When y'all get tired of breakcore in a few months, check out these genres: *Garage (best around late 90s early 2000s) *Dubstep (best around early 2000s) *Ragga Jungle (good any year, it's basically the ragga version of breakcore) *Gabber/Hardcore (good around 90 and early 2000s, later stuff still isn't bad) *Chicago House (best in the 90s, but still good any other year) *Detroit Techno (good any year) Go to music.ishkur.com/ to hear examples. You can click the menu in the top right corner to search. This website has the entire history of electronic music as an interactive tree graph. Click on the colored segments to hear music from a specific year. You could spend hours on it(I have). I might add more genres to this comment list if I think of any more good ones.
Mostly agree but gabber has only pretty really recently dropped off in my opinion like dj technorchs best tracks are mostly from around ~2008-16 and then it seems they stopped producing in general
The higher the "stages" and "levels" go, the more percussion- and beat structure switchups take place. And maybe more chops. I think that should be about it. Take note that I'm not an active listener of Breakcore yet.
That's because Thomas Rucker who did the theme sampled the Amen Break which is pretty much responsible for the wide proliferation of jungle/dnb/breakcore etc in the first place 🤌
Yeah what the guy above said, seriously look up the "Amen Break" sample and just put it on 1.25 speed, that's literally what the PowerPuff Girl drums are, the song was made by speeding up the famous drum sample, which is basically what breakcore is
I feel like breakcore for me is a hit or miss genre. Either the songs from it are so good that I'll have it on repeat for the next few weeks or so bad I'll want to stop listening before I finish. There is no in between.
I feel the same way with riddim or any other type of unconventional heavy electronic music for that matter. You either get unlistenable crap or something wonderful
Its the difference between if the music can actually pull you along or not. This genre has a tendency to pull away from the concept of maintaining pitch, melody, or rhythm... which without one of the three remaining constant or mostly consistent... tends to make the music fall apart. One of these things needs to be the tether, the rest can be the rocks you climb.
There's no such a thing called REAL AND TRUE BREAKCORE. Not even the producers like the idea of defining breakcore as one and only thing, genre, style, u name it.
I have just known about this genre, but i have to say that Camera Obscura sometimes sounded like hardbass. Maybe i'm saying something that people who are in the genre are hating me right now for, but that's what i hear, and i actually like it, made me feel a little more agitated. Not bad.
I can’t listen to most “breakcore” playlists because of this. Breakcore might be the umbrella term, but the actual styles within are much more nuanced and they DO NOT all match up under the “breakcore” banner.
@@noneofyourbusiness4133 we may even get diagnosed with MAD (Metaphysical Awareness Disorder) with this information (This is a reference to "The Mandela Catalogue" analog horror series by Alex Kister. Look it up if you're into stuff like that)
I like the songs but the way everything is worded is embarrassing lol. “Dumb normies just don’t get it, I’m better than anyone because I like this genre of music 😡🤬🤬”
@@arguy_4420 yeah, then you see how this guy words his comments too. a tad lacking in self-awareness for it to be memespeak. but either way, the songs here are nice regardless of stage.
I'm not so sure about calling it "true breakcore". Like, I feel like that's just gonna make people feel shame for enjoying chiller breakcore music, even if you like listening to both chiller and more intense breakcore. Gatekeeping in music ain't cool ya' know °^°
Some people just wants to feel like they're something special, unique to others even though no one actually cares. Just let them have their own "euphoria".
I agree I like loud and the ones that have more chops and breaks inbetween breakcore songs. They give me motivation and energy when I listen to them. The loudness and breaks in between is why I like hyperpop and breakcore
also tbh I think I outgrew super compressed uptempo breakcore ngl Loud =\= good for me anymore, and that became even more apparent after I started producing lol
@@Fryguystudios I've met somw other people who've been diagnosed with ADHD and like to listen to breakcore... I was never diagnosed but some of the symptoms aforementioned people I've met, told me about, seem very familiar to me
"Normies beware, the chopping is getting strong, but you may still find it interesting to listen to. Internet dwellers should be completely comfortable though." 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
i miss the days of browsing breakcore forums to find new artists as a kid, nothing will beat the feeling of finding out about some guy's obscure bandcamp page with absolutely amazing tracks... damn i miss forums, internet bring back forums dedicated to random niche stuff, now!
