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'''Florida breaks,''' also referred to as ''' Orlando breaks''', '''The Breaks''', or '''The Orlando Sound''' is a [[genre]] of [[breakbeat]] [[Electronic dance music|dance]] [[Music of Florida|music that originated in central region of the State]] of [[Florida]], [[United States]].<ref name="Le-Huu 2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/11/28/aahz-respects-the-breaks-that-made-orlando-global-overdue-propers-for-dj-stylus-the-beacham |title=AAHZ respects the breaks that made Orlando global, overdue propers for DJ Stylus (The Beacham) |last1=Le-Huu |first1=Bao |date= November 28, 2015 |website= |publisher= |access-date=December 1, 2015 |quote=The AAHZ days, though absolutely foundational, were an elementary phase in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s that heavily featured European house sounds. But the breaks – a breakbeat subgenre braided of hip-hop, Miami bass and electro – was the Orlando sound, our original chapter and contribution to the EDM world. And when the breaks surged in the mid ‘90s, it was the Orlando dance scene at its apex, when we weren’t just playing the leading sounds but making and exporting them. When it comes to breaks, the names that really jump out on this heavyweight lineup are Icey and Stylus, the two DJs who actually specialized in the style.}}{blog of Orlando Weekly's music column}</ref>
'''Florida breaks,''' also referred to as ''' Orlando breaks''', '''The Breaks''', or '''The Orlando Sound''' is a [[genre]] of [[breakbeat]] [[Electronic dance music|dance]] [[Music of Florida|music that originated in central region of the State]] of [[Florida]], [[United States]].<ref name="Le-Huu 2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/11/28/aahz-respects-the-breaks-that-made-orlando-global-overdue-propers-for-dj-stylus-the-beacham |title=AAHZ respects the breaks that made Orlando global, overdue propers for DJ Stylus (The Beacham) |last1=Le-Huu |first1=Bao |date= November 28, 2015 |website= |publisher= |access-date=December 1, 2015 |quote=The AAHZ days, though absolutely foundational, were an elementary phase in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s that heavily featured European house sounds. But the breaks – a breakbeat subgenre braided of hip-hop, Miami bass and electro – was the Orlando sound, our original chapter and contribution to the EDM world. And when the breaks surged in the mid ‘90s, it was the Orlando dance scene at its apex, when we weren’t just playing the leading sounds but making and exporting them. When it comes to breaks, the names that really jump out on this heavyweight lineup are Icey and Stylus, the two DJs who actually specialized in the style.}}{blog of Orlando Weekly's music column}</ref>
Florida Breaks originates from a mixture of [[hip-hop]], [[Miami bass]] and [[electro (music)|electro]] that often includes recognizable [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] of early [[jazz]] or [[funk]] [[Beat (music)|beats]] from [[rare groove]] or popular film. Florida's breakbeat style feature vocal elements<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> and retains the hip-hop rhythms on which is based.<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" />
Florida Breaks originates from a mixture of [[hip-hop]], [[Miami bass]] and [[electro (music)|electro]] that often includes recognizable [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] of early [[jazz]], Disco breakdowns or [[funk]] [[Beat (music)|beats]] from [[rare groove]] or popular film. Florida's breakbeat style feature vocal elements<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> and retains the hip-hop rhythms on which is based.<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" />
The Florida breakbeat style however is faster, more [[syncopation|syncopated]], and has a heavier and unrelenting bassline.<ref name="Gettelman 1997">{{cite web |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-02-09/entertainment/9702061325_1_dance-music-visit-to-orlando-kimball-collins |title=The Orlando Sound Although Hard To Define, It's Hot Among Lovers Of Underground Dance Music |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |date=February 9, 1997 |website=orlandosentinel.com |publisher= The Orlando Sentinel |access-date= November 5, 2015 |quote=}}</ref> The beat frequently slows and [[breakdown (music)|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.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" />
The Florida breakbeat style however is faster, more [[syncopation|syncopated]], and has a heavier and unrelenting bassline.<ref name="Gettelman 1997">{{cite web |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-02-09/entertainment/9702061325_1_dance-music-visit-to-orlando-kimball-collins |title=The Orlando Sound Although Hard To Define, It's Hot Among Lovers Of Underground Dance Music |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |date=February 9, 1997 |website=orlandosentinel.com |publisher= The Orlando Sentinel |access-date= November 5, 2015 |quote=}}</ref> The beat frequently slows and [[breakdown (music)|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.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" />


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===Late 1980s - Early 1990s===
===Late 1980s - Early 1990s===


The unique Florida style was first encountered during the late '80s inside the historic [[Beacham Theatre]] in Orlando.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> 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.
Breakbeats as a dj style were first encountered during the late '80s inside the historic [[Beacham Theatre]] in Orlando.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> The breaks genre continued to gain popularity as a local underground music [[subculture]] as the term rave exploded simultaneously. During [[Orlando's Summer of Love]] era from roughly 1989 to 1992 based on replicating events from our friends across the pond who were replicating events they attended in Ibiza.


