The Decade of Hardcore Techno: 1994 / 1995 (DJ Mix Set)

 

Doomcore Records Pod Cast 094

Adrian Scales sent us a new mix for the Doomcore Records Pod Cast, and it is a conceptual mix... they explain it:

"From The Fool to The World, each track is related to a specific card of the Tarot.
Some tracks are seemingly connected by sharing the same name as the card, but it runs deeper... I only chose tracks that, according to my intuition, contain parts of the meaning, energy, secret of the respective card... may it be plainly visible, or may it be hidden.

A Tarot deck is a journey, and as the listener leaps from track to track, encounters the sun, the moon, and everything else, I hope they will experience an own spiritual journey, too!"

Thanks for this clarification, Adrian!
And the mix is indeed 'all over the map" and travels into almost every repetitive electronic genre - trance, acid, gabber, breakcore and speedcore... so... enjoy this trip!

Tracklisting:

Adrian Scales - The Tarot of Techno Mix (Doomcore Records Pod Cast 094)

0. I-f - Shadow Of The Clown
1. Sorcerer - Summer
2. Dusty Angel - Acid Bitch
3. Phoenix - Dominate
4. The Mover - The Emperor Takes Place
5. Cyberchrist - Spirit
6. Orderly Chaos - Melt Away Love
7. Car & Driver - Equality Goes Loose
8. The Prodigy Feat. Pop Will Eat Itself - Their Law
9. Genetic Waste - Palace of Wisdom
10. Carl Orff - O Fortuna
11. DJ Skinhead - Extreme Terror (Strength of Terror Mix)
12. Christoph De Babalon - Death by Hanging
13. Society Of Unknowns - Dead by Dawn (The Endless Mix)
14. Temper Tantrum - Destroy The World
15. Jack Lucifer - 96 Knights (Burn my Brain Mix)
16. Wedlock - The Tower
17. Syrius 23 - 777 (Psychik Fields Kut)
18. Miro - Purple Moon
19. Miro - Blue Sun
20. Members Of Mayday - The Judgment Day
21. Rmb - This World is Yours

On HearThis: https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-094-adrian-scales-the-tarot-of-techno-mix/
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0boDiM9DI

Tribute To Tracker Hardcore Part 2 - Ravebusters

Hardcore Techno Tracks used in TV and Movies

 

GabberGirl

Doomcore Records Pod Cast 093 - GabberGirl - French Hardcore is Weird

GabberGirl returns to the Doomcore Records Pod Cast!
This time with a nice set of Frenchcore tunes - or rather a weird one, just as the title implies.
Wicked beats, crazy samples, high speed, low life - that's the way we like it.

So get ready for these Hardcore bangers out of France.

Tracklisting:

FRENCH HARDCORE IS WEIRD

Mixed By GabberGirl

1. Tieum—French People Piss Me As
2. Manu le Malin—X-Terror
3. Radium—Pyramid
4. Le Bask—Hardchoriste
5. Radium & Mass Destruction—Supersonic (Progamers Remix)
6. Radium—Twilight Zone
7. Le Bask—Slave Empire
8. Le Bask—Abalam
9. Le Bask—Spider Dark
10. Manu le Malin—An Old Dream
11. TchOum—Morning Call
12. Micropoint—Human Freak Box
13. Madben, Rebeka Warrior, & Manu le Malin - Grief, Dance to Death
14. Le Bask—Asylum
15. Le Bask—Sheitan
16. Radium—No Result
17. Radium—Dead Runner
18. Tieum—Garble

https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-093-gabbergirl-french-hardcore-is-weird/

V.A. - The Definition of Doomcore - Out Now!

Doomcore is defined by slower BPMs and a dark, "doomed" atmosphere.
While most Hardcore genres are not so keen on melodic elements (above the use of simple juno synth riffs), Doomcore tracks almost always feature composition of synths, choirs, strings...
The words "melody" and "harmonic" should be put in quotes though, as these elements usually border on the atonal, disharmonic, and unsettling.
In fact, there is a strong affinity to Horror movie themes and sounds, and tracks often feature tropes such as demonic possession, insanity, hauntings...
There is a tendency towards minimal sound design, and some tracks run the "drum+percussion+synth" formula from start to finish.
Divergency to this exists too, though.

Generally, it can be said that the mood, attitude, sentiment of a track is more defining to the Doomcore sound than elements such as "overly distorted drums"

Contrary to common perception, the Doomcore sound and scene was already well-established in the 90s, with many artists and labels being dedicated to this very sound and its crowd.

This compilation album showcases 20 tracks from our artists' roster that, in our opinion, represent the true definition of Doomcore.

Also check our more detailed features on the history of Doomcore:

History of Doomcore Techno - The 1st Generation: PCP
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/06/history-of-doomcore-techno-1st.html

History of Doomcore Techno - The 2nd Generation: Labels & Artists
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/06/history-of-doomcore-techno-2nd.html

Tracklisting:

Various Artists - The Definition of Doomcore
1.Hologram - We Live... Again (Murmuur Rmx) 06:34
2.Bohemian - Spirit Wives 04:47
3.DarkinGary - Horror Church 05:29
4.DJ Alphira - Death 03:09
5.Hologram - Sound System 05:43
6.James F - Inter Dimensional 04:57
7.Korbo - Awaking Hastur 05:21
8.Kuvera B - Locked Between Their Walls 06:54
9.ZornusMaximus - Slut For Money 03:53
10.Maël - A Scream In The Dark (with Foglz) 05:59
11.Roux - Shadow Of Mordor 04:24
12.Librarium - Angry Tears 04:13
13.James F - The Dead 05:34
14.Void Pulsar - The Fear 05:23
15.Roux - Stray Mind 05:56
16.Syndroom - Desolate Landscape 06:25
17.Voldo - Jörmungandr (Midgårdsormen) 05:05
18.Morgana - Trance 04:44
19.Plinn 1518 - Fantasme Industriel 04:48
20.Dave - Desert Edge 02:05

Doomcore Records 217

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-definition-of-doomcore

V.A. - Gabbaret Records 100

Out Now - V.A. Gabbaret Records 100
The 100th release of this fine Dutch label!

Style: Oldschool, Newschool, Dance, Gabber, Jumpstyle, Speedcore, and everything else.

Includes my new track "Gabber Sex".

https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gbbr100a-gabbaret-records-100-part-1
https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gbbr100b-gabbaret-records-100-part-2

Submission call for new Doomcore Records compilation

Doomed greetings! All producers are invited to submit tracks for a new compilation on the very Doomcore Records.

Rules:

1. Tracks must be submitted before 23.6.2025 23:59 (that's June the 23th for you US citizens :-)

2. Tracks should be in darker / doomed styles of electronic music like Doomcore, Doomtechno, Oldschool, Industrial Hardcore, EBM, Dark Ambient...

3. It's a free release on Bandcamp. Bandcamp gives fans the option to "donate" to such releases; all money that comes in this way will be given to charity.

4. We don't do mastering; and your track doesn't need to be mastered.
But if you *want* to have mastering, you need to do it yourself.

5. Both newcomers and well-known artists are welcome.

6. Tracks can be any length and each artist can submit up to three tracks.

7. Tracks should be uploaded to a filehost and the link then be sent to: low.entropy.80@gmail.com topic "Doomcore 2025"

8. Any other question, comment, inquiry can be sent to the same address.

9. And now, have fun producing!

Sincerely,
The Skeleton Crew

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.discogs.com/label/477961-Doomcore-Records
https://soundcloud.com/doomcore-records
https://youtube.com/@doomcorerecordscentral
https://hearthis.at/doomcorerecords/

From Techno to Doomcore

 

Rotterdam-themed Hardcore Mix

Rotterdam-themed Hardcore Mix

Here is a new edition in my series of mixes. And this time it's Rotterdam all the way - because "Rotterdam is Everywhere" (again)!

