Big beat
rhythmic popular music, especially rock-‘n’-roll, notable for its prominent and persistent beat.
Historical Examples
Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling
noun
an eclectic type of dance music in which heavy beats and samples are layered over the songs or instrumental tracks of other performers or bands
(as modifier): a big-beat compilation
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