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!

Tracklisting:

01.Low Entropy - This Is History (Slowcore Intro) (4 BPM) 04:23

02.Der Cherep - No Escape Even In Death (90 BPM) 06:09

03.Murmuur - My Inner Voice (120 BPM) 05:52

04.Soulkeeper - Attention Please (110 BPM) 05:17

05.Mirvcore - End Of Days (Featuring Xmyrby on Guitars) (120 BPM) 05:06

06.Primitik - Doom for Ever (120 BPM) 07:10

07.The Man Unknown - Keeper of Nothing (80 BPM) 07:03

08.Is:end - The Zone (99 BPM) 06:15

09.James F - From the Darkness (120 BPM) 05:45

10.Kriegsbeill - Doomdecay Slowcore (115 BPM) 05:13

11.Silent Humanity - Delusions (95 BPM) 07:00

12.Underground Tacticz - Higher Demons (124 BPM) 08:20

13.Bdacid - Acid Dreams (120 BPM) 05:40

14.Bazer - Fear (100 BPM) 05:45

15.E(')de DJ Team - Tranquilo (62 BPM) 04:39

16.Plinn 1518 - Mords (60 BPM) 06:40

17.[Fabrikmutter] - D Form (127 BPM) 03:44

18.Drvg Cvltvre - Cathathonik (71 BPM) 04:29

19.Braintune - Society (80 BPM) 06:11

20.Plinn 1518 - Macaron (60 BPM) 06:24

21.Origin Of Styx - Sleeping with the Fishes (80 BPM) 05:39

22.The Darkcreator - Emerald Planet (Future Dust Rmx) (100 BPM) 06:49

23.Low Entropy - Funeral Doom Core (Short Mix) (60 BPM) 04:23

24.Primitik - Pure Light (120 BPM) 08:08

25.Plinn 1518 - Sleeping With Gaz (The Slowest Trepanator Remix) (60 BPM) 06:56

26.Autonomaton - Fresh Intergalactic Radio Broadcast 5 (70 BPM) 04:48

27.DZKYIN - Netherrealm (2 BPM) 04:28

28.AwwwwwwwwwA - Uncompressed Pandæmonium (? BPM) 15:34