Western Music: A Collection of Iconic Big Beat Tracks (Great for Rock Fans Too)

Leave You Far Behind (The Matrix)Lunatic Calm

Leave You Far Behind

Lunatic Calm is an electronic music group that was active from 1996 to 2003.

Formed in London, UK in 1996, the group’s core members are Simon “sHack” Shackleton and Howard “Howie” Saunders.

Their signature track is “Leave You Far Behind,” which has been featured in numerous film soundtracks and video game tracks.

Drop The BreakCirrus

Cirrus – Drop The Break (Original)

Cirrus was a big beat unit active from 1995 to 2003.

Formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995, the members were Aaron Carter and Stephen James Barry.

Their sound is characterized by big beat, breakbeat, and trip hop.

They debuted in 1997 with their first album, Drop the Break, released on Moonshine Music.

Post Punk ProgressionCut La Roc

Cut la Roc – Post Punk Progression

Cut La Roc is the stage name of Lee Potter, an electronic musician from Brighton, UK.

A pioneer of Big Beat, he is known for a sound that fuses hip-hop, house, and rock.

He began producing music in the late 1980s around the emergence of acid house, released Postpunk Progression in 1998, and created and released a mix album on Ministry of Sound’s FSUK imprint in 1999.

He spent three years DJing in Australia, the United States, Europe, and Asia, and held a four-year residency at the Big Beat Boutique.

Pirates of The Caribbean RumbaArmand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden Presents Pirates of the Caribbean Rumba 1994

Armand Van Helden is a DJ/producer from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

He has released music under various aliases; among them, Duck Sauce, his duo with Canadian DJ A-Trak, is well known, with their track “Barbra Streisand” becoming a hit.

His 1996 remix of Tori Amos’s “Professional Widow (It’s Got to Be Big)” topped both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S.

Club Chart, becoming a major success, and “U Don’t Know Me,” a single from his 1998 album “2 Future 4 U,” also reached number one on the UK chart.

“Rumba,” a track from the 1994 release “Pirates of the Caribbean Vol.

III,” features a samba-like tempo.

Don’t StopFreestyles

Don’t Stop The Rock

Freestylers are an electronic music group from London, UK, formed in 1993.

Their 1996 single Drop The Bomb (AK-48) became a dancefloor hit in the UK and Miami.

In 1998, they released their debut album We Rock Hard, achieving success in the United States with the track Don’t Stop and the video for Here We Go.

Their musical style is diverse, spanning electronica, breakbeat, trip hop, big beat, acid house, and electro house.

I See You BabyGroove Armada

Groove Armada – I See You Baby (Live at Brixton)

Groove Armada is a techno duo from London, England, formed in 1994.

They debuted in 1997 with their first album, Northern Star, and scored a major hit with I See You Baby from their second album, Vertigo, in 1999, which reached the UK national Top 20.

They have close ties with Fatboy Slim and gained popularity in the UK as key figures in the big beat movement.

In 2003, they were nominated for Best British Dance Act at the Brit Awards.

Stoney StreetAmon Tobin

Amon Tobin – Stoney Street

Amon Tobin is a solo project by Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

After moving frequently from the age of two, he lived in Morocco, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Madeira, residing in Brighton until 2002 before relocating to Montreal, Canada.

While in college, he signed with Ninebar and released Adventures In Foam in 1996 under the name Cujo.

He later signed with Ninja Tune, releasing Bricolage in 1997, Permutation in 1998, and Supermodified in 2000.

Stoney Street is a track from the album Bricolage.