===Mid 1990s popularity===
===Mid 1990s popularity===
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| audio3 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxacRNgWUh0 ''Set U Free'' by Planet Soul] exemplifies the vocal and breakdown elements of Florida Breaks, [[YouTube]] video
| audio3 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxacRNgWUh0 ''Set U Free'' by Planet Soul] exemplifies the vocal and breakdown elements of Florida Breaks, [[YouTube]] video
| audio4 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlLJEOLu228 Nick Newton's ''Orlando mix of Screamer''] the progressive style defined the Orlando Sound
| audio4 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlLJEOLu228 Nick Newton's ''Orlando mix of Screamer''] the progressive style defined the Orlando Sound
| audio5 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ar4b1fkeCA Baby D- Take Me to Heaven ''REMIX''] the mid-90's fun, positive, fast paced beat style with samples of disco & house with build ups and siren breaks defines FLorida Breaks as it became.[[YouTube]] video
| audio6 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEOlM43oUdg Rick West - Metamorphose ''Florida Breaks''] the late-90's positive, fast paced beat style oriented around build ups and stabbing baseline defines FLorida Breaks as it became.[[YouTube]] video
}}
}}
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.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> However, there did not seem to universal consensus on the exact elements that constituted ''the Orlando Sound''.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> The Orlando Sound was also known as Florida breaks after Nick Newton, an English breaks DJ and producer, called his 1996 record ''Orlando''.<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/dance-dance-revolution/Content?oid=2244233 |title= Dance dance revolution |last1= Ferguson |first1= Jason|last2=Le-Huu |first2= Bao|date=July 2, 2013 |website=orlandoweekly.com |publisher=The Orlando Weekly |access-date=July 28, 2016 |quote=The 1990s was formative in the electronic dance music awakening of America, and that fire-catching cultural momentum would vault Orlando to the vanguard of it all. As one of the premier global epicenters of the rave big bang, the city found itself on equal footing with not just New York or Los Angeles but also with the trailblazing U.K. scene (English breaks DJ-producer Nick Newton named his 1996 record Orlando), even siring its own sound (Florida breaks).}}</ref>
The genre gained acclaim and moved from warehouses to became popular in Florida's mainstream club culture/ venues during the mid 1990s.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> However, there did not seem to universal consensus on the exact elements that constituted ''the Florida Sound''.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> The underground sound aka the Miami sound, the Tampa sound, Lauderdale sound, the jacksonville and Orlando Sound were growing fast and money was to be made. So after Nick Newton, an English breaks DJ and producer, called his 1996 record ''Orlando''.<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/dance-dance-revolution/Content?oid=2244233 |title= Dance dance revolution |last1= Ferguson |first1= Jason|last2=Le-Huu |first2= Bao|date=July 2, 2013 |website=orlandoweekly.com |publisher=The Orlando Weekly |access-date=July 28, 2016 |quote=The 1990s was formative in the electronic dance music awakening of America, and that fire-catching cultural momentum would vault Orlando to the vanguard of it all. As one of the premier global epicenters of the rave big bang, the city found itself on equal footing with not just New York or Los Angeles but also with the trailblazing U.K. scene (English breaks DJ-producer Nick Newton named his 1996 record Orlando), even siring its own sound (Florida breaks).}}</ref>


The genre received limited local radio play in Central Florida on [[radio stations]] [[WXXL]] (106.7 FM)<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> and on college radio [[WPRK]] (91.5 FM),<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> as well as [[WUCF-FM|WUCF]] (89.9 FM), [[WFIT]] (89.5 FM on [[Space Coast]]), and [[WMNF]] (88.5 FM in [[Tampa]]).<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 />
The genre received radio play on [[radio stations]] [[WXXL]] (106.7 FM)<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> and on college radio [[WPRK]] (91.5 FM),<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> as well as [[WUCF-FM|WUCF]] (89.9 FM), [[WFIT]] (89.5 FM on [[Space Coast]]), and [[WMNF]] (88.5 FM in [[Tampa]]).<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 />


A compilation album of various Florida breaks artists called ''Sunshine State Of Mind'' was released in 1997
The Florida name became more & more synonymous with the Orlando sound. By 1998, right around the scenes peak, A compilation album of various Florida breaks artists called ''Sunshine State Of Mind'' was released giving Orlando international exposure as the sound which contained Acid, Drum & bass, hip hop and funky breaks.


