Lets create Big Beat like we're back in the (late) 90s

Big Beat is a genre we find on the crossroads of rave, drum&bass, rock, techno and hip hop. And was made big by artists like Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy.
Lets have some fun with youtube stock music, breaks, loops and rhymes (and a big fat MS-20) and create Big Beat as if the Y2K still is a couple of years away !
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:13 KZbin stock music sometimes rocks
2:55 Creating the beats (Amen breaks and TR-8S galore)
5:33 (Cross)Rhodes
6:08 Synth time (Korg MS-20, Arturia PolyBrute)
8:05 Old school hip hop raps
8:51 The final result
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[@tesseracht]

I will never ever get tired of the Amen break.

[@thatguyalex2835]

The amen break would go well with a future house synth and a good bass. :)

[@yvesus7]

Same! It’s literally how breakcore is made. Just slap in the Amen break and add some weird noises and then you’re done, breakcore!

[@thebmxband1t]

me neither. as soon as i hear it im like a meerkat sensing danger!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FASTHONORIO]

Agree.

[@darrenhirst9900]

Its the Holy Grail of breaks.

[@Omglolwut]

Big beat is the one genre I wish there would be a resurgence of

[@FlacaGordita]

Be the change you want to see in the world.

[@Stopinvadingmyhardware]

The Ocean's movies were enough of that.

[@haro82]

I don't know why it ever went away.

[@MediaBrighton]

It became commercial after getting loads of TV syncs and adverts, fatboy's tracks in the charts etc. When something underground goes overground it becomes uncool (apparently). Then Fatboy and the chemical Brothers jumped ship so they didn't go down with a sinking ship, so to speak. Shame. I love this type of music too.

[@haro82]

@MediaBrighton I agree with you but somehow rap has been bad since the 90s ended and somehow its still around. I don't get it.

[@kekethetoad]

Sounds like it could be straight out of a late 90's to early 00's Guy Richie film. 👍

[@B1SCOOP]

Perfect genre for heist montage.

[@milesl818]

I fell asleep listening to this track .... just woke up surrounded by money bags, and I got purple dye on my hands. WTF happened??

[@prufrockrenegade]

Or blasting your way out of the matrix

[@PendelSteven]

To be fair, my shared track (see comment) was also inspired by my bingewatch of Alias on DVD. Talk about heist, spies etcetera.

[@thatguyalex2835]

Breakbeat (Big Beat, etc) and funk are the best for James Bond music. :) Kinda a shame that this genre died out in 2005-2010.

[@B1SCOOP]

@@thatguyalex2835 it naturally died after every damn action film had to have Big Beat score. Once an underground style enters the mainstream, after a while it loses the edge and gets kitshy, and original fanbase loses interest. Even fucking Shrek had it:)

[@Twiggiman007]

The big beat manifesto goes: big beats are the best, get high all the time.

[@badfractal]

Imagine not clicking the video to post this

[@Apenzuur]

Did we write it down?

[@lewisgibbs6861]

At the time it felt like a much more all encompassing philosophy.

[@mattsomers623]

shit he's done something there

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

I love The Hair Blair Bunch!

[@hanniffydinn6019]

The propellerheads did some great spy big beat music in the 90s. 😎😎😎😎

[@weedanwine]

Decksdrumsandrockandroll changed my life!

[@spinbizzy8421]

I've never seen so many knobs!

[@scottfindley1345]

Damn ass right. Take california? what a banger. Thanx for reminding me of that one! Mocean Worker was also a sick underrated artist for this type of stuff

[@Bangulo]

Man i always wished there was a big beat revival, Top notch production. If you did a whole album of this id be playing it none stop! Great production arrangement and playing! the video at the end was awesome as well!

[@Estuera]

Thanks! And everything in music is cyclic so it wouldn't surprise me if that revival happens sooner or later.

[@Bangulo]

@@Estuera you could be the one to start it 😉

[@emilyjane7027]

@@sheateeley1 I guess because it's so heavily sample-based and it was getting too expensive for labels to clear everything

[@sailingshadowfax7518]

Never went outta style!

