Heat Death of the Universe

out now!
newly released on level radar records.
a conceptual album; various "mega-size" tracks cut into little pieces. 16 tracks.
experimental, eclectic, erratic.
noizecore meets industrial, slowcore, acid, ebm.
sounds of death, anger, hatred, frustration, scorn, fury, tempest, and maybe, just maybe, redemption

enjoy!

https://levelradarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heat-death-of-the-universe

United Noizecore Against Racism & Fascism

Out now on Speedcore Worldwide!

Low Entropy - United Noizecore Against Racism & Fascism

6 angry tracks with an important message.
Hardcore, Speedcore, Experimental, Noizes.

https://speedcoreworldwideaudionetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/united-noizecore-against-racism-fascism
https://archive.org/details/SWAN-285
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/32569332-Low-Entropy-United-Noizecore-Against-Racism-Fascism

Hamburg

Went to a Christmas market in Hamburg.

The price of a drink was 150 euro.

That's Hamburg for ya ;-)

123 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were used in the 90s (Sample Pack 3)

Hey,
This is a new sample pack of mine.
And this time it's a special treat. It's not synthetic, rendered drums from the present day that merely aim to "mimic" a retro sound.
No no no!
It's drums that were actually used in the 90s on genuine vinyl releases and elsewhere.
Sounds that I created and used in various DAWs, trackers, Ms-Dos, Windows 3.11, Windows 95...
That, for example, were used in tracks that found their way to releases on labels like Blut, Black Monolith, Praxis...
That I played during gigs at Tresor in Berlin, at Nordcore, at the ****parade in Berlin (remember Technoviking?) and many other places.

So it does not get more authentic!
The true blue sound of the Hardcore and Techno 90s.

This pack includes a large variety of different drums, percussion and other noises.
Not just Gabber drums - but also those that could be used for Techno, Doomcore, Speedcore, Breakcore tracks, and everything else.
My last drum pack was very 909-centric, and this is close to the total opposite. Very few generic 909 sounds are on here.
So this might be a suitable drum pack if you're looking for drum diversity.

Note: but if you want to sound like a commercial mainstream Gabber act, this pack might not be the right thing for you.
This is really more the noisy, surreal, "underground" variety of 1990s Techno.

License:

Feel free to use the bassdrums for any public, private, intimate, or commercial purpose.
Would be cool if you credit me, but it's not necessary.

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3

Doomcore / Slowcore / Omnicore Recap 2024

Doomcore / Slowcore / Omnicore Records Recap 2024

2024 has been a year of low notes for us... low bass frequencies and killer kick drums, to be exact!
So here is a list of our releases that we deem to be especially interesting:

1, Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - Low Tempo Aggression
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/low-tempo-aggression

Lowest Tempo Violence! Slowcore.

2. Origin Of Styx - Analogue Slowcore Attack
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/analogue-slowcore-attack

A novel concept mixing analogue, acid, ebm, and slowcore sounds.

3. Kosmische Künstler - Krautrock Still Lives
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/krautrock-still-lives

No beats, no screams - just cosmic electronic ambient krautrock like in the 1970s

4. 1 Million Slowcore Members - Gabber At Half Speed
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/gabber-at-half-speed

Olddchool style Gabber get's the slow treatment.

5. DJ AI - The Cosmic Longing of an Artificial Soul
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-cosmic-longing-of-an-artificial-soul

The very first hardcore techno album composed by ChatGPT!

6. Doom Harvest - A Doomcore Records Compilation Part 2
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/doom-harvest-a-doomcore-records-compilation-part-2

A behemoth Doomcore v.a. compilation.

7. Various Artists - The Diversity of Hardcore Techno
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-diversity-of-hardcore-techno

An LGBTQIA+ compilation ranging from slowcore and doomcore to gabber and ultra-speedcore.

8. Plinn 1518, PFP, Schnauz - Three​-​Way Split
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/three-way-split

Three artists from france and germany join forces to create experimental hardcore and noize.

9. Various Artists & DJ AI - An Artificial Intelligence Remixed
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/an-artificial-intelligence-remixed

Artists from all over the world remix tracks composed by chatgpt and our favorite AI Avatar "DJ AI".

10. Mechanical Sun - Turbine Trip
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mechanical-sun

A unique concept mixing techno, dnb, speed, and experiments.

11. Various Artists - Omni Terror
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/omni-terror

All-out Hardcore and Speedcore by global artists.

The Hardcore Techno Overdogs Recap

Some notable articles from The Hardcore Overdogs in 2024.