I play osu, I'm quite used to this. Songs like these are amazing for osu because they are so fucking hard to play but are also so satisfying when you manage to get good at them.
I knew if i just scrolled down a couple of times i would find my people! This reminded me of every single goreshit song ive ever heard in osu so i just knew there would be at least one comment about our favourite circle clicking ohio state university game
I literally found a playlist with 30 min of hard af breakcore, I listened to that while doing homework and realized it helps me both to concentrate and relax. That's how I discovered it was a thing, I didn't care about the stages and here I am.
Interestingly enough, this kind of shit is mostly made on computers, a lot of the chops are usually 100% quantized and dead on locked in with the grid.
that venetian snare set was very interesting to me when i saw it because it shows that djing/mixing can be a creative process as opposed to appealing to masses with perfect transitions and all that. finding tunes that work together in unique ways and unique transitions and really just playing what YOU like. a lot more fun and your personality is in it, like in a tune you make. i would prefer that for a live set any time.
This is Funny to me because you would have been shocked about how perfect 100% of his transitions were when I saw him live in a vacant office space years ago. He had burnt CDs of tracks at the same BPM, So all he had to do was cue them up and they'd stay in sync all night and they did. He never touched the pitch fader on either deck, and would slap the cross fader back and forth like a cat chasing a string. And it was totally fine all night because both tracks were always in perfect sync so the live mixing was thoroughly enjoyable and unique as you explain. His music and his performing it live, is absolutely fantastic from start to finish, but rest assured that time I saw him at least, the entire performance was CEMENTED in perfect transitions. just a funny tale I remembered!!!
people be like _"hurr djs press play on itunes"_ , and it's like, actually, no, many do live sets with a sequencer and synth and drum machine setup and routinely do awesome gigs, but whatever I guess Ultra Music is representative of all EDM now so...
I dig it. by injecting so much into the bars, extending or slowing the tempo does the work for the binding auditory flow of the music. it is the breakbeat equivilant of how rock guitarists began shredding so fast and created tunes that were akin to classical baroque style music of the distant past. the individual beats can simulate the instrumentation that might have been used if the creator had chosen another medium and format to create from. very good form of music and art.
nothing makes me feel more internet immersed than listening to insane modulated breakcore slouched over in an oversized hoodie with a hair floof out of a ponytail, in darkness only broken by the light of my phone and my boombox
I feel like calling something "the true way to enjoy X thing" is only just gatekeeping and making more casual enjoyers feel ashamed for hearing what they like the most
Imagine getting Breakcore and IDM confused...like this OP. Let's pretend Ambush Records, Praxis Records, etc. all don't exist lol. Also, won't be getting tired of it soon. Been spinning & producing Breakcore since the 90's.
Seems to me that the general makeup of breakcore is doing things with percussion that no human being could ever do with drumsticks irl and then overlaying another track onto that. I like it.
Hey I know this a 3 month old comment but I think you might find this interesting. Break core is basically a genre of music that uses the 'Amen Break,' which is about 6 seconds of drum audio from a 1960s song called Amen Brother. You could look into it, it's super cool!
@@marcusbeach1762 well that explains why the samples all sound the same! It's the same with the cowbell in phonk songs too. I appreciate it man! PS: I get YT notifications on my phone, so I see replies to my comments that I made years ago lol
comments passed the vibe check to reiterate: just because you like more chops and percussion in your breakcore doesn't mean you're better than "normies" or the only one that listens to the "real" thing
Source for the Venetian Snares clip at the end (1:49): "Venetian Snares live at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, 2005 (remastered audio)" @ 25:24 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xaFIQNZmfB4.html
My guess that most of you just want to be edgy and pretending you are not like this "plebs that listening to normal music". Like does the rhythm complexity really makes breakcore "cooler" or more "advanced"?