[@monkeyhammar]

A bit of a late reply, but it never went away. Have a listen to 3D Stas and Drop Your Weapon

[@briannixon2981]

The final result has exactly the right amount of cowbell :-)

[@Estuera]

Still could use a bit more cowbell probably 😁

[@NoSonicLimits]

Bravo. This would have been all over the charts back in the 90’s along with Fat Boy, Apollo 440 and the likes.

[@stacyswirl]

Someone who knows Apollo 400! I found their cd in a dollar bin once and really liked it.

[@NoSonicLimits]

@@stacyswirl So much good stuff were created in that era, and from time to time, I still put on albums from the likes of Junkie XL, BT, Leftfield, Fluke and Chemical Brothers. Awesome times.

[@NeMsY2k]

Oooh, Apollo 440... Thanks for the reminder! I can remember as Stop The Rock came out. What a banger!

[@City-Hunter]

Every owner of Electro Glide in Blue has the same CD box cracked in front of the cover

[@HenningUhle]

Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, I know I'm late to the party. But from now on I call you Fatboy Slim. This is awesome! Great job, well done! "I have to praise you like I should"

[@imslicc]

Wow, by themselves, some of the layers sound really uninspiring, but they work together magically. I learned something new today.

[@magnafide]

That's edm production in a nutshell lol

[@qkls]

Everybody needs a MS-20

[@Estuera]

Exactly

[@azamarro]

And a 303. ;)

[@PoorRoleModel]

In the ironic words of Henry Rollins, "F* that's SO GOOD!" This was massive.

[@FortyTwoAnswerToEverything]

Chemical Brothers was the very first MP3 I've ever downloaded as a teenager

[@bluebull399]

I think the next big revival will be bigbeat and breakbeat. Modern dance music is always so minimal so it would be refreshing to hear some breakbeats again. Bigbeat was the phat sound of the late 90's.

[@ouatedephoque]

You did a great job on it. Very close to the Fat Boy Slim style, with the rhodes , synths riffs and the rock sample. The prodigy was more punk and the Chemical Brothers more Technoish.

[@milhouse777]

Accurate. That's why I always prefer Prodigy and Chemical Brothers

[@ouatedephoque]

@@milhouse777 I like both, but if I had to choose one band from this genre, I would like to pick Underworld (which was more trancey, but solid breakbeats in some of its tracks.)

[@Aaronmcgrattan]

There is nothing punk about the prodigy. You should add Apollo 440 and Indian rope man to that list btw

[@emiel333]

Agree. It’s a lovely genre which reminds me of parties back in the 90’s.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

That's why I love The Prodigy along with Helen Love. They combine my love of punk and rave music... And I never would've ever thought someone would combine happy hardcore and punk. I almost thought I was the only one.

[@ASCENSiON_]

Definitely reminds me the most of Fatboy Slim with a little bit of The Prodigy in there, and it sounds great! Big Beat is my favorite genre, and I'd love to see a revival of it!

[@dannydr]

It's like firing up a N64 or Playstation 1 game. I love that vibe. Great track, Jonas!

[@HolyDemon1988]

was thinking the Same. The OST in Wipeout was just awesome.

[@RenegadeScooter]

Don't forget the PS2/Xbox!

[@grumpmutt]

@@RenegadeScooter Ratchet and Clank

[@j.walker6845]

Jet Set Radio

[@alexsaffamerica]

This could easily go into a late 90s-early 2000s Need for Speed game.

[@mattmattson7152]

8:40 he knew he had completed the mission

[@ciddax754]

W0000000t ... it was late at night and I put my headphones on. Sadly I forgot to switch off the 8" monitors and their huge sub. When my awaked wife tickled me, I knew what I forgot. Then I noticed my desk was shaking. That bass line is amazing .. had to cuddle my wife back to sleep.

[@djdiscodeluxe]

Send it to Fatboy Slim! Great track!

[@banksounds-kbanks7607]

This makes me feel like I’m bout to pull off the biggest heist of the century.

[@batteryheadmusic]

The song rocks! Made me nostalgic for Spybreak by Propellerheads, very similar vibe from one of the most underappreciated OG big beat albums!

[@NeMsY2k]

Thank you. The song is now stuck in my head. I have to rewatch The Matrix 😉

[@orpheuscreativeco9236]

Sounds like an early 2000's car commercial 😁👍 Does make me want to pull out my old Prodigy CDs though ✌️🎶

[@idleprepress]

As a 90s kid, raised on this type of music, totally approve the authenticity of both the sound and the groove.Sounds like something between FatboySlim, Propellerheads and The Crysthal Method or maybe JunkieXL.

[@anggrimunki]

to me this isn't so much chemical brothers or prodigy, but *very* reminscent of Apollo440, and I just love that flavour. so good!

[@partyflockske]

the selfmade video with the final track is just superb :) with this big beat track , best yet

[@WingHouseCup]

It's time for a come back to this sound. Its way better than the crap EDM you hear all the time. Also this track and tutorial were fire. Thank you for the excellent work.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

There's a resurgence. I feel it for sure. Even on YT, I've been seeing MUCH more content geared towards 90s rave, whether tutorials or people dumping projects. I'm young and I constantly share my love of 90s rave with my friends. Hardcore, breakbeat, trance... All that. Even they seem to be opening up to it a lot and they're all 18-24. I'm 23. I think it's because there's nothing else new and these 90s rave sounds weren't explored for very long before they were replaced with other sounds.

[@jaywilliams720]

@@urphakeandgey6308 hey this is kinda an old comment and i agree with everything you said but i will say that there are SOME new sounds coming out still. whilst its got quite some history behind it at this point, i think that footwork is still really pushing the boundaries of electronic music in a really cool way. if you are curious you should check out the album double cup by dj rashad. (granted, im in the uk so maybe footwork is a lot more popular and feels less exciting in america) that album was the first time in a while i heard something and thought "what the fuck am i listening to" but by the end had me in love haha. i only comment this because i feel like music is unfairly thought of as stale these days when a loooot of producers are pushing things but just don't get the recognition sadly.

[@noctiva]

I WANT MORE COWBELL!!! Early Propellerheads, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers

[@rmfitz77]

Very Skint Records... cool!

[@endonyxoneaudio8644]

Dude you're so insanely talented to make aaaaall these different styles of music sound so authentic!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@n3rdmusic354]

YES! Wasn't sure when I clicked the video, but wow! This ended up being super inspiring and took me deep into the way-back machine. I forgot how much I used to love this sound. Got me super inspired and now I'm almost done with one of my own little attempt at a Big Beat song. Might even have to make my own sweet video like that. Always fun to venture into a different genre for one song just to mix it up and try different things. Actually I just have to pile on some more... and I never write this much comment. I've watched roughly 1 zillion KZbin music tutorials. I love your style, most people spend too much time making every tutorial as if it is a "this is how to get started with Ableton" tutorial, and show every single click. Like ok, yah I get it Kick processing is hard... but do you have to show 20 min of it in every video... I really like seeing how you just pull the different elements together. If I want to learn more about automating the filter in the DAW I can read the manual or watch something specific on the "how to" elements. Just seeing your process and element selection quickly was so awesome, inspiring and engaging. But then... the final video, oh man... hahah. That is level 10. This is my new favorite music tutorial ever hahah.

[@Estuera]

Thanks ! And yes, I want to keep these videos about the macro level of how to create the tracks. The details are important but there are indeed other videos diving into that (I did quite a few about synth programming/sound design for example) Glad you like it and got inspired !

[@IanTaylorTravels]

Wow! Really nice. Reminded me of the Crystal Method out of all the 90s Big Beat producers. And maybe a Fatboy twist in there too!

[@JPav91]

I always listened to this genre and never even knew it had a name, I just lumped it into 90s electronica. My mind is blown. Always amazing to see your creative process. I'd love to see some engineering process sometime, your mixes are always so expertly balanced and transparent. I'm mostly curious to see your decision process on how you place sounds, both in stereo space and frequency space, and why.

[@Estuera]

Thanks ! And yes, mixing certainly plays a big role in getting this sound but it all starts with the choice of sounds and the arrangement. If they fit well together the mix itself gets a lot easier.