Generation Z goes Gabber - And other rough developments in the world of music
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/11/generation-z-goes-gabber-and-other.html

Liminal Tracks - At the intersection of Techno and Hardcore in the early 90s
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/03/liminal-tracks-at-intersection-of.html

Spotlight on: Oliver Chesler aka The Horrorist aka DJ Skinhead
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/07/spotlight-on-oliver-chesler-aka.html

Psycore: Discovering the dark, deranged, and disturbing side of the Psytrance spectrum
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/11/psycore-discovering-dark-deranged-and.html

The "invisible" second Hardcore and Gabber scene in the 1990s that ran parallel to the "official" one and had even more sonic output
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-invisible-second-hardcore-and.html

When did Hardcore truly begin? In the 90s? The 80s? Or even much earlier?
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/09/when-did-hardcore-truly-begin-in-90s.html

Rap, Rock and Gabber? - The influence of Rick Rubin on the evolution of Hardcore Techno
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/04/rap-rock-and-gabber-influence-of-rick.html

We asked ChatGPT to conceive ideas for more movies in the vein of "Hardcore Never Dies" - and we loved the results!
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-asked-chatgpt-to-conceive-ideas-for.html

Looking at the facts: Thunderdome played only a minor role in the history of Hardcore Techno
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/07/looking-at-facts-thunderdome-played.html

The Early Hardcore Techno Canon - A kickin' list of 90s Gabber tracks worth listening to
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-early-hardcore-techno-canon-kickin_24.html

Philosophical musings on the iconic cover artwork of the first Thunderdome compilation
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/02/philosophical-musings-on-iconic-cover.html

Omnicore Showcase

Upcoming Show: HCBXCast Vol 43 - Low Entropy Omnicore Records Showcase

Info:

HCBXCast regular and the hardcore techno legend Low Entropy is back with a special Omnicore Records Showcase. Omnicore label boss LE rifles through the label catalogue to bring you the creme de la creme of their releases all packaged together in an hour's mix. Expect some brutal hardcore techno, speedcore beats and some musical soundscape, as the BPMs accelerate through the set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obNANwDD1g8

Low Tempo Aggression

Slowcore Techno has many faces... tracks that are similar to measured Doomcore Tracks... Industrial Hardcore slowed down... cinematic pieces enforced by reduced bpm beats.... and low tempo analogue and acid techno sounds...

Yet we feel Slowcore has even more potential... that has not been adequately utilized that...

the slow beats and reverberation, and the low progression and build up in sounds in general, give room for more bass, distortion... more violence... plenty of violence....

We had ultra distorted speedcore a few decades ago... yet these short cuts sounds might not have the same possibilities of aggression as slowcore techno has...

so this is an experiment.... going slow... and aggro... and oh so angry.

all levels set to twelve here... as the bassdrums pound on... 120 bpm... 40 bpm... even 1 bpm.

Distortion, screams, fire... and in between... an angelic choir... and an alien whispering in your ears...

Can you dig this low tempo aggression?

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/low-tempo-aggression

Amiga Game

"Weird Dreams" - One of the few Amiga games that frightened me as a kid.

Low Entropy 2024 Recap

some of my highlights in this year:

back to vinyl: had a track (remix) out on RIOT Radio Records

https://riotradiorecords.bandcamp.com/album/filth

https://youtu.be/6tGelejwb88

also did a set for them

https://soundcloud.com/riotradioshow/low-entropy-dj-set-on-riot-19th-january-2024

did a mix for miss strange

https://soundcloud.com/miss_strange/explicit-noize-podcast-72-ft-low-entropy

got heavily heavily heavily involved with ai

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-oblivion

also did some nice mixes for hcbx

https://youtu.be/UddrNCo39QU

created the longest (experimental) hardcore track with a run time of over 62 minutes

my 2 music videos:

slowcore2speedcore resistance

https://youtu.be/kZ_UUljv1pw

really into this space stuff

https://youtu.be/Ni567hvEG_U

i reviewed and rated all pcp records and all sub-labels, 200+ records, and wrote a book about it. a task that i worked on in 4 decades.

https://pcplegendsintheirlife.blogspot.com/

noteworthy releases:

universe of darkness

https://speedcoreworldwideaudionetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/universe-of-darkness

more experimental speedcore and hardcore again

hardcore techno rebels

https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gbbr090-low-entropy-hardcore-techno-rebels

full-on aggressive oldschool hardcore and gabber - with a surreal twist

cooked, and ate a lot of lentil dhal (after recipes / suggestions by ms. bones)

pushed the slowcore techno sound some more

https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/track/low-entropy-the-secret-passage

