Top 14 Breakbeat and Big Beat Producers

Stadium-sized crossover smashes sit next to underground floor-fillers in this rundown of the artists who made the breaks hit hardest. Who deserves the top spot?

1

The Chemical Brothers

Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, pioneers who pushed big beat into stadium-sized electronic anthems.

1000pts

2

Fatboy Slim

Norman Cook, the genre-defining big beat icon behind 'Praise You' and 'Right Here, Right Now'.

714pts

3

Krafty Kuts

Award-winning breakbeat DJ and producer renowned for funk-soaked party breaks like 'Bass Phenomenon'.

494pts

4

Plump DJs

British duo celebrated for funky, bass-heavy breakbeat that drove the nu skool breaks scene.

494pts

5

Bentley Rhythm Ace

Birmingham big beat act celebrated for their playful, sample-heavy party tracks.

494pts

6

The Prodigy

Liam Howlett's outfit that fused breakbeat, rave and punk energy into mainstream firepower.

384pts

7

Adam Freeland

British DJ-producer who helped define the 'nu skool breaks' movement around the millennium.

384pts

8

BT

American producer Brian Transeau, known for technically intricate breakbeat and trance crossovers.

231pts

9

Lunatic Calm

British electronic act behind the high-octane big beat track 'Leave You Far Behind'.

231pts

10

Stanton Warriors

British duo whose bass-driven breaks bridged UK garage and breakbeat club culture.

231pts

11

Propellerheads

British big beat act known for the cinematic, brass-driven smash 'History Repeating'.

1pts

12

Freestylers

British big beat crew known for breakbeat-meets-hip-hop anthems like 'Ruffneck' and 'Weekend'.

1pts

13

The Crystal Method

American duo whose 'Vegas' helped define US big beat in the late 1990s.

1pts

14

Hybrid

Welsh outfit blending breakbeat with sweeping orchestral, cinematic soundscapes.

1pts