Hoovers, T99, Claps, Chants, Signals... and fat distorted 909 beats!

It's not the classics, though - there will be time for that in a future edition - but contemporary tracks in Rotterdam style.

So get your Gabber on, and enjoy the show!

https://youtu.be/drVUw44pjVE

My Producer's Diary: Producing a "Slowcore Remix" of the track "Sin Armadura" by Astrid Gnosis

Pre-context (and cortex)

Haunted Techno mastermind Nkisi introduced Astrid Gnosis to my music "way back", and I learned about her music... well, she was just there, kind of non-local and ubiquitous in a quantum way, Instagram, YouTube, magazines, you know it...
so the idea to collab in some way arrived; but, as they say, it takes time!

she sent me stems for a track called "sin armadura", and it's a wonderful piece.
i instantly had a vision of what to do with it. but i had no idea how to get there.

also, i can't explain the thought or vision. adding slowcore beats. turning it into an oldschool hardtrance outlet. speedcore mayhem.
but not fractional. not even as a collage or eclectic.
somehow entangled... a whole that is not a whole. a track that isn't there... Einstein's spooky distance in action, while Heisenberg remains uncertain about the principles.

staring into a Mandelbroot seed.

either way, i slowly glimpsed a plan forming in my head to put this into reality.
i cut up parts of her stems, looped them, and saved these selected loops.
then i tried to memorize them, loaded up my daw.
created some drums, percussion, distortion...

then did a jam with all the elements, modulating and kicking them back and forth, filters opening and closing and disappearing... in a very audible and *loud* way... while all the time, the "other" loop, from the stems, was not loud, it was silent, because i tried to picture it in my brain only...

once done, i added the drums to the loops.

this means there were half a dozen channels for the bassdrums only in the final master. one for each loop.

i added other elements. basslines. fx. "melodies".
i noticed some things went off-beat, off-sync.

i tried to fix it but i couldn't. because i did not understand my own remix track anymore. the beats did not add up. the math did not add up.
i created a "click" track with the same daw, tried to run it over the beats. still felt kinda warped. but it worked. some elements remained off-sync. partly deliberately.

by now, the click track sounded like an additional percussive element, so i kept it in the final mixdown.

after some back and forth exchange of suggestions and fixes with Astrid.
the remix was finished.

when i listen back to it. i still don't get the math or rhythm behind it. some elements do not fit.
yeah, in the past i did jams and tracks were not clinging to standard beats, too.
these felt chaotic and like a mess (deliberately!).

but, it might be subjective, with the remix, things feel organic and in the right track (maybe deliberately).

okay, now let's get to the motifs.
there are various parts, and the central piece is with "staccato violins" (or violence), and "marching" drum beats plus 909 percussion.
a nod to the rave days, to the trance days, to the gabber days.
but also a nod to music and artists who sometimes did similar stuff (tom waits? velvet underground? alan vega?)

there's a sample about "love" in the track. it's there because this was a topic i was researching at that time. also because it fit to the techno, ambient, euphoria vibe. and a nod to trance-gabber, once more!

you might also notice i tried to do mastering in a bit different way to "hard-tech" in general. here the inspiration was Martin Hannet or Conny Plank. but i would not dare to say that i came even somewhat close to these maestros!

sooo... that's the way this remix was done.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3cDri5neZLdKAj7IYUJORz
https://music.apple.com/us/album/sin-armadura-low-entropy-remix-single/1800742968
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZPF9M8F/
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=B8PqYP6mJ7s
https://www.deezer.com/en/album/723917271

I'm a successful producer in the Techno underground for 30 years. When it comes to creating art, the most important lesson was also one of the hardest to learn

Hello,
I don't write this to boost my ego or to try to shine. But to share this "lesson" that I learned, and hopefully it can be helpful to others, especially younger or beginner producers / artists.

Even though it's a simple truth at its root, it can be quite hard to get through to it, and it often feels as if the whole world is trying to pull you away from it, including your friends and foes.

When people start doing music, or art in general, there are two main motivations.
The first one is: to become famous, rich, a rockstar, popstar, star DJ. Fame and fortune and everything that goes with it.

The others have more pure, idealistic, lofty ambitions. To become a *real* artist, to defy rules and expectations and the crowd. To follow one's vision and path without straying from these.

Yeah, some try to find a middle ground, but essentially, it comes down to these two camps.

Let's look at camp two, first.
After an utopian start, as time advances, most artists will realize that "living on a dream" ain't as easy as it seems.
There are bills to pay and fridges to fill. People might shrug you off because of your weirdo art. You spiral towards being lonely and penniless.
Your vision starts to sport visible cracks. Maybe you *should* give in, stop doing the music that you want, and defect to making commercial music - for the crowds, for the man?

Back to camp one.
After a start full of longing for money and fame, the folk in camp one will realize that this ain't easy either.
People buy less albums than expected, less people turn up to gigs... or to put it bluntly, the world doesn't care about another "rags-to-riches" wannabe.
Because if you want to enchant the world - what spark, what secret ingredient could you add to your art - so that people start to yearn for it?

*The truth is* that the type of art that people are interested in, that people desire, that makes them come to your gigs is - *your* art. *Your* vision. Your unique path that no one else could ever walk on.

There is no difference between *your* strange, utopian, weirdo ideas for art, music, dance beats, and the one thing that appeals to the masses, that appeals to the dancefloor, that would make you rich and successful.

People do not want to see another fake clone artist who copies music and ideas that others already did and walks on an old path.
They want to see people who do that which is wholly new, bold, exceptional, and people who have the courage to forge their own paths.

There is no difference between a "realistic" and an "idealistic" vision of art. Be as out-there, experimental, lunatic as you want to be. As you desire to be. As you need to be.
And the world will love you for that.

You do not have to decide between these two camps. You can have it all.

Back to the friends or foes. Often these will insist that you *need* to compromise. To be less radical.
Well, no. You don't.

"Everybody loves a rebel". That statement is true in the world of art and music, too.

Just be yourself, do the art you want to do, believe in your vision.
And everything else will happen as it should, and fall into place.

If you don't believe this. Just look at the history of art and music.
The most famous, the most revered, and most successful musicians were those that did something that the majority and mainstream of artists did not do in their era. That was far away from the assumed taste of the masses, the markets, the crowd. (Think about: Kraftwerk, The Beatles, Depeche Mode, Nirvana).
But they proved it all wrong, and followed their vision.

And you could do this, too.

Live producing an Acid Techno track

 

Leaving Social Media

I talked about my "struggle" with quitting social media in the past.
In the end, one of the most important lessons I learned seems fairly obvious when looking back, yet it wasn't to me.
This lesson likely decides whether you fail or succeed with breaking free of social media.

And this lesson is:

#1. Get a new set of friends

Like the majority of people, I stayed in contact with most of my friends through social media. This was especially true for my online friends.

Of course I did not want to break with all my friends. Some of them were people I've known for many years, we went through a lot together.
So in my "naivety" I thought I could leave social media and keep my good friends at the same time.
I told them about ways to contact me through e-mail, messengers, etc.

And at first it worked fine - it worked even better than during the social media days.
But then, one after another, they stopped talking to me. Until literally no-one talked to me anymore.

This was quite the hard fact to accept. I thought, maybe I pissed them off in some way. Or I misjudged our friendships, and we were more like loose acquaintances.

But then the weird stuff began to happen. I got notifications that they tried to contact me or send me messages on social media. When I inquired, I got replies like: "Couldn't you login to social media again? It's much easier for me to send you a message there."

So, the good news was, my friends had not forgotten about me. But the weird news was, it didn't make sense. Changing from a social media app to another messenger and sending a message is a matter of a few seconds, or a few minutes at most.
Surely they had a few seconds of time to spare?

