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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Introducing the Ultra Marine Audio Network

In case you are interested in some background information about us...

The Ultra Marine Audio Network is a non-profit DIY collective of artists, free-thinkers and dreamers; involved in, amongst other things the following projects:

The Hardcore Overdogs

An e-zine that aims to spotlight the more overlooked, but still very interesting aspects of the Hardcore Techno underground. As well as its social, cultural, and political connections.


lAibyrinth

A project related to the research of AI, especially in connection to art and media. Music, Techno, poetry, fiction.
As well as providing tutorials on how to use AI for these things.

Doomcore Records, Slowcore Records, Omnicore Records

DIY non-profit labels dedicated to various styles of music.

Doomcore Records is about Doomcore, a dark, somber, aggressive and brutal genre of Techno
Slowcore Records is about very slow Hardcore and Techno music; starting at 130 bpm and going as slow as 1 bpm!
Omnicore Records is about all styles of music.
We put out over 200 releases so far!

Mental Hardcore Health

An organisation dedicated to addressing mental health issues within and beyond the Hardcore Techno scene. In the hope of providing some help and support for those who are fighting these struggles.

Experimental Electronics And Other Music

A "blog" that features new and interesting electronic music of many styles.

Thoughts on Some Things

Philosophical, cultural, and medial musings


90s Hardcore Techno Database

A list of tribute DJ mixes about 90s hardcore techno artists, labels, and more.
Usually focusing on the more underground, lesser known stuff.


Video Art

"Music" and other videos to various projects; mostly related to Hardcore Techno again.

For example:

70 minutes of Dark Ambient music visualizations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwMnoDvBl8

E-books

We are also involved in creating e-books about various topics, mostly centered around the Hardcore Techno culture, but also many other topics.

For example: 

PCP - Legends In Their Life - The Unofficial Planet Core Productions Book

The Hardcore Condition - Experimental Hardcore Techno Of The 90s
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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Opinion: the female history of Hardcore Techno needs to be rewritten

Another opinion feature by one of our authors

I write a lot about the history of hardcore techno. There is growing interest in this specific genre of music - both by people new to the sound, and by the 'old dogs'.
Over time, I noticed there is a topic that people are especially interested in: Female Hardcore DJs, producers, and generally women who were influential or important to the scene.
Now you might think: "Ah, yeah, a lot of lonely Gabber guys who like the thought about a woman who does Hardcore, too, especially if she's 'good looking'. Typical 'fanboy' fantasies."
Well, yes, that probably plays a part in it, too. But a lot of these reactions are by females themselves, who are happy to hear there are more Hardcore sisters out there, and that the scene is not ran entirely by macho males.
And, of course, there are guys who sincerely support the female cause, too.

So, people are eager to hear about the female history of hardcore.
There is just a problem to it, that has been mostly overlooked so far.
We don't know this history. No one does. Because one cannot know it (at least not easily).

Why not? Because we cannot know which 90s producer / DJ / etc. was female or not! We cannot be certain.
People have been doing what is nowadays called "assuming the gender" of someone.
So yeah, they see a person, and see that person has long hair, "tits", maybe even a name that ends with -ie and -a and immediately go: "Oh, that's surely a woman!"
And that's total bullshit. Bodily appearance does not make you a female. Having a 'clit' or 'vagina' does not make someone a female (and how would they know what a producer or DJ has 'in their pants' anyway?).
Gender is completely disconnected from bodily make-up and appearance. Whether you are a man or a woman (or something entirely different) is not defined by which parts you might, or might not have.

So, in many cases we just can't know which DJ / Producer in the 90s was female or not!
People have assigned genders to them that might not be correct at all.
Even if you go back, and find interviews etc. were a specific producer called themselves a woman, used female pronouns and such, this not a definitive clue. They could have just been closeted for a number of reason.
There was much less tolerance (or even understanding!) for concepts like trans, non-binary, agender, and so on in the 90s than there is now. It is quite understandable if someone decided to remain quiet about their own, actual gender.