Very cringe to gatekeep "normies", listening to breakcore doesn't make you special. And the stages and lvls are just whatever he felt fit the video, just listen to whatever songs you like ffs.
Stage 0: just jungle music, I could probably make it Stage 1: I could probably make something similar if I’m really focused Stage 2: I don’t think I’ll be able to recreate it at all Stage 3: nope
Rather than stages, it's more like variety types, just like someone in the comment said: Different levels of breakcore - ❌ Different flavors of breakcore - ✅ Because the examples in middle part of the video scares me, but the first and last example (break core jesus) is the one I love
Stage 3 are just HOLY CRAP! this is what makes me love breakcore so much, and also thanks for the Stage 2 level 2 of Breakcore, that's gotta be my new fav track lol
list of good breakcore composers: clonepa, sorry about my face, goreshit, waqs (dj sailor moon/i want to be dead), loveaddictspropelhexedrine, softxoxo's, 0081, loli in early 20s also maybe machine girl, sewerslvt and maedasalt
@@ALTVRA breakcore with anime voices usually called lolicore. Most of the composers in my list are making breakcore and lolicore. For an example - goreshit. He made a lot of lolicore albums and some of breakcore albums. You should take a look at "semantic compositions on death and its meaning" by him. If you liked 1:05 Lolipusher (waiting to die) you might also like waqs (i want to be dead) upd: waqs = lolipusher, just realised
@@byeheaven Yeah I'd prefer not to listen to a genre named lolicore tbf. Do you know any good artists like Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares, The Flashbulb, Squarepusher, Gareth Clarke, stuff like that?
This is honestly my first experience with this genre. I have never heard of it before watching this video. I'm ok though. As someone who spent the last year and a half dealing with a hyperpop addiction that constantly got worse (or as I see it, better), those snippets didn't irritate me at all. Even the last one lol.
as an understimulated neurodivergent person, i'm pretty immune to this lol. in fact, i think all of these would need a lot more cuts before i'm even semi-affected. i like listening to breakcore as easy listening and it sometimes helps keep my brain from getting off topic while doing work
@@DrPenz Okay how do I dumb it down for ya. So Op is uh- wired different than the typical human, which could be/is why they would need for the music to be way more chopped up before finding it bothersome. Hope that helped.
The first stage (lvl 1) is how I’m doing Breakcore. It’s like liquid dnb. Stage 2/3 is what I wish my breaks sound like. It’s hard to chop breaks and figure out what would work. But it sounds cool though. Venetian snares is my favorite in this genre.
Every level/stage past Stage 1 Level 2 is either constantly cutting off every 0.3 seconds or a giant static-like noise covers up literally every other instrument. Last time I checked, breakcore doesn't suck *that* much
"Breakcore Jesus (aka Ventian Snares) is here to show us what _real_ breakcore sounds like. He is only giving us a demo because the real thing can only be comprehended by gods, mere mortals would be overstimulated and die in an instant if they ever heard it." 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
the unknown level: unusual, barely has a tangible melody, random broken/glitched segments and is mostly created by a controversial figure with many different names
It's Abomination Streets mixed with Good Jungle. You can hear this performance in a youtube video called Venetian Snares live at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, 2005 (Remastered Audio) at the 21:23 mark
Holy shit that Venetian Snares ending track was absolutely fucking good. As someone who started with Venetian Snares randomly from a Acai clone hero map of Nepetalactone, that was and still is seriously intense, his album songs about my cats is still one I'm leading myself up to, but I'm definitely going to be getting Greg Hates Car Culture soon. Goreshit is definitely the artist who helped bring myself into appreciating this music, along with noise wall, and Nero's Day at Disneyland, and random others.
There is no melodic sequence, and it's chaos incarnate, and yet somehow it reaches an itch in my head that I can't quite place a finger on. The conventional music part of me says it's absolute garbage, and yet I can't help being immersed in it
Breakcore is that one genre of music that gets stuck in your head when you are trying to sleep, thus sending you in a spiral of tired and energeticness at the same time
I know self promotion on another channel isn't the best thing to do but could you maybe check out my first ever song I made. Idk if it could be classified as breakcore and I would like another's opinion on it.