[@vwnb]

btw I noticed that electronica as a term has completely fallen out of favor. It covers so much and now that the 90s music press is gone, "electronic music for listening from UK" doesn't mean much. I don't think Discogs and Boomkat ever had the category and Rateyourmusic has deleted it. Beatport's electronica section remains tho

[@JPav91]

@@vwnb agreed and this has always been a point of confusion. I see some places list it as a clearly defined genre and other places claim it as a term coined to describe the electronic music movement of the 90s.

[@greasybumpkin1661]

Dw I called it electronica back then too.

[@BohdiBohdi]

I’m not usually compelled by these genre recreation videos; I feel like they tend to miss the mark and make something underwhelming, if technically exemplary of the genre. But THIS is tight, you killed it

[@Estuera]

Thanks !

[@Kludgedean]

This is crazy good! Dude you are insanely inspiring 😍

[@Estuera]

Thanks 🎉

[@pieterverhoeven1642]

Ernie laying down some sick beats!

[@azagedon]

Perfect for Jet Set Radio.

[@NeonnyMitsuko]

thank you, I don't have anyone in the language who does this style and I really wanted to learn it and now I eat

[@geraldhenderson8474]

When I heard the d.o.c I knew this was the channel for me!!!!!

[@iamonfire501]

Childhood vibes

[@lundsweden]

Big beats forever! Good recreation of this late 90s style!

[@MoritzDauner]

7:42 - why am I suddenly a hitman being persecuted in a 90s movie?

[@user-bd8hx4ur2q]

Big beat - the best! 😎👍

[@ryanr5139]

bro this slaps - sounds just like the late 90s 👌🏻

[@0Fdigital]

Wow, you managed to nail all of the tropes that annoyed me about big beat in the 90s :D I've actually been thinking about revisiting that style myself, so this video has come at a good time. I'm inspired to go and make some now!

[@Estuera]

Drop that beat 😁

[@YourIdeologyIsDelusional]

Geez, this is good. You should ask Team Reptile if they ever need a few good big beat tracks for a game.

[@djelbert23]

Excellent Video. a lot of fun, and inspirational! No love for the godfather of it all? Lords of Acid!

[@twoscoops2]

The video editing at the end 🤣 loved it.

[@PendelSteven]

Oh, I just commented in another video of yours that I think of the Chemical Brothers when I think of the MS-20, haha. Here we go!

[@ericb9609]

I'm blown away by your ability to create a track, off the cuff, that really sound like it was from back then

[@liamfennell9728]

i've seen a few of your previous videos and they're consistently good but i am convinced this is the greatest youtube genre recreation ever made

[@Estuera]

Thanks for the compliment! :)

[@tobelikenobodyelse]

Amen for the amen break! 🙏

[@theMIDImaniac]

Duuuddddeeee! Awesome this tune! And the video is just hilarious! Respect!

[@victorheras5882]

This gives me Jet Set Radio vibes

[@neuronmind]

You can't go wrong with Ernie and Spock in one video . Killer song !

[@Estuera]

Amen (brother) :D

[@dleonidae]

@@Estuera Amen (break)

[@spotlight-kyd]

Excellent result. Exactly the kind of track that annoyed me to no end at the time they were popular :) Nice editing of the "music video" too.

[@krz9000]

Big up freestylers...the greatest bigbeat group with tons of tracks

[@smeared666]

Wow. And I love Big Beat. I Wish I was as good as you. Thanks for the help!

[@bayann1402]

Спасибо !!! Thanks 😊 Its time To Breaktrance !!! Realise new material with broken beat!

[@dekkodekkod]

Great stuff! This really brings me back. Sounds so much like the Jet Grind Radio OST.

[@mbrombert]

I would have put this track on a mix tape back in the 90s for sure.

[@Quortoum]

Video clips for tracks you made - special type of art :)

[@YOBAMUSTDIE]

Ahahah I rofled at 10:20 when I saw famous Russian meme with junkie on dance floor known in Russia as 'very bad music' about guy who was complaining that music is bad and that it's very bad and he expected better and repeated it again and then suddenly forgot what he said and started to dance like crazy 😂.

