Monday, December 16, 2024

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

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Hamburg

Went to a Christmas market in Hamburg.

The price of a drink was 150 euro.

That's Hamburg for ya ;-)

Friday, December 6, 2024

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

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

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

Sunday, December 1, 2024

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