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Florida breaks also referred to as Orlando breaks, The Breaks, or The Orlando Sound is a genre of breakbeat music which, as the name suggests, originated in central region of the State of Florida, United States. Florida Breaks originated from a mix of hip-hop, Miami bass and electro and is sometimes refereed to as the funky breaks.

The genre quickly became popular in club culture around the globe during the mid 1990s and peaked by 2000.

Florida Breaks Artists

DJ Icee (now DJ Icey), DJ Stylus, Kimball Collins, Dave Cannalte, Andy Hughes Chris Fortier, and K5 specialized in and were were early producers or performers of Florida Breaks.

Florida Breaks venues

The Beacham Theatre, The Edge (Orlando), The Abyss and Club at the Firestone<ref name="Gettelman 1997" /> were early Florida Breaks venues.

See also

• Breakbeat
• Syncopation - The newer breakbeat style has a more syncopated beat

References

1. ^ 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.{blog}
2. ^ 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. Orlando club kids first encountered the style in the late '80s at the old Beacham Theatre ... on Orange Avenue where DJs such as Kimball Collins, Dave Cannalte, Chris Fortier and Andy Hughes got their start at Aahz dance nights.

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