low entropy's non-daily producer diary

I'll continue my producer diary. I'll write a series of short entries, that do not go into very complex details over my whole productions, but give an overview of a specific track

this time it is about:

Hell Is Only A Word (Believe It Or Not)



https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/track/hell-is-only-a-word-believe-it-or-not

This one was released on the "Armageddon" compilation by United Gabba Alliance Records. Back in 2019.
I think the label is defunct by now.
I later re-released as a self-release on the "Just Another Speedcore Shock" compilation.

When I wrote this track, I was a bit at a creative slump. I had more or less abandoned the Slowcore sound I "started" in 2017, was back to doing Doomcore again... but it did not feel as energetic anymore.
Most of my tracks were quite melancholic, and meandered with long, complex, glockenspiel or chime-like melodies. A bit like "depressive doomcore" if you will.
Because I felt I hit a wall, I went back to speedcore. A style I only sparsely did after... 2003 actually!
So it was quite the return, if you want.

My "speedcore" had mutated in the meantime, though. No longer the "full on to your head" noizecore I did in the 90s.
Which can be seen in this track.
It's overloaded with samples and sounds, speeds and drums change many times.
Plus there are influences and throwbacks to many other genres. Notably hardtrance, gabber, even a bit of goth and... doomcore once more!

Techno music for Meditative States - Part 2

Why should music for meditation need to be ambient, "world" music, or the sound of raindrops falling?
Of course there is nothing wrong with that.
But here is something different. Dark Ambient, Techno, Doomcore, psychedelic, electronic, danceable sounds.

A follow-up to last year's release.
The album comes with a sonic meditation instruction manual.

And here it is:

1.

During meditation, the body becomes very still, all energy gets pulled inward, towards the mind, our mental images.
This can be very beneficial.

But what about the opposite effect?
With the help of music and sound, I began exploring a method that allows the body to flush energy out of its system and the mind.
This helps release an overload of energy, or even traumatic, harmful energy.

And beyond that, it helps to clear and restart the mind.
The focus gets pulled away from the mind, and the mind, not the body, becomes still and starts to rest, this time.

2.

The methods work by listening to music and sound, and moving the body in an intuitive, instinctive, maybe even "subconscious" way.
The mind takes a step back, shuts down for a while, and the body sets to "automatic pilot" - it starts to steer itself.

Certain forms of music are better suited than others for this. It should be hypnotic, repetitive, entrancing.

I have begun developing certain techniques and "rules" for a type of music that is specifically designed for this purpose.

And then, when the music is playing, the next step comes easily:

Just move your body in an emotional, intuitive response.

After a while, the abovementioned "body trance" will get into effect.

I think this concept and technique could be extremely beneficial and helpful.

Apart from the other benefits, it allows a person to deal with energies that might feel extreme, dangerous, hurting, devastating... and that might be dangerous if they were channeled from the body into the mind.

But this way, the energies get channeled out of the body, and the mind is outside of danger.

I will try to do further research on this subject, and refine the method even more

Doomcore Records 232

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/techno-music-for-meditative-states-part-2

The Nucleus Project: June

Time turns, the year turns, and so does project nucleus.
This is the entry for Juno.
While the entry for May was close to one hour, this one is close to 30 seconds.

And that's just the way the cookie crumbles, fellas!

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/fast-love-the-nucleus-project-june

live production jam

 

The Gabber Elders - Compilation

Even your gabber heroes from the 90s get old.
They become dads, moms, uncles, grandpas, inmates, wine&cheese enthusiasts, snake-oil vendors, crooks, or corrupted Fortune 500 CEOs.
Like everyone of us.
Eventually, they'll start to watch re-runs of Matlock, Eurovision, and Golden Girls on TV.

But this does not mean they could no longer drop them distorted 909 gabba kicks like it's hot (or cool) !

Or teach all the youngins of today how noisy a hoover, mentasm, or synth sound can get.

The Gabber Elders are four individual persons from all other the world (USA, Bathgate, Germany and the Netherlands).
They were DJs, producers, promoters, or the weirdo standing in the corner of the record shop.
They did legendary, or less legendary stuff during the hardcore techno hey days of the 90s and a few years later too.
Now each of them is 300-400 years old.

