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| Breakstep | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1990s, London, UK |
Breakstep, or breakbeat garage, is a genre of music that evolved from the UK garage scene and influenced the emergence of dubstep.[1]
- ^ McDonnell, John (10 November 2008). "Scene and heard: Bring breakstep back". The Guardian.
Long before dubstep became the popular fare of weed-addled students around the country, there was a genre that helped the transition from the sickly sweet sound of UK garage to the bass-drenched south London sound. That genre was breakbeat garage, now more popularly known as breakstep.