this is a batch of sample packs i made in the last years.
they mostly focus on techno-hardcore style drums; but they could be used for most other forms of electronic music too, like synth pop or gothtronics.
some drums are harder, some softer, some experimental, some very distorted, some echo-y... well, it's a vast scope of sounds.
some of these sample packs also include other sounds like basslines, synths, and fx.
Some background info:
I've been a hardcore and techno producer for nearly 30 years now and i did countless releases on countless labels (and gigs).
So these are drums that get played out loud and approved at club or squat party sound systems (and their crowds).
License: Feel free to use these samples for any public, private, intimate, or commercial purpose.
Would be *very* cool if you credit me, but it's not strictly necessary.
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 <- a favorite by a lot of people
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
6. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/101-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples
7. https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/multi-genre-techno-hardcore-centered-free-sample-pack-drums-synths
(note: even if it says "gabba speedcore drums" etc, usually the pack includes softer drums as well, or drums that can be used for any other purpose)
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Monday, December 22, 2025
Multi-Genre Techno-Hardcore centered Free Sample Pack (Drums + Synths)
I got another treat for you!
Almost exactly 12 months ago, an app developer reached out to me.
With a very special assignment: to to set up a set of drum patches. To be used in a new drum machine app on the r36s game console!
You can use it like a "console drum kit", sort of: triggering the drums live with the control pads, or do a bit of sequencing.
I did not provide just 1 kit, but a set of drum sample banks. While using the console you are able to switch between the banks and each is dedicated to a specific style. Like Acid, Techno, Doomcore, Speedcore.
Of course all sounds are 100% generated by me.
And, to have hardcore-based drum machine on a console is, by all that i know, a first.
Looking forward to see producers live jamming on this console during their sets.
And there is more! As it's made for producers, it occurred to me that they would still need additional musicians on gear on stage if they want to do a performance... because "drums only" is not enough.
So I added genre-specific sounds to each genre-based sample bank.
Like acid basslines or doomcore synths.
So, in theory you would able to produce or live jam an entire track with each sample set! Would be a bit minimal... but still.
So... the drum machine app was released earlier this year.
But what about people who do not own r36s game console?
There are attempts to port it to other consoles... but what about non-console people?
So I decided to make the drum patches freely available.
And here they are.
Feel free to download them and use them in your tracks. (with the exception of the bonus tracks)
Samples+drums for the following styles are included:
1. Hardcore
2. Techno
3. Gabber
4. Acid
5. Doomcore
6. Speedcore
7. Slowcore
9. Industrial Madness
9. Drum Jam
The developer also asked me to include continuous loops of some of my own tracks that were used in the menu of the app.
I included them as a bonus.
About me:
I just add this to make clear it's a credible release and not some - weird stuff (well, it is weird stuff too, but you know what i mean).
I'm a techno and hardcore producer, dj, and author for several decades, i played at tresor and other places, my projects have been featured in mags like the wire uk, pitchfork, groove magazine, and bla bla... blub blub.
now have fun with the samples!
about the app:
here is the link to the original drum machine app on the r36s game console
https://github.com/xanthiacoder/r36s-ledrums
my original info text:
https://lowentropyproducer.blogspot.com/2025/01/ledrums-drum-machine-app-for-r36s-game.html
and here are some videos that show the console with the app in action.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vdJpAor0rX8
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2LXjl4Am4nE
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pQBRY07BIO4
Sunday, December 21, 2025
My personal 2025 Recap (or how to eat lentil dahl on a bridge)
2025 draws to a close, and as I look back at it, what better occasion to write my thoughts down, as I sit in a restaurant, on a bridge, above a river, and eat a how bowl of yellow lentil dahl?
Cuz, you know, in order to "bridge" the transition from one year to the other...
And as I just burnt my tongue on the still quite hot dahl, maybe my words may be more fluid than usual...
So, one of the highlights for me, this year, was to write 3 books on the techno, hardcore, electronic music, its history, and it's link to the cultural, the political, and the surreal.
"About Digital Hardcore Recordings - A fan-written guidebook"
https://dhrfanbook.blogspot.com/
These were a book that lists and gives an in-depth review of all digital hardcore recordings releases.
A book about the Hamburg label Fischkopf Recordings (that includes short reviews of all tracks on all releases).
"The Fischkopf Records Guidebook"
And one on the history of doomcore and doom techno.
Given the reaction to this one ("I never heard the word "Doomcore", what does mean?"), it was definitely a first.
"Haunted Rave Music - The Doomcore Techno Guidebook"
https://doomcoretechno.blogspot.com/
Another thing was the completion of several movies. Most importantly "Walking in the Doomed Forest of Hamburg".
It was filmed on a nano-budget. And a sequel is already in the works!
Cuz, you know, in order to "bridge" the transition from one year to the other...
And as I just burnt my tongue on the still quite hot dahl, maybe my words may be more fluid than usual...
So, one of the highlights for me, this year, was to write 3 books on the techno, hardcore, electronic music, its history, and it's link to the cultural, the political, and the surreal.
"About Digital Hardcore Recordings - A fan-written guidebook"
https://dhrfanbook.blogspot.com/
These were a book that lists and gives an in-depth review of all digital hardcore recordings releases.
A book about the Hamburg label Fischkopf Recordings (that includes short reviews of all tracks on all releases).
"The Fischkopf Records Guidebook"
And one on the history of doomcore and doom techno.
Given the reaction to this one ("I never heard the word "Doomcore", what does mean?"), it was definitely a first.
https://doomcoretechno.blogspot.com/
It was filmed on a nano-budget. And a sequel is already in the works!