They may look more wrinkly and with less hair now, or look like something the cat dragged in.
Their i-sight might no longer be as good, and they might need to use hearing aids to tell a mokum record apart from a rave records one.

They mgiht start to miss the lettrs on the kbyoard while their typing a txet.

But this does not mean they could no longer drop them distorted 909 gabba kicks like it's hot (or cool) !

So here is a compilation with 7 tracks by all 4 of them.

Maybe these justified & elderly gabber merlins can still teach you a lesson or two!

The style of the compilation on here covers (almost) the whole hardcore spectrum, from slower doomcore and acidcore to gabber and all-out speedcore.
The Gabber Elders consist of:

GabberGirl
Nikaj
DJ Asylum
Low Entropy

Read more about them at http://thegabberelders.com

And now shut up and sit down while you are talking to a grown-up, you annoying kid. and get off my lawn!

Tracklisting:

The Gabber Elders - Compilation (Omnicore Records 77)

1. DJ Asylum - Maniac 02:42
2. GabberGirl - These Motherfokers 04:14
3. Nikaj - Honor Never Dies 04:47
4. Low Entropy - Acidcore 4 (Short Mix) 04:19
5. DJ Asylum - VPOWC 03:55
6. GabberGirl - Death by Stereo 05:01
7. Low Entropy - Acidcore of Doom 05:57

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-gabber-elders-compilation

Doomed Techno Mix

 

Doomcore Records Pod Cast #102 - The Ancients of Pluto - Doomed Techno Mix

The Ancients of Pluto just had their premiere release on the Doomcore Records sub-label Omnicore Records.
And now, they are here, on the Doomcore Record Pod Cast, with their doomed Techno mix.
And yeah, the name says it all. Very spooky and enigmatic vibes. For the dancefloor, or for home listening. Or for listening inside the underworld.

Judging by the tracklist, the focus is more on obscure and lesser known tracks.
Fitting the theme!

Tracklisting:

1. Alec Empire - Limited 07

2. Epoch 90 - Last Night Of The World (Last Zoop - Zoop)

3. X 101 - Rave New World

4. Hanin - Parfum

5. Radioactive Goldfish - Pink Potassium

6. Taciturne - Phenylephrin-Hydrochlorid
7. Cybermouse - My Dorectives
8. Hanin - There is no love in Tekkno
9. Pascal II - The Future is Ours
10. Sonic Subjunkies - Confusion
11. Polygon Window - UT1 - Dot
12. 100% Acidiferous - 303 State

https://hearthis.at/thehardcoreoverdogs/doomed-techno-mix/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1V02cvyPlc

Holmur

Holmur first appeared on Omnicore Records in 2023. The release was a spooky-scary audio tale. The story reminded me a bit of John Carpenter's The Thing - it took place in the northernmost cold, and via "logbog" entries we heard about some kind of alien or otherwise infestation.
This new "tale" does not take place underneath the northern lights. Instead it is ominously called "Grandview Family Insurance".
The story is a bit ambiguous this time.

Is there something sinister going on at the company? Maybe otherworldly forces at work?
Is it about some kind of dark / occult family?
The name "Grandview..." also reminds me of the "Overlook" hotel in King/Kubrick's The Shining... so maybe it is a bit left to the viewers to decide what is really happening... pardon, i mean, to *the listeners*!

oh, and what about the sound itself? dark ambient, horror drones, strange sounds... something for your hellbound heart!

Info + Tracklist:

Holmur - Grandview Family Insurance (Omnicore Records 76)

1 Holmur The Interview
2 Holmur First Day
3 Holmur After Hours Print Job
4 Holmur Breaching Security
5 Holmur Amber Alert
6 Holmur Cubicle Of Solitude
7 Holmur Already Promoted
8 Holmur Coffee, Black, No Sugar
9 Holmur Trust Issues
10 Holmur Caught By The Family

Mastering By GumGumKing (Emil Brix Kolstrup)

Coverart by:
- Rontobyte
- Torakk
- Per Mikkelsen

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/grandview-family-insurance