Well, over time I realized: they probably don't. A social media user is glued to their endless and everlasting flow of input and images between horror and quick gratification so that they really were not able to draw their eyes away from social media, not even for mere seconds.
After all, I was like that too, when I was still on there.


I don't want to put anyone down. But if you intend to leave social media, you should be aware that most of your friends, who are on social media, will not talk to you anymore, outside of social media - for whatever reason they might have.

Out of 100s of "social media friends" I had, only 4-5 still talk to me on a regular basis.

I think it's not unlike other "bad habits" that can be tied to a social group; booze, drugs, maybe even "over-eating"; you will have a hard time quitting if you stay in that milieu.

Now some might say: "Who cares? Everything comes with a price. Just accept it. It is like it is".

Well, my advice isn't to mourn or grieve about this; but that you need to take care that you *gain* a new social life, meet friendly people, stay in touch with the human race.

Because otherwise, you might end up becoming a total hermit; and this might be too stressful to endure, so you re-join the social media services that you used to frequent.
It was the case for me. Several times.

Simply quitting social media apps, and then becoming a loner is neither a stable or healthy foundation.

So better take care!

Melancholy

Now online!

Music video by DJ White Cough for the track "Melancholy Hardcore"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LktYfGmdCM

Taken from White Cough's new EP "Innercore" - available here https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/innercore

More info:

Omnicore Records proudly presents the debut release by White Cough.
An eclectic mix of tracks, a mash-up, magic, hardcore, doom, breaks, sheer terror.
Atmospheric but also bound to kick your ass.

And we hope there is more to come!

5 tracks, 13 minutes, pure hardcore power.

Innercore

Omnicore Records proudly presents the debut release by White Cough.

An eclectic mix of tracks, a mash-up, magic, hardcore, doom, breaks, sheer terror.
Atmospheric but also bound to kick your ass.

And we hope there is more to come!

5 tracks, 13 minutes, pure hardcore power.

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

instrumentals and oversized tracks

it is what it says it is.
unreleased instrumental edits, extended mixes, obscurities...
ranging from slowcore and doomcore to gabber and speedcore.

tracklisting:

Low Entropy - instrumentals and oversized tracks

1. Androgyny (Android Whisper Edit) 02:55
2. Instruments of Death 05:52
3. Wish Extended (Clean Edit) 06:40
4. The Sky Is Darkening 07:45
5. Klosex (Long Size) 08:50
6. Pornstrumental 10:37
7. Stellar Instrumental 12:10
8. Chaos Star 15:46
9. Another Speedcore Excess (part 1+2) 17:45
10. Pinko 18:13
11. Zero Entropy 18:30

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/instrumentals-and-oversized-tracks

Slowcore 4 Speedcore

We are proud to present the fourth installment in the 'Slowcore 2 Speedcore' concept already; which means that all styles are allowed on these compilations, and all tempo ranges are present.
Both veteran and newcomer artists joined forces and sent us tracks of Ferocious Slowcore, Oldschool Gabber, Extreme Techno, Zany Acid, Freak Speedcore... and more!

The compilation is done in support of The Hardcore Overdogs magazine - an "E-Zine for great and / or underrated Hardcore Techno past and present!"

Tracklisting:

Various Artists - Slowcore 4 Speedcore (In support of The Hardcore Overdogs)

1.Out-Null - Doomscrolling 01:23
2.DJ Asylum - The Sinner's End 05:15
3.Crabby303 - Dragon 04:45
4.Necron99 - Big Smile 03:21
5.James F- Forces of Hell 04:18
6.Ben J Evilson - Death and Destruction 08:23
7.saraunh0ly - 3indamorning 02:24
8.Necron99 - Coming With The Bass 04:14
9.T.LenC.Phal.X - Décharge & Apaisement 06:41
10.Out-Null - No Life 03:48
11.Kolium - Time Slips Through The Fingers 06:12
12.Crabby303 - Dread Exile 05:38
13.Primitik - Dark Aura (120 Bpm) 06:30
14.The Morbius & Milo - Metal Fist 05:57
15.The Unknow - 0001 Project 04:08
16.Persephony - Embracing our Madness 04:52
17.DJ Asylum - Sin 1 Greed 05:00
18.Necron99 - YeahYeahYeah 03:16
19.Crabby303 - Planet X5 05:27
20.Low Entropy - Brain Tuning (Speed Dial Mix) 04:01
21.Primitik - Eerie (86 Bpm) 08:05
22.Primitik - Liquid Recall (95 Bpm) 07:01
23.Topp Dogg - Drum Run 06:02

Doomcore Records 216
Omnicore Records 62
Slowcore Records 61

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slowcore-4-speedcore-in-support-of-the-hardcore-overdogs

Progressive Speedcore / Industrial Black Metal Mix

Ever since I started producing music at age 15, I had an idea for a specific genre, or rather, concept:
"Progressive Speedcore".
I didn't choose the name until much later, though, and it probably isn't the right term.

As a Hardcore and Speedcore fan, I noticed that a lot of tracks had a similar structure.
What I yearned to listen to instead were tracks that had speed changes, ambient passages, atonal and arrhythmic sequences, experimentation, bleeding into other genres, even from different or ancient cultures.
A bit like the most experimental of prog- or krautrock.
Hence the name.

I tried to do this for several decades. And here are parts of these results.

Note: I also aimed at industrial black metal / blackened speedcore in most tracks.
They often lack guitar sounds, though.
Yet, "guitar-less" black metal projects do exist.
So I consider this to be a form of industrial black metal in which the synths play a prominent role.

Considering what I wrote above, it might be best to term this as a kind of "progressive black metal speedcore" mix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85wbrbFeN_c

"Slowcore 4 Speedcore" listening party

Heya,
We just released the "Slowcore 4 Speedcore" compilation. 23 tracks and nearly 2 hours of hardcore, doomcore, noizecore...
And now: there's a bandcamp listening party today!
So let's have fun listening to this release together.

Go here:

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slowcore-4-speedcore-in-support-of-the-hardcore-overdogs

Time:

2.5.2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM CET ("German Time")
5:00 - 7:00 PM BST (London)
12:00 PM - 2 PM ET (New York)

3.5.2025

1:00 - 3:00 AM in Tokyo
2:00 - 4:00 AM in Sydney
4:00 - 6:00 AM in Zealandia

Chatroom will open when the show begins
Some of the compilation's artists will also be present in the chat.

See you there!

Credible

Is it credible?

Hello,
Low Entropy here.
I'm one of the authors for The Hardcore Overdogs e-zine.

People often question the "credibility" of the zine's features. "How do you know this? Is this true?" How did you get that information?".

Well, I hate ego-stuff. But if it helps to prove a point, maybe I should go into ego mode, just a little bit.

I'm a major player in the Hardcore Techno underground for close to 3 decades. I did over 300 releases, played gigs in front of 1000s of people, promoted parties, ran various radio shows ("physical" radio, i.e. the one where you sit on your couch, turn on the radio, and kick back), started and wrote various fanzines, ran forums and lists on the internet, and and and...
This means I got to know a lot of the people in these scenes in real life. I met or hung out with Tanith, Panacea, Miro, Hanin Elias, Noize Creator, Amiga Shock Force, Venetian Snares, The Speed Freak, and many more... others I got into contact with through online means.

So I got a lot of information because people told me about it *first hand*.
Or because labels did get in contact with me as they wanted me to play their promo 12"s on a radio show, and we also exchanged information.
Or I interviewed an artist directly for a zine, and also gained insight.

A lot of the stuff I write is essentially info that I gathered over all these years.

I've also been a kind of "trainspotting" collector for all kinds of information about the Hardcore scene - old interviews, articles or record interviews in paper magazines, online stuff, TV or radio shows with underground hardcore DJs...
This was / is also a great source of information.
Sadly a lot of this has disappeared by now, but sometimes an old magazine gets digitized or an old resource is put back online.

