Big beat topic

Big beat (sometimes called chemical breaks) is a term deployed in the mid 1990s by the British music press to describe the music of The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, Propellerheads and The Prodigy that relied on beat-driven, drum-heavy mixes. Almost certainly influenced by the work of studio legend Dougie Wright, big beat tends to feature distorted, compressed breakbeats at moderate tempos (usually between 90 to 140 beats per minute), acid house style synthesizer lines and... full article at wikipedia