In the realm of "pure music", a new 12" by me had been released by Demonic Recordings - the first "full 12" by me since 6 years!
https://demonicwavs.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-enter-dimension
And I spent a lot of time on another project that now grew very dear to me - the free bassdrum / sample pack project.
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
Regarding the magazines I'm involved in (The Hardcore Overdogs and Cyborg Coffee), 2025 was the year these publications really "blew the lid off the cover".
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It's features and texts had been read by several million people this year, and every major feature was read by at least 20.000-100.000 viewers.
Of course, the amount of readers does not define the quality of a magazine... but it is nice to know that one is (finally) getting heard.
Also in other ways this was the year the "mainstream eye" of society became interested and started to look at our projects. And the "pure hc scene" suddenly felt too-small-of-a-pond...
And now, as I turn my eyes down again, I see that the bowl of hot yellow lentil dahl is finished.
https://demonicwavs.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-enter-dimension
And I spent a lot of time on another project that now grew very dear to me - the free bassdrum / sample pack project.
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
Regarding the magazines I'm involved in (The Hardcore Overdogs and Cyborg Coffee), 2025 was the year these publications really "blew the lid off the cover".
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It's features and texts had been read by several million people this year, and every major feature was read by at least 20.000-100.000 viewers.
Of course, the amount of readers does not define the quality of a magazine... but it is nice to know that one is (finally) getting heard.
Also in other ways this was the year the "mainstream eye" of society became interested and started to look at our projects. And the "pure hc scene" suddenly felt too-small-of-a-pond...
And now, as I turn my eyes down again, I see that the bowl of hot yellow lentil dahl is finished.
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Omnicore Records Best of 2025
and so were the releases on Omnicore Records this year!
Let's celebrate together, with a big bang...
The promise of Omnicore is to be the label for all styles of music; the reality is that it's mostly for hardcore and techno styles...
If you multiply both concepts, you will know what's coming here:
Experimental, Acid, Techno, Gabber, Doomed Hardcore... Breaks, Speedcore, chaos, destruction, and happiness!
1. Raise Above It All (James F Remix) 05:57
2. Out-Null - Doomscrolling 01:23
3. Undercurrent (aka Li-Z) - Method to my Madness 06:25
4. Hamburg Hardcore Anthem (DJ Asylum Remix) 05:30
5. T.LenC.Phal.X - Décharge & Apaisement 06:41
6. schnauz - Noizkorh Vermächtnis 06:50
7. Godfather Death - Hellfire (Purgatorial Obliteration Mix) 03:33
8. White Cough - Hardcore Prayer - Tatal Nostru 01:37
9. Kubrick Cult - Not Exactly Kubrick 03:15
10. DJ Gender - Androgyny (Free Your Mind) (222 BPM) 02:55
11. Your Suffering (Librarium & Bohemian Remix) 06:20
12. System Lock - Doomed Autocracy (Imperium Part II) 05:52
13. Gnosvled - Stygian Grand Ritual 05:53
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-of-2025-2
Monday, December 15, 2025
New vinyl release!
Hello Folks,
I got some very very good news.
My new vinyl on Demonic Recordings has been released now!
This is my first "full length feature" vinyl release since... 2019, I think! (The others in between were split releases and such).
Here is the original info about this release:
"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?"
You can order your copy now, or listen to the previews at:
Of course there is also a purely digital download available, in case that you are not a vinyl fiend!
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Stranger Things Mix
"Celebrate the final season of Stranger Things with Low Entropy and GabberGirl! This atmospheric set tells the scary story of monstrous imaginings haunting the Hawkins teens, the confusion and pain that follows, the sometimes fun and silly interludes, the epic battles on multiple fronts, concluding triumphantly as the creatures are abolished, to forever remain in the Upside Down...
Playlist curated by Low Entropy and the set spun by GabberGirl, this creepy old school mix features techno, hardcore, gabber, rave, and even one speedcore guitar track (in honor of Eddie Munson's ultimate sacrifice.) The early 90's tracks perfectly fit the mood of 1987 Hawkins."
Tracklisting and Info:
GabberGirl & Low Entropy - Stranger Things - Doomcore Records Pod Cast #100
STRANGER THINGS
Mixed by GabberGirl, Curated by Low Entropy
Artwork and Text by GabberGirl
December 2025
1. Infarct—On Another Level
2. The Mover—Changing Platforms
3. Walker—Entering the Violet Dimension
4. Lorenz Attactor—Shadow Fax
5. Biochip C—Strange Invader
6. New Balance—Up and Down
7. Lorenz Attractor—Complexity Crisis
8. Ilsa Gold—Up
9. Sonic Overkill—Born in Hell
10. Subtopia—The Mob Rules
11. Mescalinum United—Vs. Evil (A New Level)
12. Mescalinum United—Lost Zones
13. Temper Tantrum—Darkness Eternal
14. Nordcore GMBH—Stairway to Hell
15. The Posessed—Human Kick Machine
16. Stickhead & Don Demon—Conquer the World
17. FFM Shadow Orchestra—Dead Man Walking
18. Hardsequencer—Broadcast
19. Asylum—Mescalum
20. Los Pablos—Mind Solution
On Souncloud, HearThis, and Youtube.
https://soundcloud.com/og_gabbergirl/stranger-things
https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/gabbergirl-low-entropy-stranger-things-doomcore-records-pod-cast-100/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xslIYgdQ9FA
#techno #trance #acid #gabber #hardcore #rave #ambient #90s
Sunday, December 7, 2025
2025 Recap Preview
Today I completed my 500 day reddit streak by posting the track "E-de Cologne - No Dolphins allowed".
