90s Hamburg Breakcore

When you look at the beginning of Breakcore, your eyes will likely turn to Berlin, maybe London... but there were of course other hotspots too.
This mix focuses on an often overlooked location for this sound, the city of Hamburg in Northern Germany. With labels like Fischkopf and Cross Fade Enter Tainment, and artists like Christoph De Babalon, Monoloop or Low Entropy, this city was right there when the Breakcore sound got formed.
There were of course also cross connections and collaborations between the Hamburg scene and many other parts of the world, so you will find releases by E-De Cologne (Ec8or), Alec Empire or Somatic Responses on Hamburg labels, too.
Because of this, this mix not only features Breakcore tracks made by Hamburg artists in the 90s era, but also by other producers who happened to have a release on such a label. With a special look at rare tracks, and even some tracks that were produced but left unreleased in the 90s.
So, turn back your clocks, and tune into these dark, twisted and brutal sounds from this cold harbor town. Can you still dig it?

Tracklisting:

01. R.A.W. - Suggestion To Wake Up
02. Shangoe - Army Of Darkness
03. Christoph De Babalon - No Man's Land
04. Monoloop - Chill Out
05. Johnny Ego - Untitled (Slick But Not Streamlined)
06. Eradicator - Streptocock Gee
07. Christoph De Babalon - Meditate
08. Amiga Shock Force - Dick
09. Low Entropy - I Am God
10. R.A.W. - If You Had A Heart
11. Christoph De Babalon - File Already Exists. Continue (Y/N)? A3
12. Low Entropy - Anarchize
13. Amiga Shock Force - Keep Your Enemies Close
14. Christoph De Babalon - File Already Exists. Continue (Y/N)? B9
15. Low Entropy - Sadstep
16. Istari Lasterfahrer - Master Of Beo
17. Taciturne - Tyrothricine
18. Christoph De Babalon - File Already Exists. Continue (Y/N)? B4
19. Somatic Responses - Missile Test
20. Monoloop - The Dreamer

Sounds Never Seen

Sounds Never Seen, a label from from Rome, ran by Lory D. What can be said about this label? The name is aptly chosen - you really won't find this kind of music elsewhere. Existing in the 90s, it stood out from all its peers - even in the Hardcore or Experimental Techno field.

Totally abrasive and hectic rhythms, but even more importantly, movielike sounds, close to Dark Ambient - and all the tracks give off that crazy vibe of being recorded during live improvisation.
The sounds are a bit like a bastard child of Aphex Twin and PCP - if it is allowed to compare it this.
Doomy, broken, dark, technoid - bleak and heavy. Groundbreaking and definitely ahead of its time
The label faltered too soon, but maybe one day we will hear sounds we have never seen again.
Enjoy this trip. And it is a trip.

Tracklisting:
01. Lory D - Effeto M
02. Lory D - Rancid Trax 2
03. Lory D - Levitazione
04. Skull - Judgement Day
05. Lory D - S.N.S. 007 A
06. Lory D - S.N.S. 008 A
07. Lory D - Effeto F
08. Lory D - Melotrippinblue
09. Skull - Serial Killer
10. Lory D - Il Ritorno Di Egocentrip
11. Lory D - S.N.S. 008 B
12. Lory D - S.N.S. 007 B
13. Skull - Nuried Alive
14. Lory D - Industrial Overflow
15. Lory D - Il Figlio Di Egocentrip
16. Lory D - 5 Minuti Per Decidere / 5 Minutes 2 Decide
17. Lory D - Lochnar

https://hearthis.at/doomcorerecords/doomcore-records-pod-cast-023-tribute-mix-to-sounds-never-seen/

Mental Health

As I still get booking offers:
Due to my heavy mental health problems, I can't play live, or as a DJ, at parties in the moment.
Sorry!
Will let you know if this changes some time in the future. I will also start a new therapy soon.

Best Wishes,
Low Entropy

Screemz

Interesting review of the Slowcore Compilation in Screemz magazine.

