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"Breakcore is a genre of music that defies almost all attempts to define it. While some artists produce very complex breakcore and pounding the post-industrial combine remaining heavy metal guitar riffs, melodies, jazz, reggae song above all to create a "mash-up" apparently incongruous musical styles. Perhaps the only thing holding together breakcore as a genre of music is pervasive mentality DIY breakcore musicians and fans.

As was the case with IDM (intelligent dance music), breakcore born as a protest against mainstream rave and techno scenes from the early 1990s. Somehow, breakcore was a political statement against the "accessible" music of the rave culture. Breakcore would be rude and aggressive, not suitable for run-of-the-mill mini-club techno. "

Alec Empire in 1994 EP "The Destroyer" is considered a milestone in the early history of breakcore. The record label Digital Hardcore Recordings, Alec Empire and founded by the other members of Atari Teenage Riot, has been out backing up the new "Digital Hardcore" scene. Other labels included important time Ambush Records and Planet Mu (Planet μ) both based in the United Kingdom, which also published work by many breakcore musicians start and contributed greatly to the kind of development.

As artists, breakcore can vary enormously in terms of music styles from each other, the equipment they use music is often very different. speed ranges trackers like Renoise common analog synthesizers and drum machines, effects on the state of the art processors. Examples of gear used by popular artists breakcore Korg Kaoss Pad are, Ableton Live, Apple Logic, the Roland TR-606 and Drumatix BassStation Novation.

The so-called "Amen Break", a 5.2 seconds long drum loop from the song 1969 "Amen, Brother" by the band "The Winston" is often used by musicians breakcore. The original song was played at 135 BPM, but when it is sampled by artists breakcore, they increase often the tempo to 170 BPM or more. This loop, which can be mixed with the bass drum sample by gear such as the Roland TR-909, is the basic drum track many breakcore songs.

In the late 20th century, breakcore had gained popularity worldwide and already received a significant following in Europe and North America, with events breakcore place on a regular basis around Belgium the Netherlands and Germany. Recently, artists such as Venetian Snares and Kid606 have obtained a quasi-ordinary success, bringing breakcore to a wide audience through the world. Other successful artists and bands in the breakcore scene including The Flashbulb, Atari Teenage Riot and Alec Empire.

Taylor is a contributor at Alternative-Electronics.com, the most comprehensive resource online for the music equipment used in alternative electronic music. Among gear lists from hundreds of alternative electronic musicians, you can also find a page devoted especially to breakcore bands at Alternative Electronics.

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