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BreakcoreBreakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of drum and bass, hardcore techno, rhythmic noise 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 music and "IDM". There is no one clear point of generation, but some key locations include Berlin, South London, Bristol, Newcastle, New South Wales, Rennes, France, Ghent, Belgium and the Midwestern US (including Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Minneapolis, Minnesota). The first widely-known efforts did probably come from Riot Beats and Digital Hardcore Recordings. Important labels include Praxis and Subversion (Christoph Fringeli), Widerstand (Eiterherd), Ambush (DJ Scud), Amputate, Six-Shooter, Hymen, Addict, Distort (Dan Doormouse), Low Res, History of the Future, Peace Off, Zhark (Hecate), Zod and Sonic Terror (Enduser). Some artists that typify the style include Venetian Snares, dEATHdIGSdISCO, DJ Scud, Somatic Responses, Hecate, Doormouse, C. Fringeli, Davros, Fanny, Parasite, Patric Catani, Abelcain, Bombardier, Enduser and atomly as well as newer artists such as Sickboy, Minion, Resurrector, DJ Saskrotch, Maladroit, Skeeter, Duran Duran Duran, Donna Summer, Xanopticon, Bong Ra, and Shitmat.
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