Full article at https://screemz.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/first-negation-dance/

"The Slowcore Compilation German label Doomcore Records released compiles more fascinating stimulating musical cross-pollination Eno would probably dig. Where mood music, metal, techno, and industrial hardcore(techno but also with speed, aggro, and societal critique shared with hardcore punk)merge into relaxing jacuzzis of gloom, mutation, and contemplation.

Basically 90s techno/ hardcore techno began accelerating beyond the rave scene comfort zone while attracting growing amounts of filth and heaviness. The beats per minute jumped from 160 to over 200. By 1998 aptly named subgenres terrorcore and speedcore went 800 BPM or more. Splittercore and Extratone fused digital harsh noise(rooted in industrial noise) with samples hurled at warp speed beats per minute beyond 1000 BPM!!! I played the faster crazier stuff on Loyola University’s WLUW college station via Reality Radio as part of punk and post punk evolution.

Of course for every action an equal opposite reaction simultaneously occurs. Doomcore and Industrial Hardcore slowed down while carrying the heavy load. Slowcore took it down to 100BPM to 60BPM but some have taken it down to 1 to 4BPM! The slower it gets the more it becomes ambient relaxing contemplative music.

While much of these compilation contributions are thrillers, some of the standouts include :Low Entropy-“This Is History,”with its powerful majestic organ sounds like a space opera epic movie which lands in an earthbound imperial court. The 4 BPM sounds epic in the mix. While all of the layered tracks work their spell, a man straight from a Jedi Knight emergency conference on how to fight the local orcs in their upper class suburb recites in his glory “This Is History.”



Murmuur’s 120 BPM”My Inner Voice” sounds as if someone is contemplating something rash or confronting herself in a mirror aboard the Trans Europe Express or a space shuttle blasting asteroids as some disturbing drama unfolds aboard; Primitik-“Doom Forever”at 120 BPM starts with the evolution of the snapping turtles like the one on the compilation cover which leads to armies of them walking all over Tubular Bells that signals an encounter with phantasmic ultra dimensional beings leading to weird scenes in a UFO including elevated consciousness given to the snapping turtles so they become tenured professors at famous universities ; The Man Unknown-“Keeper of Nothing” at 80 BPM carries a bit of avant dub/post punk reggae and I could imagine this being an On U Sound production with Adrian Sherwood and maybe Igorrr collaborating ; DZKYIN-” Netherrealm” at 2BPM(!!!) is the doomiest track roughly the equivalent of being temporarily stuck in two dimensions at once ; and closer AwwwwwwwwwA – “Uncompressed Pandæmonium “(? BPM) sounds similar to 70s Kosmische Musik ( Faust , maybe Kluster, etc.) mixed with a chamber music ensemble battle with Dario Argento https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Argento directing his movies scary monsters and super creeps against them.

I enjoy extremes in extreme music. Although I kind of hoped more rougher mixes would be compiled( perhaps where lo-fi black metal meets lo-fi synth punk ala Nervous Gender, Primitive Calculators, The Screamers, etc.) but with Slowcore twists, I appreciate a slower heavier take on techno and hardcore techno which has more multidimensional variety flourishing . Hopefully more guitar, bass, and drums doom/sludge/ drone metal muthas will dig the digital deviants as well.

Slowcore and Doomcore fit in with slower heavy contemplation including developing focused praxis that could lead to first negation action. Thinking about what you are for as well as you are against. Some of the best heavy music is potent enough to empower without barbiturates, marijuana, and alcohol (however, some people might be gradually temporarily weened off their uptight reactionary character armor through thee three with consensual experienced empathetic guidance involving heavy absorbing music; Wilhelm Reich’s research on character or miserable emotional/physical defenses developed to navigate miserable existing societal conditions though ultimately shows character can only be removed or neutralized through our participation in the process of total maximalist anti-capitalist/anti-hierarchical global revolution). The Slowcore Compilation from Doomcore Records serves as both good medicine and a ten ton weight you will want dropped on you daily!"

If I Were A Rich Gabber

An Early Hardcore style track in 4 mixes, based on the traditional song "If I Were A Rich Man".

