Big
Beat
· Musical. The late-1990s genre convergence of breakbeat, rock, and electronic production — centered on
Brighton and London — characterized by oversized, compressed drum sounds and a maximalist approach to rhythmic
impact derived from hip-hop sample culture applied to dancefloor architecture.
Science
· Vernacular. In African American vernacular tradition, science denotes systematic knowledge, skill,
and understanding — particularly the kind of embodied expertise that cannot be fully codified. To have science is
to understand how things actually work beneath the surface.
The Big Beat Science
adj. Of or pertaining to a disciplined, technically informed approach to maximalist rhythmic
production — the application of systematic knowledge to the construction of oversized, compressed percussive
impact.
n.(a The Big Beat Science) (a Big Beat Science) The body of technical and aesthetic
knowledge governing the construction of large-format drum sounds in breakbeat and electronic production — the
discipline of making a beat feel physically unavoidable.