And, the next thing is:
This goes for the 90s producers and DJs that have been assumed to be males so far, too!
Having short hair, Adam's apple, and a "penis" does not automatically make you a male. Let us repeat: 'Gender has nothing to do with the body!'

So, a lot of Hardcore people that were considered to be "male" in that decade, might have actually been females.
Thus there might be a lot more 90s female Hardcore producers and DJs out there than most people think.

Now, I don't want to do the opposite extreme and call into question the gender of actual people.
In many cases, people might have just been what others thought about them. They might have been cis.
After all, it should be left to each individual to handle their own identity in any way they want to.

I just want to say that this habit to "assume the gender" of people they don't know has to stop. Everyone should be more tolerant, respectful, and open-minded.

And I wanted to point out that the history of female hardcore is much less clear-defined than some people think.

So, let us rewrite Hardcore history!
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Off-Lists: Hardcore Techno tracks to send you to the hospital

We're starting a new feature: "Off-lists"
With these "Off-Lists" we will focus on themes and motifs that are more out-there, abstract, off-the-center. Exploring aspects and ideas that are rarely highlighted when people talk, think, or write about Hardcore.

This time we give you: a playlist related to the themes of hospitals, sickness, diseases, surgery and, hopefully, a cure.

So enjoy this Hospital-Core playlist. And remember: A Hardcore track a day keeps the doctor away!

1. Turbulence - The Home For The Sick
2. Sensor - A Sick Mind Is A True Delight
3. Shitspitter - Cut You Up
4. Pressure Head - The Surgeon General
5. The Undertaker - Flatliner


6. Atari Teenage Riot - Sick To Death
7. Nordcore GMBH - Operation Nordcore
8. Dr. Pravda - Krankenhouse
9. Mokum - Ziekehouse
10. Patric Catani - Started To Get Infected


11. Metic - Train Damage (Elektrik Convulsive Treatment EP)
12. Alec Empire - Silver Pills
13. Pill-Driver - Pitch-Hiker
14. Fear Factory & Mokum - Manic Cure
15. Current 909 - Hospitalism



16. E-De Cologne - Nurses Hostel
17. Alec Empire - Heartbeat That Is Not There
18. BSE - Hard Attack
19. D&F - Hard Attack
20. Stickhead - Blood Addict


21. Dr. Mindfuck - Beine
22. Speedfreak - The Doctor Is Back
23. Doc Gringo - Freedom
24. Somatic Responses - Sickwave
25. Cannibal DJ - Skulldrill


26. Waxweazle - Brainscan
27. Waxweazle - Blood in, Blood Out
28. Neuroviolence - Surfing On A Sea Of Blood
29. Program 1 - World's Famous MF (Fractured Skull Edit)

Also check these off-lists:

Hardcore for Scorpios
Hardcore Techno for Foodies
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Opinion: Do we need more narrative movies that feature Gabbers?

Note: this is the personal opinion of the author, and not necessarily a viewpoint that is endorsed by The Hardcore Overdogs.

So.
The movie "Hardcore Never Dies" is out now.


The first feedback is coming in.
And I find it interesting that a lot of people go the way of:

"It's not what you expect, it's a more like a crime movie that happens to have Gabbers as the characters. I would rather watch a 'real' Gabber movie."

While for me it's the opposite. If you want real Gabbers, go to the documentaries (there are plenty of them).
I think this movie here opens some very new and different possibilities instead.
Imagine that more movies from different genres  would be made that feature Gabber characters!

A James Bond movie with a villain who likes Euromasters and D.O.A.


A romantic comedy where an upper class Julia Roberts-type character falls in love with a working class Gabber dude from Amsterdam.
A gang war movie where one of the rival groups is a Gabber gang.
A heist movie where the main guy unlocks the safe to the sound of "We have arrived" on his ear-pods.
The possibilities are endless.

Okay, you might say some of these seem over-the-top. But this is only because Gabber is such a shunned genre!

For example, the Raggacore (does this genre still exist?) and Breakcore crowd have their 'big' movies with Rastafarian villains, which they already idolized decades ago.


