Sunday, October 19, 2025
Low Entropy - Enter Dimension
Hi folks & hellspawn,
I was invited by Demonic Records to produce some tracks for a new dub plate / lathe cut 10". And I did.
Pre-views and pre-orders are online now...
And you better hurry, because it will be strictly limited.
Of course, there is a digital version available too!
Check here (Previews included)
https://demonicwavs.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-enter-dimension
So let's talk a bit about the tracks and production.
As the title signifies, this time the general theme is the connections of dimensions and times.
The title track, "Enter Dimension" is a classic Oldschool Doomcore affair. But it goes beyond that. The main hook is not a sawtooth-pad, but a synth that is closer to scifi soundtracks, or earlier ambient bands (think 70s "Berlin School")... maybe even with a bit of inspiration by EBM, John Foxx, and Detroit.
"Dawn of Time" pounds at a Slowcore rhythm. But there are plenty of extra elements. Manipulated opera voices... old style UK rave bleeps... doomed chanting... and a bit of animal-like howls.
So I tried to keep it classic with both tracks, but there is also something new... and dark!
Can you dig it?
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 098 - GabberGirl & Low Entropy - Monster Mash
The Doomcore Records Pod Cast is proud to present a new Monster of a Mix, or, actually: a Monster Mash!
The theme fits to Halloween like a glove (and maybe it's the knifeful glove of Freddy Krüger).
Music about Monters, Ghouls, Ghost and Goblins... so don't doze off in a pet semetary (because you don't know *what* you will be *whenever* you wake up...) but put on your dancing shoes and get gabbering to these hardcore tunes!
The mash was mixed (or the mix was mashed) by GabberGirl who is already a veteran on the Pod Cast.
While these sick beats were cured... pardon, "curated" - by our in-house witchdoctor Low Entropy.
So enjoy this Pod, and one final word of warning: if you find a different kind of pod laying around, in your garden, during Halloween... don't pick it up and hold it to your ears, for you don't know if it comes from Planet X, the 8th dimension, or the IRS!
Tracklisting:
MONSTER MASH
By GabberGirl & Low Entropy
Halloween 2025
(Curated by Low Entropy, Mixed by GabberGirl)
DJ Set Tracklist
Deadly Buda—My Theory (mad scientist & Godzilla)
C-Tank—Nightmares are Reality (Freddy Kruger)
Leviathon—We'll Tear Your Soul Apart
Headshop—Xenomorph (from movie “Alien”)
Eradicator—Enter Three Witches
Steve Shit—Cobra vs Werewolf
Dr. Macabre—Poltergeist (performed live)
Hyper-Act—Monster Sound
E.T.—King Kong Never Existed
Zekt—Phantom in the Hall
Trickster & Undercover Anarchist—The Phuckin Dead (zombies)
Headware—Nightbreed Vs Cenobites (Speed Freak Edit)
(from movie “Hellraiser”)
Stickhead & Don Demon—Demonhead
Eradicator—Titan
Psyche Out—Hydra Blast
The Speed Freak—Murder the World (Nix from “Lord of Illusions”)
Syndicate—Grim Reaper
Jack Lucifer—95 Knights (Don’t Fear The Darkness)
Reign—Skeletons March
The Mover—Impaler II (vampire)
Mindviper—The Necromancy
Lory D—Lochnar (entity from movie “Heavy Metal”
https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-098-gabbergirl-low-entropy-monster-mash/
Monday, October 13, 2025
Saturday, October 11, 2025
New vinyl release
Hi folks & hellspawn,
I was invited by Demonic Records to produce some tracks for a new dub plate / lathe cut 10". And I did.
Pre-views and pre-orders are online now...
And you better hurry, because it will be strictly limited.
Of course, there is a digital version available too!
Check here (Previews included)
https://demonicwavs.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-enter-dimension
So let's talk a bit about the tracks and production.
As the title signifies, this time the general theme is the connections of dimensions and times.
The title track, "Enter Dimension" is a classic Oldschool Doomcore affair. But it goes beyond that. The main hook is not a sawtooth-pad, but a synth that is closer to scifi soundtracks, or earlier ambient bands (think 70s "Berlin School")... maybe even with a bit of inspiration by EBM, John Foxx, and Detroit.
"Dawn of Time" pounds at a Slowcore rhythm. But there are plenty of extra elements. Manipulated opera voices... old style UK rave bleeps... doomed chanting... and a bit of animal-like howls.
So I tried to keep it classic with both tracks, but there is also something new... and dark!
Can you dig it?
Thursday, October 9, 2025
My Halloween playlist: Death's knocking on your door
My Halloween playlist: Death's knocking on your door
Here is a playlist I made, and I think it's very fitting for Halloween and Spooky season.
It deals with death, ghosts, the afterlife... but (most of the time) not in a gory or violent way. There are some "funny" / macabre tracks... for example Steven Kilbey's "Like a ghost", in which he tells the story of a man who slowly realizes he might be... a ghost. "
But also some deep, soulful ones like John Foxx' "The Garden".
Most of the time, the songs allude to death in a metaphoric way or one that is open to interpretation. Like in Bowie's "Man Who Sold The World".
So, "enjoy" this playlist!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYhv-kMAryAmpJ4IGzyogseepNlun-mW3
Here is a playlist I made, and I think it's very fitting for Halloween and Spooky season.
It deals with death, ghosts, the afterlife... but (most of the time) not in a gory or violent way. There are some "funny" / macabre tracks... for example Steven Kilbey's "Like a ghost", in which he tells the story of a man who slowly realizes he might be... a ghost. "
But also some deep, soulful ones like John Foxx' "The Garden".
Most of the time, the songs allude to death in a metaphoric way or one that is open to interpretation. Like in Bowie's "Man Who Sold The World".
So, "enjoy" this playlist!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYhv-kMAryAmpJ4IGzyogseepNlun-mW3
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Demonic
Hi folks & hellspawn,
I was invited by Demonic Records to produce some track for a new dub plate / lathe cut 10". And I did.
Pre-views and pre-orders should be online soon.
And you better hurry, because it will be strictly limited.
Expect Oldschool Doomcore!
I was invited by Demonic Records to produce some track for a new dub plate / lathe cut 10". And I did.
Pre-views and pre-orders should be online soon.
And you better hurry, because it will be strictly limited.
Expect Oldschool Doomcore!
Monday, October 6, 2025
Astrid Gnosis - Sin Armadura (Low Entropy Remix) (AI Visualizer Video)
The video muses on the concept of different dimensions, journeys between worlds, artificial realities. The vision of liquid Cyberspace and its connection to the very real, solid, earthly, physical world.
The viewer of this video - the spectator, the passenger - is moving freely between time and space; yet also being stuck in a dark reality. Shifting between painful isolation and vivid communication.
And, in the end, rising above this.
These strange but comforting images try to create a new layer on top of the underlying Techno bass, beats, and sounds.
The "butterfly" is a traditional symbol that connects all these threads.
The visuals were generated using the Leonardo.Ai image and motion generator(s). https://leonardo.ai/
The original track by Astrid Gnosis appeared on her new album "Programmed Obsolescence". You can listen to it here: https://astridgnosis.bandcamp.com/album/programmed-obsolescence or https://open.spotify.com/album/2M54Ji9qXUWr8Bq69eW1I3
And you can get the remix of the track here: https://open.spotify.com/album/3cDri5neZLdKAj7IYUJORz (and at other other streaming platforms).
There is also a producer's diary entry attached to the remix: https://lowentropyproducer.blogspot.com/2025/05/my-producers-diary-producing-slowcore.html
Note: No Ai was used in writing this text.
Saturday, October 4, 2025
A fan-written "guidebook" about Digital Hardcore Recordings
Books or E-books about Electronic Music, Hardcore, or Experimental stuff are still very hard to come by. So we are happy to announce a new one, this time dedicated to DHR out of Berlin!
All the infos about the book:
All the infos about the book:It was due time that Digital Hardcore Recordings aka DHR got its own, unofficial guidebook. It was an important part of music history, of 90s culture, and of history.
This book lists and reviews all Digital Hardcore releases; all albums, EPs, and single releases, CDs, Vinyls, including those that got put out on sublabels.
It's not just a dry, music-centered look at the tracks alone. But also mentions the cultural context, the philosophical context, the political context. And goes way off on various ways sometimes - by looking for connections to other media, movies, movements...
The book is for the dreamers, the restless minds, that were looking for a true alternative in the 90s, or are (still) looking for it in today's times.
This book lists and reviews all Digital Hardcore releases; all albums, EPs, and single releases, CDs, Vinyls, including those that got put out on sublabels.
It's not just a dry, music-centered look at the tracks alone. But also mentions the cultural context, the philosophical context, the political context. And goes way off on various ways sometimes - by looking for connections to other media, movies, movements...
The book is for the dreamers, the restless minds, that were looking for a true alternative in the 90s, or are (still) looking for it in today's times.
We put it on Blogspot for the time being, but working to get it into a real .pdf etc.
Note: No AI has been used in any of these texts.
Chapters:
About Digital Hardcore Recordings
All Digital Hardcore Recordings Albums listed, rated, and reviewed
All Digital Hardcore Recordings single and EP releases reviewed and rated
All DHR Limited releases listed, rated, and short-reviewed
A look at DHR Video releases
All Geist releases reviewed
Credits
https://dhrfanbook.blogspot.com/
Note: No AI has been used in any of these texts.
