 | Free Magazine - Broken Beat NYC No doubt for those of us looking for mental stimulation beyond the comfort food of current day Hip-Hop and R&B or safe rock grooves, there is hope - Broken Beat. Born in the Ladbroke Grove area of West London, and fed to drum & bassheads, acid-jazz fan fare and rare-groove addicts, the genre's core audience was born in within its own hood. With rhythms built off trans-Atlantic connection including African percussion, jazz, funk, dancehall, and such godfathers of future souls, as Donald Byrd and Fela Kuti, the Broken Beat sound leaves infinite room for interpretation as long as the riddim makes your brain work right of center... Read more |