Movies in which punks play an important role are plenty as well (Driller Killer...).
In one of these well-known crime investigations shows on TV, the forensic specialist was a Goth girl (forgot the name...).
David Lynch always features various iterations of Rockabilly heroes / villains in his media.
Stranger Things had Heavy Metal (and post-punk) characters.


There are many narrative movies in which Skinheads play an important part (such as the really nasty ones in the really good movie called "Hanna").
It's not far to go to Gabbers from there.

So yeah.
We need more Gabber movies :-)

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Biochip C. releases 11 volumes strong Archives Collection



Biochip C. aka Martin Damm (aka Speedfreak, Napalm, Shapeshifter, DJ Fistfuck, and many, many more akas...) just released a killer collection of some of his "older" material.

Huge in scope and huge in sound - eleven full length volumes in total, with 119 tracks!

But, as he wrote a very good description of these himself, we will be "lazy" for once, and share what he has to say about them:

"All tracks in the Biochip C. Archives Collection (11 Volumes, 119 tracks) were produced between 1992 and 1998 (some very few are from the early 2000s) and are taken from the original master tapes they were recorded on back then.

In 2023 they have been remastered for this Archives Collection.

The tracks have been previously released on various vinyls and/or compilations under various side-projects of Biochip C. and have been recompiled here to create homogenous bundles.

You might know some of these tracks by different names, because for the final releases some of the tracks had been renamed. In this Archives Collection all tracks are taken from the original master Digital Audio Tapes, so they are featured here with their working titles."

The 11 volumes are all dedicated to a respective theme or style. And these are as follows:

Biochip C. Archives 01: Acid: Sweet  - "Acid: Sweet is a bundle of melodic acid-tracks"
Biochip C. Archives 02: Acid: Salty Part1 - "Acid: Salty is a bundle of acid-tracks that are suitable for clubs and dancefloors
Biochip C. Archives 03: Acid: Salty Part2
Biochip C. Archives 04: Acid: Sour - "Acid: Sour is a bundle of purist underground acid-tracks"
Biochip C. Archives 05: Acid: Bitter - "Acid: Bitter is a bundle of hard acid-tracks and Acidcore"
Biochip C. Archives 06: Acid: Umami - "Acid: Umami is a bundle of experimental underground acid-tracks"
Biochip C. Archives 07: Electro 1 - Electro-type and Experimental tracks.
Biochip C. Archives 08: Electro 2
Biochip C. Archives 09: Industrial 1 - Industrial, Hardcore, and harsh Experimental tracks.
Biochip C. Archives 10: Industrial 2
Biochip C. Archives 11: Industrial 3

Head over to https://refusion.bandcamp.com/ to check this awesome release!
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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Doomcore feature about the Extinction parties in Vienna on the WiseUp! radio show

Ausgefinkelt / Extinction is a party series in Vienna, and WiseUp! radio did a feature on them, including an interview and very tasty sounds.
The menu of the night is Doomcore, but... check for yourself!

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Introducing the 90s Hardcore Techno Tribute Mix Database

(TL;DR) A list of tribute DJ mixes about 90s hardcore techno artists, labels, and more.
Usually focusing on the more underground, lesser known stuff. Click here for more information.

Styles and Sub-styles:

Beat my brains out:

Tribute To Early German Speedcore Mix
Brachialcore Mix (90s Terror & Speedcore)
90s Extreme Hardcore And Speedcore
Hakke Mix
Tribute To Early French Hardcore Mix
More 90s Extreme Hardcore And Speedcore
90s Speedcore Mix
Roots Of Industrial Hardcore And Terror Mix
Tribute Mix To Very Noizy 90s Hardcore
Tribute Mix To 90s Japanese Hardcore


Experimental shit:


Doomed cities:

Tribute To Early Doomcore Mix
Tribute To Early Doomcore Mix Part 2
Tribute To Early Doomcore Mix Part 3
Doomcore Showcase Mix for GHz

Breakcore:

The Naughty Side of Breakcore (NSFW - must be 18 or over to click on it!)

