A home for all kinds of slower Hardcore, Doomcore and Techno music. Exploring the world between 0-125 Bpm.
We sincerly hope to bring you some interesting output on this label in the future!
Slowcore Records releases can be found at the Doomcore Records bandcamp.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SlowcoreRecords
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/slowcorerecords
Slowcore demos should be sent to low.entropy.80@gmail.com (keep the above mentioned speed limit in mind please!)
The Slowcore Manifesto
When Hardcore came into existence in the early 90s, it was still very much tied to the Techno scene - in style, and in speed. It soon emancipated itself from that scene, though, and with that came new experiments in tempo. Tracks were getting faster and faster. And soon there were no limits on fast velocities anymore, genres like Splittercore and Extratone were added to the Speedcore spectrum, and you not only had tracks beyond 200 Bpm, but also 500 Bpm, 1000 Bpm, and way faster than that.
In Hardcore, the world between 140 and 140,000 Bpm is sufficiently explored by now.
But the question remains, why did this exploration only go in one direction so far?
Why did artists try to create tracks that go faster and faster, but not slower and slower?
Let's face it, the world between 0 and 140 Bpm is not sufficiently explored yet.
And that's what we want to change
We want to push the tempo slower in our tracks. 125 Bpm? 90 Bpm? 60, 30, 1 Bpm? There is no limit to the slowness of music, and we want to prove that.
There is a vast territory of slow Bpm Hardcore tracks that is yet to be discovered. Like a spaceship that has just landed and is about to explore a whole new planet.
Somehow, most artists so far turned a blind eye to the possibility of creating extremely slow Hardcore. But it doesn't have to be that way.
This is our manifesto, and from now, we will direct our energies toward slow Hardcore, and give Slowcore the attention, audience and spotlight it deserves!
The Slowcore movement lives!
In Hardcore, the world between 140 and 140,000 Bpm is sufficiently explored by now.
But the question remains, why did this exploration only go in one direction so far?
Why did artists try to create tracks that go faster and faster, but not slower and slower?
Let's face it, the world between 0 and 140 Bpm is not sufficiently explored yet.
And that's what we want to change
We want to push the tempo slower in our tracks. 125 Bpm? 90 Bpm? 60, 30, 1 Bpm? There is no limit to the slowness of music, and we want to prove that.
There is a vast territory of slow Bpm Hardcore tracks that is yet to be discovered. Like a spaceship that has just landed and is about to explore a whole new planet.
Somehow, most artists so far turned a blind eye to the possibility of creating extremely slow Hardcore. But it doesn't have to be that way.
This is our manifesto, and from now, we will direct our energies toward slow Hardcore, and give Slowcore the attention, audience and spotlight it deserves!
The Slowcore movement lives!
Before we released The Slowcore Compilation, I didn't know what Slowcore really was. Well, I understood the basic concept - slow Hardcore - but I didn't comprehend the scope of it, the full extent of it. When I did Slowcore tracks in the past, I thought, okay, I'm gonna do a Doomcore track and use a slow bassdrum; just like I sometimes use a 808 drum, or other choices.
Slowcore as a variation of Doomcore or Industrial Hardcore - and that's it.
But, take a genre like Speedcore for example. Speedcore evolved out of "normal" Hardcore and Gabber; but it is not just a variation of Gabber; it became it's own scene with it's own stars and followers, sounds and aesthetics.
I think Slowcore has the same potential; but even more so. Speedcore has certain limits to itself, because if you go faster, there are some drawbacks. For example, it's hard to do a calm or soft Speedcore track.
Slowcore has no such limits. You can go slow and really rough and distorted. Or you make a slow track with a soft drum. One track that is brutal and filled with noize. Or really tranquille. Melodic, ecstatic, sombre, technical cold.
Slowcore has all options.
But it goes beyond that. If you slow down your music, you eventually warp the understanding of what is considered music itself. At really slow speeds the sounds become disconnected and droney. But it's still Hardcore Techno music. Two things combined. So many ways to go. We're reaching avantgarde levels here.
So, yeah, Slowcore has the potential to become a scene of its own, with its own structures, concepts, subgenres, DJs - and parties maybe?
Slowcore can become a world of its own.
Join the Slowcore movement now!
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