Afronaut is the primary alias of Orin Walters, a chief instigator of the broken beat scene. Not only is Walters one of the best producers in the field of broken beat – a loose tag for a brand of heavily rhythmic breakbeat fusion that features chopped up beats – but he’s also been behind the formation of the Bugz in the Attic collective, in addition to having released plenty of the scene’s recorded output through labels he has set up and helped like Mousetrap, Suckers Need Bass, and Bitasweet.
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Afronaut is known for pioneering broken beat, a genre characterized by heavily rhythmic breakbeat fusion, blending elements of nu jazz, electronic, and house.
Afronaut is the primary alias of Orin Walters, a London-based producer and a chief instigator of the broken beat scene, also involved with the Bugz in the Attic collective.
Afronaut is from London, UK, where he has been a pivotal figure in the local broken beat scene.
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