Chapters:
About Digital Hardcore Recordings
All Digital Hardcore Recordings Albums listed, rated, and reviewed
All Digital Hardcore Recordings single and EP releases reviewed and rated
All DHR Limited releases listed, rated, and short-reviewed
A look at DHR Video releases
All Geist releases reviewed
Credits
https://dhrfanbook.blogspot.com/
Friday, October 3, 2025
Free Drum Sample Packs
It's Bandcamp Friday,
And a lot of artists and labels will message you and tell you to download their tracks and releases for you to listen to.
But isn't that a bit boring?
So I will instead let you know about my sample packs. Which help you produce your *own* tracks instead of merely listen to that of others! And they are all free.
Here are the links:
1. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack
2. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums <- try that one first
3. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3
4. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
5. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/121-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples-for-producing-techno-hardcore-and-more
They might be useful for producing Techno, Hardcore, and other genres.
And here are some example tracks that were made with the sample packs and have been released on actual labels (so you can see this is some legit stuff, and not just some baseless claims (pun intended)).
1. Rotterdam Is Everywhere https://rotjecore.bandcamp.com/track/low-entropy-rotterdam-is-everywhere
2. Acid Chant https://teknolandproduction.bandcamp.com/track/acid-chant
3. Hakken With Wolves https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/track/hakken-with-wolves-short-mix
4. Gabber *** https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/track/gabber-sex-extended-edit
5. You Can't Stop Rotterdam https://rotjecore.bandcamp.com/track/low-entropy-you-cant-stop-rotterdam
And a lot of artists and labels will message you and tell you to download their tracks and releases for you to listen to.
But isn't that a bit boring?
So I will instead let you know about my sample packs. Which help you produce your *own* tracks instead of merely listen to that of others! And they are all free.
Here are the links:
1. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack
2. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums <- try that one first
3. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3
4. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
5. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/121-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples-for-producing-techno-hardcore-and-more
They might be useful for producing Techno, Hardcore, and other genres.
And here are some example tracks that were made with the sample packs and have been released on actual labels (so you can see this is some legit stuff, and not just some baseless claims (pun intended)).
1. Rotterdam Is Everywhere https://rotjecore.bandcamp.com/track/low-entropy-rotterdam-is-everywhere
2. Acid Chant https://teknolandproduction.bandcamp.com/track/acid-chant
3. Hakken With Wolves https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/track/hakken-with-wolves-short-mix
4. Gabber *** https://gabbaretrecords.bandcamp.com/track/gabber-sex-extended-edit
5. You Can't Stop Rotterdam https://rotjecore.bandcamp.com/track/low-entropy-you-cant-stop-rotterdam
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
My Producer's Diary: Sonic Boom Production
Recently, people commented on a claim I made: that I produced the audio material for an album with a runtime of over 60 minutes in only around 30 minutes. Is that really possible, because that means the production time is less than the length of the tracks?
And I think it's an interesting music production topic to explore.
There is a thing I call "sonic boom production", and to me, it is one of the holy grails of the music producer profession, an outstanding achievement. At least if the result is meant to be somewhat audible and meaningful.
But first, we must cross and denounce two popular myths and assumptions.
The first:
Production length is related to the length of the track or the song. But it is not defined or limited by it.
Yes, most of the time, a longer track means "more work".
But if an artist does an album, and it has the tracks:
A 3 minutes
B 4 minutes
C 5 minutes
D 8 minutes
(and so on)
This does not mean the artist *really* spent double the time on the 8 minute track, compared to the 4 minute one
It could even be that the shortest track - A
3 minute - was the most work-intense one.
The second is that music production would be hard work, or takes time, or is complicated, etc.
Yes, it is, but it also is not.
It's like any other activity, being a chef, athlete, tightrope walker, writer, whatever. It might be impossible to some people. But for those for whom it comes natural, it comes natural. And if they're initiated and they're used to it, it's more a rather simplified task, like slicing bread or dicing onions.
Yeah I know, musicians like to wear the halo of being a hard-working martyr, but the truth is that a lot of the famous hit songs you hear on the radio or the tube were conceived, created and completed in bare minutes.
So, if you consider the above facts, it's indeed possible to beat up the clock, and outrun the speed of sound by producing a track in a shorter amount of time then it takes the listener to fully appreciate it from start to finish.
Sonic Boom!
And I think it's an interesting music production topic to explore.
There is a thing I call "sonic boom production", and to me, it is one of the holy grails of the music producer profession, an outstanding achievement. At least if the result is meant to be somewhat audible and meaningful.
But first, we must cross and denounce two popular myths and assumptions.
The first:
Production length is related to the length of the track or the song. But it is not defined or limited by it.
Yes, most of the time, a longer track means "more work".
But if an artist does an album, and it has the tracks:
A 3 minutes
B 4 minutes
C 5 minutes
D 8 minutes
(and so on)
This does not mean the artist *really* spent double the time on the 8 minute track, compared to the 4 minute one
It could even be that the shortest track - A
3 minute - was the most work-intense one.
The second is that music production would be hard work, or takes time, or is complicated, etc.
Yes, it is, but it also is not.
It's like any other activity, being a chef, athlete, tightrope walker, writer, whatever. It might be impossible to some people. But for those for whom it comes natural, it comes natural. And if they're initiated and they're used to it, it's more a rather simplified task, like slicing bread or dicing onions.
Yeah I know, musicians like to wear the halo of being a hard-working martyr, but the truth is that a lot of the famous hit songs you hear on the radio or the tube were conceived, created and completed in bare minutes.
So, if you consider the above facts, it's indeed possible to beat up the clock, and outrun the speed of sound by producing a track in a shorter amount of time then it takes the listener to fully appreciate it from start to finish.
Sonic Boom!
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Nikaj Mix
Nikaj returns to the Doomcore Records Pod Cast with a kickin' set.
This is oldschool and the sound of the 90s. Starts with Techno, Acid and ends in Terror+Speedcore.
Cold, metallic, Loud.
Tracklist:
*Private Productions-
Looped-VIP1033.
*2 Uninterested-I don't care(Lenny Dee mix)-Dyao001.
*Moka Dj-Hei Dieghito-HSR002.
*Hocus Pocus-Hocus Pocus(Gabberianic version)Did1284446.
*Simstim-Other Dimmensions.
*UNR-X911-Rot032.
*The Carpenter-Zagûh
-Hardstuff0009.
*Dj X.D-Flat Chesty Bitch-Hell004.
*Nosferatu-The Future-CPC08.
*Dj X.D-Uncle X-Hell004.
*Ruffneck-Sound Of The Drum & The Bass-Ruf034-5.
*Sigma 909-
MechanicaKN034-5.
*Syclo S9 ft Search & Destroy-The Masterplan-Mono014.
*Rob Gee,Buzz Fuzz & Gizmo-What The Fuck Are You Laughing At?-TP001.
*The Prophet-Pump Up The Volume-DT004.
*Moka Dj-Hard Wind-DFC207.
*Sub Space Distorters-Nova 166-DBN043.
*Zoomroom-Gabastard
-SPW002.
*Dj Choose-Slogan-DBN021.
*Manu Le Malin & The Dj Producer-Better The Devil You Know(U Ziq remix)-Scum010.
*Death Syndicate-
Adrenosceptor-Deathchant45.
*Total Output-Pulse-Hanni007.
*Auto tropp-Devose-PTH004.
*Headcrash-Blasphematik-
Test3.
*Stickhead-
Frankfurt Hools No 1.-Kotz005.
*Xylocaine-Street Sam-Fist09.
*Xylocaine-Dooms-Strike021.
*Max Death-Low Level Thugery-Tuff002.
*The Destroyer-Fuck The Dream-DB042.
*BSE Dj Team-
Disease-Kaka002.
*Bold Bob-
Bold Bass II-Kotz009.
*Passenger Of Shit-Crush Your Enemy-Global002.
https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-097-nikaj-170-to-400-bpm-mix/
Friday, September 26, 2025
30 years in the underground: My journey as a Hardcore and Techno producer (Part 1)
Who is Low Entropy? Who am I?
It's weird, when I get into contact with new people online, the reaction is usually either "who the **** are you?" or "omg, you are a legend, for so many years"! And it's never in between.
I guess I have achieved some kind of shadowy, liminal "fame"...
And, as I have written many bios and features about other artists, labels, projects... maybe it's time I talk about *me* for a while... and spill the beans... even though this might be a dreaded "ego" thing!
So let's go right back.
1.
I was born in the cozy metropolis of Hamburg which is located in Northern Germany in 1980.
As I got into my teens, I got into the new rave / techno wave that swept Europe as well.
Eventually, my interests became much more Hardcore, and finally, I decided to step into this underground scene as well.
It was the mid 90s, and it was kinda a turning point for the German Hardcore Techno scene (and I guess for the global one as well). Hardcore clubs closed, clubs that used to play Hardcore stopped, records stores were not interested in Hardcore records anymore... everything dried up and went bust very quickly.
The underground was still there, there were countless of fans and freaks, a lot of music was still produced... but there were fewer outlets in the "real world" for this...
Partly because of this, I decided to focus my energy elsewhere:
There was another brand spanking new thing: the internet, the information superhighway, cyberspace.
Websites, groups, communities, dedicated to Hardcore and underground music were already set up, and I joined these.
Sites like c8.com, and later the Widerstand forum, or the paranoid section (run by dr macabre), DJ Skinner's Gabber Mailing List, #gabber on efnet irc or #gabba.de on euro irc...
