MEAT PARADE + RUBBER MUFFIN = GABBER TRASH. GOOD OR BAD???
Before we get to the jam, I wanna discuss Breakcore and Digital Hardcore. I’m very on the fence about these genres of music. For the most part, I think they are AWEFUL! I don’t think noise is music. Infact, I think it’s the opposite of music really. What I do love is when an artist uses noise to create melody, but Breakcore/DHC artists rarely do this. I also don’t think percussion is music on its own. It should be an element of a song. Most Breakcore/DHC seems to be comprised entirely of percussion. A lot of the jams in these styles are also very fast, soaring way past 200 bpm. People can’t dance that fast! Electronic music that is too fast to dance to is useless to me. Whenever I hear a DJ drop a tune that is, like, 400 bpm, all I think to myself is, “Wow. That DJ HATES DANCING and is doing everything they can to make sure nobody does”.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I recognize that Breakcore and DHC are incredibly complex styles of music. The detail is often astonishing! I also appreciate the crude sense of humour that Breakcore/DHC artists tend to have. They really inject a lot of fun into their music. There are some Breakcore/DHC jams in my collection. I always try to give music a chance and occasionally I stumble upon something that I like in a pile of shit.
Now, on to D-TRASH RECORDS.
This is a Canadian DHC label founded in 1998. They recently released a free album by Meat Parade & Rubber Muffin. Here’s my favourite song from the album for you to check out and download if you like it. It’s a heavily Breakcore influenced Gabber jam with a hilariously long title.
Now, here’s the thing. I would drop this track in a mix, BUT I would slow it way down and do a pretty substantial edit on it so that it’s short and only contains the parts that I don’t think are horrible. Haha! I may do this. We’ll see.
I know there are lots of intellegent Breakcore/DHC lovers out there and I would love to read from you, so if you disagree with me, please leave a comment.
You can find out lots more about D-TRASH on their WEBSITE.
Its kind of more hardtek than gabber.. isnt it?
Well, I’d call it Gabber and they call it Gabber. It was in the releases genre description for the track. Genre lines are so blurred with edgy stuff like this, I think you can pretty much call it whatever you want. Thanx for commenting!
Hey there, I actually stumbled upon your post while I was looking for some breakcore and DHC type music. It’s a good track and I like it alot. It’s just flat out silly and doesn’t take itself seriously at all. 🙂 I’ve mixed that a few times before at some small parties. The energy just makes it fun. I usually cut out the first minute of the song and play the rest. The used of obscure samples is awesome. So many of them are just there for comedic effect. 🙂
As far as breakcore goes, that has always been part of the reason I enjoyed it. It’s abrasive and noisy and I like that. But at the same time its often just silly or violent for no apparent reason. I’ve always been into alot of electronic music and punk/hardcore, so to be able to hear the verocity and heavy use of electronics together made me go nuts.
I got really tired of some of the “scene” and the music because too many people were trying too hard to say “something” or trying to hard keep up some sort of image. That’s what I enjoy about breakcore and stuff like it. There is no “scene” except for a very loosely based network on the internet. I understand where your coming from and it’s refreshing to here someone be honest. 🙂
You totally GET Breakcore. Thanx bro!
[…] you will find a BREAKCORE RECORD that I love, which is a rare occurence. I’ve written, in a PAST POST about my problems with the Breakcore genre. Now, here’s an example of noisy garbage that I […]
“i don’t really listen to much breakcore or digital hardcore because i feel it’s mostly based around drums” … “here’s a track based around drums and random samples thrown in…”
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Did you read the whole thing? Who are you quoting?? What is your question???
If this was intended to be a rebuttal, it fails.
Try again?