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The people and crews who pushed breakbeat, from sampled funk to UK bass — a curated map, not a closed canon.

Years1970 – 2026

259 artists

2 INDABUSH

BreaksFunky Breaks

30HZ

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

USA

4HERO

Breakbeat HardcoreJungle

Breakbeat HardcoreRave

ADAM F

Drum & BassJungle

ADAM FREELAND

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & THE SOULSONIC FORCE

BreaksHardcore Breaks

Australia

ALE BAQUERO

BreakbeatHardcore

ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE

BreaksFunky Breaks

USA

ALTERN-8

Breakbeat HardcoreRave

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

B-LIVE

GrimeUK Garage

BABE RUTH

Hard RockProgressive Rock

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BOOKER T. & THE M.G.'S

Breakbeat HardcoreJungle

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

Nu Skool BreaksBreaks

CRIMINAL ELEMENT ORCHESTRA

Garage HouseHouse

USA

CTRL-Z

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksProgressive Breaks

DE LA SOUL

Hip HopNative Tongues

BreakbeatBreakbeat Hardcore

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

Florida BreaksBreakbeat

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

BreaksSpanish Breakbeat

DJ QUEST

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

DJ SANTANA

BreaksProgressive House

Drum & BassAtmospheric Drum & Bass

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

ELOQUIN

UK GarageBreaks

ESCENA ANDALUZA

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

FAR TOO LOUD

BreaksElectro House

FAST EDDIE

Chicago HouseHip House

Breakbeat HardcoreJungle

FRANXIS'90

BreakbeatSpanish Breakbeat

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

FRIENDLY

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

GENERAL MIDI

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE

BreaksPsychedelic Breaks

BreaksProgressive Breaks

HYPER

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

HYPERION BLACK HOLE

BreaksBass

ILS

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

INFINITI

BreakbeatFlorida Breaks

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

Switzerland

JDS

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

BreakbeatAndalusian Breakbeat

KAYLAB

TranceProgressive Trance

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

KULMAN

BreaksElectro

KULTUR

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

KURTIS BLOW

Hip HopOld School Hip Hop

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

Hip HopOld School Hip Hop

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksProgressive Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

PLUMP DJS

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

PROPELLERHEADS

Big BeatBreakbeat

PUBLIC ENEMY

Hip-HopPolitical Hip-Hop

BreaksProgressive Breaks

USA

RASCO

BreaksElectro

REBEL MC / CONGO NATTY

BreakbeatAlternative Dance

RENNIE PILGREM

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

REQUEST LINE

ElectroOld School Hip-Hop

RICO TUBBS & WILL BAILEY

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

RULER

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

RUN-D.M.C.

Hip-HopOld School Hip-Hop

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

Breakbeat HardcoreJungle

SIMON FINNIGAN

BreaksBass

SL2

Breakbeat HardcoreRave

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

FunkSoul

USA

SLYDE

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

SOUL OF MAN

BreakbeatFunky Breaks

SPECIMEN A

BreaksDubstep

SPLITLOOP

BreakbeatNu Skool Breaks

STANTON WARRIORS

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

STEREO 8

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

BreaksNu Skool Breaks

USA

THE BREAKFASTAZ

BreakbeatElectro

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS

THE FREESTYLE PROFESSORS

Hip HopBoom Bap

USA

THE INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND

Breakbeat HardcoreBig Beat

THE RAGGA TWINS

Breakbeat HardcoreJungle

Drum and BassNeurofunk

TIMELINE

15 names per half-decade

This timeline condenses the working doc "Historia del break": from funk breaks and hip hop to UK rave, nu skool, resilient latency and today’s Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass umbrella. A compass to dig deeper, not an official roll call.

1970–1974

DJ Kool Herc James Brown The Incredible Bongo Band The Winstons Lyn Collins Jimmy Castor Bunch Sly & The Family Stone MFSB Dennis Coffey Booker T. & the M.G.’s Babe Ruth Billy Squier Kool & The Gang The Isley Brothers Curtis Mayfield

1975–1979

DJ Kool Herc Grandmaster Flash Afrika Bambaataa Grandmaster Flowers Lovebug Starski The Incredible Bongo Band The Winstons Chic Bob James Parliament Funkadelic Cameo War Mandrill Liquid Liquid

1980–1984

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force Run-D.M.C.Herbie Hancock Hashim Newcleus Egyptian Lover Mantronix Malcolm McLaren Art of Noise Jonzun Crew Kurtis Blow UTFO Whodini The Beastie Boys

1985–1989

Coldcut Bomb the Bass S’Express Renegade Soundwave 808 State A Guy Called Gerald Meat Beat Manifesto Shut Up and Dance De La Soul Public Enemy N.W.A.Fast Eddie Tyree The KLF Orbital

1990–1994

The Prodigy SL2 Altern-8 Shut Up and Dance Acen N-Joi 4hero The Ragga Twins Orbital Renegade Soundwave Goldie Foul Play LTJ Bukem Rebel MC / Congo Natty The Freestylers

1995–1999

The Chemical Brothers Fatboy Slim The Prodigy The Crystal Method Freestylers Plump DJs Tipper Soul of Man Cut La Roc Rennie Pilgrem Propellerheads Stanton Warriors Meat Katie Adam Freeland Hybrid

2000–2004

Stanton Warriors Plump DJs Krafty Kuts Freestylers Adam Freeland Soul of Man Atomic Hooligan Hyper The Breakfastaz Aquasky Rennie Pilgrem Meat Katie Deekline DJ Icey Annie Nightingale

2005–2009

Stanton Warriors Plump DJs Krafty Kuts Lady Waks Aquasky Deekline & Ed Solo Freestylers Atomic Hooligan Far Too Loud Freq Nasty Evil Nine The Breakfastaz A.Skillz Hybrid Marten Hørger

2010–2014

Stanton Warriors Krafty Kuts Lady Waks Deekline A.Skillz Marten Hørger Colombo Featurecast Slynk BadboE WBBL Beatman & Ludmilla Calvertron Keith Mackenzie DJ Fixx

2015–2019

Stanton Warriors Krafty Kuts Lady Waks Deekline Marten Hørger WBBL Slynk Colombo Beatman & Ludmilla BadboE Guau Shade K Rasco Left/Right Ondamike

2020–2024

Stanton Warriors Krafty Kuts Lady Waks Deekline Marten Hørger Guau Shade K Ondamike Bad Legs Perfect Kombo Denham Audio DJ Cosworth Keith Mackenzie Left/Right AK Sports

2025 →

Krafty Kuts Stanton Warriors Lady Waks Deekline Marten Hørger Denham Audio YOKIZ Olivia Rose Eloquin DJ Cosworth Guau Shade K AK Sports Left/Right Ondamike

1970s: breaks are born · 1980s: technique & language · 1990s: UK rave culture · 2000s: global nu skool · 2010s: loses the centre, not the sound · 2020s: mutates with UK bass.

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