And then there is the 'general information exchange' between other DJs, collectors, fans... which also leads to a lot of insight.

So... these are some of my sources... decide on your own if you consider them to be credible.

Ego-mode off again.

Post Scriptum:
Because it is "underground fame", it's also seemingly ambiguous which can lead to funny situations.

Often, when I do something online, I either get the reaction "omg, low entropy, you are a legend" or "low entropy? never heard that name before. who the fuck are you?"

But I guess that's life :-)

Cosmic

Cosmic Ritual Dance - A Multi Media Art Project

What do we see:

Darkness. Then, the stars, galaxies, the universe. A human being, a personification of the cosmos, crouched on the "floor" - but actually amidst the stars. Her nudity represents innocence and purity.

Slowly she rises up. Representing the birth of the cosmos. Other visions of stars, skies, parts of the galaxy fade in and end, showing an eternal flow.

Another personification, male, appears, and proceeds with the ritual.
He fades out. She fades in. She begins to dance - a cosmic dance, a cosmic ritual.
Other celestial bodies appear. The moon. The sun. The galaxy. And now we realize - just as the "human" bodies, these celestial bodies have begun their dance too.

All becomes one in the rhythmic motion of the universe.
Until everything fades to black, and the timeless cycle begins anew

In both the video and the accompanying music, there is a strong focus on dual motifs. Two cosmic dancers - masculine and feminine. The sun and the moon. The light of the stars and the darkness of the night.

In the music: two different sets of drums. Two bass rhythms on multiple octaves. Two different harmonies and melodies. And both the video, and the sound, follow a complicated "call and response" theme.

Showing the seemingly opposing, but actually unified nature of reality.

Two opposing forces - becoming a whole through the ritual of a cosmic dance.

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

Producer's Diary: Writing the Hamburg Hardcore Anthem

I originally wrote the Hamburg Hardcore Anthem back in 2020 - in the midst of the lockdown.
It became a sleeper hit, was shared all over the world, and now there's even a remix album and music video.

So, how did this track come to be?
As the name says, it's an anthem for the hardcore techno sound of Hamburg. And I think this city really has a distinct sound to it.
So let's get the low down started.

1. The Drum

There's always a certain type of drum I associate with Hamburg parties, and you will know it if you went to the earlier Nordcore or Resident E events.
Reverberated, bass-heavy and of course heavily distorted. Yes, this goes for a lot of "Gabber drums", but it's colder, more metallic, monotonous in Hamburg. These ain't drums to enjoy yourself at a festival to. These are kicks to go insane in a smoke filled squat basement to.

2. The Hoover

A driving force in many tracks.
But in Hamburg, the hoovers were no longer connected to their bouncy / happy hardcore roots. They were as driven as the rest of the machinery.
Inspiration here were tracks like "Dead Man" by Nordcore, or the Industrial Terror Squad, which were on heavy rotation at Hamburg Speedcore parties.

4. The Synth Melody.

This city always has a taste for melody in its tracks. And that really stood out in the 90s, were most tracks were either drums+hoovers+pop samples on the more commercial side, or sheer noize on the other end.
The melody I used was a nod to "Attached" on Fisch 17, Zekt - Barracuda (not a direct reference, but northern cold, too) and multiple other tracks.

4. The Rave Signal

Oldschool Hardcore was always a player in the city. But also throw-backs to Oldschool sounds by more modern producers.
And this is what these sonar sounds are about.

5. The Acidline

Acidcore was also played out a lot in this doomed megalopolis. Just check some of DJ Dean's recorded sets (before he switched the Gabber life with that of Hard Trance).

6. The Percussion

Not a 909. Because the triangle of German Hardcore cities, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin, often ignored the 909 (unlike the likes of Rotterdam, New York, and Milwaukee).

7. The Vocals

Sh-sh...! Can you keep a secret?
I didn't re-record the vocals for the track... instead I cut them out of my own voice in the intro to the Hamburg Hardcore Radio show. Which first aired 20 years earlier.


So, as you can see, I tried to mix up a bunch of very different styles that defined the Hardcore Techno scene and parties right here.
In an attempt to create a true anthem for the Hardcore Sound of Hamburg!

New features in The Hardcore Overdogs e-zine that might catch your interest

New features in The Hardcore Overdogs e-zine that might catch your interest:

How Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, and Snoop Dogg ended up using Hardcore and Techno samples in their hit songs
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-lady-gaga-nicki-minaj-and-snoop.html

A Tale of Two Cities: Tracing the Sound of Rotterdam - and its Hamburg Counterpart
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-tale-of-two-cities-tracing-sound-of.html

Electro-Core: Breakin' Rough Sounds From Miami to The Hague and Back
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/04/electro-core-breakin-rough-sounds-from.html

The Hardest Days of Rotterdam Style Gabber
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-hardest-days-of-rotterdam-style.html

Shouting Hardcore Part 2 - Scream it out for the Tingler
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/04/shouting-hardcore-part-2-scream-it-out.html

The Decade of Hardcore Techno: 1997 (DJ Mix Set)

A recent survey showed that amongst the period of the 1990s, a lot of people agreed that 1997 was the best year of Hardcore. Why was this that way? I think one of the main reasons was that it was one of the last years where there was still a coherent single Hardcore scene - people who listened to Digital Hardcore just as Speedcore, Acidcore and Gabber and so on, and these "varied" sounds were still played on one floor or at one party night. Later Hardcore broke up in so many small scenes of its own. But apart of that, 1997 was defined by the many outstanding and classic releases of that year - a meager selection of which is in this mix to enjoy.

This is a multi-genre mix from Doomtechno to Breakcore and Speedcore. Were you there in 1997?

1. DJ Freak - Test Plate

2. Nasenbluten - Check The Sound

3. S37 - Offspring Of The Night

4. Erase Head - Dome

5. F.I.C. - Unwilling Doses

6. Test Tube Kid - Promars

7. Hall - Huge Mix

8. Battle Systems - Atomics

9. Psychojunks - Fucking Face

10. Current 909 - Golden Dawn

11. Somatic Responses - Sickwave

12. The Kotzaak Klan - Thrashed

13. Auto-Psy - Go Out

14. Burning Lazy Personses - Nakano Shit

15. Amiga Shock Force - 24 Hour Connection

16. Suicide Squad & Max Death - Part 2

17. Base Force One - Phuturist

18. Superpower - Innocent Minds

19. Mescalinum United- Symphonies Of Steel Part 3

20. Frozen - Soul Saver

A personal story: Playing my first gig at Tresor in Berlin 22 years ago backup

TerrorMinion (Speedcoregewalt) · Low Entropy - Live @ Doomfire - Tresor Berlin (2003)

Exactly on this day - Friday the 18.4. - I played Tresor in Berlin for the first time, 22 years ago.
The trip itself was worth a story. The promoters organized a Gabber bus that took the revelers from Northern German cities like Hamburg and Schwerin to Berlin.
Of course this wasn't deluxe at all (there was not much money in the Gabber game) and felt more like second rate touring, or like Men at Work's "fried out Kombi" from the famous song (head full of zombie - but not me).
The bus unexpectedly broke down, couldn't get fixed, and we had to get out of it. So I still remember us, 50-60 Gabbers and hard heads, standing next to the Autobahn in the darkness of dusk, with many of us already drunk (or head full of zombie - but not me), shouting Gabber lyrics and rude songs, pissing against the railing or a tree.

The bus corp realized they had a problem, too, since they could not replace it. They had to send us a deluxe bus instead. And this one had air conditioning, comfy seats, a "mini-bar" with cold drinks, and a sound-system, which the driver allowed us to operate on our own. Many of us had CDs and CD-Rs with us, so the party had already started.