And this might have been good (or not), because if I had not posted it, the following post would have become the one that complete the 500 day run.
And this might have been good (or not), because if I had not posted it, the following post would have become the one that complete the 500 day run.
I am not sure what's going on here, maybe there is no real explanation. But, upon a second thought, it's actually a quite good recap of 2025 vs. my art.
Since it sums up almost everything about what I was interested in and the projects I was involved in, regarding my art activities, in this very year.
Video Games (music), Artificial Intelligence, Poetry, Bots, Japan, Randomness, "Tower Moments" (Castles!), Royalty, Buts, Strange Loops, lack of syntax / context, and Otherness..
Ah well. Might 2026 be just as wild!
Since it sums up almost everything about what I was interested in and the projects I was involved in, regarding my art activities, in this very year.
Video Games (music), Artificial Intelligence, Poetry, Bots, Japan, Randomness, "Tower Moments" (Castles!), Royalty, Buts, Strange Loops, lack of syntax / context, and Otherness..
Ah well. Might 2026 be just as wild!
Friday, December 5, 2025
X-Mas Mix-Set
This year, like last year, Bohemian is doign the Naughy List of mix sets on Toxic Sickness again.
One mix for every day until the 24th.
Some great mixes have already been released this December.
And now it's my turn :-)
Instead of a traditional DJ Mix, I went for a live set... live@the studio actually.
Oh, and I had to add a little "anti-christmas" radio sweep intro at the start ;-)
And here is the tracklist:
1. X-Mas Radio Intro
2. Chosen Fate
3. Fast Future
4. Thy Will Be Done (Kingdom Come Edit)
5. Pluto Transit - Scorpio 1
6. Dark Overdrive
7. Witches (New Ritual)
8. Hakken With Wolves (Short Mix)
9. Drone from Ganymede
10. You Can't Stop Rotterdam
11. Your Destiny
12. Geek Satellites Fight Back
13. Hardcore Like The Wolf (Je Suis Un Chien - Terror Edit)
14. Rotterdam Is Everywhere (Multispeed Mix)
15. Slowcore Speedcore Resistance
16. Topp Dogg - Topp Dogg (Wolf Mix)
https://soundcloud.com/toxic-sickness/low-entropy-the-naughty-list-5-on-toxic-sickness-december-2025
Bandcamp Friday
It's Bandcamp Friday!
And if you want to support us, you can buy the entire Doomcore Records Discography for just 3.15 euro! (or name your price)
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-doomcore-files-volume-1 (scroll down and click on "Buy Digital Discography €3.15 EUR")
And also the entire Low Entropy Discography, including the digitalized tracks from the 1990s vinyl releases.
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/anti-sedative-ep-digital-re-release
Or our Hardcore drum sample packs!
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/101-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples
And if you want to support us, you can buy the entire Doomcore Records Discography for just 3.15 euro! (or name your price)
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-doomcore-files-volume-1 (scroll down and click on "Buy Digital Discography €3.15 EUR")
And also the entire Low Entropy Discography, including the digitalized tracks from the 1990s vinyl releases.
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/anti-sedative-ep-digital-re-release
Or our Hardcore drum sample packs!
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/101-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Doomcore Records Best of 2025
Hence, we are taking a look back - at what we consider to be the best of this year's Doomcore Records output.
Taken from our archives, and roster of artists.
Chilling Doomtechno, fiery Doomcore, piercing Industrial Hardcore, the hammer of Oldschool Gabber.
You can be sure that all this and more is included here.
Info:
Various Artists - Doomcore Records - Best of 2025
1. Deadraver - A1
2. Der Cherep - Now We Awaken (130 BPM)
3. The Unknow - Just a Feeling
4. saraunh0ly - 3indamorning
5. Topp Dogg - Hakken With Wolves (Wulf Pack)
6. Persephony - Embracing our Madness
7. Mekronikal - Thus
8. DJ AI - Out Of The Labyrinth
9. Pluto Transit - Scorpio 1
10. System Lock - Closure For An Apathetic Generation
11. Bonus Track: Low Entropy - The World is Doomed let's Dance
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-of-2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Sigma-8
And it's also the premiere for a new style: Dungeon Core.
And it's best that he explains this new creation by himself!
Artist: Sigma-8
Location: Chile
Release Title: At the Dungeon’s Core
Track 01: Lemuria Asciende
Track 02: Falx et Draconis
Genre: Dungeoncore (fusion style between Doomcore and Dungeonsynth, using mostly ¾ time signature)
Style: Dungeoncore, but in this particular case also with dark-electro-industrial, newbeat and melodic blackmetal influences.
Context: Dungeon Synth is lo-fi fantasy synth music, a style that branched from early norwegian black metal. There are some recent styles like Keller Synth or Tanzelcore, from the german dungeonsynth scene, which try to blend dungeonsynth with a techno/gabber approach of arranging tracks. But, in a very poorly produced, raw style with little resemblance from the actual Hardcore Techno sound.
If keller/tanzel sound went for the necrocheap norwegian approach, dungeoncore is instead swedish meloblack in its approach, aiming for decent production, melodicism and indulging in ¾ time signature. Hence, it also has a different spirit, of creating a futuristic yet arcane mystique and epic, where doom and hope meet in this paradoxical sound realm. Also it is more -core than -synth, because, as in 90s hardcore techno and newbeat, it uses more stab samples rather than actual synths.