===2000s===
===2000s===


The international popularity of Florida breaks peaked and began to wane since 2000.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> However, the genre is still quite popular among those who remember the era in Central Florida and the genres unique role in electronic music history is frequently celebrated.<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" />
The international popularity of Florida breaks peaked thanks to hard core artist and patrons who pushed to gain their sound into the Florida Breaks genre. Including George Acousta, Dyanmix, Baby Anne, Rick west, Infinity, Mondo, Skynet, Mike & Charlie, Sharaz, Trashy, Fixx, Keith Mackenzie, Stylus and handful of others. This is the sound now most associated with the genre and is still quite popular among those who remember the era in Central Florida and the genres unique role in electronic music history.<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" />


The genre's inspirational influences have created regional and preference variations of the Breaks within Florida that have made the genre more difficult to define. The Orlando Sound of Central and Northern Florida were strongly influenced by [[new beat]], [[trance (music)|trance]] and [[progressive house]] sounds and it is the '''progressive breaks''' that some older fans cherished while younger fans seemed to prefer a more simple '''electro breakbeat''' style. Producers in South Florida kept with a [[deep house]] flavor or retained more of the [[funk]] and [[hip-hop]] influence of Miami's so-called "ghetto-bass" that evolved and is sometimes called the '''funky breaks'''.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /><ref name=Gentile2014>{{cite web |url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/florida-breaks-in-the-1990s-beats-get-sleazy-in-the-weirdo-armpit-of-america |title=Florida Breaks in the 1990s: Beats Get Sleazy in the Weirdo Armpit of America |last= Gentile|first= Jessica|date= November 4, 2014|website=thump.vice.com |publisher=VICE |access-date=February 26, 2017 |quote=}}</ref>
The genre's inspirational influences have created regional and preference variations of the Breaks within Florida. Older fans cherished [[new beat]], [[trance (music)|trance]] and [[progressive house]] sounds while younger fans seemed to prefer a more simple '''electro breakbeat''' style. Producers in South Florida kept with a [[ house]] flavor or retained more of the [[funk]] and [[hip-hop]] influence. Miami's so-called "ghetto-bass" evolved and is sometimes called the '''bass breaks'''.<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /><ref name=Gentile2014>{{cite web |url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/florida-breaks-in-the-1990s-beats-get-sleazy-in-the-weirdo-armpit-of-america |title=Florida Breaks in the 1990s: Beats Get Sleazy in the Weirdo Armpit of America |last= Gentile|first= Jessica|date= November 4, 2014|website=thump.vice.com |publisher=VICE |access-date=February 26, 2017 |quote=}}</ref>


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==Florida Breaks artists==

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[[DJs]] [[DJ Icey|Icey]],<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> Stylus,<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> Kimball Collins,<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> Dave Cannalte,<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> Andy Hughes,<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> [[Chris Fortier]], <ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> [[K5 (Band)|K5]],<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> [[Rick West]],<ref name=Gentile2014 /> Huda Hudia,<ref name=Gentile2014 /> Sharazz,<ref name=Gentile2014 /> [[Dynamix II]],<ref name=Gentile2014 /> Robby Clark,<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Michael Donaldson,<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Sandy Fite,<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Chris Milo,<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Mark Snyder,<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Cliff Tangredi,<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Eli Tobias,<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> D-Extreme,{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Baby Anne,{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Friction & Spice{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} and Peter Wohelski<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> specialized in Florida Breaks.


