Considering the expansive sonic range of Future Beats it makes sense why purists shy away from calling it a genre, but rather an umbrella term for experimental beat music. It’s a state of mind which births forward-thinking and experimentation, thus inspiring artists to contribute something new and garden-fresh to what already exists. In this video, BBC radio presenter Benji B alluded to the figurative perspective as he basically states that it goes beyond ‘genre’.
“It’s really an approach to music, and a feeling as opposed to a genre” – Benji B Electronica and IDM influences also seep through especially if we’re talking about sound design.
In a literal sense, Future Beats is experimental instrumental music that generally borrows from Hip Hop, R&B, Trap, and occasionally Jazz to sculpt its rhythmic structure. Offering a straightforward answer to this is like listening through Whole Lotta Red in one sitting – it’s not easy. In this piece, we explore the world of this genre from its early days, to where it’s at now along with some iconic movements that were pivotal for its erection. Devotees would argue that it goes a lot deeper than sonic characteristics and that it isn’t even a genre. And even though there are stylistic components and ‘real’ genres such as Hip Hop, Electronic, and R&B that are deeply woven into the fabric of Future Beats. I’m talking about Future Bass, Future House, Future Garage, and ‘Future Beats’ in particular.Īlthough makes Future Beats a special case amidst its futuristic contemporaries is the fact that there’s much hesitation to label this sound as an actual genre. Between the late 2000s and mid-10s, the internet gradually became eclipsed by a number of genres that were diluted with the sound of the future.
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