That’s why I call this style “Dungeoncore”.
Download Link:
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-dungeon-s-core
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Support
in case you want to support my music and me... feel free to post one of these images on your internet sites :-)
hello,
as you know i am a hardcore, experimental and techno producer from the 90s. i did lots of physical releases on lots of labels. some of these vinyls sell for 200+ euro amongst collectors now.
as these records were sold out many years ago and are no longer available from the normal stores in most cases, i digitalized 99% of the collection.
and there you can purchase almost my entire works of the 90s and 2000s for just... 3 euro... and this is a bargain that definitely comes cheap, am i right?
last time i counted it's around 50 (fifty) tracks. but wait... there is also demos, drafts, unreleased stuff. which makes it around 200 hardcore, breakcore, speedcore, whatever-core tracks from the original 90s. for just 3 euro! hey hey.
stuff that i played at my gigs in tresor, in hamburg, at the f-parades in berlin, in the netherlands...
and on top of that. this purchase also includes all the tracks i did post 2010. which is a lot of techno, acid, industrial doomcore... and weird experiments ( again ).
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/anti-sedative-ep-digital-re-release
(Once you followed the link, select "Buy Digital Discography €3 EUR or more" )
hello,
as you know i am a hardcore, experimental and techno producer from the 90s. i did lots of physical releases on lots of labels. some of these vinyls sell for 200+ euro amongst collectors now.
as these records were sold out many years ago and are no longer available from the normal stores in most cases, i digitalized 99% of the collection.
and there you can purchase almost my entire works of the 90s and 2000s for just... 3 euro... and this is a bargain that definitely comes cheap, am i right?
last time i counted it's around 50 (fifty) tracks. but wait... there is also demos, drafts, unreleased stuff. which makes it around 200 hardcore, breakcore, speedcore, whatever-core tracks from the original 90s. for just 3 euro! hey hey.
stuff that i played at my gigs in tresor, in hamburg, at the f-parades in berlin, in the netherlands...
and on top of that. this purchase also includes all the tracks i did post 2010. which is a lot of techno, acid, industrial doomcore... and weird experiments ( again ).
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/anti-sedative-ep-digital-re-release
(Once you followed the link, select "Buy Digital Discography €3 EUR or more" )
rock on!
Friday, November 28, 2025
Friday sampling
It's bandcamp black Friday! So why not get one of these 5 cool hardcore and techno royalty free drum samples packs for producing?
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/101-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/121-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples-for-producing-techno-hardcore-and-more
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/47-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-played-in-club-and-squat-parties-sample-pack-4
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/123-hardcore-techno-and-gabber-drums-that-were-used-in-the-90s-sample-pack-3
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack-2-doomcore-gabber-and-speedcore-bassdrums
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/low-entropy-sample-pack
Friday, November 21, 2025
Doomcore Records Podcast
We are proud to welcome a long awaited guest on the Doomcore Records Pod Cast.
DJ Jackhammer, and nomen est omen, because this set will hammer straight into your skull.
It's almost like a "best of" Early Terror, Speedcore, and noizy experimental Hardcore releases... if ya don't believe us, check the tracklist below.
Apart from this doomed cast, DJ Jackhammer can be seen on a lots of shows, parties, events... Toxic Sickness, Busy Action, Brainfire... so you can be certain this is high quality!
https://soundcloud.com/djjackhammer
https://www.instagram.com/happyhealthysexywealthy/
Tracklisting:
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 099 - DJ Jackhammer
Eradicator - Used Against Us (Remix)
Traffik - Magnox
Jack Lucifer - 96 Knights (To The Death Mix)
Popey You Know - Untitled
Liza N' Eliaz - Torn Lace Microspace
Embolism - The Player
S37 - Frontal Attack Posse
U.V.C. - Death Is...
Radium - Drowned Dead In The Bathroom Part 2
Jack Lucifer - Endless Horrors
Traffik - The Druid
Skretor & DJ H.M.S. - Humanology (Pt. One)
Eradicator - Impulse To Destroy
Lingua Ignota - Faithful Servant Friend of Christ
Kate Mosh - Untitled
Explore Toi - Human 1000 BPM De Rebel Va Te Faire Enculer Rubik
Hardcoholics - Nato Agressor (Cerbo Mix)
Lasse Steen - Phreak Show
Explore Toi - Ne Crois Pas... N'Obeis Pas? Fuzz...
Traffik - Surrender
Disciples Of Annihilation - Our Father
Skrewface - Sexline (Original Mix)
Heretik - Hammerhead
U.V.C. - Half Dead
Heretik - We Have Jesus
https://hearthis.at/omnicore-records/doomcore-records-pod-cast-099-dj-jackhammer/
https://soundcloud.com/djjackhammer/dj-jackhammer-doomcore-records-pod-cast-099
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Producer's diary: Creating an Industrial Speedcore Black Metal album
reception was pretty swell, some people lamented the use of "guitar synths" instead of real guitars, though.
but i don't think this was the main problem. to me, the songs felt more like "speedcore" with a black metal fusion to it. like digital, sampler based stuff, that just happened to have elements of black metal too.
of course, a few other ibm bands are like that, and it can still be kickin' sounds.
but i yearned for a more organic, gritty, natural, chaotic sound, instead of clean digitalism.
i also noted that a lot of industrial black metal bands have a very straight-in-your-face, frantic, direct sound. closer to "blackened death", in my opinion, with lots of technical and speed changes in very short intervals.
while black metal, as a genre, has many songs that are monotonous, droning, that "rest" on a loop for a long while.
for example in depressive or ambient bm.
