Nu Breaks
A heavy dance style that developed in the late 1990s through the mixture of Techno and Drum’n'Bass as well as some elements of early Rave. Nu Breaks pioneers include such musicians and DJs as the Britons Adam Freeland, Dylan Rhymes, Beber, Freq Nasty and Rennie Pilgrem, as well as some Americans, such as BT. From the Drum’n'Bass style they borrowed 2-Step Break-Beats and macabre effects; from Techno – the soft flow of music and mechanical drums; and from early Rave/Hardcore of the 1990s – some bells and whistles (in the direct and metaphorical sense), which had not been heard for many years. Freeland – one of the most celebrated Nu Breaks performers (especially after most musicians focused on releasing singles) -after Rock-style mixes, such as Coastal Breaks and Tectonics, won success and hordes of dance fans the world over.
Rave
Rave is more of an event than a music genre. Rave was the name used for underground parties under the influence of Acid, Hardcore and large doses of mild drugs (mostly ecstasy). Music played at rave parties mostly had hallucinogenic properties long before drugs became their main component. DJs playing music at rave parties composed music from Techno and House singles. Soon DJs, and not recording musicians, became the most recognizable and famous people in this environment. Raves remained a chiefly English phenomenon since the late 1990s to the early 1990s. Such gatherings took place on large premises, mostly at abandoned warehouses or in the open air. In the end, the British government showed displeasure at such gatherings, calling Rave a socially dangerous and antisocial phenomenon that had to be stopped. Yet this did not happen, and raves continued to exist, with fans spreading the word about upcoming parties by word of mouth and handmade fliers. In the USA, the onslaught of rave started in the early 1990s, but never gathered large crowds, even by underground standards. The 1990s saw the emergence of bands directly influenced by rave, especially the likes of The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Charlatans; as well as British pop music representatives Pulp and Oasis; techno band The Prodigy – all of them developed the core trend of the rave culture, capturing the attention of the British youth in the late 1990s.
Acid Jazz
The origins of the term Acid Jazz are legendary. The most plausible legend has it that British DJs Jills Peterson and Chris Bangs of Kiss FM radio accidentally called a demo tape with their own music Acid Jazz. While developing early forms of Acid House music, they never forgot their passion for Frank and Jazz. Experimenting, they added them to their customary music. What resulted from this in the late 1980s was still unusually fashionable in the late 1990s, know as Jazzy House. Only then originated the term Acid Jazz, which Jills and Chris used several times on air. So the term Acid Jazz started to be applied to any music combining elements of traditional Jazz, American Frank of the mid-1970s, Hip-Hop, and Soul with electronic dance rhythms. Acid Jazz the kind we know it today originated in London’s underground dance clubs in the late 1980s.