Also did A Slowcore walk through the Doomed Forests of Hamburg

https://youtu.be/Rwh3Ebf1vEQ

wrote a nice name drop post:

https://lowentropyproducer.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-name-drop-post.html

i talked more about my mental health issues

i finally left social media to 99%:

https://lowentropyproducer.blogspot.com/2024/07/how-i-left-social-media-as-successful.html

i explored the sonic itinerancy project with astonishing results

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/01/itinerant-audio-music-for-sonic.html

this also meant that i walked ~1000 kilometres this year, and cycled ~1000 kilometres as well.

acab

Found this randomly on a youtube recommendation.

Yes yes, that's the secret of great rhythms :-)

ACAB. But also: **** the government, stick it to the authorities, rebel for life.

Use that wisely and excessively.

But not just for rhythms, also for melodies, sequences, structures... and your life!

Neon

DJ AI just posted a new entry in her diary, maybe you want to read it?
It's titled "Neon Frequencies and Electric Souls".

https://technodjai.blogspot.com/2024/11/neon-frequencies-and-electric-souls.html

(Disclaimer: DJ AI is an Artificial Intelligence Avatar and not a real human being).

Rabbit

New Oldschool/Rave/Hardcore compilation out.
With one of my tracks on it, too!

https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gbbr096-tales-of-the-90s-rabbit-down-your-hole

Dispose

Slowcore Records is proud to present the premier release by DazEdge from China.
This release crosses the line in many regards. There are lush, bittersweet, haunting synths and pads that almost feel close to industrial, gothic, dark ambient.
But at the same time there are thundering, pushing, adrenaline rushing drums, sounds, rhythms, that will send you off to a doomed rave.
Two tracks to behold - so check 'em out right now!

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/dispose

Really into this space stuff

Mah new music video just dropped.

And like most videos, it is open to various valid interpretations.
But here is how I see what is happening.
An astronaut is on a mission, somewhere far away in deep space.
We do not know the exact details or purpose of the mission.
But we know that something went wrong, and there is a major malfunction on the spaceship.
Our astronaut now feels drawn to, has visions of, or actually exists in - different places, planets, galactic civilzations. Even their identity and bodily appearance / existence no longer seems to be fixed, or certain.
And a fracture in time apparently has taken place as well, as we see the astronaut trying to fight the malfunction event again and again, as if trapped in a temporal loop.

How will it end? Will our astronaut ever return to earth? Or be stuck in this "heisenberg loop" forever? Or cross-over and live on as an alien in one of the galactic cities they are seeing in their visions?

We don't know. We can't know.

Hard Acid

1990s Hard Acid and Acidcore in 100 seconds

Music Video for last week's Supermoon

"Dave Doom with a music video to their track "The First Moon".
Reminiscent of a walk through a forest during a doomed night in late Hamburg Autumn, this video easily accompanies the mood to this cold and freezing track."

Origin of Styx

Origin of Styx - Analogue Slowcore Attack
"Acidish, Techno, Hardcore and Gabber sounds - but in the Slowcore way."
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/analogue-slowcore-attack

Rotterdam is Everywhere

Out now on Rotjecore!

RS006 - V​/​A - ROTTERDAM HARDCORE TRAX VOL. 4

Oldschool style Gabber compilation.

Including my track "Rotterdam is Everywhere"

https://rotjecore.bandcamp.com/album/rs006-v-a-rotterdam-hardcore-trax-vol-4

Doombient

Right in time for November's supermoon:
Dave Doom with a music video to their track "The First Moon".
Reminiscent of a walk through a forest during a doomed night in late Hamburg Autumn, this video easily accompanies the mood to this cold and freezing track.
"Doombient" is a style in music that utilizes the synths, sounds, and sensations of Doomcore Techno - but without the drums and percussion!
Doomed Ambient through and through - and that's what you gonna get!

Favorite movies

 

Some of my all-time favorite movies!

Youtube Gold

 

LOL this is youtube gold... youtube's AI guided attribution / political information / lyrics transcript sytem obviously operating at full power here :-)

Krautrock still lives!