Things were a bit different then. Today, online communities still exist, and they are a lot of fun... but these older sites were not just for chat, sharing favorite tracks or funny pictures.
They were a vital part of the scene, a backbone, that was used to organize and build projects, set up labels, create parties... the majority of the "major players" in the underground were an active part of these sites and groups.
For example, the "biophilia mailing list" had The Speed Freak, Somatic Responses, Christoph de Babalon, "Thaddi" from the Sonic Subjunkies, Christoph who ran Praxis Records... #gabber on efnet had The Outside Agency, Rotterdam Termination Source, Miss Bones, DJ Fishead, the Canadian Speedcore Resistance, Satronica... and lots others. There were only few users online that were not artists like that, or otherwise busy people.
It's almost as if the underground movement had "re-grouped" online now that prospects in the real world had become more grim.
And I, as a young newcomer, was somehow pulled into this maelstrom.
This very interesting part of strange music culture then got lost over time and is almost forgotten now. I guess people failed to properly achieve it, hah.
2. The Millennium came, some people thought the world would go bust, but it did not.
I realized that sitting alone in a room with a computer and being part of the cyberspace underground was fun, but was not enough.
I got a new hair cut and bought new jeans, and decided to have a try with the real world, too.
My first self-produced vinyl EP was then released on Blut Records in early 2000. I actually had some "physical" releases a bit earlier - my 800 bpm speedcore track "adrenaline junkie" was put out on the "biophilia allstars" 2x12" compilation (related to the mailing list mentioned above!), and there were tracks on tape labels ("orange socks", released by FFF), CD-Rs etc.
This Blut EP was still very much in very noisy Speedcore and Breakcore style. Also had my first "hit", Sadstep, which was meant as a joke (as it had the then popular "two step" kind of beat), but received international club (or rather, squat) play.
Later releases, like the "anarcho psychotic ep" on praxis or the self-titled widerstand album were calmer (but still noisy)... more influenced by Dark Ambient, Neue Musik, or even Goth stuff (hello Gary Numan).
Then things flipped around once more, I did the "acid massacre" EP on Black Monolith, my first Acid and Techno vinyl. Followed by "Emerald Planet", a doomed Hardcore / Techno creature.
The earlier eps had been occasionally reviewed in music mags or played in radio shows, too, but "acid massacre" was the one that really put me into the spotlight. You can still find its tracks in the playlist of old and new DJs, and I guess that's not bad for a 20+ years old record.
maybe because of this, I was also being booked at "bigger" clubs like tresor now.
3.
So let's talk about gigs. The first tresor one happened in 2003, but I had played at parties in the years before, too. Mostly organized by friends and acquaintances... the parties and opportunities slowly became bigger, and all of this felt more like being pulled by a wave than really an actively controlled journey by yours truly.
So I would suddenly stand in front of thousands of ravers in Berlin, or being lured into the Netherlands by people and crews I had never heard before (was a nice trip, though!).
Other parties I have fond memories of are "headlining" Nordcore for their santa hardcore event (with one of the most crazy after parties ever), playing on the speedcore floor of schwerin hardcore while Tanith kept the Techno crowd happy, having a 14 hour train drive to southern germany to crash at one of the hugest squat mansions i ever saw... and the recurring berlin gigs, of course.
4.
And our own parties! Because we decided that the world, and hamburg, needs more hardcore, we decided to set up our own parties as well. And "we" were the "maniac menschen" crew of hamburg locals, which included dj sampler19, bakalla, the man unknown, dj escada, plus a few other people...
The parties were a blast, but also a bit hit and miss in terms of attendance...
Sometimes only 70 "paying guests" showed up, and sometimes the basement was filled by waves of people, I guess something like 800+ during the whole of the night.
That a kind of "anarchist / communist" market and festival took place in the same area a few hours earlier might have helped us in that regard though, and might have pulled new people in.
A very surreal and strange thing, as a whole!
5.
Our crew did not just run these parties. We also set up the "hamburg hardcore radio". It was broadcast from a DIY leftwing radio station - a bit like legal pirate radio. So, this wasn't online at all, if you wanted to hear it, you needed to turn on your radio receiver at home or at work.
This show ended up becoming very popular in hamburg. and by "very popular", I don't mean that it was known to the normal population of hamburg. but it was definitely known amongst the hamburg freaks and weirdos, the people who frequent squats and underground stores and other bizarre places.
In fact a lot of people told me that listening to the show was their first introduction to hardcore techno music for them.
Eventually, we decided to put the recorded DJ mixes of the show online as well... to put things on the international sector.
Some of the artists that played in the studios of the Hamburg Hardcore Radio:
Rod Bolts
Cybermouse
Taciturne
6.
And another community effort... the fan-zines!
Xeroxed paper fan-zines were a very, very important part of earlier subcultures, like the 70s / 80s punk and new wave movements. When I met Christoph Fringeli in Berlin he suggested I should set up one, too, so I dutifully did this, together with a bunch of friends.
The "Aurals*x" magazine was born! As I was on the forum of Dr Macabre (as mentioned above), I thought it was a good idea to interview him for one of the early issues... but we did some other stories as well, for example about parties in Berlin, and most importantly, record reviews...!
Even though it was a xeroxed paper mag, we had a good set-up and distribution in various cities in german and also other german-speaking countries (all of the mag was in german language, sorry!).
I don't know exact numbers, but I guess some of the issues had a run close to 10.000 copies... and that's not bad at all for a purely "underground" magazine!
7. so, this was my attempt at a "short bio" and an incomplete list of my activities... for those who care about things like that.
This only covers the "early years", and I might write about other stuff at a later time.
Why am I not more "famous" or well-known these days, if I was involved in "so many" different stuff that even had an impact (or at least I hope that it had) ?
Well, see the intro to this text. I am well and widely known - but only partially (at the same time). Maybe one could term this whole thing a case of "Schrödinger's fame"... :-)
Listening suggestions:
Links:
https://lowentropyproducer.blogspot.com/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/22777-Low-Entropy
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/
It's weird, when I get into contact with new people online, the reaction is usually either "who the **** are you?" or "omg, you are a legend, for so many years"! And it's never in between.
I guess I have achieved some kind of shadowy, liminal "fame"...
And, as I have written many bios and features about other artists, labels, projects... maybe it's time I talk about *me* for a while... and spill the beans... even though this might be a dreaded "ego" thing!
So let's go right back.
I was born in the cozy metropolis of Hamburg which is located in Northern Germany in 1980.
As I got into my teens, I got into the new rave / techno wave that swept Europe as well.
Eventually, my interests became much more Hardcore, and finally, I decided to step into this underground scene as well.
It was the mid 90s, and it was kinda a turning point for the German Hardcore Techno scene (and I guess for the global one as well). Hardcore clubs closed, clubs that used to play Hardcore stopped, records stores were not interested in Hardcore records anymore... everything dried up and went bust very quickly.
The underground was still there, there were countless of fans and freaks, a lot of music was still produced... but there were fewer outlets in the "real world" for this...
Partly because of this, I decided to focus my energy elsewhere:
There was another brand spanking new thing: the internet, the information superhighway, cyberspace.
Websites, groups, communities, dedicated to Hardcore and underground music were already set up, and I joined these.
Sites like c8.com, and later the Widerstand forum, or the paranoid section (run by dr macabre), DJ Skinner's Gabber Mailing List, #gabber on efnet irc or #gabba.de on euro irc...
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| (yes, c8 was the official host for all the labels you can see on this menu) |
They were a vital part of the scene, a backbone, that was used to organize and build projects, set up labels, create parties... the majority of the "major players" in the underground were an active part of these sites and groups.
For example, the "biophilia mailing list" had The Speed Freak, Somatic Responses, Christoph de Babalon, "Thaddi" from the Sonic Subjunkies, Christoph who ran Praxis Records... #gabber on efnet had The Outside Agency, Rotterdam Termination Source, Miss Bones, DJ Fishead, the Canadian Speedcore Resistance, Satronica... and lots others. There were only few users online that were not artists like that, or otherwise busy people.
It's almost as if the underground movement had "re-grouped" online now that prospects in the real world had become more grim.
And I, as a young newcomer, was somehow pulled into this maelstrom.
This very interesting part of strange music culture then got lost over time and is almost forgotten now. I guess people failed to properly achieve it, hah.
2. The Millennium came, some people thought the world would go bust, but it did not.
I realized that sitting alone in a room with a computer and being part of the cyberspace underground was fun, but was not enough.
I got a new hair cut and bought new jeans, and decided to have a try with the real world, too.
Later releases, like the "anarcho psychotic ep" on praxis or the self-titled widerstand album were calmer (but still noisy)... more influenced by Dark Ambient, Neue Musik, or even Goth stuff (hello Gary Numan).
Then things flipped around once more, I did the "acid massacre" EP on Black Monolith, my first Acid and Techno vinyl. Followed by "Emerald Planet", a doomed Hardcore / Techno creature.
maybe because of this, I was also being booked at "bigger" clubs like tresor now.
3.
So let's talk about gigs. The first tresor one happened in 2003, but I had played at parties in the years before, too. Mostly organized by friends and acquaintances... the parties and opportunities slowly became bigger, and all of this felt more like being pulled by a wave than really an actively controlled journey by yours truly.
So I would suddenly stand in front of thousands of ravers in Berlin, or being lured into the Netherlands by people and crews I had never heard before (was a nice trip, though!).