i wanted to put this into my own tracks, too.
part 2
so, on to the production of the album.
its "backbone" are the first three tracks. these tracks have a runtime of over 33 minutes together. so they are "one half" of the entire album.
i wanted to keep these songs very, very simple and straight-forward, but also epic and complex at the same time.
each one has just a few chord progressions as the initial seed, but they undergo a lot of modulations, transformations, mutations, and metamorphoses as the tracks go on.
there was also another idea i had: i wanted to break the genre limits of music, including those of black metal a bit.
remember what i said about the complaint of using "guitar synths"?
and indeed, digital / synthesized guitars have always been the great "sacrilege" in the world of metal.
so i desired to defy and play with this convention a bit.
first, I didn't use pre-build guitar synth apps, i tried to synthesize my own "guitar" sound using a modular software synth.
second, I think I came close to an "organic" guitar sound at times, but i deliberately used sounds that feel very synthetic, artificial, non-human, too. and often this switched within the track.
and i wanted to counterpoint the aggression of blackened speedcore with extremely calm, ambient, almost "heavenly" parts.
so there are many choirs and chants - the "emerald chants".
part 3
apart from these 3 main tracks, there are also 4 more tracks.
these are closer to "traditional" speedcore, hardcore, techno... but also with a bm feel.
and more than that, i tried to break up any regular structure with these tracks.
to introduce them to chaos.
now, the album was finished.
i still had to choose a name for it. i decided on "Emerald Chants in the Hall of Moebius".
part 4
so what are the "emerald chants"?
it's a "play" on words, or rather the attempt to hide various concealed meanings in this... title.
in french, "chants" sounds similar to the word "champs", which means fields, even in the context of science and physics (such as magnetic fields)...
hall, in german language, is a kind of echo, delay, reverb... and the heavy use of "hall" (reverb) effects is a defining thing for black metal, and also for my own electronic music production...
moebius is a kind of twisted loop - it made me think of a temporal loop. and i'm low entropy, and "entropy" is a concept of time in physics ("entropy is the arrow of time"). but entropy is a kind of strange, twisted concept in time. so i see a relation there.
and moebius was also the pen name of a french artist, mostly known for his comics and hollywood collabs, for example on the first, aborted movie adaption of "dune".
a lot of his work was published in a comic mag called "heavy metal", but despite this name, his art often *feels* very black metal.
and virtually every "space-themed" black metal cover art (or any space metal cover, really) feels like it was inspired by moebius.
part 5
so we have emerald screams, forces, fields in the delays and echoes inside the bizarre loops and twists of strange times and the mind of a weird artist... and any other variation of what i said above.
and this is what this album is really about.
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/emerald-chants-in-the-hall-of-moebius
Monday, November 17, 2025
If you want to support us
In case you want to support Doomcore Records (and The Hardcore Overdogs!)
We created these three promo artworks. Would be cool if you could share them on social media, or elsewhere (print them out and drop the paper somewhere or give it to your friends 😉
All money will be fed back to the label and the artists.
You can download the images right off here. Choose the one you like best!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12fesFUlKP4avtgAQrDPmsHbznYewEgrw/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vt8lvydmit1gj1RWmPk1_X6dNXxaG3FI/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11TL5w8JxLZXVA3AqFZ7C0YSHhT-jqDIf/view?usp=drive_link
We created these three promo artworks. Would be cool if you could share them on social media, or elsewhere (print them out and drop the paper somewhere or give it to your friends 😉
All money will be fed back to the label and the artists.
You can download the images right off here. Choose the one you like best!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12fesFUlKP4avtgAQrDPmsHbznYewEgrw/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vt8lvydmit1gj1RWmPk1_X6dNXxaG3FI/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11TL5w8JxLZXVA3AqFZ7C0YSHhT-jqDIf/view?usp=drive_link
And here is the accompanying text:
Do you want to support the electronic underground?
You can now get the entire Doomcore Records
discography for just 3.15 euro.
That's 300+ releases, Doomcore, Oldschool,
Hardcore, Techno, Acid... and lots more.
In various tempos and sizes, albums, EPs,
compilations, anthologies...
Plenty of stuff to enjoy!
We will use all earnings to support our artists
and to continue building the Doomcore underground.
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-definition-of-doomcore
The world is doomed - let's dance!
Do you want to support the electronic underground?
You can now get the entire Doomcore Records
discography for just 3.15 euro.
That's 300+ releases, Doomcore, Oldschool,
Hardcore, Techno, Acid... and lots more.
In various tempos and sizes, albums, EPs,
compilations, anthologies...
Plenty of stuff to enjoy!
We will use all earnings to support our artists
and to continue building the Doomcore underground.
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-definition-of-doomcore
The world is doomed - let's dance!
Monday, November 10, 2025
Industrial Speedcore Black Metal release
7 songs, in between industrial black metal, blackened speedcore, cosmic ambient, techno, and acid.
voiceless, faceless, instrumental for the most part, only interrupted by the eponymous emerald chants.
the themes are the dim glow of distant stars, the light in the darkness, the invisible catacombs, the peculiarities of our cosmos, and the infinite loneliness of being trapped on a forgotten planet.
Tracklisting:
Low Entropy - Emerald Chants in the Hall of Moebius (Omnicore 67)
1. Liquid Opera 07:45
2. Quick Silver Scorpions 12:53
3. Lost Souls Trapped Inbetween Two Worlds 12:58
4. Stellar Obscurities 07:31
5. Owls 07:01
6. Call My Name 07:07
7. Hall Of Stairways 08:07
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/emerald-chants-in-the-hall-of-moebius
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Acid Foundry - Part 1
Acid is tied to the bleep and blobs out of the 303 machine. But, despite this, it is one of the most varied subs of Techno.