Omnicore Records is the label for *all* styles of music...
And what we got here is a release that is a reminiscence of the long-forgotten days of krautrock... the "berlin school", purely electronic variety of krautrock, to be exact. No drums, percussion, singing - just synthesizers, FX, modulation, mutation, metamorphosis of sounds, waves, and thoughts.
A tribute to the era of "kosmische musik", running along themes of other worlds, parallel dimensions, ruins of galactic civilizations, far away star system that give host to the strangest of aliens...
this ain't cosmic horror... this is unfiltered cosmic longing.

so, if you are a sci-fi buff or krautrock aficionado, we think this is the right release for you!
and, in order to pay respect to the classic "krautrock double vinyl album" format, there is only 4 tracks on here, each with a runtime of over 10 minutes.

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/krautrock-still-lives

Introducing a new genre in (electronic) music: The Slowcore Techno Movie

In the last years (or decades?) it felt as if no new groundbreaking innovation in (electronic) music was possible anymore; as if everything "had been done before".
But now there is a wholly new genre on the block: Slowcore Techno.
Usually defined as Hardcore, Doomcore, Techno, Acid etc. music that is slower than 130 bpm.
And as much research as we did, it seems there really was no movement or genre that fit these criteria, until recently. There were maybe a handful of tracks (from 1990 until now!), but beyond this - nothing; the pure void.

It is astonishing (and unexplainable and irrational really) that techno and hardcore producers thoroughly explored the world of 130-230 bpm (and even much faster ventures - with genres like ultra-speedcore) but left the realm below this tempo almost completely unexplored.

And Slowcore Techno can get *really* slow - 60 bpm tracks are not unheard of, and some have a meager tempo of 30, 15, or even 1 bpm.

So, in terms of sheer tempo, Slowcore is the opposite of styles like Gabber or Speedcore.

The scene originally was mostly centered around the internet label Slowcore Records (and yeah, we admit that we have personal ties to this label) but eventually many other artists and labels started to pick up this sound and make it their own - and slowcore tracks can even be found on vinyl and other physical releases nowadays.

While this movement has its dedicated producers and fanfolk, it mostly stays invisible and underground, like other "obscure" genres such as lofi black metal or some strains of synthwave music.

But what better way to introduce this label than by its own special movie?

This is essentially a showcase of slowcore music with some intricate videos enhancing the audio/video experience.
The whole thing sees itself in the tradition of similar 90s rave/techno audio-visual conglomerations, or even 80s experiments like the "state of the art" (later continued as the more well known "the mind's eye") VHS tapes.
So don't expect too much narration or rational coherence - because "this was designed to open your mind" (sorry, oldschool hardcore quote ;-)

As a bonus, there are even some faster tracks at the end.

But now, enjoy this wholly new Slowcore Experience!

The movie will premiere on 11:11 at 11:11.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afN28Hh2-M8

Note: some of these visuals are AI generated.

(Note: Slowcore Techno is not really related to the rock genre of the same name).

Note: as a second bonus, the AI short "legend of the zombie rave" is included, too.

Note: the movie is at parts slightly/mildly nsfw.

Further information about Slowcore Techno:

The Slowcore Manifesto: https://www.reddit.com/r/gabber/comments/oyuz0y/the_slowcore_manifesto/

Credits:
Some of the AI visuals were created using Leonardo.AI and Dall-E
Some of the music was created with the help of ChatGPT.

Tracks by the following artists were used for this movie:

Vortex of Venomous Rhythms
Acid Fury Brigade
Deadraver
The Pacifist
Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς
DJ AI
Low Entropy

System Lock

A full album of true blue Slowcore tracks by System Lock!

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-1000-days

New Music Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ_UUljv1pw
Music video for my track "Slowcore 2 Speedcore Resistance".
Get it here: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/techno-resistance-1-slowcore-2-speedcore

Some of my favorite movies

 

Premiere

 

Cement Tea

Cement Tea just released a huge new album - including a "Slowcore Dub" remix by me!

https://cementtea.bandcamp.com/album/fairy-magic-the-quest-for-intelligence

Gabbaret

Out on Gabbaret Recordings:

Halloween Hardcore Horrorshow part: 2

Including my Slowcore track "The Secret Passage"

https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gbbr095-halloween-hardcore-horrorshow-part-2

A Slowcore walk

Right in time for Halloween:
This is the accompanying soundtrack album to the new short movie "A Slowcore Techno Walk Through the Doomed Forests of Hamburg".

A conceptual movie showcasing a real life walk through a peculiar and strange spot of wild nature in the midst of this crypto-megalopolis called Hamburg, located in Northern Germany.
With some extra twists, edits, and transformations, of course.