Other parties I have fond memories of are "headlining" Nordcore for their santa hardcore event (with one of the most crazy after parties ever), playing on the speedcore floor of schwerin hardcore while Tanith kept the Techno crowd happy, having a 14 hour train drive to southern germany to crash at one of the hugest squat mansions i ever saw... and the recurring berlin gigs, of course.
And our own parties! Because we decided that the world, and hamburg, needs more hardcore, we decided to set up our own parties as well. And "we" were the "maniac menschen" crew of hamburg locals, which included dj sampler19, bakalla, the man unknown, dj escada, plus a few other people...
The parties were a blast, but also a bit hit and miss in terms of attendance...
Sometimes only 70 "paying guests" showed up, and sometimes the basement was filled by waves of people, I guess something like 800+ during the whole of the night.
That a kind of "anarchist / communist" market and festival took place in the same area a few hours earlier might have helped us in that regard though, and might have pulled new people in.
5.
Our crew did not just run these parties. We also set up the "hamburg hardcore radio". It was broadcast from a DIY leftwing radio station - a bit like legal pirate radio. So, this wasn't online at all, if you wanted to hear it, you needed to turn on your radio receiver at home or at work.
In fact a lot of people told me that listening to the show was their first introduction to hardcore techno music for them.
Eventually, we decided to put the recorded DJ mixes of the show online as well... to put things on the international sector.
Some of the artists that played in the studios of the Hamburg Hardcore Radio:
Rod Bolts
Cybermouse
Taciturne
Nihil Fist
The Speed Freak
The Speed Freak
Bakalla
Igoa
Low Entropy
Sampler 19
Betty Bombshell
DJ Gore
The Man Unknown
6.
And another community effort... the fan-zines!
Xeroxed paper fan-zines were a very, very important part of earlier subcultures, like the 70s / 80s punk and new wave movements. When I met Christoph Fringeli in Berlin he suggested I should set up one, too, so I dutifully did this, together with a bunch of friends.
The "Aurals*x" magazine was born! As I was on the forum of Dr Macabre (as mentioned above), I thought it was a good idea to interview him for one of the early issues... but we did some other stories as well, for example about parties in Berlin, and most importantly, record reviews...!
I don't know exact numbers, but I guess some of the issues had a run close to 10.000 copies... and that's not bad at all for a purely "underground" magazine!
7. so, this was my attempt at a "short bio" and an incomplete list of my activities... for those who care about things like that.
This only covers the "early years", and I might write about other stuff at a later time.
Why am I not more "famous" or well-known these days, if I was involved in "so many" different stuff that even had an impact (or at least I hope that it had) ?
Well, see the intro to this text. I am well and widely known - but only partially (at the same time). Maybe one could term this whole thing a case of "Schrödinger's fame"... :-)
Really Into This Space Stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni567hvEG_U
Funeral Doomcore Techno (60 BPM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifmCjuinoI4
Hamburg Hardcore Anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7iUNHQU6Ac
Some opinions by others about me:
"If you are familiar with the hardcore underground you probably heard of Low Entropy."
"The untouchable Low Entropy"
"The actually legendary Low Entropy"
"German Hardcore legend Low Entropy"
"Low Entropy you are a legend, a myth almost"
"Low Entropy's lifelong work in the strife to perfection"
"Low Entropy is close to a house hold name, world wide known for its unforgivable beats and noise'
"while he was still producing breakcore. He was one of the best around at the
time doing So. [...]Low Entropy proved very early into his music lifespan that he
Was not a one trick pony. And like many great electronic producers, can approach
any style that interests him and still leave a unique and signature mark on it.'
"A formidably prolific techno producer and master of hardcore techno. Low
Entropy needs little introduction to most.
Developing his craft in Germany at a time when the country was becoming well
known for being at the forefront of darker and heavier techno styles. He has
been exploring the boundaries of electronic music since the mid 90s."
"Low Entropy continues to explore new possibilities while still unashamedly a
fan of the production alchemy and rebellion against preconceived notions like
the hardcore pioneers of old."
"If you are familiar with the hardcore underground you probably heard of Low Entropy."
"The untouchable Low Entropy"
"The actually legendary Low Entropy"
"German Hardcore legend Low Entropy"
"Low Entropy you are a legend, a myth almost"
"Low Entropy's lifelong work in the strife to perfection"
"Low Entropy is close to a house hold name, world wide known for its unforgivable beats and noise'
"while he was still producing breakcore. He was one of the best around at the
time doing So. [...]Low Entropy proved very early into his music lifespan that he
Was not a one trick pony. And like many great electronic producers, can approach
any style that interests him and still leave a unique and signature mark on it.'
"A formidably prolific techno producer and master of hardcore techno. Low
Entropy needs little introduction to most.
Developing his craft in Germany at a time when the country was becoming well
known for being at the forefront of darker and heavier techno styles. He has
been exploring the boundaries of electronic music since the mid 90s."
"Low Entropy continues to explore new possibilities while still unashamedly a
fan of the production alchemy and rebellion against preconceived notions like
the hardcore pioneers of old."
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| French producer Umwelt playing one of my tracks in 2020 |
https://lowentropyproducer.blogspot.com/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/22777-Low-Entropy
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Deadraver - In The Shade
...and now here is a new project by Deadraver: the "In The Shade" EP.
With Deadraver, you know what to expect: powerful, twisted Doomcore & Slowcore.
This one comes with a special t(h)reat:
There is also a lathe cut 7" version of this release.
Most of the copies have been given to DJs and other artists... and a few were sold.
Ultra-rare collector's item for the true doom-heads. Those who own this record know who they are.
Good luck if you are trying to find or even buy one in the future. But you know what they say... "opacity is king".
With Deadraver, you know what to expect: powerful, twisted Doomcore & Slowcore.
This one comes with a special t(h)reat:
There is also a lathe cut 7" version of this release.
Most of the copies have been given to DJs and other artists... and a few were sold.
Ultra-rare collector's item for the true doom-heads. Those who own this record know who they are.
Good luck if you are trying to find or even buy one in the future. But you know what they say... "opacity is king".
Info:
Deadraver - In The Shade
Doomcore Records 223
Doomcore Records Vinyl 001
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-shade
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
New Mainstream Pollution Videocast
Saturday the 27th of September at 19:00.
Low Entropy and Nikaj Njb will bring you a new chapter of the Mainstream Pollution Podcast.
This one will include a large variety of styles.
A videomix of Blues,New Wave,Disco,Miami bass
Electro,Electro,Turntablism
,Doomcore,Techno,Hard Techno,
Acid,Acidcore,Industrial,Breakcore,
Hiphouse,Rap,Ambient,Grindcore,Gabber,
Hardcore,Terror and many more genres.
We have no musical boundaries as long as its music that we enjoy and can relate to.
77 tracks mixed by the 2 of us.
Over 3 hours of diversity.
Tracklist.
Part 1 Low Entropy:
1. Static Radio Intro
2. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
3. Peter Schilling - Major Tom
4. Shakespeare's Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On)
5. David Bowie - Space Oddities
6. F.u.s.e. - Nitedrive
7. Battlestar Galactica - 1978 TV Intro
8. Night Moves - Transdance (UK Club mix)
9. Visage - Frequency 9 (Vocal Mix)
10. Hashim - We Are Rocking The Planet
11. I-F - Space Invaders are Smoking Grass (XL Mix)
12. Umwelt - Dead City
13. War Of the Worlds - Monologue
14. Cybotron - Cosmic Cars (Enter LP Mix)
15. Cyborg Unknown - Year 2001 (Deep In Detroit - U.S. Mix)
16. Destination - The Trip
17. Zodiac Mindwarp - Wolfchild Speech
18. Oliver Chesler - Speeding Through Time
19. The Mover - Comet Swarm Rising
20. Electric Light Orchestra - Prologue
21. Genlog - Mockmoon
22. Alien Factory - Destiny
23. Nyloc - The Capricorn Ep - The 10Th Sign
24. Mescalinum United - Jupiter Union
25. 100% Acidiferous - Nu Horizons
26. Steel - Soundtrack for Sex with Aliens
27. Altered States - The Final Truth.
Part 2:
28. Santana Abraxas-Oyo como ya-CBS S 64087(1970).
29.Bombdogs 'N' Krude-Cancel The Apocalypse-SMB 09(2002).
30.Fade X-Curiosity-MMI9078(1991).
31.Mr Lee-Get busy (Chicago mix)Jive 1274-1(1989).
32.Cj Bolland-Carmague-
R&S92024(1992).
33.Bee Gees-The woman in you-RSO813269-1(1983).
34.Ancronix-Crapshoot-Ruff lm 2(2002).
35.A Simetric-?-Killit 14(1994).
36.Hamunaptra-
Knowledge of death-Enzyme023(2006).
37.Rexanthony-Technoshock six-SOB255(1996).
38.Peaky Pounder-Positivista-
T3RDM0127(2007).
39.Dj Hooligan & Dj Rob-Love Time(1994).
40.Mindustries-Instru mental Disorder.Enzyme19(2005).
41.FFM Shadow Orchestra-Killing zoo-Interzone002(1995).
42.Zongamin-Cretaceous
-Flesh02(1999).
43.EPMD-You gots to chill(Acapella)Fresh80118Y(1988).
44.Prodigy-Molotov Bitch-XLT70(1996).
45.Knife-Dekoder Paul Blackout mix-Fist31(2004).
46.Ruffneck & Nosferatu-
Shades of desperation-Enzyme033(2010)
47.Hellfish-R2-DC20(1999).
