New Beat
/ˌnjuː ˈbiːt/noun
A type of electronic dance music, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, originating in Belgium, and characterized by a slow, mechanical beat.
- The slow beat was originally achieved by playing 45 rpm dance records at around 33 rpm..
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in i-D Magazine. From new + beat. The title of the article cited in quot. 1988 gives the Dutch or Belgian Dutch form Nieuw-Beat, but this is apparently not found elsewhere.
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