Big Beat Sometimes Called Chemical Breaks Is A Term First Employed In The Early 80s By The British Music Press - Gaining Popularity In The Mid 90s In Description Of The Music Of The Chemical Brothers Fatboy Slim The Crystal Method Propellerheads & The Prodigy That Relied On Beat-Driven Drum-Heavy Mixes. Almost Certainly Influenced By The Work Of Studio Legend Dougie Wright Big Beat Tends To Feature Distorted Compressed Breakbeats At Moderate Tempos Usually Between 90 To 140 Beats Per Minute Acidic Synthesizer Lines And Heavy Loops From Jazz Rock Or 60's Pop. They Are Often Punctuated With Punkish Vocals And Driven By Intense Distorted Basslines With Conventional Pop And Techno Song Structures. Big Beat Tracks Have A Sound That Include Crescendos Builds Drops Explosions Crowd-Inciting Drum Rolls And Whooshing Sounds That Pan Across The Stereo-Field. Particularly In The Style Of Fatboy Slim The Genre Features A Heavily Compressed And A Thunderous Drum Sound Hence The Name . It Can Also Contain Off-The-Wall Samples Such As Explosions Police Sirens And Snippets Of Turntablism. Big Beat Is Similar To Jungle Both Sharing Frantic Breaks Heavy Bass And An Odd "jittery-Rhythm" But Big Beat Tends To Have More Rhythmic Loop Beats Than Jungle. Big Beat Is Also Characterized By A Sort Of "happy Innocuous Absurdity" To The Feel Of The Music. Big-Beat Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from Big Beat: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.