48.GHS-Columbian chaos-Trashcan017(1996).
49.P Server-Plunger-
Fischkopf007(1994).
50.Tumor-Von Himmel Hoch/Cannibal christmas/Pressurize till headburstFWR#5(1994).
51.Rioteer-The only difference-Keta004(2009).
52.Dj Isaac-Bad Dreams-Rave45th(1995).
53.Ingler-R kor markine-épitéth005(1995).
54.Kovert-Murderous Style-Damage12.003(2002).
55.Noisebuilder(Heretik)-Chaine-Plvm 2(1999).
56.Celblock X-Kolikalv-Hardstuff011(1993).
57.Overcast-Attack-Fist16(1998).
58.S37-Frontal attack posse- Chud02.
59.Geroyche-Body talk-Kougai3(2002).
60.Somatic Responses-Vaster-Six07(1998)
61.Direkt Jive-Peripheral diversion-Detund02(2006).
62.LL Cool j-Ahh let's get ill(Def450515 1(1987).
63.Bomb 20-Play da game-DHR20(1996).
64.Messiah-There is no law Joey Beltram & Program 2 mix-Kick10TR.(1991).
65.Atom X-Octav 8-Reload9417(1994).
66.Herbie Hancock meets Coldcut-Rockit-Label?(2002).
67.Dr Macabre-Poltergeist-
Pow003(1996).
68.Dj Scud & Panacea aka The Redeemer-Lonely Soldier-AmbushX04(2005).
69.Fallen Angel-The walls are alive-Ravefrontier002(2001).
70.Flx-Elocin-Cannibal Society28(2009).
71.The Stunned Guys & Darrien Kelly-Our definition of the Old Style-Trax9605(1996).
72.Chosen Few-Feel the dream-Mokum18(1994).
73.Eye D-
SlipgevaarCamo6(1999).
74.Delta 9 & Lenny Dee-Nobody likes the records that i play-AWW002(2005).
75.George Vagas-Hyperdome experience-VIP1016(2004 originally 1994 by Zombie Rec).
76.The Bug-Warrior Queen-Cat158(2004).
77.Hamunaptra-Limytz-Enzyme023(2006).
Time zone transmat:
The show takes place at 7:00 PM Hamburg / Amsterdam time.
6 PM London Time
1:00 PM New York Time
2:00 AM in Tokyo (on the next day)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3aaU6bPqv0
Friday, September 19, 2025
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 096 - DJ Rites - End of Summer
As the Summer of Doomcore 2025 comes to an end, there is also something (or rather, somone) coming back, and it's DJ Rites from Austria on the Doomcore Records Pod Cast, who was also the one that sparked the initial "Summer of Doomcore" 2023 by writing this neat feature for The Hardcore Techno Overdogs:
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2023/07/doomcore-summer-hits-23.html
And we got a super special treat here! It's not just a "Darkcore" set, but mixes EBM, Industrial, maybe even the Ghosts of Goth... with Doomcore, Hardcore and Techno.
And now let's all chant: "I've got 13 dobermans all named hate..."
...and enjoy this set!
Check out these other artefacts we dug up in our Summer of Doomcore excursion:
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/07/summer-of-doomcore-2025.html
Tracklisting:
DJ Rites - End of Summer Doomcore Records Pod Cast 096
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 096 - DJ Rites - End of Summer
1. C4AT - 30 000 Men
2. Cryptonium - Gehirnwäsche
3. TEMPLER - In Memoriam
4. The Horrorist - 13 Dobermans
5. Foreign Policy - Young People
6. Bourbonese Qualk - Lies (Ancient Methods Remix)
7. Red Deviil - Rogue City
8. Qual - Hell's Door
9. Notausgang - We Want to Control (SARIN Remix)
10. HKKPTR - INFERNO
11. Human Performance Lab - Phantom
12. Ancient Methods - Rot and Retaliate
13. Fifth Era - Untitled FE# 17 B2 [ANGST Remix]
14. General Dynamics - Interrogation Sequence
15. Cubic Nomad - Spice Mining
16. AnTraxid - When I'm Losing My Mind
17. Slavefriese - One Night Back In Time
18. Miro - E-Ville (Original Mix)
19. Dominium - Let Your Mind (Bass Mix)
20. Starving Insect & Catscan - The Rainmaker
21. Meagashira - Through inner core
https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-096-dj-rites-end-of-summer/
And we got a super special treat here! It's not just a "Darkcore" set, but mixes EBM, Industrial, maybe even the Ghosts of Goth... with Doomcore, Hardcore and Techno.
And now let's all chant: "I've got 13 dobermans all named hate..."
...and enjoy this set!
Check out these other artefacts we dug up in our Summer of Doomcore excursion:
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/07/summer-of-doomcore-2025.html
Tracklisting:
DJ Rites - End of Summer Doomcore Records Pod Cast 096
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 096 - DJ Rites - End of Summer
1. C4AT - 30 000 Men
2. Cryptonium - Gehirnwäsche
3. TEMPLER - In Memoriam
4. The Horrorist - 13 Dobermans
5. Foreign Policy - Young People
6. Bourbonese Qualk - Lies (Ancient Methods Remix)
7. Red Deviil - Rogue City
8. Qual - Hell's Door
9. Notausgang - We Want to Control (SARIN Remix)
10. HKKPTR - INFERNO
11. Human Performance Lab - Phantom
12. Ancient Methods - Rot and Retaliate
13. Fifth Era - Untitled FE# 17 B2 [ANGST Remix]
14. General Dynamics - Interrogation Sequence
15. Cubic Nomad - Spice Mining
16. AnTraxid - When I'm Losing My Mind
17. Slavefriese - One Night Back In Time
18. Miro - E-Ville (Original Mix)
19. Dominium - Let Your Mind (Bass Mix)
20. Starving Insect & Catscan - The Rainmaker
21. Meagashira - Through inner core
https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-096-dj-rites-end-of-summer/
Monday, September 15, 2025
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Photo
Story behind this picture: Multipara asked all the artists involved in the "Biophilia Allstars" 2x12" (Christoph de Babalon, Society Suckers, Sonic Subjunkies...) to send in a photo of themselves.
It was 1998, I was on no budget, had no decent camera, so I borrowed an old, nearly defunct polaroid thing from the 60s or 70s, and then shot myself in my bedroom.
Multipara put all our pictures on a sheet that came with the record then, together with additional information and other weird stuff.
Oh yeah I tried for the "androgynous and nerdy" look on that picture, to set a counterpoint to all that ultra-macho sentiment in the Hardcore & Gabber scene at that point.
https://www.discogs.com/release/47142-Various-Biophilia-Allstars
Sunday, September 7, 2025
A 2nd 3way Split
Last year we had a very interesting 3-way split between pfp, plinn 1518, and schnauz.
This concept went very well, so we are now back with the sequel.
Cette fois, les auteurs de choix sont Schnauz, Kubrick Cult, et System Lock.
Each of these maestros bring his own special spin and talent to the release.
The whole split is beyond genre limits and definitions, but if we had to describe it, we'd say:
Might contain traces of Doomcore, Slowcore, Gabber, Tracker Hardcore, Drone, Speedcore, Splittercore, Noize, Drone, Techno, Industrial, Breakcore, and Dark Ambient.
Tracklisting:
Kubrick Cult, Schnauz, System Lock - A 2nd 3way Split (Omnicore Records 65)
1. Kubrick Cult - Not Exactly Kubrick 03:15
2. System Lock - Doomed Autocracy (Imperium Part II) 05:52
3. schnauz - Noizkorh Vermächtnis 06:50
4. Kubrick Cult - Kubrick Cult 04:28
5. System Lock - Disassociation Rave 05:41
6. schnauz - Royaume Spectrale 06:39
7. Kubrick Cult - The Making Of Kubrick Cult 04:03
8. System Lock - Senses Deadened By Adversity 06:22
9. schnauz - Sous Terre 07:43
10. Kubrick Cult - Penderecki 00:12
11. schnauz - The Beast is pulling the strings 06:31
12. System Lock - Closure For An Apathetic Generation 07:01
Listen + Download: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-2nd-3way-split
Friday, September 5, 2025
Sample Packs
It's bandcamp friday,
And a lot of artists and labels will message you and tell you to download their tracks and releases for you to listen to.
But isn't that a bit boring?
So I will instead let you know about my sample packs. Which help you produce your *own* tracks instead of merely listen to that of others! others! And they are all free.
121 Royalty Free 909 Related Drum Samples (for Producing Techno, Hardcore, and More)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/121-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples-for-producing-techno-hardcore-and-more
this is the hardest of em all. and some really strange drums.
And a lot of artists and labels will message you and tell you to download their tracks and releases for you to listen to.
But isn't that a bit boring?
So I will instead let you know about my sample packs. Which help you produce your *own* tracks instead of merely listen to that of others! others! And they are all free.
Low Entropy Sample Pack
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack
This one has loops instead of samples, and also synths, basslines, percussion and all your other needs.
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack
This one has loops instead of samples, and also synths, basslines, percussion and all your other needs.
Low Entropy Sample Pack 2 - Doomcore, Gabber, and Speedcore Bassdrums
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums
this is a "fan favorite".
123 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were used in the 90s (Sample Pack 3)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3
this one's, too!
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums
this is a "fan favorite".
123 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were used in the 90s (Sample Pack 3)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3
this one's, too!