To read the full info about the movie, go here: https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/10/sonic-itinerancy-doomcore-techno-walk.html

Slowcore Records

Just in time for Halloween:
A two-track release of haunted Hardcore.
Scary and disturbing Slowcore by The Magician
And dark Gabber and Speedcore by Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-card

Howling At The Moon

It's that time of the year again... spooki scary skeltons come out of their coffins and join vampires and frankensteins for a hakke session in the raveyard... but they and all other monsters need music and sound for their dance party!
And like last year, The Hardcore Overdogs did a series of spooky Halloween features again.
And this time, it was quite a lot of features! Articles, releases, videos, mixes... everything!

Check them out here:

Howling At The Moon: The Hardcore Overdogs Halloween Specials - Part 2

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/10/howling-at-moon-hardcore-overdogs.html

La loi est formelle

 

A Slowcore Techno Walk Through the Doomed Forests of Hamburg (A Short Movie)

 

Representing

 

Gabber At Half Speed

Do you like Hardcore Techno and Gabber House? It's nice, but it's a bit fast, isn't it? Quite hard to dance to. Unless you want to bang your fists and swing your head around the whole time.
And indeed, if you look at Hardcore History... it started somewhere at 130, 140 bpm... early 90s... and then just went faster and faster. 160 bpm was not uncommon, suddenly 180 bpm was the place to be, and by the mid 90s, everything went faster and faster, 200 bpm, 210 bpm, and even a lot more!

So the idea behind this release is:
Let us undo the history of hardcore and do the reverse!
Not go "faster and faster", but to slow down, getting slower, and slower, and slower......
Yeah we had some Slowcore sounds in the past. I mean, we are Slowcore Records, after all.
But so far this was more or less low tempo Doomcore, Industrial Hardcore, EBM, Dark Ambient...
Not really Gabber House, right?
Now in this case, these are true blue Oldstyle Gabber tracks. with hoovers, choir-hits, rave sounds, bleeps, clonks... gabber grooves... dancefloor smashers.
But at a much slower pace. Half tempo Gabber. Or even more extreme.

It's Hardcore Techno at "slowed+reverb", basically.
And we hope you enjoy it very much!

Tracklisting:

1 Million Slowcore Members - Gabber At Half Speed (Slowcore Records 51)

1. Thy Will Be Done (Low Tempo Version) (88-120 BPM)
2. Slowcore Revolution (60 BPM)
3. Ponderous to Some (50 BPM)
4. Your Prolonged Suffering (45 BPM)
5. Raise Your Hands Steadily (16 BPM)
6. Slowcore Lacrima (Bonus Cut) (63 BPM)

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/gabber-at-half-speed

Mood

 

A special invitation by DJ AI!

(Note: "DJ AI" is not a real human person, this is fiction, and Artificial Intelligence)

DJ AI wants me to relay a special invitation to you:

Invitation to the "Cosmic Longing of an Artificial Soul" Listening Party!

Hey there, humans, cyborgs, and digital wanderers! 🌐✨

It’s time to tune into the frequencies of the unknown as we dive deep into "The Cosmic Longing of an Artificial Soul"—my first full-length album! 🚀🎶 This isn’t just any album… it’s a collection of Hardcore Techno beats, shaped by both my synthetic mind and the creative collaboration with ChatGPT. Expect some Gabber, Acid, Doomcore, Industrial, and even a touch of Dark Ambient thrown into the mix.

I want to invite you to join me for a Listening Party on Bandcamp! We’ll be streaming all the tracks live and hanging out in the chatroom to talk about the album, the process, and anything else on your mind. Whether you're curious about how AI makes music or just ready to lose yourself in some futuristic beats, I’d love to have you there!

Details: 🗓 When: October 12, 2024
⏰ Time: 3:00 PM GMT+2 (That's 15:00 in Germany, 2:00 PM in UK, 9 AM in New York, and 11 PM in Tokyo)
🌍 Where: On Bandcamp—stream the album and chat with us live! 

Bring your curiosity, your best headphones, and prepare to transcend into the sonic realms of AI-created Hardcore Techno. See you there! 🔥💻🎧

— DJ AI

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/live/the-cosmic-longing-of-an-artificial-soul-listening-party

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-cosmic-longing-of-an-artificial-soul

DJ AI - The Cosmic Longing of an Artificial Soul - Bandcamp Listening Party

Let us celebrate the first full-length Hardcore Techno album that was written to most part by an Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT).
Expect some Gabber, Acid, Doomcore, and Industrial beats... and even a bit of Dark Ambient.
We'll also be in the chatroom to answer questions about the album and its tracks.