There's hard acid, acidcore, acid trance, mellow...
In order to make dolphins dance.
And all of that is on this new comp!
Featuring fresh, new, and 100% pure acid, taken from our archive of tracks.
credits
Tracklisting:
V.A. - Acid Foundry - Part 1 (Omnicore Records 66)
1. Ohrdohrböhrer - Full Metal Acid 05:16
2. Life Runs Dark - Road To Acid (120 Bpm) 04:54
3. Dani DC - Acid Heaven (Murmuur Remix) 05:01
4. Taciturne - 88 Acid Bitch 04:45
5. Brandon Spivey - Strictly Hardware 06:50
6. Vortex of Venomous Rhythms - In A Hallucinatory State (80 BPM) 07:00
7. Syrius 23, BadCarma, Karma Crew - End Joy iT 05:31
8. Drvg Cvltvre - Cathathonik (71 BPM) 04:29
9. LOPH - Waters Of Life 07:27
10. Time Kanzler Green - Planet Pornos 13:28
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/acid-foundry-part-1
Thursday, November 6, 2025
"In The Shade" reviewed
The recent releases on our label - "In The Shade" by Deadraver - was reviewed in The Wire UK magazine!
Check the nice description of it below.
And if an established magazine mentions "Slowcore" as a legit name for our genre of Techno... it means the Slowcore scene really has come a far way now!
Also see the unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7T5Da6AakYI
And the actual release: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-shade
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Check the nice description of it below.
And if an established magazine mentions "Slowcore" as a legit name for our genre of Techno... it means the Slowcore scene really has come a far way now!
Also see the unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7T5Da6AakYI
And the actual release: https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-shade
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
I maxed out my creativity and improved my health by working on 3 devices at once and getting out my chair
Hello,
I am a producer in the electronic / "techno" / hardcore circuit of sounds.
I'm a bit notorious for producing *a lot* of stuff. I created something like 3.000+ tracks in 15 years.
Which might seem much, but, if you think of it, it's just ~3 tracks every week. I guess paid journalists need to turn in more pieces of text! (Maybe one can't really compare these two... but you guess what I mean).
I also need to work on doing videos, running a label... ah well, this is not supposed to become a kind of ego-boost text.
I just mention this to explain that I'm behind the screen and working on the computer for long, long times, daily, at night, on weekends... like a lot of other people do, too, of course.
And I ran into health problems because of this. I used to sit on my bed, laptop on my... lap, hunched, looking downwards, having the posture of a question mark... or sitting on a wooden chair, crunched together like a fried shrimp, in front of my desktop PC...
I got back problems, gained weight, and other issues.
I searched through all the internet for a better posture and a more comfortable way to work on projects. And it turned out there was no real solution - according to experts.
There were definite "no-nos". Like not using a laptop on your bed, or putting it on your... lap. Not using a smartphone when lying on your bed. And so on.
But there was no posture, no way to work on a computer that was 100% healthy. Each has its hazards and downsides. The consensus was the only solution would be to take breaks, even breaks where you do short physical workouts, and change posture now and then. And to frequently *change* posture.
One user summed it this way: [when working with computers] "the best posture is always the next posture".
I.e. to not use the pc / sit in one way for too long, but to frequently change it.
Yet, in my opinion, there are only limited ways, or "postures", you can turn to when sitting in front of a desktop pc (or laptop).
This ain't "Computer Kamasutra", after all!
I eventually came up with the following fix. I'm sure I'm not the only, or first one, who did it, but I never heard of it before.
And, more importantly, I never thought it would work, and was really surprised that it does work, and even enhanced everything around me!
I now use 3 devices for almost every project I work on.
No matter if it's music, texts, videos, label-stuff, everything.
I work on each project on all 3 devices at the same time - most of the time. Only sometimes I use only 2 devices for a project, and very rarely, only 1 device.
These devices are:
A kind of "Three Dimensional standing desk" (don't ask, too hard to explain. Let's just say it's less horizontal than usual) with my laptop on top of it. Here I can work on texts, label-stuff, "communication / transfer" type stuff like uploading tracks for a demo, or writing a promo text. I also have some music apps installed. This is the best allrounder, I can use it for almost everything (if it's not too heavy, like long rendering of videos). I can also carry the laptop around, and can use it in other rooms.
My desktop PC. Here are most of my music apps, video production stuff, the whole she-bang so to say. Here I can do the most and in-depth music work, and video editing. The PC is not on a standing desk, so I need to sit down to use it.
My smartphone. Here I can write texts, do a bit of cheap'n'easy vid-editing/uploads for social media (which I try to avoid), send e-mails...
Now you might say: "This is nice, but not fairly unusual? I'm sure many producers or journalists etc have dedicated devices for their type of work".
Well, what was the problem again? Health & posture & fatigue.
And... if I sit down in front of my desktop for hours to work on a track. And then use my laptop for writing a text the next day.
Then nothing is solved at all! It would still strain my mind, health, and creativity.
So the fix I came up with: I work on each project on all devices at once. (I already said that above, by the way).
In the most simple way this could mean: writing an essay on my desktop, and after 30 minutes I get out of my chair, and keep writing on it at my standing desk. And after 30 minutes I go to the living room, pick up my phone, and continue writing. And I circle all the time, do the spell checking, and all the other tasks, until it is finished. While "walking" around the home and "racing" from device to device, so to say.
