One of the most unusual figures in the hardcore circuit, Low Entropy is not only an avowed introvert, but also has produced hundreds of releases in an eclectic range of styles – and yielded some timeless classics along the way. Around ten years ago his main focus shifted towards doomcore and doomtechno, and that’s what he is still associated with mostly. For this NOISJ release, he has pushed himself over the edge we feel: The bassdrums heavier and more distorted than you can handle, the melodic twists and pads more complex and filmic than hardcore allows, this is EPIC, all capitalized. And yes, it shall be proclaimed, “Thy will be done”, available in two edits here, with the famous melody lifted from Grieg’s “In the hall of the mountain king”, it’s the successful attempt at orchestrating a classic/romantic theme with electronic means: This will make you a Low Entropy believer!

Thy Kingdom Come

Low Entropy - Thy Will Be Done (Full Force)

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/volksdorf-trax

Taciturne feat. Ad Absurdum - Noise Exp (Doomcore Records 155)

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-slowcore-compilation

What the heck is Slowcore?

When Techno and Hardcore gained traction in the 90s, there was the tendency for the sound to get more heavy and dirty on the one side, and more frantic and speedy on the other side; tracks at 160 BPM, 180 BPM, soon at over 200+ BPM came popping out; until eventually genres such as Terror and Speedcore arose and you had tracks clocking at 800 bpm in 1998. And, after the millenium, genres such as Splittercore and Extratone became popular that took the speed to even more insane levels.

But after a while, an evolution towards the opposite direction took place, too; starting in genres such as Industrial Hardcore and Doomcore, some artists began to produce slower and slower tracks; this soon gave birth to the phenomenon known as "Slowcore". Tracks below 100 BPM, or 80 BPM, or 60 BPM, or even at 1 bpm (and slower?). Slowcore even has its own sub styles by now, such as Funeral Doomcore for very slow tracks, or Hadal Doomcore for even much, much slower tracks (think 1-16 BPM).

When exactly a track does enter the "Slowcore" realm is open to dispute. For this compilation we used the definiton: 125 BPM or slower (with one exception!).

So we called out for producers to turn in their Slowcore tracks for this compilation, and the response was awesome. We have something from all realms of slower Hardcore here, 120 BPM tracks, 60 BPM, 4 BPM... Industrial inspired sounds, Doomed sounds, slow Dancefloor stompers, Dark Ambient influences, Death Metal, odd experiments... everything you can wish for.

And, while listening to the tracks, we almost got the impression that there was a historic error in the development of Hardcore Techno: these slow tracks sound so natural and kicking, the slow drums underline the dark moods and atmospheres so perfect, maybe Hardcore had always been ment to be produced at half the speed, or even much less!

So... get a glimpse of the Slowcore movement, and check this compilation - if you dare!

The Slowcore Compilation

This Is History (Slowcore Intro) (4 BPM) (DCR 163)

The Pestilence is Ours

Free download

Invoke Annihilation [Nano.strike - Mobcore Chicago - 2020]

Mix with unreleased tracks from PC Bassez 86

PC Bassez 86 Mix

https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-slow-future-generation

A new release on Slowcore Records.
Slowcore remixes of classic Doomcore Records tracks.
Doomcore, Industrial Hardcore and Techno at lower tempos.Haunting, pounding, brutal, and above all - slow!
Slowcore Records continues with its releases as a future music movement is slowly taking shape!

The Slow Future Generation

Soldiers Of Nothingness Knights Exceptional - Alucard Slowcore (50 BPM) (Slowcore 06)

We are happy to announce a new Doomcore Records sublabel: Omnicore Records

The idea of Doomcore Records always was to release the best tracks in Doomcore and related genres; Doomtechno, Industrial Hardcore, Dark, slower Hardcore in general.
But, over the course of years, we've always come accross musicians whose sounds we loved very much; but that we could not release by this quite strict programme, because they were not doing Doomcore.
We always felt this was a loss; so finally a new idea was born, and with the idea a new label:

Omnicore Records

Unlike Doomcore Records, this label will focus on all-styles of music; Speedcore, Acid, Breakcore, EBM, Dark Ambient - everything, essentially.
Or, to be more exact, it will be a label that does not focus on genres, but on artists; it will be a label for auteur music. If your music is awesome and great and powerful, we might release it; no matter if what you do is Chiptune or Oldschool Gabber or Gothtronica. You get the point.