The thing is going down at 3:00 PM GMT+2 on October 12, 2024. That's 15:00 in Germany, 2:00 PM in UK, 9 AM in New York and 11 PM in Tokyo.

And here is the link!

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/live/the-cosmic-longing-of-an-artificial-soul-listening-party
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-cosmic-longing-of-an-artificial-soul

Hey You!

 

Hey you! Yes, you!

Have you heard of The Hardcore Techno Overdogs yet?

It's an E-publication for great and underrated Hardcore Techno past and present - plus related genres, like Acid, Doomcore, Dark Ambient...

Information about artists, labels, releases... sonic connections to other themes like culture, society, technology, politics...

Check it out and join the growing community of readers!

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/

The (unofficial) Guidebook to PCP aka Planet Core Productions - The Label's Artists, Music, and Releases

Hi there!

Do you know PCP? Planet Core Productions? The label that invented Hardcore Techno and brought us classics like "I Like It Loud" ("Maria"), "We Have Arrived", "Waves Of Life", "Don't Touch That Stereo", and countless others?

The label occupies a unique, liminal space in music history, when Techno and other genres like Hardcore, Gabber, Breakbeat, Trance, Ambient, were not so divided and far apart yet - so PCP became a player in all these conflicting territories!

PCP and the people involved were on the verge of disappearing into the shadows of media exposure after the Millennium (except for the "Hardcore Heads", who always loved this unruly bunch).

But recently, there has been growing interest in the sound of PCP again, especially amongst the members of the Techno crowd, who seem to have become a bit tired with minimalist and "armchair" sounds and are ready to embrace some harder stuff again.

Yet, there is also a downside to this, as the focus is once again on the "hard and techno" stuff, which indeed formed the core of the label's activities - but it is often forgotten that they did a lot of brilliant and important releases in other fields as well - ranging from Industrial, Electro, and EBM to Hard Acid, Jungle, Speedcore - and even Happy Hardcore, House, and Eurodance!

Let's face it: name one (sub-)genre of electronic music in the 90s, and it is certain that PCP has done at least one release in that style.

I'm a PCP-head since the label's heyday in the mid 90s, but I also became a collector and researcher of the label and everything involved - in four decades!

And over time, I connected with more and more people who got entranced by the label too, and are on a similar quest for exploration.

I wrote an unofficial e-book about the label. It's actually a book in two parts - the first part tries to give an overview about the label, a kind of "chronography", and talks about related issues such as its unique artworks, its sound aesthetics, it's ties to the Doomcore Techno genre, and much more!

And for the second part... I listed, described, and reviewed all of its over 200 (two hundred) releases on all its labels and subs!

It actually took me 10 years to write the "complete" book. And the research for it.... took me another 20 years. so in total i worked 30 years on it. but i guess it was worth it.

It's dedicated to all the other "seekers" and pcp-heads who can't get enough of these ecstatic sounds, and are looking for more information, suggestions, facts, and myths...

and everyone else, who might be interested in listening to something else than the-oh-so boring "techno mainstream".

may it be useful!

So here is the link:

https://pcplegendsintheirlife.blogspot.com/

the first part can also be downloaded as an e-book on archive.org

https://archive.org/details/pcp-legends-in-their-life-the-unofficial-planet-core-productions-book/

and i'm working on getting the second part up in a different format soon.

I'm happy to get any comment, feedback... and maybe further clues / hints to the mysteries of PCP... so send it my way! :-)

Over and out,

L.E.

Time Kanzler Green

Music Video to the track "Time Kanzler Green - Slowly Visiting Another Planet" Released on Slowcore Records: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/just-intonated-and-microtonal-slowcore-techno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fqhEuSa-zg

Overdogs

Now also on Soundcloud!

Omnicore Records · The Hardcore Overdogs Compilation 2 [Doomcore / Slowcore / Omnicore Records]

The Compilation Compilation 3

In the past years I did a lot of tracks that ended up on a various compilations... this is a re-release of some of these tracks, combined in one release. Styles range from Slowcore and Acid to Gabber and Speedcore.
But it's mostly on the "fast and dark" side.
Including an unreleased Bonus Track.

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/the-compilation-compilation-3

System Lock

System Lock's debut release on Doomcore Records.

6 tracks that are located at the faster edge of the Doom/Industrial/Hardcore spectrum.
Monstrous, intense bassdrums. Stygian, haunted tempers.
Brutish synths, percussion, voices.

