New beat is an electronic dance music term that was used in the 1980s with two different meanings one a collective term used in the U.S. for various electronic music styles and the other a reference to the new beat sound: a particular electronic music genre that flourished in Western Europe during the mid-1980s. New beat is also used as a reference to the wider Belgian underground music scene and subculture during the 1980s.
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