Tracker stuff:


Hardcore-adjacent styles:

Erotic Techno and Gabber (NSFW - must be 18 or over to click on it!)

Labels:

Tribute To Fischkopf Hamburg Mix
Tribute To Fischkopf Hamburg Mix Part 2
Tribute To Fischkopf Mix Part 3
Tribute To Fischkopf Mix Part 4
The Experimental Side of PCP
Tribute To Zero Tolerance Records London Mix
Tribute To Blut Records Mix
Tribute To Cold Rush Records Mix
Tribute To Praxis Records Mix Part 1: Early Tracks
Tribute To Digital Hardcore Recordings Mix
Tribute To Kotzaak Unltd. Mix
Tribute to Things To Come Records Mix
Tribute to Cross Fade Enter Tainment Mix
Future World Tribute Mix
Mix Never Seen - Tribute To Sounds Never Seen
Hangars Liquides Tribute Mix
Tribute To The Audio / Visual Irritant Mix
PCP Rare Gems Mix
Tribute To Bloody Fist Mix
Tribute To War Records Mix
Tribute To Cavage Mix
Tribute To Narcotic Network Recordings
Tribute Mix To Countdown FFM
Tribute Mix To Dance Ecstasy 2001 - Part 1
Tribute Mix To Super Special Corp.
Tribute Mix To Gangstar Toons Industry
Tribute Mix To Anticore Records
Tribute Mix To Mono Tone
Tribute Mix To Spite
Tribute Mix To K-Ni-Bal Records
Tribute To DHR Limited Mix
Tribute Mix To Underground Futuristic Organisation
Tribute To Tranceform Records Mix
Tribute To Industrial Strength Classic Terror Set
Tribute Mix To UHF Records
PCP Labels Tribute Mix
Tribute To Speedcore Records Mix
Cluck Records Minimix
Grand Mal Minimix
Skullduggery Records Mix
Voodoo Vinyl Minimix
Psykopunk Minimix
Red Level Records Minimix
Special Forces-Tribute Mix
Widerstand Records Tribute Mix Vol 2

Artists:

Tribute To Somatic Responses Mix
Tribute To FFM Shadow Orchestra Mix
Tribute To Taciturne Mix
Tribute To Taciturne Mix Part 2 - Gone Hardcore!
Tribute To Christoph De Babalon Mix
Tribute To The Mover Mix
Tribute To Ec8or Mix
Tribute To Miro Mix
Tribute To Mouse And No Name Mix
Tribute To 303 Nation Mix
Tribute To Alec Empire - Obscure Edition
Tribute To Oliver Chesler Mix
Tribute To Eradicator And Test Tube Kid Mix
Tribute To The Berzerker Mix
Tribute Mix To Rage Reset & Static Tremor
Tribute To Ilsa Gold Mix
Tribute To Disciples Of Belial Mix
Tribute To Neuroviolence And Lorenz Attractor Mix
Tribute To Pressurehead And UK Skullfuck Mix
Tribute To E-De-Cologne Mix
Tribute To Nasenbluten Mix
Tribute to Smash and Tschabos and Friends Mix
Tribute To Alec Empire (Ambient Version)
Tribute To Senical Mix
Tribute To Sonic Subjunkies Mix
Tribute To Black Blood And Steven Sick Mix
Tribute To Patric Catani Mix (Early Works)
Tribute To Amiga Shock Force Mix
Tribute To Dr. Macabre Mix
Tribute To Zekt Mix
Tribute To Early Somatic Responses
Tribute To Skullblower Mix
Tribute To Aphex Twin Mix
Tribute To Unit Moebius Mix Part 1 - Early Works
Tribute Mix To Noize Creator
Tribute To Early Somatic Responses Part II
Tribute To Brandon Spivey & Richie Anderson Mix
Tribute To Phil Klein aka Bass Junkie Mix
DJ Freak Tribute Mix Vol 1
20 Year Tribute To Mouse & No Name

Places:


Dates:

1994 / 1995 In Hardcore (Mix)
1996 In Hardcore (Mix)
1997 in Hardcore (Mix)
1998 In Hardcore (Mix)
1999 In Hardcore (Mix)
1994 and 1995 In Hardcore Part 2 (Mix)
1996 In Hardcore Part 2 (Mix)
1997 In Hardcore Mix - Part 2

Themes:


Misc


(Whole background information to this database)

While the 90s era of Hardcore Techno seemed to be heavily ignored during the "Millennium phase", in recent years there has been growing interest in this very special period of Hardcore History again.
Amongst other things, this shows in the increasing number of "Tribute Mixes" that are being made regarding artists, labels, styles, and even themes of this unforgettable era.

Thus I had the idea to build a kind of database for these types of mixes.
So here it is.

A list of tribute DJ mixes about 90s hardcore techno artists, labels, and more.
Usually focusing on the more underground, lesser known stuff.

The body of the Hardcore scene has already done a lot of changing.
But that’s only the beginning.
The beginning of the new flesh.
To become the new flesh you have to embrace the old flesh.

Long live the new flesh!

So far these are mostly my own mixes (simply because I could look them up easily, but not those of others).

Help me build this database - if you want to submit a mix for the list, contact me at: low.entropy.80@gmail.com subject "Hardcore Mix Database".

Eligible are all mixes that focus on 90s Hardcore and related styles (like Doomcore, Acidcore, Speedcore, Breakcore, even Techno).
The vast majority of the tracks used in the mix should be from the 90s (obviously).
It's okay if other styles (and eras) of music are used in a special way; like, say, using a classical composition as the intro, using a rap song in a break, or going out with a Noize track - whatever.
It can also be okay if you mix 90s Hardcore and genres related to it.
After all, there is no clear defined "border" between Techno, Acid, other music from the 90s, and the earliest Hardcore releases; these scenes bled into each other, and this music was often played at the same parties, and in the same sets.

If there is one or two Hardcore tracks from a date after the 90s in the mix, and they are used in a way that can be explained, this can be okay, too - in some rare cases. For example, closing the mix with a newer remix of a classic 90s track. 
But it is preferable if there is not, and that you use only Hardcore tracks from the 90s era.
Because there are many mixes around now that try to blend 90s and post-2000 hardcore in one way or the other. While these mixes may have merits in their own way, the focus should be especially on the 90s decade here - so these mixes would fit better to some other place.

If you have more questions, or want to contact me for any other reason: low.entropy.80@gmail.com

But for now: Check the list!

(courtesy of Low Entropy)
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

The Legend of the Zombie Rave (Video Version)


A Hardcore Techno Horror Story written by an AI (The Legend of the Zombie Rave)

Now as an animated video, too!

The text was entirely written by ChatGPT ( https://chat.openai.com/ )
The accompanying images used for the animation were generated by Leonardo.Ai ( https://app.leonardo.ai/ ).
The introduction was also written by ChatGPT ;-)

Concept & Execution: Low Entropy ( https://lowentropyproducer.blogspot.com/ )

Supported by The Hardcore Overdogs & lAibyrinth

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/
https://laibyrinth.blogspot.com/

Non-animated version: https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-legend-of-zombie-rave-doomcore.html

Note: we deliberately added visual inconsistencies in the depiction of the warehouse, the characters, and so on. This is in reference to the "haunted" aspects of the story, and you will see that these inconsistencies get worse as the narrative becomes more otherworldly.

"Dive into the darkness of underground hardcore techno with 'The Legend of the Zombie Rave.' This Halloween, the music takes on a supernatural twist, blurring the lines between the living and the dead. Join us for a journey that combines eerie rituals, supernatural forces, and the indomitable spirit of the underground. It's a tale of music, horror, and the thrill of the unknown. Dance to the rhythm of your own heartbeat in this special Halloween short story of 'The Hardcore Overdogs.'"

#hardcore #techno #doomcore #slowcore #ai #chatgpt #artificialintelligence #horror #story #animation

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