Misplaced Pages

#92907

28-456: The Ragga Twins , also known as RTC , are an English ragga and jungle MC duo of Deman Rocker (David Destouche) and Flinty Badman (Trevor Destouche). Originating from Hackney , England , they started out on London 's Unity sound system , and are regarded as pioneers of the scene. AllMusic called them "crucial cogs in the development of U.K. dance music." The Ragga Twins originated as part of London's Unity sound system , operating under

56-446: A few producers primarily work in the style, it still has a sizable following among breakcore fans. Notable releases in this style include those by Aaron Spectre and Bong-Ra. The term "mashcore" was coined by English breakcore artist Shitmat to describe his music such as his track "There’s No Business Like Propa’ Rungleclotted Mashup Bizznizz". Mashcore primarily draws from the mashup genre of music and shows an irreverence towards

84-441: A new shape, adding in more elements of mashup and IDM to the hardcore sounds. Each of these labels began to draw in aspects of their own social and aesthetic scenes, allowing for an even broader definition of what was possible in the music. In Europe, the breakcore genre was solidified by raves and club events such as Belgium's Breakcore Gives Me Wood, featuring local acts such as UndaCova and Sickboy ; Breakcore A Go Go, in

112-497: A poignant aural mirage of a time when techno music was made for the popular vanguard rather than a connoisseurial elite, as it is today." Raggacore is a style of music derived from ragga jungle that somewhat predates breakcore, characterized by ragga and dancehall rhythms and vocals. Its roots can arguably be traced back to jungle producer Remarc, who was one of the first producers to mix ragga and dancehall vocals with chaotic and intricately rearranged break beats. While only

140-405: A remix was created and white labels distributed but the single was never released due to Aquasky leaving their distribution deal with ST Holdings and moving to SRD. A series of 12" singles have been released with Aquasky on their Passenger label since 2002, including new tracks for the 601 album We Do Bass and a Ragga Twins 2002–2013 compilation album. In 2004, Aquasky were approached by HBO for

168-460: A wide palette of sampling sources played at high tempos. As the early days of " hardcore techno " or just " hardcore " began to settle in Europe, breakcore as a genre began to take more concrete forms in other parts of the world. Inspired by new labels such as Addict, from Milwaukee, US; Peace Off from Rennes, France; Sonic Belligeranza from Bologna, Italy; and Planet Mu , from London, it began to take

196-627: Is an intentional misspelling of " ragamuffin ", a word that entered the Jamaican Patois lexicon after the British Empire colonized Jamaica in the 17th century. Despite the British colonialists' pejorative application of the term, Jamaican youth appropriated it as an ingroup designation. The term "raggamuffin music" describes the music of Jamaica 's "ghetto dwellers". King Jammy produced 1985 hit, " (Under Me) Sleng Teng " by Wayne Smith . In

224-418: Is the best example of a music genre whose development is intrinsically linked to online and peer-to-peer distribution. In the 2020s breakcore underwent a revival, bringing with it a noticeably different sound than the music produced in the 1990s and 2000s. According to Bandcamp Daily writer James Gui, 2020s breakcore is nostalgic, atmospheric, and sentimental, and grew out of the digital hardcore scene of

252-459: Is with Aquasky , a partnership that was first cemented in 2001 when the tracks "All in Check" feat. CoGee and "Loko" were written for Botchit & Scarper. Four months later, the tracks "Coffee" and "Dem No No We" were recorded for drum and bass label Moving Shadow , and in 2002, the drum and bass track "Dirty Entertainers" was recorded with Aquasky on their now defunct Sonix label. The following year,

280-509: The Kool London radio station . Ragga Wayne Smith 's " Under Mi Sleng Teng ", produced by King Jammy in 1985 on a Casio MT-40 synthesizer, is a seminal ragga song. "Sleng Teng" boosted Jammy's popularity immensely, and other producers quickly released their own versions of the riddim , accompanied by dozens of different vocalists. Ragga originated in Jamaica during the 1980s, at

