield General	Generalisation	big beat
3		2000-09-11	Cut La Roc	La Roc Rocs	big beat electronica turntablism	turntablism # 53
84		2000-11-01	Fatboy Slim	Halfway Between The Gutter and the Stars	electronic
51		2001-05	The Crystal Method	Tweekend	electronic
73		2002-07-01	The Prodigy	Baby's Got a Temper	electronic
80		2002-07-17	The Chemical Brothers	Come With Us	electronic
12		2002-11-25	Mighty Dub Katz	Let the Drums Speak	big beat house
78		2003-04-22	Paul van Dyk	Nothing But You	big beat trance
75		2003-08-25	Overseer	Wreckage	electronic
65		2004	Fatboy Slim	Rockafeller Skank	big beat british dance electronic electronica house
49		2004-01-13	The Crystal Method	Legion of Boom	electronic breakbeat	breakbeat # 82
52		2004-06-21	The Prodigy	Girls	big beat
90		2004-08-11	The Prodigy	Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned		breakbeat # 85
87		2004-10-04	Fatboy Slim	Palookaville	electronic big beat
10		2004-12	The Chemical Brothers	Push the Button	electronic
31		2005	The Prodigy	Their Law - The Singles 1990-2005	big beat breakbeat hardcore british electronica	breakbeat hardcore # 9
2		2005-03-28	The Prodigy	Spitfire	big beat
68		2006	Fatboy Slim	The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder	big beat british dance electronic electronica
38		2007	Fatboy Slim	Why Try Harder - Greatest Hits	dance
62		2007-04	The Chemical Brothers	Born In the Echoes (Deluxe Edition)	big beat electronic
66		2007-05-14	The Chemical Brothers	No Geography	electronic
50		2007-05	The Chemical Brothers	We Are The Night	electronic	electronica # 6
61		2007-10-21	UNKLE	Hold My Hand	big beat electronic tech house	tech house # 58
95		2008	Fatboy Slim	You`ve Come A Long Way Baby	electronic big beat
48		2008-03-10	Junkie XL	Booming Back At You	electronic
83		2008-04	Parov Stelar	The Flame of Fame	big beat broken beat electro house nu jazz	electro # 11 nu jazz # 86 broken beat # 99
26		2008-07	The Chemical Brothers	Brotherhood	electronic electronica
34		2008-09-30	Subvert	Dirt Nap EP	big beat breakbeat breaks dubstep glitch grime	grime # 25 breaks # 65
56		2008-10-21	Fort Knox Five	Radio Free DC	acid lounge alternative alternative lounge big beat breakbeat dub electronic lounge jazz funk groove lounge lounge groove lounge uptempo uutta jazzia	dub # 7 lounge groove # 19 breakbeat # 33 lounge uptempo # 41 uutta jazzia # 58 acid lounge # 62 groove lounge # 63 alternative lounge # 64 electronic lounge jazz # 67
18		2009	The Prodigy	Invaders Must Die (Special Version)	big beat breakbeat dance electronic electronica industrial techno
57		2009	deadmau5	stuff i used to do	big beat
14		2009-01-16	An-ten-nae	Acid Crunk EP 3	big beat bounce breakbeat crunk downtempo electro glitch	crunk # 57 bounce # 92
22		2009-01	The Prodigy	Omen	breakbeat	breakbeat # 55
53		2009-02-16	The Prodigy	Nasty	big beat electronic
93		2009-02-18	The Prodigy	Invaders Must Die	electronic	electronic # 38 rave # 68 breakbeat # 95
29		2009-03-31	Jump Smokers	My Flow So Tight (Anti-Breezy)	big beat dance edm electro electro house electronic electronica house pop techno
43		2009-04-10	Subvert	Speaker Humpin' EP	big beat breakbeat breaks grime new beat	breakbeat # 16 grime # 38 breaks # 74 new beat # 99
16		2009-04	The Prodigy	Warrior's Dance	big beat techno
86		2009-05-12	The Crystal Method	Divided By Night	big beat breakbeat electronic	breakbeat # 71
77		2009-08-17	The Prodigy	Take Me to the Hospital	big beat
71		2009-09-11	Figure	House on the Hill EP	big beat electro house
76		2009-12-23	The Prodigy	Music for the Jilted Generation	electronic	rave # 54 breakbeat # 72
1		2011-09-12	AlgoRythmik	Morphism	big beat breakbeat
35		2014-01-13	The Crystal Method	The Crystal Method	breakbeat electronic big beat	brostep # 12 breakbeat # 52
7		2015-03-27	The Prodigy	The Night Is My Friend EP	big beat electronic
32		2016-03-04	KFC Murder Chicks	Cortex Rampage	big beat breakcore digital hardcore drum and bass electronic glitch hop industrial hip hop plunderphonics	industrial hip hop # 46 glitch hop # 58 digital hardcore # 64 plunderphonics # 75
4		2017-08-04	Lords of Acid	Voodoo-U (Special Remastered Band Edition)	big beat breakbeat ebm electro-industrial industrial industrial rock new beat post-industrial techno	post-industrial # 40 new beat # 94
69		2018-02-20	2 Mello	Memories of Tokyo-To	acid house big beat electronic hip-hop rap	acid house # 91
47		2019-01-25	The Crystal Method	The Trip Home	big beat breakbeat electronic	breakbeat # 26
54		2019-03-15	Monsta	MONSTA EP	big beat dubstep electro soul
6		2020-03-20	Badly Drawn Boy	Banana Skin Shoes	big beat funk rock	funk rock # 25
92		2020-12-02	sewerslvt	Newlove	atmospheric drum and bass big beat ethereal instrumental progressive breaks sampling space ambient	instrumental # 56 ethereal # 70 sampling # 79 atmospheric drum and bass # 85 space ambient # 100 progressive breaks # 100
33		2021-02-26	Northlane	5G	big beat brostep drum and bass electro-industrial industrial hardcore industrial metal	electro-industrial # 51 brostep # 81 industrial hardcore # 100
13		2022-11-09	Hatchie	Nosedive	alternative dance big beat dance-punk ebm industrial rock	dance-punk # 42
30		2023-09-15	Sextile	Push	acid house acid techno big beat dance-punk ebm electroclash electropunk post-punk	dance-punk # 52 acid house # 73 acid techno # 75 electropunk # 80
41			The BPA	Toe Jam	beat big beat	beat # 90
55			WARGASM (UK)	Venom	big beat cyberpunk digital hardcore electro-industrial electropunk industrial metal industrial rock nu metal rap metal rapcore	rapcore # 8 electro-industrial # 70 rap metal # 76 digital hardcore # 77 electropunk # 85 cyberpunk # 94
74			SEGA Sound Team	Jet Set Radio SEGA Original Tracks	big beat breakbeat electronic instrumental soundtrack	breakbeat # 54
81			SEGA Sound Team	Jet Set Radio Future SEGA Original Tracks	big beat breakbeat electronic instrumental soundtrack	breakbeat # 66

Related genres

• electronic
• breakbeat
• electronica
• dance
• techno
• electro
• ambient
• industrial
• alternative
• breaks