New beat was the immediate precursor to Belgian hardcore techno and gabber

New beat is considered the immediate precursor of hardcore electronic dance music, which developed in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany around 1990. It became a key influence on Belgian techno (also called rave techno), hardcore techno, and gabber, and its derivative forms extend to rave, hardstyle, hard trance, Goa trance, and Eurodance. The trajectory is instructive: new beat slowed EBM down, and its hardcore descendants then sped the tempo back up, generating new aesthetics from tempo manipulation.

Examples

Belgian hardcore techno acts that emerged from new beat’s hard beat and skizzo subgenres include T99, Praga Khan, Cubic 22, and the Immortals.

Assessment

List three derivative forms of new beat and describe how new beat’s slow tempo relates to the tempo of its hardcore techno descendants.