==Early Florida Breaks venues ==
==Early Florida Breaks venues ==


[[Beacham Theatre#Late Night era: (1988–1994) Aahz|AAHZ]] (Orlando),<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> The Edge (Orlando).<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> The Abyss (Orlando),<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> The Club at [[Firestone Building|Firestone]] (Orlando),<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> The Beach Club (Orlando),<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Icon (Orlando),<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> Simon's (Gainesville),<ref name=Gentile5.11.2014>{{cite web |url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/the-essential-rave-nightclubs-of-floridian-history |title=The Essential Rave Nightclubs of Floridian History |last=Gentile |first=Jessica |date=November 5, 2014 |website=thump.vice.com |publisher=VICE |access-date=February 27, 2017 |quote=}}
[[Beacham Theatre#Late Night era: (1988–1994) Aahz|AAHZ]] (Orlando),<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> The Edge (Orlando).<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> The Abyss (Orlando),<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> The Club at [[Firestone Building|Firestone]] (Orlando),<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> The Beach Club (Orlando),<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> Icon (Orlando),<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> Simon's (Gainesville),<ref name=Gentile5.11.2014>{{cite web |url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/the-essential-rave-nightclubs-of-floridian-history |title=The Essential Rave Nightclubs of Floridian History |last=Gentile |first=Jessica |date=November 5, 2014 |website=thump.vice.com |publisher=VICE |access-date=February 27, 2017 |quote=}}
</ref> Marz (Cocoa Beach),<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> The Edge (Fort. Lauderdale),<ref name=Gentile5.11.2014 /> and Masquerade (Tampa)<ref name=Gentile5.11.2014 /> were early Florida Breaks venues.
</ref> Marz (Cocoa Beach), Kenegas, Stormans, Parthonon, Ozone, Moongate, Fantasy Ranch<ref name =Fergusonjuly22013 /> The Edge (Fort. Lauderdale),<ref name=Gentile5.11.2014 /> Masquerade (Tampa)<ref name=Gentile5.11.2014 /> and empty warehouses were early Florida Breaks venues.

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==Notable Florida Breaks artists==

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[[DJs]] [[DJ Icey|Icey]],<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> Stylus,<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> Kimball Collins,<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> Andy Hughes,<ref name="Le-Huu 2015" /> [[Chris Fortier]], <ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> [[K5 (Band)|K5]],<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> [[Rick West]],<ref name=Gentile2014 /> Huda Hudia,<ref name=Gentile2014 /> Sharazz,<ref name=Gentile2014 /> Mondo, DJ Fixx, Mike & Charlie, Skynet, Trashy, J break, Funk Lab,[[Dynamix II]],D-Extreme,{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Baby Anne,{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Friction & Spice{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}, R Fresh, Infinity and Agent K specialize in current Florida Breaks.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 14:50, 26 April 2017

Florida Breaks
Native name
The Breaks
Etymology
Other names
  • The Orlando Sound
  • Progressive Breaks
  • Funky Breaks
  • Nu skool breaks
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1980s and 1990s: U.S.
Mid 1990s: U.K.
Typical instruments
Derivative formsAcid breaks
Subgenres

(complete list)
Regional scenes
Local scenes

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.[1] Florida Breaks originates from a mixture of hip-hop, Miami bass and electro that often includes recognizable sampling of early jazz, Disco breakdowns or funk beats from rare groove or popular film. Florida's breakbeat style feature vocal elements[2] and retains the hip-hop rhythms on which is based.[1] The Florida breakbeat style however is faster, more syncopated, and has a heavier and unrelenting bassline.[2] 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.[2]

History

Late 1980s - Early 1990s

Breakbeats as a dj style were first encountered during the late '80s inside the historic Beacham Theatre in Orlando.[2] The breaks genre continued to gain popularity as a local underground music subculture as the term rave exploded simultaneously. During Orlando's Summer of Love era from roughly 1989 to 1992 based on replicating events from our friends across the pond who were replicating events they attended in Ibiza.

Mid 1990s popularity

External audio
audio icon Passion by K5 is an example of Florida Breaks, YouTube video
audio icon Nick Newton's - Planet Acid combines acid, electro, and breakbeat elements for a grittier Florida sound,
audio icon Set U Free by Planet Soul exemplifies the vocal and breakdown elements of Florida Breaks, YouTube video
audio icon Nick Newton's Orlando mix of Screamer the progressive style defined the Orlando Sound
audio icon Baby D- Take Me to Heaven REMIX the mid-90's fun, positive, fast paced beat style with samples of disco & house with build ups and siren breaks defines FLorida Breaks as it became.YouTube video
audio icon Rick West - Metamorphose Florida Breaks the late-90's positive, fast paced beat style oriented around build ups and stabbing baseline defines FLorida Breaks as it became.YouTube video

The genre gained acclaim and moved from warehouses to became popular in Florida's mainstream club culture/ venues during the mid 1990s.[2] However, there did not seem to universal consensus on the exact elements that constituted the Florida Sound.[2] The underground sound aka the Miami sound, the Tampa sound, Lauderdale sound, the jacksonville and Orlando Sound were growing fast and money was to be made. So after Nick Newton, an English breaks DJ and producer, called his 1996 record Orlando.[3]