308-561: The 2010s. It is accompanied by an aesthetic that draws from video games , anime , and internet culture with artists such as Machine Girl and Goreshit being influential to the revival's aesthetic and sound. The most defining characteristic of breakcore is the drum work, which is often based on the manipulation of the Amen break and other classic jungle and hip-hop breaks at high BPM . The techniques applied to achieve this differ from musician to musician, some preferring to cut up and rearrange

SECTION 10

#1732859291093

336-468: The Lime take another direction towards mash-up, happy hardcore , and rave to make a lighter, more humorous sound. The rise of Chiptune music has also blended with breakcore with artists such as Tarmvred . The UK free party scene has also expressed a large interest in producing and distributing its own takes on breakcore, with crews and labels such as Life4land, Hekate, Headfuk, and Bad Sekta helping to push

364-706: The Mic". In 2010, they were featured on Mason and the Fraudster's track "U Appear". Flinty Badman & Deman Rocker appeared in the Plan B crime film Ill Manors in 2012. In 2014, they featured on "All is Fair in Love and Brostep" and " Ragga Bomb " from Skrillex 's debut album Recess , and "Zipper" from MUST DIE!'s album Death & Magic . In 2008, Soul Jazz Records issued a compilation album of their early 1990s recordings entitled Ragga Twins Step Out . Ragga Twins play regularly on

392-842: The Netherlands, which was run by FFF and Bong-Ra; as well as Anticartel, in Rennes , the seat of PeaceOff, and later, Wasted , in Berlin and Bangface in London. Breakcore has been subject to changing and branching. Many newer breakcore artists (such as Mochipet etc.) focus on melodic progressions and complex drum programming while other artists still focus on distorted hardcore breakbeats and dark-edged musical influences (such as heavy metal and industrial ). The artist Venetian Snares has produced breakcore blended with elements of classical music . Other artists such as Shitmat , Sickboy, DJ Scotch Egg , and Drop

420-450: The [breakcore] music combines rumbling bass lines, fidgety beats and grainy ragga vocals to create a home-listening surrogate for the ' bashment ' vibe of a Jamaican sound system party. Others within the breakcore genre, like Knifehandchop, Kid606 and Soundmurderer, hark back to rave's own early days, their music evoking the rowdy fervor of a time when huge crowds flailed their limbs to a barrage of abstract noise and convulsive rhythm. It's

448-657: The blueprint for much of breakcore's sound, a high-bpm mash-up of hyperkinetic, post-jungle breaks, feedback, noise, and Jamaican elements paired with a devil-may-care attitude towards sampling that pulls from the broadest musical spectrum of styles (hip-hop, rock, industrial, pop, and beyond)." At the same time, Bloody Fist Records based in Newcastle , Australia, released many records of hardcore / gabber , industrial , and noise . Artists signed to Bloody Fist in its lifetime include Syndicate, Xylocaine, Epsilon and Nasenbluten . Label founder Mark Newlands said, in 1997, "I think that

476-414: The breakcore sound. This label is also responsible for digital hardcore , a genre developed simultaneously to breakcore. The Alec Empire album The Destroyer is often noted as the first breakcore album. English producer Shoebill has noted that autism , and especially its interaction with gender identity , has influenced "almost everyone" they know in the breakcore scene. Vice magazine compared

504-411: The breaks, while others merely distort and loop breaks or apply various effects such as delay and chorus to alter the break's timbre. Melodically, there is nothing that defines breakcore. Classic rave sounds such as acid bass lines, Hoovers and Reese bass are common, but breakcore is mostly known for sampling sounds from all over the musical spectrum to accommodate the frantic and fast-paced nature of

532-485: The first "amenpunk" E.P. under his Drumcorps alias. The style originated around 2006, and is characterized by sampling of pop-punk and other upbeat styles of punk music. In London, DJ Scud co-founded Ambush Records in 1997 with fellow producer Aphasic to focus on more extreme noise-oriented hardcore drum and bass . Some artists released on Ambush are Christoph Fringeli, Slepcy, The Panacea , and Noize Creator. "Scud and Nomex tracks like 'Total Destruction' helped create

