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. 1
   The Chemical Brothers

   Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, pioneers who pushed big beat into stadium-sized electronic anthems.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Fatboy Slim

   Norman Cook, the genre-defining big beat icon behind 'Praise You' and 'Right Here, Right Now'.
   714pts
3. 3
   Krafty Kuts

   Award-winning breakbeat DJ and producer renowned for funk-soaked party breaks like 'Bass Phenomenon'.
   494pts
4. 4
   Plump DJs

   British duo celebrated for funky, bass-heavy breakbeat that drove the nu skool breaks scene.
   494pts
5. 5
   Bentley Rhythm Ace

   Birmingham big beat act celebrated for their playful, sample-heavy party tracks.
   494pts
6. 6
   The Prodigy

   Liam Howlett's outfit that fused breakbeat, rave and punk energy into mainstream firepower.
   384pts
7. 7
   Adam Freeland

   British DJ-producer who helped define the 'nu skool breaks' movement around the millennium.
   384pts
8. 8
   BT

   American producer Brian Transeau, known for technically intricate breakbeat and trance crossovers.
   231pts
9. 9
   Lunatic Calm

   British electronic act behind the high-octane big beat track 'Leave You Far Behind'.
   231pts
10. 10
    Stanton Warriors

    British duo whose bass-driven breaks bridged UK garage and breakbeat club culture.
    231pts
11. 11
    Propellerheads

    British big beat act known for the cinematic, brass-driven smash 'History Repeating'.
    1pts
12. 12
    Freestylers

    British big beat crew known for breakbeat-meets-hip-hop anthems like 'Ruffneck' and 'Weekend'.
    1pts
13. 13
    The Crystal Method

    American duo whose 'Vegas' helped define US big beat in the late 1990s.
    1pts
14. 14
    Hybrid

    Welsh outfit blending breakbeat with sweeping orchestral, cinematic soundscapes.
    1pts