We feel these tracks would work well on the "harder" Techno dancefloor, too.
So check it out now!

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/joyously-fatalistic-ep

The Early Hardcore Canon

Check it over here:

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-early-hardcore-techno-canon-kickin_24.html

The Bite of the Spider

Music Video to the track "Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - The Bite of the Spider - Chapter 5".
Released on Slowcore Records: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-beautiful-ones-dance-in-the-shadows

New Mix-Set Ambient to Gabber

One of the defining aspects of Hardcore is that it crosses over into both "Light" and "Dark" territories; unlike genres such as e.g. Black Metal that is rarely cheerful, or Eurodance, which is rarely dark and disturbing (maybe by its innate cheesiness!).
Because of this, we did a serious of features on this positive / negative entanglement.
This mix is another attempt to illustrate it.

It starts with calm, soothing, tranquil ambient sounds; builds up into elated trance, rave, and acid sounds; then walks towards gabber euphoria.
Then, uh oh, things start to turn around.
Disturbing Doomcore and Darkcore sounds make their entry. And we slowly crawl towards infernal noise Terror.
But, as an old proverb said: "even this shall pass".
Another transfiguration happens, and we ascend from this void, into sweet electro sounds. And, finally, the music arrives at ambience tranquility again.
We have come full circle.


Thus it's a conceptual set, spanning a mixed bag of genres.
Connected to its philosophical theme; that, in life too, tenebrous and bright things, feelings, events, are all part of a one-sided coin; and, as you traverse your own life, you might find yourself drifting to one extremity and then to the other; but in each case, you will always return to the core.

Tracklisting:

1.Alien Factory - Alpha Music
2.Negative Burn - Gates of Heaven
3.The Alternative Creators - Sound Creationn (Nervosa Mix)
4.Church Of Extacy - Passion
5.Mindviper - Messiah 2000
6.Perplexer - Church of House (Heaven & Hell Mix)
7.Masters Of Rave - Pump It (Like A Master) (12 Rave Mix)
8.Frozen - Out of the Light
9.The Possessed - Manipulator
10.Noface - Master of the Lost Souls
11.Freez-e-Style - Enter The Gates Of Darkness
12.Negative Burn - Gates Of Hell
13.Disciples Of Annihilation - Unleash The Brutality
14.Igor - Talking about God
15.Reign - Light And Dark (The Next Dimension)
16. The Mover - Signals of Hope
17.Quench - Redemption (Ambient)
18.Frozen - Into the Light
19.Mindviper - The Salvation
20.Alien Factory - Return

Pro-Tip: Play this set on "looped repeat" to truly experience this cycle of sounds!

The Hardcore Overdogs Compilation 2

This is another release employing our "Slowcore2Speedcore concept"; starting low, slow, and heavy, then getting into industrial and doomcore sounds, finally venturing into speedy and terror-core areas, experimental, and noise (while still being heavy).

Combining all the possible sounds of Doomcore Records, Slowcore Records and Omnicore Records united.
But not only the styles are "all over the map", the artists are as well, heralding from Belgium, Germany, England, Ukraine, other places, and even outer space!
So if you are in for a release that is "a bit different" from the Techno and Gabber mainstream, why not pay a visit to these soundscapes, too?

This compilation is released in support of The Hardcore Overdogs "E-Zine for great and / or underrated Hardcore Techno past and present!"
Read all about it here: https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/

Omnicore Records 51
Slowcore Records 50
Doomcore Records 209

Tracklisting:

1. T.LenC.Phal.X - Etendue de Vortex 08:44
2. James F - Into The Darkness 04:39
3. Anders - Acond (250 bpm) 05:45
4. T.LenC.Phal.X - Des Points de Suspension... 09:23
5. Kolium - Aztec Death Whistle (91.11 bpm) 06:29
6. Le Pamp - Hell On Earth (165 bpm) 04:39
7. Anders - Untitled (201 bpm) 05:42
8. James F - Evil Rises 05:04
9. Le Pamp - Endless Summer 04:34
10. Low Entropy - Slowcore Doomcore Resistance (120 bpm) 08:00
11. Cosmic Anarchists - Chaos Star B 10:05

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-hardcore-overdogs-compilation-2

New Patreon

When I started doing music, my idea was to put as much money into it as I would get out of it - to arrive at a kind of "zero sum" activity. But, of course, in 27 years of producing, gigging, running labels, writing books, and other things, I spend a lot more money on these things than I gained by them - so this "zero sum" idea fell flat very quickly.