[@bboykusillochasqui8923]

That's perfect to dance Breaking, It sounds like breakbeat (music to dance Breaking (Breakdance))

[@kyokugami5134]

You have no idea how I love and appreciate your like the 90s series by showing everything step by step to help me understand what to do 🙏

[@prodwellfed]

youre videos are absolutely amazing. I'm only 21 so i missed this whole era of music and history.

[@jonathanmzt6884]

i don't know of this genre, but i like it

[@richcolour]

Hi Estuera, you really got this genre nailed here. I've bought records since 1985 - if your final result was available on vinyl it would now be on my Kallax. This track is a wide grin generator. Love it like it's the 90s again. Thanks for this. Peace PS... introducing 60FPS at 11:03 really kicks like a dazzling ding dong

[@notmychannelname42]

Enjoyed the Acid bass. The slow build is certainly very 90s.

[@KOZGERFWAD]

“More cowbell!” Great job!

[@mathieubounty9544]

I have seen all your videos and the video clip of the final result is your best edit !

[@Estuera]

Thanks :)

[@justinarchiquette7591]

Instant Classic!

[@KennethFlodqvist]

On point as always, great stuff! Feels like we're time traveling to the 90's 😁

[@Estuera]

Always a good thing on a monday 😁

[@teknastyk]

maan .. that was a hard one Kind of reminds me on those late 90s crystal method and need for speed osts

[@vincenteffner]

Sounds REALLY cool, Bro! Nailing the BigBeat Sound! Fat Boy Slim woulda been proud;-) Love it!!

[@minisynthcollective7822]

Oh I like that tune man. Nice one.

[@GunterLuyten]

Awesome to see this track coming together. The videoclip is the cherry on the cake! I'm a fan.

[@benjaminspecland8947]

Jet Set Radioooooo

[@robertdahlqvist5402]

Alot of these vibes at Racing games end of 90's

[@danm3570]

This has an amazing professional sound not that I personally like this genre so much. It's always great when you turn some random samples into a coherent original track and make it sound like that's what the samples were made for originally

[@ShakemeisterS64]

Excellent !

[@JozsefWittek]

Enjoying your Let's Create series. How about a Let's creat Acid Techno like Hardfloor in the 90s. Or Progressive Trance like BT for a challenge. Would be awesome to watch and hear your creations!

[@sclr]

thanks! one part cheese one part awesome. takes me back to the 90's.

[@cameronw9377]

This is awesome. I love big beat. I used to breakdance back in the day to junkie xl, chemical brothers lol. Fatboy Slim was another fave

[@soggymoggy2589]

Sounds like a track from Snatch top work!

[@DrakkTheHack]

This track is really fucking good

[@GordonBraicks]

I couldn’t hold the laugh when Ernie was introduced.

[@shapeshifter8986]

crystal method vegas set the standard for big beat

[@blueblurdarkold6457]

Man this really sounds from Hideki naganuma and fatboy slim

[@Analog.Dungeon]

I genuinely love the way you edit your videos. Just subscribed, so much fun

[@Estuera]

Thanks :)

[@zaptronic]

That SLAMMED!!!!

[@tcarnell79]

Good job! the video is great too! It's definitely Chemical Bros, also Propellerheads and some Basement Jaxx too.

[@lzyo86]

Lmfao at David Guetta trippin balls 🤣🤣 Awesome video and track! Great job as always. 👍🏾

[@deejayshaun]

You really captured that 90s big beat sound, awesome!

[@SuperPLo22]

I started inline skating again for the first time in 15 years, this year, and this is exactly what I love jamming to as I cruise! All I listen to is breakbeats when I skate. Makes me feel like I'm back in the 90's. Lol

[@EIIjot]

Love your channel! You break things down in a really easily understandable way and your knowledge of the genres really shines through in your sound selection and end composition!

[@jasonesty3880]

I'd spin this at the club. Great Job!

[@atonegames]

Omg, it's a feat that you even knew the proper sub genre name lol. Big beat