Funky Breaks
An amalgam
of trance, hip-hop and jungle, Funky Breaks became one of the most widely
heard styles in electronic music thanks to its popularity as the sound
of choice for those wishing to make some noise on pop charts and television
commercials during the late '90s. Pioneered by the Chemical Brothers plus
James Lavelle's epic-stature Mo' Wax Records stable, funky breaks really
came into the fore in 1997, the year music-industry experts predicted
would finally break the new electronica in the mainstream. Of the artists
picked to spearhead the revolution, almost all — the Prodigy, Death in
Vegas, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads — had that sound. That's also
a significant reason why the electronica revolution failed, at least commercially,
since the highly-touted acts all sounded similar.
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