The genre received radio play on radio stations WXXL (106.7 FM)[2] and on college radio WPRK (91.5 FM),[2] as well as WUCF (89.9 FM), WFIT (89.5 FM on Space Coast), and WMNF (88.5 FM in Tampa).[3]

The Florida name became more & more synonymous with the Orlando sound. By 1998, right around the scenes peak, A compilation album of various Florida breaks artists called Sunshine State Of Mind was released giving Orlando international exposure as the sound which contained Acid, Drum & bass, hip hop and funky breaks.

2000s

The international popularity of Florida breaks peaked thanks to hard core artist and patrons who pushed to gain their sound into the Florida Breaks genre. Including George Acousta, Dyanmix, Baby Anne, Rick west, Infinity, Mondo, Skynet, Mike & Charlie, Sharaz, Trashy, Fixx, Keith Mackenzie, Stylus and handful of others. This is the sound now most associated with the genre and is still quite popular among those who remember the era in Central Florida and the genres unique role in electronic music history.[1]

The genre's inspirational influences have created regional and preference variations of the Breaks within Florida. Older fans cherished new beat, trance and progressive house sounds while younger fans seemed to prefer a more simple electro breakbeat style. Producers in South Florida kept with a house flavor or retained more of the funk and hip-hop influence. Miami's so-called "ghetto-bass" evolved and is sometimes called the bass breaks.[2][4]


Early Florida Breaks venues

AAHZ (Orlando),[1] The Edge (Orlando).[1] The Abyss (Orlando),[1] The Club at Firestone (Orlando),[2] The Beach Club (Orlando),[3] Icon (Orlando),[2] Simon's (Gainesville),[5] Marz (Cocoa Beach), Kenegas, Stormans, Parthonon, Ozone, Moongate, Fantasy Ranch[3] The Edge (Fort. Lauderdale),[5] Masquerade (Tampa)[5] and empty warehouses were early Florida Breaks venues.

Notable Florida Breaks artists

DJs Icey,[1] Stylus,[1] Kimball Collins,[1] Andy Hughes,[1] Chris Fortier, [2] K5,[2] Rick West,[4] Huda Hudia,[4] Sharazz,[4] Mondo, DJ Fixx, Mike & Charlie, Skynet, Trashy, J break, Funk Lab,Dynamix II,D-Extreme,[citation needed] Baby Anne,[citation needed] Friction & Spice[citation needed], R Fresh, Infinity and Agent K specialize in current Florida Breaks.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Le-Huu, Bao (November 28, 2015). "AAHZ respects the breaks that made Orlando global, overdue propers for DJ Stylus (The Beacham)". Retrieved December 1, 2015. The AAHZ days, though absolutely foundational, were an elementary phase in the late '80s and early '90s that heavily featured European house sounds. But the breaks – a breakbeat subgenre braided of hip-hop, Miami bass and electro – was the Orlando sound, our original chapter and contribution to the EDM world. And when the breaks surged in the mid '90s, it was the Orlando dance scene at its apex, when we weren't just playing the leading sounds but making and exporting them. When it comes to breaks, the names that really jump out on this heavyweight lineup are Icey and Stylus, the two DJs who actually specialized in the style.{blog of Orlando Weekly's music column}
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Gettelman, Parry (February 9, 1997). "The Orlando Sound Although Hard To Define, It's Hot Among Lovers Of Underground Dance Music". orlandosentinel.com. The Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Ferguson, Jason; Le-Huu, Bao (July 2, 2013). "Dance dance revolution". orlandoweekly.com. The Orlando Weekly. Retrieved July 28, 2016. The 1990s was formative in the electronic dance music awakening of America, and that fire-catching cultural momentum would vault Orlando to the vanguard of it all. As one of the premier global epicenters of the rave big bang, the city found itself on equal footing with not just New York or Los Angeles but also with the trailblazing U.K. scene (English breaks DJ-producer Nick Newton named his 1996 record Orlando), even siring its own sound (Florida breaks).
  4. ^ a b c d Gentile, Jessica (November 4, 2014). "Florida Breaks in the 1990s: Beats Get Sleazy in the Weirdo Armpit of America". thump.vice.com. VICE. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Gentile, Jessica (November 5, 2014). "The Essential Rave Nightclubs of Floridian History". thump.vice.com. VICE. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

External links

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