47 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were played in club and squat parties (Sample Pack 4)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
a bit more unusual / FX type of drums (and some really hard ones)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
a bit more unusual / FX type of drums (and some really hard ones)
121 Royalty Free 909 Related Drum Samples (for Producing Techno, Hardcore, and More)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/121-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples-for-producing-techno-hardcore-and-more
this is the hardest of em all. and some really strange drums.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Sunday, August 31, 2025
HCBXCast
Last night's show was wild!
I did a "live@home" Speedcore set, and it went down well.In fact, I got two marriage proposals during the show, which was a first for me.
In case you want to relive and rewind, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtke2Qqsf4
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Strike Back
The focus is on the "good ol' 90s", but not the mainstream stuff, underground releases like Fischkopf or Surgeon 16.
The kind of stuff one might have expected to hear when walking into a squat basement rave of that era.
And... there is a slight bend towards Hardcore connected to Hamburg, either by artist (Taciturne...) or label (Mouse, No Name).
Bon Appetit!
https://soundcloud.com/patrick-huetchen/low-entropy-strike-back
Tracklisting:
1. Bakalla - Das Grosse Kotzalbum
2. Mouse - Vlad
3. Future Viper - Paranoid Beauty
4. Taciturne - Hören mit Schmerzen
5. Mouse - Shift
6. Ec8or - Think About
7. Agro - Bullen Raus
8. Pressurehead - Darkest Days
9. Bakalla - Cruncho
10. Auto-Psy - Neutron
11. Ec8or - Pick da best one
12. No Name - Latex
13. E-de Cologne - Machine Head
14. DJ Tron - Zombie (Die Slowly)
15. Amiga Shock Force - Sex, Mord & Kunst
16. Bakalla - 30 Stunden Schmerzen
17. Ec8or - Speed Erection
18. Bakalla - Prollkommando
19. Taciturne - Nix Mellow
20. Low Entropy - Flatline
21. Ec8or - 666
Friday, August 29, 2025
Le interview
thanks to HCBX, there's a new interview with yours truly in relation to the upcoming show! https://hcbxcast.blogspot.com/2024/11/interview-low-entropy.html
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Method to my Madness
The week starts with a bang, as we are very happy to present to you the premiere music release by none other than Undercurrent (aka Li-Z)
She has been around in the Hardcore circuit for many years, is one of the best DJs (both technical, and in track selections), and has quite the accolades to show.
So how did Li-Z, whose job as a DJ is to spin tracks by other people to other people, happen to have a release out, with her own productions?
Well, she explains it better in her own words:
"A very experimental, one-off release that doesn’t quite fit into any genre. There are influences from Industrial, Hip-Hop, and IDM, but the result doesn’t quite fit into any of them.
These tracks were made around 10 years ago, at a time when I was still exploring music production but already realizing it wasn’t for me. I never really considered myself a producer, and after this I stopped making music altogether. Still, there’s something about these strange tunes, I think it's the 'no rules' and 'in-between-genres' energy that I like and that made me want to share them now. Maybe someone out there will connect with them in their own way."
Word!
Tracklisting:
Undercurrent (aka Li-Z) - Method to my Madness (Omnicore Records 64)
1. Method to my Madness 06:25
2. The Undercurrent 04:25
3. Bill Woodblocks 06:52
4. Neo 04:52
5. The Undercurrent (Instrumental) 04:25
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/method-to-my-madness
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Tribute Mix to Dance Ecstasy 2001 Part 2 - The Endless Summer Mix
And now, a long time later, I finally got around to do - Part 2.
The subtitle is "The Endless Summer Mix". Because, even if that might feel like sacrilege to some Die-Hard PCP Doomcore fans - the releases on DE 2001, most of the time, represented the rave, party, dance, enjoy-life-to-your-fullest side of PCP. Fitting to the end-of-summer days we are in.
And, lastly, it *is* actually an endless mix! I don't know how many DJs did pull this of before. The mix does not end. You can listen to it for days. It is a loop. Just set your player to "repeat". Because the end is already the start of the mix again (huh?... no really, just try it!)
So enjoy these dog days, check the mix, respect to Acardipane and DE 2001. And here's the tracklisting:
Tracklisting:
1. Masters of Rave - Pump It
2. The Great Bellinis - The World is Yours
3. Ace The Space - 9 is a Classic (Remix)
4. Lunatic Asylum - People Want Paradise
5. Rave Creator - A new Mind (Rave Remix)
6. Nasty Django - Let it roar
7. Planet Phuture - Suburban Survival
8. Nasty Django - Cmon
9. SexDrive Entertainment - Untitled
10. Headshop - Paranoid
11. Inferno Bros - Slave to the Rave (Remix)
12. Reign - Light & Dark
13. DJ Jamo & Jack Knives - Seastar II
14. Negative Burn - Gates of Heaven
15. Renegade Legion - Dark Forces
16. Stereo Murder - Don't touch
17. Masters of Rave - Pump It (Remix)
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Terror Tribe
Terror Tribe - The Ascent
For the occasion of this compilation, I decided to do an Extratone track again - which is a rare thing for me. And it combines "traditional" Hardcore and Doomcore elements with Extratone.
https://speedcoreworldwideaudionetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/terror-tribe-the-ascent
The Tortured Shadows Department
Yours truly was invited by Les Ombres Torturées Records to stitch together a live mix for their podcast.
And, going by the name of the label, I present to you The Tortured Shadows Department.
It's less a mix, more an audio narrative, telling a complete and dark story... and each track is a chapter in this imaginary book.
(check the track names to learn more)
Plenty of howling, laments, wailing, agony, and teeth-gnashing, transformed into synths, drums, and noise.
From Dark Ambient and Drone to Doomcore and Speedore.
Until the shadows get set free again...
Tracklisting:
I Drone 1
II Sternenklang 2
III Doomicide
IV Death Dance (of Slowcore)
V Help Me Master
VI Burst Into Fire (and the angels wouldn't help you)
VII Witches
VIII Temple of Divine (Hardcore)
IX Substellar (Slowcore)
X The Self
XI Comprehension of Sweet Sounds (Remix - shadows of shadows are passing)
XII (Fast Dive) Into Nothingness
XIII Killing Zoo (Remix)
XIV The rest of the world (is in a bubble of glass)
XV Death Waits In Samarra
XVI Lucifer
XVII Female Revenge
XVIII Métal Hurlant
XIX There Is No Future
XX Everlasting Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDACZpmTBA8
Friday, August 15, 2025
Drum Sample Pack
121 Royalty Free 909 Related Drum Samples (for Producing Techno, Hardcore, and More)
Here's a brand new serving of kicking hardcore and techno drum samples.
They are free to use, you don't have to pay royalties, you don't have to credit me (see below).
All of these are related to the 909 (the drum machine that made the 90s roar). But are tweaked, distorted, run through fx... so these are not your standard gabber and techno kicks for sure.
There is a huge variety of samples: bass heavy ones, more light weight drums, weird ones, and hyper-distorted sounds.
(The focus is on the heavy ones, of course.)
Because of this, I'd say they are suitable for all electronic genres... hardcore, techno, industrial, indietronics, speedcore... you name it!
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 short samples
So it's really drums that have been played loud and approved at 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.
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/121-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples-for-producing-techno-hardcore-and-more
Note: in some cases, you might need to cut off the "clicking" sound at the end of the sample in an audio editor.
Horrortrax Re-Launch
Good news: Rotjecore re-launched their Horrortrax label!
And the first release is already out, a compilation with yours truly on it as well.
https://rotjecore.bandcamp.com/album/horrortrax094-v-a-black-as-midnight-ep
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
5 art projects that might have killed me
Producing media and art takes an extreme strain on body, mind, and soul.
Overly lengthy production sessions often leave me in a slightly (or more than slightly) confused or disoriented state, and this can lead to a lack of attention to possible dangers, and other issues.
Here are 5 cases where producing music (or projects) might have killed me.
Btw: no drug or substance abuse was involved in any of these. It's just that I go "all-in" with my mind when I focus on something.
As I got older I began to reflect on these, and try to do a more balanced and healthy approach to creativity.
1. Speedcore Excess (album on Speedcore Worldwide, and nomen est omen, I guess)
Was still dizzy and dazed after a 4 hour non-stop production session, so I made a traffic error on my bike and was nearly crushed by two incoming cars. In the end I just got a few bruises.
2. Slowcore Revolutions
Tried to cut my toe-nails (!) in between a production session that lasted for several hours. Accidentally cut into my flesh, and the bleeding was very hard to stop.
3. Summertime Hardcore Mixmarathon
tried to pull a bit of skin from underneath my soles, accidentally ripped it off, started to bleed, didn't treat it well, became infected, sepsis, needed to go to ER and got on antibiotics.
doctor said a little bit of rest might have done the trick, but i did not rest, because of the work on this project.
4. Slowcore Compilation part 1
Felt very strange and sick after corona vaccination, didn't go to the doctor and thought it would go away on its own, and eventually it did.
Later i realized that that not all corona complications are harmless, and it might have been dangerous and it would have been much better if i went to the doctor for it, but in my "doomcore mindset" at that time i was not able to think like this.
