# Breakstep

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{{Short description|Music genre}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Breakstep
| stylistic_origins = {{flatlist|
* [2-step](/source/2-step_garage)
* [breakbeat](/source/breakbeat)
* [drum and bass](/source/drum_and_bass)
}}
| cultural_origins  = Late 1990s, [London](/source/London), UK
}}

'''Breakstep''', or '''breakbeat garage''', is a genre of music that evolved from the [UK garage](/source/UK_garage) scene and influenced the emergence of [dubstep](/source/dubstep).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/nov/10/scene-heard|title=Scene and heard: Bring breakstep back|last=McDonnell|first=John|date=10 November 2008|work=The Guardian|quote=Long before dubstep became the popular fare of weed-addled students around the country, there was a genre that helped the transition from the sickly sweet sound of UK garage to the bass-drenched south London sound. That genre was breakbeat garage, now more popularly known as breakstep.}}</ref>

==History==
Breakstep evolved from the [2-step garage](/source/2-step_garage) sound. Moving away from the more soulful elements of garage, it incorporated downtempo [drum and bass](/source/drum_and_bass) style basslines, trading the shuffle of 2-step for a more straightforward breakbeat drum pattern. The breakthrough for this style came in 1999 from [DJ Dee Kline](/source/DJ_Dee_Kline)'s "[I Don't Smoke](/source/I_Don't_Smoke)" selling 15,000 units on Rat Records, until eventually being licensed to [EastWest](/source/East_West_Records) in 2000 and climbing to number 11 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart). Following this came [DJ Zinc](/source/DJ_Zinc)'s "[138 Trek](/source/138_Trek)", an experiment with drum and bass production at [UK garage](/source/UK_garage) tempo (138 bpm). This instigated a dialog between breaks and garage producers, with Forward>> (a club night at Plastic People, London) playing host to [Zed Bias](/source/Zed_Bias) and [Oris Jay](/source/Oris_Jay) (a.k.a. Darqwan). They were mirrored in breaks by producers such as [DJ Distance](/source/DJ_Distance).

==References==
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Category:20th-century music genres
Category:Breakbeat genres
Category:UK garage genres
Category:English styles of music
Category:Electronic dance music genres
Category:1990s in music
Category:1990s in British music

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