Influenced by 90s labels and artists like Mokum, Rotterdam Records, Neophyte...

Hardcore with a smile and an extra dose of cheese mixed with the ecstasy of the beats and sounds.

A new Gabber anthem!

There is a short mix, an extended mix with extra shenanigans, a "newstyle" mix in lower tempo, and a crazy vocal mix.

So, all that is left to say is: Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum!

Low Entropy - If I Were A Rich Gabber EP

1. If I Were A Rich Gabber (Extended) 08:46

2. If I Were A Rich Gabber (Dibba Dibba Dum) 03:36

3. If I Were A Rich Gabber (Newstyle Edit) 09:12

4. If I Were A Rich Gabber (Short) 06:21

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/if-i-were-a-rich-gabber

SubXyco

Omnicore Records is proud to present a release by SubXyco from Germany, who you might know from such labels as Speedcore Worldwide, Rotjecore or Rotterdam Beats. While this is a new release, we are actually going into the past: this is a collection of some of his earlier works (he began producing music in 1999). Live jamming with a very analogue feeling, reminding us a lot of early to mid-90s Acid, Techno and Hardcore productions; added with eclectic influences from genres such as Hardtrance, or even a little bit of Goa and EBM.

Yet we think this is also a very modern production; it's creating a bridge between the Oldschool and the present world of music.

And, without any doubt, there is something very unique about these tracks, outside of genre limitations and concepts.

All tracks are in a newly Remastered edition.

So, without any further ado, here we go again!

Omnicore Records 07

SubXyco - Live Works 2001-2004

1. Future Feeling 06:31

2. Future Feeling (Long Version) 13:04

3. System-100 05:51

4. Acid Lecture 09:16

5. Prototype-03 17:09

6. Claw Project 09:04

7. Synphone 13:13

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-works-2001-2004

Cement Tea

Awesome new Hardcore / Techno / Experimental album by Cement Tea! Includes two Doomcore remixes by Yours truly!

Tribute To Things To Come

Doomcore Records Pod Cast 022 - Low Entropy - Tribute Mix To Things To Come Records

Things To Come is a label that was hugely influential in the world of Electronic and Techno music. Started by Oliver Chesler aka The Horrorist in New York City during the mid-90s; the early releases such as the "Dark Invader" EP by Arrivers were part of the 2nd generation of Doomcore music; tracks like "Flesh is the Fever" and "Hard Step Future Force" fueled the re-emergence of slower Gabber sounds; outings such as "Power is Force" or "Normality is Insanity" were there when the crossover of Techno and EBM genres happened. And let's not forget excursions into Drum'n'Bass, Minimal Synth or even Gothic sounds.
But most importantly, this label transcended the limitations of genres. Instead, the thread holding the releases together rather seems to be a certain vision of sound and concept; a cold, dark, cybernetic vision; pure phuture.
So here is a little tribute to this groundbreaking label, with a special focus on its early period.

Beatmatched mix.

Tracklisting:

01. Arrivers - Dark Invader
02. Arrivers - The Arrival
03. The Horrorist - Mission Extacy
04. The Horrorist - One Night In NYC
05. The Horrorist - Flesh Is The Fever
06. SuperPower - Innocent Minds
07. SuperPower - Molecule Man
08. SuperPower - By The Fire
09. The Horrorist - Can You Hear The Sound?
10. The Horrorist - Into The Moonbeam
11. The Horrorist - Power Is Force
12. Acrosome - Exposure
13. Hypnotizer - Normality Is Insanity
14. The Horrorist - Hard Step Future Force
15. Acrosome - Akros Soma
16. Acrosome - Until Tomorrow
17. Hypnotizer - Into Nowhere
18. Hypnotizer - The Light Is Leaving
19. Hypnotizer - From Where The Pale Dwell
20. The Horrorist - Run For Your Life
21. The Horrorist - It Goes Like This

https://hearthis.at/doomcorerecords/doomcore-records-pod-cast-022-low-entropy-tribute-mix-to-things-to-come-records/