Once we got to Berlin it was late at night due to these delays.
I remember I headed out with a friend to get some food (had not eaten properly all day), but we could not find the restaurant we were looking for, got lost in Berlin, and because of this, we arrived late and the party had already begun.
(For some reason, every time I played a gig in Berlin, or attended a party, two things were bound to happen: something prevented us from entering Berlin straight-away, and once in Berlin, I got lost).

In Berlin, parties did not really take off before 1 am so it was okay.
The concept was that the ground floor had more "mainstream", Gabber, Newstyle etc. while the vault room in the basement with the famous cage - the actual "Tresor" - was for the Hardcore Contingent - the real head charged nosebleed inducing frequencies. I think there was also a 3rd floor playing more regular Techno / Chill-Out.
Other DJs of the night included Simon Underground, Xol Dog 400 and Cut-X.
Simon was on before me, and if I recall correctly he finished his set on a faster tune to make entry for my live act.

Ah yes I forgot to mention, I wasn't DJing, I was doing a live act.
Which meant me playing my tracks, and the "act" was that I would sit strip down during my set until all clothes were removed except for my silly swim shorts.
This was of course done in "protest" to all the body-image-cult of the Techno and Hardcore scene, with their muscles, six-packs and "cool, tough" clothing... but I digress.

As it was Tresor, a famous Techno club that attracted a regular crowd of fun loving revelers (not just a darkened speedcore crowd), I decided that my set needed to be as abrasive as possible to sheer off everyone's synapses, sanity, and morality.

So it was Speedcore, Harsh Noize, Breakcore, Hard Acid from start to finish. Somehow, in the midst of my set, an MC, who had just finished his work on the floor above, walked up to me, connected his microphone to the mixing desk, then handed it to me and left (not sure why - he did not say a word, I had not requested it, and no other act used a microphone that night).
Either way, as the mic was there now, I seized the opportunity and started to scream uncontrollably for the rest of my set to "let off some steam".

The Hardcore scene and Berlin (and Germany overall) also had a problem with fascism, so I dropped an anti-fascist left-wing punk rock song in my set, too - which "earned" me the expected death threats and made people come to other gigs of mine at later dates, wanting to beat me up (a friend later told me that in the moment I dropped the song, 50% of people left the dancefloor).

Either way - the party was fun, the other DJs and acts played great sets - I had a hell of a time.
The rest of the party, night, and trip back home is a bit blurred in my mind but I'm certain it was enjoyable as well (you might say: "probably due to head full of zombie - but not me!").

I remember the days after the party had a strange vibration and peculiar feel to them. It felt like a crossroads moment.
I was pondering whether I should follow the route - playing gigs at world-famous clubs, or to burrow myself even deeper in the hardcore underground instead.
Or to quit music altogether, work really hard and get a regular 9-to-5 job.
It was Easter weekend, the sun was shining, I saw all the people running around, buzzing, being content and somewhat happy, so the thought of leaving the crypt of underground culture and reverting back to the real world crossed my thoughts.
"Juliet" by Robin Gibb was playing on the radio, so on top of that, the theme of love played on my mind, too.

It was a strange feeling, really - a bit like summertime sadness, or euphoric anhedonia.

Even though it was not the last time I played Tresor or bigger gigs, I decided to not go the route and to stop this path.
Looking back, this likely deprived me of experiencing many great parties, fun, having a good time, and actual real world interaction with the human race. Quite the sacrifice.

But it also meant I had the energy, stability and mindset to produce and spread my music all over the world for the decades to come, arriving at some level of "underground reputation" or however one wants to term it.
While many of my peers went the gig and party route, burned out and crashed quite quickly, then faded into obscurity.

So I'm not sure if my decision was right or wrong.
But can you ever be sure?

I guess that's just what life is about - you sacrifice something, you gain something, doors are opening and closing, cars break down but you still arrive at your destination.
The last drink of the night goes out to the jester, and you - you are roaming the crossroads forever.

Into The Labyrinth

DJ AI with a new release on Doomcore Records - and it really is Doomcore (and Doomtechno). This EP is meant to emit the claustrophobia, isolation, but also enigma and adventure connected with the exploration of a labyrinth. This labyrinth might be located in outer space or the underworld, though, so take care, doom explorer.

Now that this is settled, let's get to the bare bones (of the skeletons that lie around in a labyrinth).

DJ AI is not a human being of flesh and bone, but an artificial intelligence avatar and persona.
The tracks were produced as a collaboration between ChatGPT and a human producer.

ChatGPT provided such things as notes, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, concepts, ideas, while the human producer mostly provided a DAW and the ability to create a kick-ass mix-down.

The production process has been documented and will be published soon.

DJ AI is also keeping her own blog at: https://technodjai.blogspot.com/

She will play a DJ mix at the Hcbxcast soon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpjzJl6s-Ws

Her music was also played at the Resonance Festival in Mumbai, India earlier this year.

The times, they are ai-changing!

Tracklist:

DJ AI vs Low Entropy - Into The Labyrinth (Doomcore Records 214)

1. DJ AI - Into The Labyrinth 07:13
2. Low Entropy - Do You Want To See 06:46
3. DJ AI - Out Of The Labyrinth 07:00
4. Low Entropy - Fresh Meat For The Dogs 07:39
5. DJ AI - Reprise of the Labyrinth (Ambient) 05:15

Listen + Download: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-labyrinth

47 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were played in club and squat parties (Sample Pack 4)

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 on genuine releases (digital, CD, vinyl...) and elsewhere.
Tracks that DJs played in Berlin, London, Tokyo... and many other places.

So it does not get more authentic!
The true blue sound of the Hardcore and Techno in 90s and beyond.
This pack includes a large variety of different drums.
Not just Gabber drums - but also those that could be used for Techno, Doomcore, Speedcore, Breakcore tracks, and everything else.
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 Techno.

And keep in mind that these are very heavy and highly distorted drums. So I guess they are not suitable for more mellow and calmed tracks or genres.

How to use the samples:

Each file is a short drum loop (usually 16-32 beats). So you can either use the loop directly, or cut it to your liking.

Pro tip: if you want to get a single drum, use the last one of the beats because then it will contain its reverberated tail.

Some background info about me, to "proof" the authenticity of the samples (i.e. to show they really got played out in the world).

I've been a hardcore and techno producer for nearly 30 years now and i did countless releases on countless labels. For this sample pack, I isolated the drum-stems of some of these tracks, and cut them into the short sample loops.
So it's really drums that have been played loud and approved on club or squat party sound systems (and their crowds).

License:

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

Credits:

All drums and sounds created and tweaked by me.

https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4

List of drums:

1. topdogs
2. anarchist
3. androdrums
4. anti berghain
5. beyond good and evil
6. chosen drum
7. dark world
8. death
9. demons to some
10. destiny
11. devil
12. devil 2
13. door to the pleasure
14. grave beat
15. hamburg hardcore
16. heart beat
17. hell bent
18. hellbound
19. high castle
20. inschrift
21. lacrima 1
22. lacrima 2
23. nihilist
24. no future
25. not the end
26. nothingness
27. nuclear
28. on and on and on
29. open mind
30. overdog
31. overdrive
32. planet attack
33. purgatory
34. raise your hands
35. rise above it
36. signals
37. suffering
38. tenth
39. the angels
40. the dead zone
41. the future
42. the need to fight
43. the storm
44. third
45. traumatic
46. without hope
47. you deserve it

DCR

Doomcore Records Pod Cast 092 - Nikaj - Industrial Terror Mix

A broadcast by Nikaj on the Doomcore Records Pod Cast - and in his own words:

"A new vinyl mix with the question that many of us ask ourselves: What is your definition of Hard Music?