We are also of course actively looking for artists:

Send demos to: low.entropy.80@gmail.com

Can be any style that is not Doomcore, as long as the music kicks ass.

The first release is by Low Entropy, who gives a trip back to the middle of the 90s in the middle of Europe; Hardtrance, Ravecore and Oldschool sounds combined, just like in the good old days. Inspired by 90s Mayday and Loveparade, but maybe an ounce harder this time.
For all those who never forgot that era, or just got newly into it. So get into your rave gear and feed four head with this release!
Relive the summer of 1995, or experience it for the first time.

Artwork by Mattia Travaglini Artworks
[mattiadesigner@gmail.com]
www.facebook.com/pages/MATTIA-TRAVAGLINI-ARTWORKS/110387038996119

Rave Disciples

Hardcore Rave

https://www.discogs.com/release/699457-Neuromancer-Atomiccore/image/SW1hZ2U6MjQwODYxMTE=

Atomiccore (MSS02)

Neuromancer - Meat Ratma

Dark ambient soundscapes for your pleasure, relax, chillout and enjoy.

DARK AMBIENT - DELECTATION OF DECAY

Extremely old track from the beginning stages

Untitled1

Ambient soundscapes inspired by the Blade Runner Universe for your pleasure, relax, chillout and enjoy.

NEXUS - THE RISE OF THE ROBOTS

...born 1980 in Hamburg, Germany. in 1996 i discovered the world of hard electronic music...
 and immediately fell in love with it... i never heard music with that extreme energy and passion behind it before...
 in 1997 i decided to create music myself... my style back then was mostly experimental hardcore, breakcore and speedcore...
 in 2000 i had my first release then, my 12" on Blut recordings.
 later that year, Betty Bombshell and me started a show on the terrestrial radio station "FSK" in Hamburg.
 the idea of the show was to broadcast music from the experimental and hard music scenes to an audience that might have not much contact with that kind of sound before. Betty left the show in 2001. 

 there was still a need for that kind of thing in Hamburg; Sampler19 and me teamed up, and we created the "Hamburg Hardcore Radio" show.
 apart from playing old and new records and tracks from the hard scenes on air, we also did many all-night shows, featuring a lot of guest DJs. later, The Man Unknown and DJ Escada joined us, and we started a crew that did the radio shows together.

 in 2002 a 12" by me was released on Praxis, i was very happy about this release, but i do not want to hype myself here, so i won't say too much.
 later that year my 12" on Black Monolith came out, which was again a bit different than my earlier releases, because it was an Hardacid/Acidcore EP.
 2002 was also the year when me and Sampler19 started the "All-Out Demolition!" parties in Hamburg. later, DJ Escada and The Man Unknown joined our crew there, too.
 the idea of All-Out Demolition! was to create a party series for the extreme, interesting and experimental types of Hardcore and Breakcore - parties for that type of sound only happened very rarely in Hamburg back then.
 in 2003, an album by me was released on Widerstand records. but again, i do not want to hype myself too much. the sound was in the various "styles" i produced in so far... breakcore, noize, ambient...

today the styles of the music i produce include breakcore, acidcore, doomcore and dark ambient.


influences on my work include: william gibson, stanislaw lem, bruce sterling, franz kafka, max stirner

musical influences include krautrock, postpunk, new wave, detroit, rave, acid house, classical avantgarde, dark ambient, industrial, chiptunes, gabber, hardcore techno