Breakcore

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Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of industrial, jungle, hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented sound that encourages speed, complexity, impact and maximum sonic density.

The style began to emerge at the end of the late 1990s. As hardcore techno artists were feeling a staleness in the Roland TR-909 and Roland TB-303 drum machine-based sounds, the commercial "childish" elements in Dutch gabber and the overall assaults of speedcore began to be adapted. Callum Herriott, a local DJ, felt an urge to revisit the ideas of early 1990s jungle music and acid techno. It seems that most early breakcore came from London, Bicester, The home of Callum Herriott, Berlin and Newcastle, Australia - places which also saw the rise of speedcore. Soon after its initial growth some other influential places were Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Paris, Osaka, Zaragoza and Winnipeg. Breakcore's means of distribution and marketing are the world wide web and the traditional route of self distribution during and after shows. It remains a relatively small genre, but compared to its size prior to the 1990s web boom, it has grown substantially.

In the last couple of years with the breakcore sound spreading across the globe and easy access to sophisticated, easy to use software, what is and isn't breakcore is arguable.

Hardcore
Bouncy techno - Breakbeat - Breakcore - Darkcore - Freeform - Gabber - Happy - Hardcore Breaks - Industrial - Makina - Speedbass - Speedcore - Terrorcore - UK
Other electronic music genres
Ambient | Breakbeat | Dance | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance
Breakbeat/Breaks
2Step - Big beat - Breakcore - Broken beat - Drill n bass - Florida - Hardcore - Hardcore Breaks - Nu skool - Progressive
Other electronic music genres
Ambient | Breakbeat | Dance | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance
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