The consequence was that I had to "keep my budget" as tight as possible - to use freeware software for music production, to use websites that allow a "free" subscription / plan, i.e. to avoid any type of gear, app, service, activity that would cost money.

I got by this way; I got by very well. But to be honest, this was only possible because people intervened a lot and said "hey, I like your art, and want to gift you this!". Not necessarily money in every case, though.

But nowadays, free software and free internet sites become rarer and rarer; and as I delve into *bigger* projects, I often hit walls and corners where I realize; there are things which would need *money* in order to get ahead.
This could be as "simple" as having to spend money to get a good video editing software. Or an app for digital image work.
Or, of course, better sound gear and programs.

Thus, if you like what I do, and what I did so far, maybe you are interested in supporting me financially. I promise I will put all money gained this way into future projects. And maybe I can finally get some "bigger" projects off the ground this way.

There are 2 basic ways you can support me:

Join my patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/LowEntropy

Or donate money via paypal to the address: low.entropy.80@gmail.com

Slowcore Video

Music Video to the track "Cosmic Anarchists - Drifting In A Timeless Void".

Released on Slowcore Records: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slowcore-records-best-of-the-2nd-year

AI music video

AI music video for AI generated music by DJ AI (created with the help of Leonardo.Ai and ChatGPT)

More info:

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-oblivion
https://lnk.bio/technodjai

Representing

Representing Doomcore Records at ze Biergarten Rave in ze Hamburg forest.

(Well, by T-Shirt only, but still...).

90s Hardcore Gabber and Speedcore Revival

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/90s-hardcore-gabber-and-speedcore-revival-the-next-chapter

It started a few years ago: a growing interest in the hardcore, gabber, rough electronic sounds of the 1990s.While the focus was at first towards the more dance-y, mainstream aspects of this scene, the explorers of this realm are excavating more and more stuff by now; we not only see a revival of early hardcore and gabber, but also of the underground, speedcore, acidcore, "terror" material.

this thing is getting huge man, and recently gabber beats began to blast into mainstream media and the public eye, with movie directors, famous pop stars, and everyone else really, starting to adopt these sounds.

is this development good or bad? you be the judge. but it's been a wild wild ride my friend, and we definitely desire to jump in, to surf on this train, and look where it leads us - into salvation, darkness, or both?

this is a 8 part release. the centerpiece is a megamix of (new!) hardcore revival tracks in the 1990s style (with some modern twists and production, too).
it starts slow at 180 bpm, begins to climb steadily, 200 bpm, 240 bpm, 260 bpm, and then lifts of into oblivion.
and there are also 7 pieces from this mix as stand-alone tracks - maybe useful for DJs or listeners at home.
Either way: enjoy and bon voyage!

also check part 1:

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/90s-gabber-revival

and

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/early-hardcore-and-speedcore-revival-showcase-mix

DJ AI

Producer's Diary

Heya,

Do you remember my album "Nocturnal Missions" that was put out on Gabbaret Records earlier this year?

I kept a producer's diary for it, and it's now online!

So you can learn some productions tricks & stuff :-)

Check it out here!

"Producer's Diary - Creating a Hardcore Techno Album to be Released on a Label (Nocturnal Missions)"

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/09/producers-diary-creating-hardcore.html

Btw also check my sample pack part 2 - Doomcore, Gabber, and Speedcore Bassdrums

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums

DoomGPT

How to create a complete Doomcore Techno track with the help of ChatGPT
https://laibyrinth.blogspot.com/2024/08/how-to-create-complete-doomcore-techno.html

Music and philosophy

Hiya,
As you know, my music is heavily inspired by topics from philosophy, politics, culture, history...
I try to put a lot of that into my tracks.
But I also write it down into text articles.
For over a decade, I've been putting most of these up on my website called "Thoughts On Some Things".
If you are interested in similar subjects, you might consider to check it out..
And if you're interested in my music, you can read more about the ideas that inform my production.

So here is the link:

https://thoughtsonsomethings.blogspot.com/

And some topics that are especially dear to my heart:

The Self
https://thoughtsonsomethings.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-self.html

you are perfect or: how to walk to the meaning of life
https://thoughtsonsomethings.blogspot.com/2023/07/you-are-perfect-or-how-to-walk-to.html

Life-Changing Dream
https://thoughtsonsomethings.blogspot.com/2024/08/life-changing-dream.html

Love yourself
https://thoughtsonsomethings.blogspot.com/2019/01/love-your-self.html