5. doors to the pleasures album (aka doors to heaven and hell)
got corona for real now, and felt even more sick.
did not take care of this properly, for similar reasons as above.
during my feverish nightmares, i actually had a dream where "my ancestors" were coming to me. in my dream, i asked them if this meant i was going to die, and they said: "no".
there were many, many, many more cases, but i will stop for now.
this topic might seem a bit more morbid than usual, but to my defense, some of things i listed are quite commonplace amongst the population. like the "i don't want to go to the doctor even if i'm extremely sick" mindset. i have seen completely sober, fluffy pop-loving business, academic, office clerk types with that attitude. so it doesn't take a "doomcore head" for this to happen.
either way, maybe there is something we can learn from such incidents, which is that it is important to watch and take care of one's health, both bodily and mental health. that a person should neither strain the one nor the other. and to go to the doctor and / or talk to your friends about your problems (if you have any problems, but i am sure that you do).
it could make all the difference in the world, you know?
Overly lengthy production sessions often leave me in a slightly (or more than slightly) confused or disoriented state, and this can lead to a lack of attention to possible dangers, and other issues.
Here are 5 cases where producing music (or projects) might have killed me.
Btw: no drug or substance abuse was involved in any of these. It's just that I go "all-in" with my mind when I focus on something.
As I got older I began to reflect on these, and try to do a more balanced and healthy approach to creativity.
1. Speedcore Excess (album on Speedcore Worldwide, and nomen est omen, I guess)
Was still dizzy and dazed after a 4 hour non-stop production session, so I made a traffic error on my bike and was nearly crushed by two incoming cars. In the end I just got a few bruises.
2. Slowcore Revolutions
Tried to cut my toe-nails (!) in between a production session that lasted for several hours. Accidentally cut into my flesh, and the bleeding was very hard to stop.
3. Summertime Hardcore Mixmarathon
tried to pull a bit of skin from underneath my soles, accidentally ripped it off, started to bleed, didn't treat it well, became infected, sepsis, needed to go to ER and got on antibiotics.
doctor said a little bit of rest might have done the trick, but i did not rest, because of the work on this project.
4. Slowcore Compilation part 1
Felt very strange and sick after corona vaccination, didn't go to the doctor and thought it would go away on its own, and eventually it did.
Later i realized that that not all corona complications are harmless, and it might have been dangerous and it would have been much better if i went to the doctor for it, but in my "doomcore mindset" at that time i was not able to think like this.
5. doors to the pleasures album (aka doors to heaven and hell)
got corona for real now, and felt even more sick.
did not take care of this properly, for similar reasons as above.
during my feverish nightmares, i actually had a dream where "my ancestors" were coming to me. in my dream, i asked them if this meant i was going to die, and they said: "no".
there were many, many, many more cases, but i will stop for now.
this topic might seem a bit more morbid than usual, but to my defense, some of things i listed are quite commonplace amongst the population. like the "i don't want to go to the doctor even if i'm extremely sick" mindset. i have seen completely sober, fluffy pop-loving business, academic, office clerk types with that attitude. so it doesn't take a "doomcore head" for this to happen.
either way, maybe there is something we can learn from such incidents, which is that it is important to watch and take care of one's health, both bodily and mental health. that a person should neither strain the one nor the other. and to go to the doctor and / or talk to your friends about your problems (if you have any problems, but i am sure that you do).
it could make all the difference in the world, you know?
Monday, August 11, 2025
?Y
Or in their own worlds (or words) "we channeled this music, sent to us by messengers, through portals, from the world above, the world below, and even stranger dimensions.
As usual, we are not quite sure about the identity of these messengers and the ultimate source of inspiration. Or who is knocking, who's coming through, or what. But maybe that's not so important... we have the best intention and hope it will lead to a magic affair that is entirely benevolent.
This one's for all you Doomcore Witches out there, Acid Alchemists, Gabber Sorcerers, and Techno Shamans. Because we know that, in these times, you need all the support that you can get. We love you all."
What a nice message!
And we think that, no matter if you are a non-believer or believer, you might enjoy these creations.
Tracklist:
1. Meta Morph - Chosen Fate 06:53
2. Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - Funeral Hardcore 07:08
3. 1 Million Slowcore Members - Witches (New Ritual) 06:00
4. Archipel Ego - Through The Darkness Of Future Past 06:40
5. The Magician - The Last Moon Is Cast Over The Last Star Of Morning 05:05
6. MetaLove - Metamorphose 1 08:13
7. Pluto Transit - Scorpio 1 02:35
8. Pluto Transit - Scorpio 2 04:07
9. per luxuria ad astra - Callisto Disco (Part 1) 04:58
10. The Haunted League - Drone from Ganymede 04:53
11. Pluto Transit - Scorpio 3 04:34
12. per luxuria ad astra - Callisto Disco (Part 2) 05:06
13. Master Marble - Caverns Of The Subconscious 38:14
14. Pluto Transit - Scorpio Nox 00:32
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/doomed-techno-witchcraft
Thursday, August 7, 2025
birthday 23
Memory Flashback
This was the flyer for my 23th birthday party.
I thought it would be nice to throw a special event for that occasion.
The "rave" was held in a basement under a post office building, which also had an adjacent nuclear shelter.
At first we thought about hosting the party *inside* the nuclear bunker, but its "rooms" were quite small and tiny, so we dropped the idea.
The basement looked apocalyptic enough anyway.
DJs that night were Rod Bolts, Sampler19, me, and a few others. Jean Bach, and some local DJs attended too, but didn't do any performance, just chilling.
As you can see, there was a variety of styles, including punk rock and video game music, because we were bored with the hardcore / techno "style conformity" of those days.
Everything was great fun and sweet. Rod Bolts dropped "Purple Moon" at midnight, which was the point of my actual birthday.
Eventually, some trouble-makers turned up and things became sour. They started to d*al d*pe, got drunk, minor fights broke out.
Things began to slide out of control, and I gathered my friends for advice. We decided it's better to stop the party before things got really bad.
So we turned off the sound, turned on the lights, and I announced that the party is over. There was mourning and complaints, but eventually, they decided to leave, too.
All of us packed our things and headed for the exit.
While we were still on the stairs, I suddenly noticed that, even though we were mere meters apart, the group of troublemakers, in its entirety, was walking in front of me, while all my friends walked behind me.
So I put on my usual poker face, struck up a conversation with my friend, and when we got to the door, instead of walking through, I closed it in a casual and slow motion way, while also trying to signal to my friends they should stop. And once the door was closed, I locked and bolted it immediately.
The troublemakers quickly realized what was going on, there was shouting and angry screaming, and they tried to kick the door in with all force, but it was steel and a security door, so they couldn't do it. I think they made a ruckus for around 30 minutes before they finally gave up and left.
Either way, we went downstairs and the party got on its way again.
And it was more fun and joy than before, thus the party continued for a few hours more.
Lesson learned: Sometimes you just need to kick the bad things out of your life, and then make sure to lock the door properly so they can't creep in again.
This was the flyer for my 23th birthday party.
I thought it would be nice to throw a special event for that occasion.
The "rave" was held in a basement under a post office building, which also had an adjacent nuclear shelter.
At first we thought about hosting the party *inside* the nuclear bunker, but its "rooms" were quite small and tiny, so we dropped the idea.
The basement looked apocalyptic enough anyway.
DJs that night were Rod Bolts, Sampler19, me, and a few others. Jean Bach, and some local DJs attended too, but didn't do any performance, just chilling.
As you can see, there was a variety of styles, including punk rock and video game music, because we were bored with the hardcore / techno "style conformity" of those days.
Everything was great fun and sweet. Rod Bolts dropped "Purple Moon" at midnight, which was the point of my actual birthday.
Eventually, some trouble-makers turned up and things became sour. They started to d*al d*pe, got drunk, minor fights broke out.
Things began to slide out of control, and I gathered my friends for advice. We decided it's better to stop the party before things got really bad.
So we turned off the sound, turned on the lights, and I announced that the party is over. There was mourning and complaints, but eventually, they decided to leave, too.
All of us packed our things and headed for the exit.
While we were still on the stairs, I suddenly noticed that, even though we were mere meters apart, the group of troublemakers, in its entirety, was walking in front of me, while all my friends walked behind me.
So I put on my usual poker face, struck up a conversation with my friend, and when we got to the door, instead of walking through, I closed it in a casual and slow motion way, while also trying to signal to my friends they should stop. And once the door was closed, I locked and bolted it immediately.
The troublemakers quickly realized what was going on, there was shouting and angry screaming, and they tried to kick the door in with all force, but it was steel and a security door, so they couldn't do it. I think they made a ruckus for around 30 minutes before they finally gave up and left.
Either way, we went downstairs and the party got on its way again.
And it was more fun and joy than before, thus the party continued for a few hours more.
Lesson learned: Sometimes you just need to kick the bad things out of your life, and then make sure to lock the door properly so they can't creep in again.
Friday, August 1, 2025
Sample packs
It's Bandcamp Friday(is it?) but this time, I won't advise you to get any of my tracks for you to listen to...
Because wouldn't it be better to get some samples for production so you had your own tracks to listen (and dance) to?
So here are four themed sample packs to enjoy!
Low Entropy Sample Pack (Drums, Basslines, Percussion, Synths, and more)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack
Low Entropy Sample Pack 2 - Doomcore, Gabber, and Speedcore Bassdrums
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums
123 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were used in the 90s (Sample Pack 3)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3
47 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were played in club and squat parties (Sample Pack 4)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
Because wouldn't it be better to get some samples for production so you had your own tracks to listen (and dance) to?
So here are four themed sample packs to enjoy!