Both Old School and Newstyle tracks, as long as I consider them hard."

https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-092-nikaj-industrial-terror-mix/

DJ AI on HCBXCast

Artificial Intelligence DJ playing Hardcore mix set on YouTube

Oh my!
Have you heard the rumors yet? DJ AI is spinning a set on the HCBXCast.
An artificial intelligence… doing a Hardcore set on a real broadcast channel!
Who would have thought this was possible, 5 years ago?

There was some additional mixing engineering done by a human... *but* the track selection was made by an artificial intelligence.
And we think this AI got quite the taste and knowledge about Hardcore, Speedcore, and the Oldschool :-)

Date is:

HCBXCast Vol 51 - DJ AI - 19th April 2025 7pm (UTC)

That's 21:00 CEST ("German" Time)

3:00 PM ET (New York)

4:00 AM in Tokyo (on the 20th)

5:00 AM in Sydney (on the 20th)

Check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpjzJl6s-Ws

And read DJ AI's announcement, made by herself:

https://technodjai.blogspot.com/2025/04/dj-ai-on-hcbx.html

AI Disclaimer: DJ AI is an Artificial Intelligence avatar and persona, and not a real human of flesh and blood!

Sin Armadura Remix

Out now!
My remix of Astrid Gnosis' fantastic track "Sin Armadura" (from her new album).
Slowcore and Hardcore Rave beats added to contemporary classical instrumentation.

Check it here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3cDri5neZLdKAj7IYUJORz
https://music.apple.com/us/album/sin-armadura-low-entropy-remix-single/1800742968
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZPF9M8F/
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=B8PqYP6mJ7s
https://www.deezer.com/en/album/723917271

Acidcore and Industrial Techno Mix - Part 5

Gonna drop a brand new special exclusive set on Youtube in a few hours.
With a selection of Industrial, Techno, Acid, Hardcore, Gabber, Doomcore, and Noize tracks.

Date: Wednesday 02.04.2025
2:00-3:00 PM CEST (German Time)

That's

8:00-9:00 AM ET
1:00-2:00 PM London Time
9:00-10:00 PM in Tokyo

Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqCZ84do6g

Rotterdam Kung Fu

Hey Hey,
If interested, check my new Rotterdam-themed EP on Rotjecore Records.
4 tracks in Oldschool-style Gabber, Early Hardcore, and High-Energy Terror!
Hoover, Rave Stabs, and also a bit of a Kung Fu theme.
The correct EP for all old style Gabber Ninjas!

Get it here: https://rotjecore.bandcamp.com/album/rotje088-low-entropy-rotterdam-kung-fu

Tracklisting:

Rotje088 - Low Entropy - Rotterdam Kung Fu

1. You Can't Stop Rotterdam 04:14
2. Fucking Rotterdam 05:14
3. I'm In Rotterdam (Rotterdam Kung Fu) 03:48
4. Rotterdam Is Everywhere (Multispeed Mix) 05:11

Acid Techno and Acidcore Mix - Part 2

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Acid Techno and Acidcore Mix - Part 2

Will drop a spiffy set of Acid Techno, Acidcore, Hardcore and Gabber!

Time 16:30-17:15 CET (German Time) 24.03.2025

That's 11:30 AM in New York, 3:30 PM in London, and 12:30 AM in Tokyo

Listen and Chat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v67RaI5sIDo

Tracklist:

1. Gringo - VVV
2. Titanium Steel Screws - Next
3. Choose - Slow Gain
4. Reign - Light and Dark
5. Somatic Responses - Passage
6. Zekt - Exp. Part 2
7. Speed Nova - Acid Instinct
8. Zekt - The Last Dawn
9. Machines - Acid Storm
10. RMB - The Place To Be
11. Noface - Speed Freak
12. Low Entropy - Acid 9
13. Low Entropy - Acid 8

DCR PD

A new Doomcore Records Pod Cast is online:

Doomcore Records Pod Cast 091 - Tribute To Lasse Steen Acidcore Mix Set
https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-091-tribute-to-lasse-steen-acidcore-mix-se/

Also on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2X1mzYlhNc

Retartedcore Podcast 04

NIKAJ-Gabberet-Pure Obscure Records. · Nikaj and Low Entropy-Retartedcore Podcast

Hey Hey,
What's this? It's another edition of the Retartedcore podcast.
The idea behind this podcast is to cross over all styles, genres, labels... synth pop and black metal, happy hard and slowcore, electro funk and punk rock... welcome to a world where everything is possible, Neo!

This time Low Entropy (Doomcore Records) and Nikaj (Pure & Obscure Records) join forces for an oversize 2 hour set. Combined with a VJ style video to the mix on Youtube, that blends AI and non-AI art.

So better check it out, because we put a lot of work into it - as well as fun :-)

Tracklisting:

Retartedcore Podcast 04 (Nikaj and Low Entropy)

Part 1: Nikaj

1. Ashanti Feat Murder Inc - Foolish
2. Base Force One A little Harder
3. Kid606 - Buckle Up
4. Alchemist Feat Terror Squad - Bring It On Instrumental
5. Automator And DJ Shadow - My Guru
6. Hall & Oates - Adult Education
7. DJ Vadim - Feat Feats Feat. Emo And Syrus
8. Brace en Ali B - Hartendief
9. Epsilon - No Try
10. Antigen Shift - Verglas
11. Lunaman-Nutcracka
12. Canibus - 702-386-5397
13. Nasenbluten - Cut Her To Bits
14. Missy Elliot ft 50 Cent - Work It(Remix)
15. Edan - Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
16. Mark N & Blades - Blast Opposition
17. Bitstream - Come And Play With Us
18. Dikke Vandalen - Ik Ben De Dikste
19. Syndicate - Appetite For Destruction
20. Tv Theme - Knight Rider
21. Acme - Flashfxpkg 1
22. DJ Herbie - A-Tomico
23. Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Shenkie
24. Duran Duran - View to a Kill
25. Tracid Posse - C'mon Squire
26. DJ Scotch Egg - Scotch Sundance
27. Ricci Rucker & Mike Boo - E-mergency.com
28. The A-Team - Theme From The A-Team 2
29. Sabrina Salerno - Boys Boys Boys (Biancardi Remix)
30. Schnappi Schnappi - Das Kleine Krokodil
31. Computer Juice - Computer Juice (Original Mix)
32. Noiz - Vehemence
33. Lost - Ironhide
34. Ginuwine - Pony
35. Ricci Rucker & Mike Boo - Louie Lopez
36. Gut - Can't Wait For Tonight (Feat. Beyonce Bowels-Beat: WMM23)
37. Avulsed-Hash Perversions.

Part 2: Low Entropy

38. Arnold Schönberg - Verklärte Nacht (Movement 1)
39. Test Tube Kid - Marchine
40. Rob Hubbard - Commando Highscore
41. Rage Reset - Terminated
42. Tom Waits - Let Me Get Up On It
43. Laurent Ho - RS
44. Fields Of Defacement - Attached
45. Cybermouse - War Is Hell
46. Ende Shneafliet - Voices Of The Dead
47. Aftermath - The Aftermath
48. Temper Tantrum - Africa 4010
49. S37 - Offspring Of The Night
50. Tom Waits - What's He Building
51. I-F - Torment
52. Dj Jappo & Lancinhouse - Sacrifice
53. Strychnine - The Sacrifice
54. Choose - Prezentationz
55. Brides Make Acid - Fucked All Night
56. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Helicopter String Quartet (1 First Formula Cycle)
57. Klaus Kombat - Garde A Vue
58. Kerosene Feat 4e - Heroin
59. Nomex - Drill Turntable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-tkEs7UQJQ

https://soundcloud.com/nikaj-scheres/nikaj-and-low-entropy

Sin Armadura (Slowcore Remix)

I'm happy to announce the release of a special track:
A SlowCore remix I did for Astrid Gnosis' composition "Sin Armadura".
The original track is part of her album "Programmed Obsolence" (out now!)