Writing a text is straight-forward. A more complex task, for example, would be the creation of a video.
Then I use my laptop to write a quick draft and schedule of my project. Pick up my phone and search free clip sites for good footage (yes, these are quality enough for some minor projects). Do editing on my desktop. Select one of my tracks for the background music on my laptop again. Walk to the living room and write an info text on my phone. Upload the finished video via my desktop to the video site. Walk to my laptop and add the description to the video, on the video site, that I originally had written on my phone.
There are often even more complicated projects that I need to work on.
But regardless of what it is, all the time I need to walk around, get out of my chair / couch (or sit down again)...
And most importantly, I am constantly changing posture! Just like the user advised.
This not only worked out quite well, but I noted a significant health improvement, too.
I lost weight again, my skin is not as pale, my eyes look less like zombie now...
And most nicely, 90% of my work-related back pain / problems are gone now.
No longer fried shrimp mode!
On top of this, it seems to have been a big boost to my creativity too, and I find it much easier to work on new projects now. (I don't know why - maybe all the physical health improvement had its mental boons, too)
To summarize it again: the task is to find a way to spread the work of a single project onto 3 different devices, and then to use all 3 devices "at the same time" to work on it.
(Yes, this often involves the use of clouds or portable memory sticks).
So, I can only advise everyone to give this a try, especially if you are having problems with posture, back pain, or creativity blocks, too.
Get out of your chair, get up, and keep circling!
Note: No AI has been used in writing this text.
I am a producer in the electronic / "techno" / hardcore circuit of sounds.
I'm a bit notorious for producing *a lot* of stuff. I created something like 3.000+ tracks in 15 years.
Which might seem much, but, if you think of it, it's just ~3 tracks every week. I guess paid journalists need to turn in more pieces of text! (Maybe one can't really compare these two... but you guess what I mean).
I also need to work on doing videos, running a label... ah well, this is not supposed to become a kind of ego-boost text.
I just mention this to explain that I'm behind the screen and working on the computer for long, long times, daily, at night, on weekends... like a lot of other people do, too, of course.
And I ran into health problems because of this. I used to sit on my bed, laptop on my... lap, hunched, looking downwards, having the posture of a question mark... or sitting on a wooden chair, crunched together like a fried shrimp, in front of my desktop PC...
I got back problems, gained weight, and other issues.
I searched through all the internet for a better posture and a more comfortable way to work on projects. And it turned out there was no real solution - according to experts.
There were definite "no-nos". Like not using a laptop on your bed, or putting it on your... lap. Not using a smartphone when lying on your bed. And so on.
But there was no posture, no way to work on a computer that was 100% healthy. Each has its hazards and downsides. The consensus was the only solution would be to take breaks, even breaks where you do short physical workouts, and change posture now and then. And to frequently *change* posture.
One user summed it this way: [when working with computers] "the best posture is always the next posture".
I.e. to not use the pc / sit in one way for too long, but to frequently change it.
Yet, in my opinion, there are only limited ways, or "postures", you can turn to when sitting in front of a desktop pc (or laptop).
This ain't "Computer Kamasutra", after all!
I eventually came up with the following fix. I'm sure I'm not the only, or first one, who did it, but I never heard of it before.
And, more importantly, I never thought it would work, and was really surprised that it does work, and even enhanced everything around me!
I now use 3 devices for almost every project I work on.
No matter if it's music, texts, videos, label-stuff, everything.
I work on each project on all 3 devices at the same time - most of the time. Only sometimes I use only 2 devices for a project, and very rarely, only 1 device.
These devices are:
A kind of "Three Dimensional standing desk" (don't ask, too hard to explain. Let's just say it's less horizontal than usual) with my laptop on top of it. Here I can work on texts, label-stuff, "communication / transfer" type stuff like uploading tracks for a demo, or writing a promo text. I also have some music apps installed. This is the best allrounder, I can use it for almost everything (if it's not too heavy, like long rendering of videos). I can also carry the laptop around, and can use it in other rooms.
My desktop PC. Here are most of my music apps, video production stuff, the whole she-bang so to say. Here I can do the most and in-depth music work, and video editing. The PC is not on a standing desk, so I need to sit down to use it.
My smartphone. Here I can write texts, do a bit of cheap'n'easy vid-editing/uploads for social media (which I try to avoid), send e-mails...
Now you might say: "This is nice, but not fairly unusual? I'm sure many producers or journalists etc have dedicated devices for their type of work".
Well, what was the problem again? Health & posture & fatigue.
And... if I sit down in front of my desktop for hours to work on a track. And then use my laptop for writing a text the next day.
Then nothing is solved at all! It would still strain my mind, health, and creativity.
So the fix I came up with: I work on each project on all devices at once. (I already said that above, by the way).
In the most simple way this could mean: writing an essay on my desktop, and after 30 minutes I get out of my chair, and keep writing on it at my standing desk. And after 30 minutes I go to the living room, pick up my phone, and continue writing. And I circle all the time, do the spell checking, and all the other tasks, until it is finished. While "walking" around the home and "racing" from device to device, so to say.
Writing a text is straight-forward. A more complex task, for example, would be the creation of a video.
Then I use my laptop to write a quick draft and schedule of my project. Pick up my phone and search free clip sites for good footage (yes, these are quality enough for some minor projects). Do editing on my desktop. Select one of my tracks for the background music on my laptop again. Walk to the living room and write an info text on my phone. Upload the finished video via my desktop to the video site. Walk to my laptop and add the description to the video, on the video site, that I originally had written on my phone.
