Florida breaks
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The Breaks
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| Cultural origins | Late 1980s and 1990s: U.S. Mid 1990s: U.K. |
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| Derivative forms | Acid breaks |
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 Passion by K5 is an example of Florida Breaks, YouTube video |
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Nick Newton's - Planet Acid combines acid, electro, and breakbeat elements for a grittier Florida sound, |
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Set U Free by Planet Soul exemplifies the vocal and breakdown elements of Florida Breaks, YouTube video |
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Nick Newton's Orlando mix of Screamer the progressive style defined the Orlando Sound |
Florida breaks, also referred to as Orlando breaks, The Breaks, or The Orlando Sound is a genre of breakbeat dance music that originated in central region of the State of Florida, United States. Florida Breaks originates from a mixture of hip-hop, Miami bass and electro that often includes recognizable sampling of early jazz or funk beats from rare groove or popular film. Florida's breakbeat style feature vocal elements and retains the hip-hop rhythms on which is based. The Florida breakbeat style however is faster, more syncopated, and has a heavier and unrelenting bassline. The beat frequently slows and breaks down complex beat patterns and then rebuilds in a way that is widely felt to be easier to dance to and creates an uplifting, happy, or positive mood in the listener.
The unique Florida style was first encountered during the late '80s inside the historic Beacham Theatre in Orlando. The breaks genre continued to gain popularity as a local underground music subculture became developed during Orlando's Summer of Love era from roughly 1989 to 1992 and simply "exploded" into prominence in mid-1993.
The "Orlando Sound" was wildly popular among DJs and club goers in Florida and the sound was marketed as "Orlando friendly". The genre soon gained acclaim and became internationally popular in club culture during the mid 1990s. However, there did not seem to universal consensus on the exact elements that constituted the Orlando Sound. The Orlando Sound was also known as Florida breaks after Nick Newton, an English breaks DJ and producer, called his 1996 record Orlando.
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