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Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of drum and bass, hardcore techno, rhythmic noise, illbient and " IDM", into a breakbeat-oriented sound that encourages speed, complexity, and maximum sonic density.

The style began to emerge in the mid 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. Others felt an urge to take the ideas of early 1990s jungle and acid one step further. Artists began to incorporate more breakbeats, taking the conceptual extremity of hardcore and harsh industrial music and applying it to the drum and bass template. Straining out much of the " rave" influence on hardcore and adding a degree of complexity, breakcore was a more palletable genre for music fans who were turned off by the rave scene, and so there is something of a crossover audience for fans of extreme music of all types, including grindcore, harsh industrial music, noise musicNoise music is harnessed sound that can be sonically harsh, painful, nauseating, and generally undesirable under normative circumstances. Noise" music could be viewed a contradiction in terms. Strictly speaking, "noise" is sound that is not wanted. The de and "IDM".

There is no one clear point of generation, but some key locations include BerlinBerlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. 5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and Havel in the northea, South LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri, BristolThis article is about the English city of Bristol. For other uses please see Bristol (disambiguation). Bristol is a city in south-western England, on the River Avon. It borders on the Unitary Districts of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and S, Newcastle, New South WalesNewcastle New South Wales, Australia, is an industrial port city 160km north of Sydney, on the mouth of the Hunter River. Population The metropolitan area of Newcastle spreads over several Local Government Areas. The estimated poulation of the City of New, Milwaukee, WisconsinThis article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. There is also Milwaukee, North Carolina. Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States and the county seat of Milwaukee County. The city's population is 596,974 with a total of 1,500,7, Rennes, France, and Winnipeg, Canada. The first widely-known efforts did probably come from Riot Beats and Digital Hardcore Recordings. Important labels include Praxis and Subversion (Christoph Fringeli), Ambush (DJ Scud), Amputate, Six-Shooter, Hymen, Addict, Distort (Dan Doormouse), Low Res, History of the Future, Peace Off, Restroom Records, SickMODE, Zhark (Hecate), Zod, Sonic Terror (Enduser), and Death$ucker. Some artists that typify the style include Venetian Snares, DJ Scud, Somatic Responses, Hecate, Doormouse, C. Fringeli, Davros, Retrigger, Fanny, Parasite, Patric Catani, Abelcain, Bombardier, as well as newer artists such as Sickboy, Minion, Resurrector, Maladroit, Skeeter, Duran Duran Duran , Donna Summer, Xanopticon, Bong Ra, and Shitmat.

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