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| Orígens estilístics | House Música electrònica Música mediterrània Bossa nova |
|---|---|
| Orígens culturals | Finals dels 80 a les Illes Balears |
| Instruments típics | Sintetitzador - Caixa de ritmes - Seqüenciador - Sampler - Teclats - Ordinador |
| Origen | Regne Unit i Espanya  |
| Creació | 1987 |
| Part de | dance electrònic i chill out |
El Balearic Beat, també conegut com a Balearic house, és un estil de música electrònica que va gaudir de cert seguiment a la dècada dels 1990; rep aquesta denominació per la seua popularitat entre els nightclubs de les Illes Balears, especialment d'Eivissa, destinació turística de nombrosos europeus. Va començar a sonar cap mitjans de la dècada dels 80, com una barreja eclèctica de música dance punxada per PD.[1][2] Algunes compilacions de música dance assenyalen el Balearic Beat com "el so d'Eivissa", encara que a l'illa es poden trobar altres variants d'aquest gènere de música electrònica.
- ↑ Gilbert, Jeremy; Pearson, Ewan. Discographies: Dance Music, Culture, and the Politics of Sound. Routledge. 1999. ISBN 0-415-17032-X. "The musics which fed into acid house and the developing culture were various too; the heterogeneous sounds of the 'Balearic beat' which helped define it did not constitute a discrete musical genre, but an unholy mix of, among other things, hip hop, house, Mediterranean pop and indie rock. DJs' playlists temporarily situated highly disparate musics beside one another. Musical miscegenation reunited several of the dance forms that had emerged after disco, mixing American and European dance musics. Though house music was the dominant mode, the rapid proliferation of styles and sub-genres which followed in its wake, for a short time at least, kept dancefloors moving to a range of grooves."
- ↑ Evans, Helen. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: An Analysis of Rave culture. Wimbledon School of Art, London. 1992. "It was in the upmarket clubs of Ibiza: Pacha, Amnesia, Glory's and Manhattans, that Balearic beat was created. DJ's would mix musical forms as diverse as Public Enemy and The Woodentops, to create that eclectic, highly danceable, don't care holiday feel."