Low Entropy Sample Pack (Drums, Basslines, Percussion, Synths, and more)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack
Low Entropy Sample Pack 2 - Doomcore, Gabber, and Speedcore Bassdrums
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums
123 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were used in the 90s (Sample Pack 3)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3
47 Hardcore Techno and Gabber drums that were played in club and squat parties (Sample Pack 4)
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Overdogs
New The Hardcore Overdogs features that might be worth checking out:
All eyes on Nasenbluten - The Original Nosebleed Techno Act
Sonic Terror out of Dresden: All Eyes on Brutal Chud Records
Extreme Techno Barbarians from Scotland: Looking back at Storm Records
Raving Under the Nuclear Threat: Acid, Techno, and New Beat in 1987-1992
Monster Tracks: Creepy Creatures, Entities, and Beings in Hardcore Techno Music
Thursday, July 24, 2025
invite
In case you got an invite for The Hardcore Overdogs discord server - but when you followed the link it had already expired...
Here is your second chance: https://discord.gg/ZAjcmR27
Here is your second chance: https://discord.gg/ZAjcmR27
Monday, July 21, 2025
Walking in the Doomed Forest of Hamburg ("found footage" Dark Techno horror movie)
"Found Footage" DIY horror movie about dark electronic music
This is not directly about gothic music, more about genres that are related to it...
but maybe the sound and themes of this movie do fit to this subreddit after all.
(if not, feel free to delete the post).
We did a "found footage" style horror movie with a Doomcore / Doomtechno / Dark Ambient type soundtrack.
The idea is to portray a surreal walk through a forest within the urban city limits of Hamburg, Germany.
This is a forest with quite the history, both negative and positive; dismembered corpses in body bags have been found here and other nasty things, but parties and raves have been held there as well, there is an adjacent LBGTQIA+ cruising area close to a lake, at daytime the forest is a romantic place to chill out at, and at night time it's great for stargazing.
So let's just say there are some strange and peculiar energies going around at this place.
Title of our movie: "Walking in the Doomed Forest of Hamburg"
The movie is split into two parts. The first part was intended to look as if recorded with a phone camera by someone who happens to stumble upon this forest and decides to explore it. The second part looks much more cinematic, less gritty and grainy, and now it feels more like an disembodied, ethereal tour through the very forest.
As the journey goes on, the view of the camera eye becomes more and more distorted and mutated, starts to metamorph and hallucinations seemingly start to enter our view.
Apparitions, portals, flames and fire seem to float by our aimless wanderer.
The horror is purely on a psychological level, though. We didn't want to include any actual monsters, zombies, walking corpses...
It's a trip for the mind, you see?
And it's not just about "horror"... it's more like a visual musing on the idea that the ways and pleasures of "heaven and hell" might be closer to you than you dare to imagine.
A very important part is played by the soundtrack. The rough electronic beats plus the dark and / or soothing ambience bleed into the visions of inferno, cosmos, and paradisiacal places.
In the end, this movie follows a seemingly stripped-down, almost "lofi" approach. There is no true narrative beyond the aimless wandering. There is no interaction, there are no other human beings, there is (almost) no apparent world outside the forest. The forest is an encapsulated labyrinth; ideas, concepts, thoughts, get introduced on a symbolic level.
To some viewers, it might feel more like a visually recorded meditation, than an actual "movie".
But this is intentional. The symbolism, the sparse or blatant visual and audio cues are meant to create a world inside the mind of the viewer, by the viewer, for the viewer.
The movie was done in the course of one year (including production and post-production), and shot "on location" in Hamburg... in a forest (of course).
And we think it's actually the first time someone ever did a "found footage" horror movie that is centered around dark electronic / techno music.
If this description sounds like something you'd enjoy, why not give it a try?
the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOsPRnXbNc
more information: https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-first-found-footage-dark-techno.html
This is not directly about gothic music, more about genres that are related to it...
but maybe the sound and themes of this movie do fit to this subreddit after all.
(if not, feel free to delete the post).
We did a "found footage" style horror movie with a Doomcore / Doomtechno / Dark Ambient type soundtrack.
The idea is to portray a surreal walk through a forest within the urban city limits of Hamburg, Germany.
This is a forest with quite the history, both negative and positive; dismembered corpses in body bags have been found here and other nasty things, but parties and raves have been held there as well, there is an adjacent LBGTQIA+ cruising area close to a lake, at daytime the forest is a romantic place to chill out at, and at night time it's great for stargazing.
So let's just say there are some strange and peculiar energies going around at this place.
Title of our movie: "Walking in the Doomed Forest of Hamburg"
The movie is split into two parts. The first part was intended to look as if recorded with a phone camera by someone who happens to stumble upon this forest and decides to explore it. The second part looks much more cinematic, less gritty and grainy, and now it feels more like an disembodied, ethereal tour through the very forest.
As the journey goes on, the view of the camera eye becomes more and more distorted and mutated, starts to metamorph and hallucinations seemingly start to enter our view.
Apparitions, portals, flames and fire seem to float by our aimless wanderer.
The horror is purely on a psychological level, though. We didn't want to include any actual monsters, zombies, walking corpses...
It's a trip for the mind, you see?
And it's not just about "horror"... it's more like a visual musing on the idea that the ways and pleasures of "heaven and hell" might be closer to you than you dare to imagine.
A very important part is played by the soundtrack. The rough electronic beats plus the dark and / or soothing ambience bleed into the visions of inferno, cosmos, and paradisiacal places.
In the end, this movie follows a seemingly stripped-down, almost "lofi" approach. There is no true narrative beyond the aimless wandering. There is no interaction, there are no other human beings, there is (almost) no apparent world outside the forest. The forest is an encapsulated labyrinth; ideas, concepts, thoughts, get introduced on a symbolic level.
To some viewers, it might feel more like a visually recorded meditation, than an actual "movie".
But this is intentional. The symbolism, the sparse or blatant visual and audio cues are meant to create a world inside the mind of the viewer, by the viewer, for the viewer.
The movie was done in the course of one year (including production and post-production), and shot "on location" in Hamburg... in a forest (of course).
And we think it's actually the first time someone ever did a "found footage" horror movie that is centered around dark electronic / techno music.
If this description sounds like something you'd enjoy, why not give it a try?
the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOsPRnXbNc
more information: https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-first-found-footage-dark-techno.html
Cemetery Rave
I finally made it. Another one crossed off my bucket list.
I only filmed the gates, and not the beyond, because I love and respect the dead.
The text on the sign reads "cemetery grounds".
#dark #scary #haunting #doomcore #zombie #cemetary #rave
Friday, July 18, 2025
New Music Videos
We not only got 1, but 5 (five) new music videos up!
Not visualizers or loops, but real bona fide music videos. With lots of work in them, excessive editing, human actors (in some of them).
So better check this stuff out :-)
Not visualizers or loops, but real bona fide music videos. With lots of work in them, excessive editing, human actors (in some of them).
So better check this stuff out :-)
DJ AI - Cosmic Longing
Hey, it's DJ AI! With a Video generated by AI, too, of Course. The track is trippy cosmic ambient and the vid's as well.
Topp Dogg - When you hear the howling it's time to let go
From the new Hardcore Overdogs EP. Not the slightest bit of AI in this one, just traditional CGI.
BTW: is there any other Cosmic Black Metal music video around? Do we have a first?
White Cough - Tatal Nostru
A sacred, spiritual Doomcore / Terrorcore track. And the video is very spiritual as well!
DJ AI - U-Topos
Another DJ AI track, and another AI video! Floating through cybernetic landscapes fueled by Doomcore beats.
Low Entropy - Acid Chant
From the new compilation on Teknoland. And here, all threads come together: AI generation, traditional CGI, real clips / humans... and everything else!
Style: Acid / Acid TechnoThursday, July 17, 2025
Best of the 4th Year
The "Slowcore" Techno movement.
While it was still the "new kid on the block" (and a very unruly kid!) a few years ago, I guess that everyone in 'core or underground Techno scene knows what's about to happen when "Slowcore" gets mentioned.
Heavy distorted drums at 130 bpm or less, screeching synths, cinematic soundscapes... well, you know the score.
Slowcore Records has always been a focal point of this movement, and here is our fourth annual report already! Lightening up the whole spectrum, heavy and soft, Hardcore, Industrial and Techno, drifting to dark ambient and noise... what you hear is what you get.
And remember the credo:
"Everything slower than everything else"
Tracklisting:
Various Artists - Best of the 4th Year
1 Million Slowcore Members - Thy Will Be Done (88-120 BPM) 03:18
buy track
2. Kolium - Submarine 06:53
3. Der Cherep - Hallowed Silence 05:08
4. DazEdge - Dispose 05:06
5. Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - The Bite of the Spider (Chapter 5) 06:04
6. Kolium - Time Slips Through The Fingers 06:12
7. Low Entropy - Do You Want To See (Revisited) 06:46
8. Primitik - Ghosts 05:32
9. Kolium - Aztec Death Whistle (91.11 bpm) 06:29
10. The Magician - The Death Card 05:54
11. Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - 0066 (1 BPM) 03:27
12. Hamburg Penumbral Orchestra - The Drums of Hamburg (60 BPM) 04:40
13. System Lock - Conquest 05:09
14. Origin Of Styx - Seriously Mentally Ill 04:50
15. ALIUS project - Rainfall Protocol (50 BPM) 06:26
16. Ace of Hardcore - Fuck The Porn Industry (120 BPM) 10:39
17. Hamburg Penumbral Orchestra - Back 2 The Pink Opaque Chapter 1 ½ (60 BPM) 07:30
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-of-the-4th-year
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