A brief history of Big Beat

In the first half of the 1990s, a new kind of UK acid house emerged. Under the rumble of funky breakbeats, to which keyboard parts from psychedelic rock, rapping from hip-hop and guitar solos from punk were added, big beat emerged. It 100% justified its name: all its components were pumped, distorted and compressed for the tightest possible sound. The deliberately cinematic big beat reached its peak of fame and commercial demand in the late 1990s, and then went underground for a long time. Here is an example—a 100% big beat mix ↓