beatless en · ADJ
Etymology
From beat + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having no beat.
Labradford's debut album, Prazision, was ambient music for indie rockers, blissfully devoid of both high-gloss digitalia and New Age goo--a series of drifting, beatless soundscapes created with analog synthesizers and heavily treated guitar.
1998 April 3, Peter Margasak, “Kranky and Proud of It/”, in Chicago Reader: