Breakbeat

Breakbeat / Drum and bass
Stylistic origins:	Rave, Techno, Hip-hop, Dancehall
Cultural origins:	mid-1990s, London
Typical instruments:	Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler
Mainstream popularity:	Small, largely in late 1990s United Kingdom and Europe
Derivative forms:
Subgenres
2Step - Hardcore - Breakcore - Brokenbeat - Chemical breaks - Drill n bass - Drum n' bass - Jungle
Other topics
Notable breakbeat artists

Breakbeat (breakbeats or breaks), are a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, chiefly exemplified by drum and bass and jungle, usually characterized by a non 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance).

See also