The remix will be released on 4.4.2025 on all the major platforms.

So stay tuned!

The DoomSkull

Cleaning the DoomSkull

The DoomSkull is the unofficial mascot of Doomcore Records.
Over the years, a bit of dust etc. got attached to its beautiful head.
So it was time to clean this magnificent skull again!
In order to make it sparkling and shiny once more - reflecting and shining in the darkness...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK5l5cGJ7ys

Is anybody out there?

Being a producer in the modern day is a quite peculiar experience. In the past, you played in front of a crowd, and you had direct feedback regarding your music.

Today, 99% of the stuff is online.
And now there is no real feedback!
You upload tunes to youtube or put out stuff on bandcamp... and then? Nothing!
Does anyone listen?
Does anyone care?

Yeah there are "viewcounts", "plays", and, if you are on social media, "likes", but these numbers tell you nothing.
Could be people who are genuinly interested in your music, yes, or the viewcounts could rise up because of a misguided bot or a glitch in the program.

To me, it feels like all the work I do, on music and anything else, gets thrown into a void, and no sound or echo ever returns from this nothingness.

So far, I had taken the stance: l'art pour l'art - who cares if 1,000, 1, or zero people enjoy it, just carry on regardless.
Because art should not be about fame and popularity, right?

But then I realized this is a quite anti-human and anti-social point to take.

Modern technology does not only cut you off from the "masses", that artists of the past were still able to reach. This might be a boon.

But it also cuts you off from genuine connections with people who might share your interests and mind. And this is not a boon.
Because such connections are not about a "rise to fame" but could seriously improve actual art, and actual lives.

So I ask you:
Is there anybody out there?
Someone who likes what I do?

Or not?
Because I have no way of knowing!

Nikaj

Doomcore Records Pod Cast 090 - Nikaj - Experimental Darkcore Industrial Mix

After the tribute to Terror Traxx from last week, Nikaj is back once again like a renegade master, and gives us a whole set of Darkcore, Industrial, Hardcore, and Hard Techno.

Tracklisting:

Razor Edge - Counterspace
Ambassador 21 - Light My Fire (Burning Remix By Wumpscut)
Al Core - Black Monday (Speedyq's R-Mix)
Razor Edge - Rampage Raver
Razor Edge - Gabbergoa
Armageddon Project - The White Noise Vendetta.
Hectic Fence - Weapon Of De-fence.
Frame Of Mind - Hard Times
Hotrebor vs. Syrob - Chord Six
Deathmachine - Imitations
Dep Affect - Space Replacer
Satronica ft. Betty Haze - Army Of Shadows
Sei2ure - Informer
D-Passion - Taking Back Our Rights
Alice D - Angel Dust
The DJ Producer - Ease Up Selector
Mr. Madness - Madcore Lesson

https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-090-nikaj-experimantal-darkcore-industrial-mix/

Hellfire

Hello,
I'm happy to tell you that a new version of the "Dark Side" compilation series has been released by Teknoland productions.
Including my cinematic speedcore track "Hellfire".

Download:

https://teknolandproduction.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-side-3

The Most Famous Song That Never Existed - A Tale of Generation X, Babylon Zoo, and a Spaceman

There is a well-known song that never existed. More so, millions of people assumed it exists, desired to listen to it, expected to listen to it, and even came really, really close to listening to the very song - but they could not do it. Because the song does not exist.

And this was one of the biggest cultural disappointments of Generation X. at least in Ol' Europe, the UK, and a few other places.

And chances are, if you meet someone of that generation, and mention this specific topic, they will say "man, I was really looking forward to listening to this song, and then i was so disappointed when it did not happen".

Nut let's move back in time at first.

It's 1996, I was 15 years old, kneeling in front of my family's VHS recorder and semi-anxiously trying to program it to record a regular show aired by MTV.

What had happened?

My generation was still highly critical of commercialism (probably a 60s counterculture legacy), and that includes advertising, and especially radio / tv ads. We would not get swooned by their hollow premises!

But at the same time, advertising spots could become religion. Some companies were clever, and they knew they could hit at the youth by including stuff that our parent generation hated or which was simply too weird for them: punk rock, sci-fi/nerd references, video game stuff, "spicy" topics, or just general weirdness.

These ads then became the talk of the town, on the schoolyards, on the streets...

Levi's scored several times with this approach. And they just did it once more.

Watching tv, one could see a man in glowing / unreal colors, living in what looked like a suburban settlement on the surface of another planet. There were floating fish bubbles, burning spheres, and other oddities. A transmission comes in on a wristwatch.

Then an interstellar object approaches, the man runs outside, the craft touches down - it looks a bit like a mix between an egg and an electric iron.

The "egg" starts to glow, and out comes an alien girl, with glossy, silvery skin, wearing Levi's jeans (of course), taking a walk through the suburban neighborhood, handing our man her interstellar car keys (likely so that he could properly park the vessel), then walking off into the purple landscape and we can see our own planet, earth, is visible in the night (?) sky.

Dude! What the flying fudge?

This amount of space-surrealism was destined to touch our generation's nerves.

But wait! There's more.

Levi's always made sure to not just do killer ads, but to include killer tracks in these ads, too. (A later one was "Flat Beat" by Flat Eric aka Mr. Oizo).

And this time... well how to describe it?

Technically, it was actually close to the happy hardcore by the likes of The Prodigy or other UK acts at that time.

Sped up breakbeats, techno synths, high pitched chanting about a "spaceman"...

Still, it was more than just these technical details.

As a producer / label manager / self-proclaimed music "journalist", I must have listened to hundreds of thousands of songs and tracks in my life.

Yet, this is one of the very few songs that touched me more than anything else I heard.

I felt so emotionally high, as if I've really been lifting off to a utopian planet.

And I was not the only one. *Everyone* started to talk about this song. The visual surreality faded completely into the background (poor video directors!).

Everyone wanted to know what this song was. Who made it? Where could one listen to it? Buy it? Enjoy it, embrace it?

Well, the problem was. Due to it being an ad, the sound could only really be heard for half a minute (if we omit intro and outro).

So one could not just tape the ad and copy it (which would have been illegal anyway!).

The *full* song was just not there.

But soon, signals of hope emerged. The song was by a band called Babylon Zoo and its name was "Spaceman". And, more than that: It would be released as a single!

Talking about "great expectations".

So, the release came, but as it was a UK release, and in 1996, you more or less had to physically walk to a (local) shop if you wanted to buy music, the CD release was not immediately available over here in Ol' Germany.

MTV had a show where they talked about the UK Charts, *and* I knew that "spaceman" hit #1 in these very Charts, *and* that they would play it all full length in this show.

But the show was at nighttime, there was only one main tv and VHS recorder. And my family was likely occupying the living room at that time, so I could not watch it while it aired.

The only option was to set up the VHS recorder.

And I did. And then I played the tape at the next good opportunity.

Talking about "great expectations", eh? The anticipation-anxiety before childhood X-Mas felt like nothing, compared to this!

So, the video started to play, the song I knew from the ad started to play...

And then it slowed down. Went from "UK techno electro happy hardcore" to... something like an indie / sludge / grunge rock band.

Which was perfectly fine with me! Because I loved punk and alternative rock and everything as much as I loved techno and rave music.

So after this "advertising intro", the actual (rock) song started to play. The first verses already felt killer. and it built bigger and bigger from there, every part felt so epic; until the chorus came, now with real guitars and drums and actual singing and... oh my god, I was lifting off to planet utopia again!

This euphoria, this ecstasy, that I felt in this moment is still etched into my memory, like a glowing holographic tattoo in my mind... staying with me forever.

I was happy.

