What isbreakstep?
On the uk garage line between 2-step and bassline. Grew out of breakbeat and drum and bass.
EMERGED 1999
BREAKSTEP
Late-1990s London offshoot of 2-step with a straighter breakbeat pattern and drum and bass basslines in place of the shuffle.[1] DJ Deekline's "I Don't Smoke" (Rat Records, 1999) reached No. 11 in the UK, and DJ Zinc's "138 Trek" is an early record at 138 BPM.[1] Forward>> at Plastic People was a hub, and the sound fed into dubstep.[1]
FIVE TO START WITH
- 1I Don't SmokeDJ DeeklineRAT RECORDS / 1999
- 2138 TrekDJ Zinc2000
SOURCES
- 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakstep (derived, year, blurb)
- 2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Zinc (seed)
Dates informed by Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music.