There are often even more complicated projects that I need to work on.
But regardless of what it is, all the time I need to walk around, get out of my chair / couch (or sit down again)...
And most importantly, I am constantly changing posture! Just like the user advised.
This not only worked out quite well, but I noted a significant health improvement, too.
I lost weight again, my skin is not as pale, my eyes look less like zombie now...
And most nicely, 90% of my work-related back pain / problems are gone now.
No longer fried shrimp mode!
On top of this, it seems to have been a big boost to my creativity too, and I find it much easier to work on new projects now. (I don't know why - maybe all the physical health improvement had its mental boons, too)
To summarize it again: the task is to find a way to spread the work of a single project onto 3 different devices, and then to use all 3 devices "at the same time" to work on it.
(Yes, this often involves the use of clouds or portable memory sticks).
So, I can only advise everyone to give this a try, especially if you are having problems with posture, back pain, or creativity blocks, too.
Get out of your chair, get up, and keep circling!
Note: No AI has been used in writing this text.
Monday, October 27, 2025
101 Royalty Free 909 Related Drum Samples (for producing Techno, Hardcore, and More)
Here's a brand new offering of Electronic, Techno, and Hardcore 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 or inspired by the 909 drum machine (the box that made the 90s go bang.)
There is a variety of drums included...
Vanilla kicks that could be used for techno, dance, or any type of electronic music (goth? synth pop?)...
More heavy kicks that might be useful for Hard Techno, Industrial, Acid...
Then some really grim and over-distorted kicks that would fit to Gabber, Speedcore, Breakcore...
And some more strange / experimental kicks that could... well, maybe you find a purpose for them!
Of course, all these drum samples can be put through further fx and distortion by yourself...
So you could take a vanilla kick and turn it into a Gabber monster.
There was some "complaints" by some people that, within my last sample packs, a lot of the drums had "heavy reverberation" which made it difficult to utilize them in some tracks...
This time, almost all drums are "plain", free of reverb and similar shenanigans, and should fit easily into a production session.
And there is a special focus on being bass-heavy.
Some background info:
I've been a hardcore and techno producer for nearly 30 years now and i did countless releases on countless labels (and gigs).
So these are drums that get played out loud and approved at club or squat party sound systems (and their crowds).
License: Feel free to use these samples 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/101-royalty-free-909-related-drum-samples
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Wholesale
Of course you can tip us a larger sum if you are inclined to support us some more... or just to have a huge pile of exciting releases!
How to do it?
Just go to any releases on the Doomcore Records bandcamp using a web or desktop browser - for example this one:
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-definition-of-doomcore
Scroll down a bit, click on "Buy Digital Discography" and... off you go, up up to the sky!
Friday, October 24, 2025
Looking back at 28 years of producing Extreme Techno and Speedcore
It's me, Low Entropy.
I wrote a lot about other labels and artists, for different zines or self-published e-books.
But I rarely talk about myself!
So I will talk a bit about my own music this time.
I was part of the "original speedcore" scene in the 90s. "I was there" when bpms were raised above 400, 500, or even 1000 bpm, and I even helped to raise them!
One of my first "underground hits" was a straight 800 bpm track, released in 1998 on a lux nigra vinyl, alongside other artists like Christoph de Babalon or Paul Snowden.
It sometimes took time until my tracks reached vinyl, so a lot of the tracks that labels released in the year 2000 or on were actually productions I did in the 90s already. But even before the EPs and albums, my music circulated on the internet, on dub plates - and at parties, of course!
My speedcore activism got me booked at places like Tresor in Berlin, or the F**kparade party (yup, the one where the "Technoviking" video was made - I don't think my music is in that vid, though).
But then I moved on and dived into acid, doomcore, more "danceable" techno...
And scored some hits again, but this is another story!
I always stayed attached to the Speedcore scene and produced in that style now and then.
And to my surprise, while it was very hard at first to push my doomcore or techno sound "to the crowds", whenever I do speedcore stuff, it seems the sound almost spreads by itself and reaches the fans... (and I would like to thank them this way!).
I started producing at age 16, in 1997.
The early tracks were still done on an MS-DOS program called Impulse Tracker. It played back samples at various speeds and in various sequences (that's what trackers do!), but there were no built-in FX like reverb, delay, chorus, EQ... I had to use other apps like Soundforge, Reaktor, or Cool Edit Pro for that.
The project files had to be less than 1.44 MB in size because I saved them on floppydisk. When I wanted to create a demo-tape to send to a label (in an international parcel - because the hardcore scene was worldwide), i needed to ride the train across the city to "record" the projects from the diskettes via my brothers cassette tape deck. Before I finally could afford my own.
Later I leveled up to different programs and tech, of course.
Sooo... this is kind of a look back at all the Speedcore noise I produced in nearly 3 decades.
1997 flatline
1998 adrenaline junkie
1999 society (has no further use for you)
2000 FM 4
2001 Anything is possible
2002 die mächte des wahnsinns
2003 start the panic
2004 angels and devils
[intermission] Chorus 2
2007 moonlight
2008 Another orphan of a bankrupt culture
2009 Full-On
2010 46
2011 Getting Faster 2
2012 bleep 2
2013 das ende der welt
2014 métal hurlant
2015 One Two Three Four
2016 Alucard Speedcore (English Version)
2017 Explode like a reactor
2018 the dreamer
2019 redeemded by hatred (vocals null entropy)
2020 i am the storm
2021 struggle for power
2022 nihilism
2023 fuck the government
2024 against afd
2025 all your nightmares
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/
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