I Hate Breakcore

by **maidenchina** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:09 pm

why do we like it?
obviously because humans like rhythymic patterns, but what is it specifically, in your opinion, that makes breakcore more appealing as a genre than, say house? or since you probably like multiple genres, what is it about breakcore that makes you want to listen to breakcore at a certain moment?
i'm just stoned and trying to understand why i can't stop listening to this shit but all my roommates, girlfriend, etc. think dubstep is the fucking bomb and can listen to the same twostep beat for six minutes and be thouroughly entertained

by **djtheblade** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:16 pm

Breakcore is Bricolage for me in it's rawest form. It's inaccessible, intricate, often subversive and in many ways it is the logical conclusion of electronic music. Breakcore is still developing in its varying different ways, but I don't think music can particularly reach any newer sonic extremes (short of the invention of new interactive technology, like some sort of Breakcore Total Recall or something).

by **HORSE FORCE** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:05 pm

breakcore sucks
i hate breakcore

by **popejagged** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:31 pm

Basically what djtheblade said. Besides, it's not repetitive and takes a lot of thought to understand the track fully, thus keeps us from getting bored to the point we hate the song. There are people that don't like to think when listening to music, and then there are people that like to overanalyze everthing about it. We are those that are very specific about every detail.

by **DJ DL-44** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:26 pm

Because it is dripping with esoterica, because it makes me feel like the person who made it would be cool to hang out with, because it rarely does the same thing for more than 16 bars, because it manages to be artistically postured without being serious.

by **SweetPeaPod** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:16 am

i like it 'cause to me, it's electronic punk. allegedly, completely freeform...
but then you get those assholes that ruin it by taking it appart and taking it too serious. i like the spastic style and randomness.

ps. if you wanna be a rockstar, maybe don't make bkor

by **Feutus Lapdance** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:52 pm

Breakcore = everything.
everything = GOD.
To me Breakcore is a religious thing...everytime it tells a different story. A beast of beauty, grace and insanity

by **HORSE FORCE** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:55 pm

most music wants you to like it

breakcore doesnt give a shit
breakcore wants you to die

by **djtheblade** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:56 pm

HORSE FORCE wrote:breakcore wants you to die

of cancer

by **Feutus Lapdance** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:41 pm

djtheblade wrote:
HORSE FORCE wrote:breakcore wants you to die

of cancer

Testicular cancer

In my next life I want to come back as Testicular cancer...

by **Found God Through Boredom** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:43 pm

It gives you the freedom to explore whatever genre of music you want to, whilst completely glitching the shit out of it and subverting convetions. Its not anti-music like noise but it makes people dance like retards.

by **SixContreTous** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:41 pm

It can be anti-music at times. Another thing worth mentioning though is that it's a good excuse to sample and rip apart other music that I hate... Like breakcore :twisted:

by **maidenchina** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:10 pm

these are great answers
i especially like:
-breakcore as a logical result of other genres/electronic music in general
-breakcore as electronic punk
-breakcore not giving a shit if you like it
-breakcore as bricolage
-breakcore as having more depth of detail

i think the last aspect, the fact that the nature of breakcore invites rich, complex songs, is the main reason why i started liking it
not only that, but i strongly believe that when i developed my taste for breakcore i also developed a heightened ability to listen to music
like there isn't really a song that can go by too fast for me anymore, and i can follow an unresolved phrase or a series of them, in ways that i couldn't before
basically what i'm saying is i think breakcore requires more attention and effort on the part of the listener than any other contemporary genre, it's mentally stimulating rather than mind-numbing

by **Anthropophagic Messiah** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:20 am

I find that breakcore can help me concentrate in an odd way, like when I paint I like to not have my mind wander. If I'm listening to Winnipeg or something pretty chaotic then that takes all my thought and I can zone out very much in the present.

And pretty much what everyone else said.

Once I started listening to the more extreme varieties of music that was it. It was like a drug in that I had to keep looking for more and more extreme music to feel the same high again.

Having said that, I've had a few really good nights monging out to some dubstep in the clubs even though I don't find it particularly interesting to listen to at home.

Also drugs.

by **producer_snafu** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:03 am

sounds good when i'm drunk and i like to be drunk.

also chicks dig it.

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