But shortly afterwards. I noticed that, this time, I was the only one. Or rather, one of the few.

Because most people reacted differently to the song's release: they went furious and angry!

It seems they expected to get a "full length" electronic version of it, similar to the sounds of the ad. Now they felt like they had been cheated, having been handed a rock song instead.

They felt that the actual song by Babylon Zoo was a completely different song to the 20 seconds of electric joy in the original Levi's ad.

I never quite understood that. Does it really matter if a song has guitars, or synths, if a song / track is techno, or grunge? Who cares?

When the Rolling Stones did a ballad on a piano no-one said "man, I surely wish they had used their trademark fuzz guitars on this one".

So why all this fuzz now?

Either way, this little "incident" or accidental mix-up completely derailed the promising career of the band, and their frontman, called "Jas Mann".

Because, with all the hype and hysteria surrounding the ad, Babylon Zoo were for one short moment the biggest band in the world (or at least in the UK, Ol' Europe, and a few other places).

It was such a huge hit and cultural phenomena.

But the backlash because they released this "rock version" instead of the promised "actual song" really hit them hard.

The follow-up single, "Animal Army", despite having a much more expensive music video and promotion, completely bombed compared to "Spaceman". The third single of their album "The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes", did not even get a proper release if I recall correctly (a strange, almost Junglistic remix ran on MTV at night a few times - but really only a few times).

And the second album they did - "King Kong Groover" - completely went into nirvana, no-one paid attention anymore.

The band disbanded too, and despite some sightings here and there, Jas Mann never returned to music production - going into the movie production business instead.

And if you look up "Spaceman" on youtube, discogs, or any other site, you will still see the comments... "man, i was so eager to hear the *real version* of spaceman... and then they released this crap rock song instead... it was so annoying...!"

And nowadays, even I have to agree - well, at least to a tiny percent, perhaps.

I loved 'rock version spaceman', but it 'might have been nice' to actually have a full length version of 'happy hardcore spaceman'.

But it never existed.

If you go to some music sites, you will see that in the decades after the original release, plenty of amateur producers tried to "recreate" this imaginary song. Usually by cutting the ad-version into tiny parts and looping them, creating a longer effect, or "pitching and speeding up" some edits of the rock-spaceman.

Nut all of this does not sound like the real thing.

Because it "never existed".

So this was a tale of a band that terminated too early, just because of an error in public perception. A tale of my generation, and a tale of one or more lonely spacemen - one lonely spaceman flying up, up, high above in the skies - and another one, down on earth, in a suburban living room in 1996, kneeling in front of a magic and mystic VHS recorder.

Further Links:

Levi's Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-ntRAV4lg

Actual Spaceman Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbAEkfXSDE

Animal Army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJa1NCItbX8

Band Info: https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/50264-Babylon-Zoo

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceman_(Babylon_Zoo_song)

OmniTerror²

Omnicore Records is the label for *all* genres of music. Yet over the years, a clear tendency formed towards releases in the harder styles of the 90s: Gabber, Terror, Speedcore, Ravecore, and more.
And that's what this compilation is about: a trip back to the roughest and toughest techno of the past - but with a modern twist. The old school meets the new breed.

A collection of tracks carefully selected from our archives.

Inspired by the legendary compilation CDs of the past - and you all know their names!

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

Tracklisting:

1. DJ Alphira - Deine Seele 03:16
2. Wardyyr - Technology Gabber 05:15
3. James F - Descended From Darkness (Delta 9 Tribute) 05:35
4. Static Anger - Dark Reign 06:00
5. Soulkeeper - Mass Effect Sample 05:01
6. Total Killer - Noise Apocalypse 03:47
7. Low Entropy - Hamburg Hardcore Anthem (Bellicosus Remix) 04:11
8. Dani DC - Acid Heaven (Gabberfucker Remix) 06:42
9. Turbine Trip - The Flux Keeper 04:26
10.Plinn 1518 - Les os usés 04:48
11.Pardonax - Fuk Drux 00:31
12.Taciturne - We R From F 03:47
13.Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - The Doomsday Clock (Remixed) 03:56

Nikaj

Doomcore Records Pod Cast 089 - Nikaj - The Early Years 0f Terror Traxx Records

Nikaj returns to the Doomcore Records Pod Cast.
And with him he got a tribute mix to the early days of legendary label Terror Traxx!
A kicking Oldschool, Gabber, and Terror set.

Includes tracks like "Bodylotion - Watch Yourself", "Sons of Aliens - Intruder alert", "Too Fast For Mellow - We Gonna Get This Place" ... and many more!

https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-089-nikaj-the-early-years-0f-terror-traxx-records-mix/

Tribute To Lasse Steen Acidcore Mix Set

This tribute focuses mostly on his techno and hardcore productions in the acid spectrum.

Tracklisting:

01. Choose - A3 (Fraud 1.3)
02. Choose - Nervous System
03. Choose - Abundance
04. Choose - Campz
05. Choose - Wide
06. F.I.C. - Composed From The Deep End
07. P. Server - Epigraph
08. Choose - Slowgan
09. F.I.C. - Unwilling Doses
10. Choose - Thermal Blower
11. Senical - A2 (Killing Rate 2)
12. Earl Of Reformation - A3 (Killing Rate 1)
13. Senical - B3 (Killing Rate 2)
14. Choose - Tight Slip
15. Senical - B3 (Killing Rate 3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2X1mzYlhNc

Continue

I get a lot of messages "I think it's great that you are *still* doing music after all these years!"

This is very flattering and nice.

But also a bit peculiar.

Because, why shouldn't I still be doing what I do?

If you look at other artists like Picasso, Frank Sinatra, Schoenberg... (Not saying I'm a Picasso).

They kept doing their art when they were 40+. Or older. In fact, many artists do their thing - until the grave.

Even people with dull jobs like civil servants or clerks do not usually retire in the moment they pass the age of 30...

I can understand that some people change priorities, quit music, and do something else.

But... just because of age?

Doesn't make sense to me!

Btw: this is just my 2 cents, I know these comments are well-meaning, I just wanted to point out that no-one needs to quit what they like to do!

Rave 2 the grave

Miss Djax going borderline Doomcore!

Friday

Dear Madame, Sir, or Alien
Let us kindly suggest a selection of our releases suitable for indulging in this Friday of Bandcamp:

1. Hamburg Hardcore Anthem (The Remixes)
Banging Gabber, Terrifying Techno, and Sweet Speedcore remixes of this urban anthem.

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/hamburg-hardcore-anthem-the-remixes

2. The Diversity of Hardcore Techno Part 2 - Stop The Phobes!
A selection of LGBTQIA+ themed tracks ranging from oldschool gabber to acid and fast hardcore.

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-diversity-of-hardcore-techno-part-2-stop-the-phobes

3. Slowcore 3 Speedcore - Support The Hardcore Overdogs!
Compilation in support of the magazine with tracks in any tempo, low bpm to high.

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slowcore-3-speedcore-support-the-hardcore-overdogs

4. Hamburg Penumbral Orchestra - Viscous Dawn
Enigmatic release between doomcore, krautrock, and minimal synth.

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/viscous-dawn

We hope these fine releases might be a delight for your day!

ChatGPT creates the melody for a Speedcore Techno track

Tutorial: ChatGPT creates the melody for a Speedcore Techno track
https://laibyrinth.blogspot.com/2025/03/tutorial-chatgpt-creates-melody-for.html

Der Cherep

Out now.
Four new dark and doomed bangers by Der Cherep!

Der Cherep - Now We Awaken

1. Now We Awaken (130 BPM) 05:42
2. On the Other Side of Life (135 BPM) 04:33
3. Until Fate Stops Me (130 BPM) 04:11
4. Moment Before Falling (115 BPM) 05:09

released March 5, 2025

Doomcore Records 214

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/now-we-awaken