Alec Empire Talks To NTR About Origins Of Breakcore!

[thesavageapesofmars Profile]

I never read this thread before. From now on I'll always imagine Alec Empire sitting in his rocking chair boring his grandchildren with the whole breakcore story again. I thank him for the influence he's had on the muscians that influenced me but that's it. If I'd heard "the Destroyer" back when it came out it's quite possible that it would have rocked my world but I heard it only a few years ago for the first time and I was glad when the piece of music history was over. ATR gives me a headache.
I think the term breakcore is pretty logical for agressive music with breakbeats. If Alec and his buddies didn't come up with it it's very likely someone else would've eventually. Maybe I should label my music as post-alecbreakcore or just post-breakcore now(fitting since being a postman is my dayjob). I'd like to coin that term but I'm afraid someone already did back in 1993.

ps. The cat intermezzo post should win an award.

[Ihlcare Imperator Profile]

"i find it interesting that he says all this stuff about how what he did back in the day was better than what anyone else does now"

I said "we", not "I"...and I was talking about all producers putting records out from 1993-2001. That is a slight difference.
Also this interview was about the past...this is why I talked about the past. I don't see my work from back then as relevant or 'important' at all, that's why I moved on long time ago - I feel I have done my bit back then.
(When do you ever hear me talk about that time? right not all, because noone really cares that much anymore)

And yes, a hardware sampler and an analogue desk is way cheaper than a laptop with software....just trust me on this, if the laptop guys would do the same music but would produce it with these tools, it would sound much much more powerful over any PA.

calling me a fascist because I say my honest opinion in an interview, doesn't improve your music at all.

the original 'breakcore' was done like this, nobody keeps you from creating your own genre name ....call it fruity loops macbook ableton mp3 core or whatever...

jesus...I'm glad I am not part of that scene anymore...

and for the record I do like some laptop based music, but I just wouldn't call it breakcore...that's all...

all the best,

Alec Empire