560-410: The idea that free or pirated music is worthless. Reizokore is a more hyper, " ADHD ", style of mashcore pioneered by Ukrainian artist Reizoko Cj. Dancecore is a subgenre of mashcore that is more dancefloor influenced, making use of "four on the floor" rhythms and gabber kicks, and sampling mainly from Eurobeat , '90s techno, and other dance music genres. Aaron Spectre is regarded to have made

588-622: The label as recognized globally for its contributions to the breakcore genre, and for spurring its 1990s development. The Bloody Fist sound became breakcore from what was the noise genre , with added elements of high beats per minute and "extreme", thick, low-fi textures". By way of example, Nasenbluten 's 1996 Fuck Anna Wood exemplified this style with controversial public affairs audio samples collaged into dialogue atop early hardcore beats. Formed in 1994, Digital Hardcore Recordings released music by artists such as Alec Empire , Shizuo, Atari Teenage Riot , EC8OR , and Bomb20, shaping

SECTION 20

#1732859291093

616-465: The late 1980s, Jamaican deejay Daddy Freddy and Asher D 's " Ragamuffin Hip-Hop " became the first multinational single to feature the word "ragga" in its title. Raggacore Breakcore is a style and microgenre of electronic dance music that emerged from jungle , hardcore , and drum and bass in the mid-to-late 1990s. It is characterized by very complex and intricate breakbeats and

644-483: The name in 1989. They first came to prominence with a number of groundbreaking singles in the early 1990s including "Spliffhead", "Wipe the Needle", "Hooligan 69" and "Mixed Truth", with production by Shut Up & Dance . This was followed by album Reggae Owes Me Money in 1991. They resurfaced in 1995 on Positiva , and continued to release tracks intermittently into the 2000s. The Ragga Twins longest musical relationship

672-520: The rhythm section. Around the turn of the century, more and more breakcore musicians began employing traditional synthesis techniques to compose elaborate melodies and harmonies. There are a growing number of musicians who make use of recorded live instrumentation in their music, such as Istari Lasterfahrer, Hecate , Benn Jordan , Ruby My Dear, Qüatros, Venetian Snares , Drumcorps , and Igorrr . According to Simon Reynolds of The New York Times , "purveyed by artists like DJ/Rupture and Teamshadetek,

700-439: The same time that electronic dance music 's popularity was increasing globally. Ragga spread to Europe, North America, and Africa, eventually spreading to Japan, India, and the rest of the world. Ragga heavily influenced early jungle music , and also spawned the syncretistic bhangragga style when fused with bhangra . In the 1990s, ragga and breakcore music fused, creating a style known as raggacore . The term "raggamuffin"

728-458: The scene and sound forward, as well as bringing over a number of international artists to play at their parties and club nights. Breakcore is steadily gaining in popularity, and aspiring artists are found scattered across the Internet. Sociologist Andrew Whelan notes that Venetian Snares has become "synonymous with breakcore such that alternative styles are being sidelined." He adds that breakcore

756-452: The uncomfortableness also comes from a reaction towards the mainstream and popular culture that's constantly shoved down our throats, that's forced on the people via television, radio, mass media, etc. I think that also fuels the fire and keeps the aggressiveness there and the uncomfortableness." Newlands described their music as products of " cut'n'paste mentality" and an industrial environment. In her Experimental Music , Gail Priest credits

784-658: The usage of the tracks "Loko" or "Dem No No We" to be used in the Ali G series Ali G in Da USA . HBO finally settled on "Dem No No We" which took the Ragga Twins' new breakbeat output to America . A video was shot for the "Superbad" single in 2011 by b-boy and film-maker Charlie Marbles, a friend of Aquasky also from Bournemouth . In 2008, the Twins lent their vocals to the Backdraft single, "Rock

#92907