Offbeat, originally a music term meaning "not following the standard beat", which has also become a general synonym for "unconventional" or "unusual", may refer to:
Music
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Syncopation
In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat. More simply, syncopation is "a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm": a "place ...
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Off-beat (music)
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the ''mensural level'' (or ''beat level''). The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a pi ...
, the musical term in more detail
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Off Beat (label)
WestCom (full name: WestCom Neue Medien Tonträger- Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH) was a German recording company that operated the labels Off Beat, Visage Records and other labels.
Company history
Founded around 1993.
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, a German record label for electronic underground music
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''OffBeat'' (music magazine), a music magazine based in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip'', a compilation album from the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series
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Offbeats (band), a San Antonio-based garage punk band
*Offbeat Recording Studio & Music Productions, based in Edinburgh, Scotland
Film and TV
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''Off Beat'' (1986 film), a 1986 comedy film
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''Off Beat'' (2004 film), a 2004 drama film
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''Offbeat'' (film), a 1961 film
Others
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Offbeat generation, association of writers united by their opposition to mainstream publishing
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''Off Beat'' (comics), a 2005 manga-influenced comic series by Jennifer Lee Quick
See also
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
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Backbeat (disambiguation)
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