the breakdown

This week, we reexamine the legacy of acid house's influence on early breakbeat hardcore and the diversity of sound that it brought to a genre that drew from anything and everything. “Breakbeat hardcore drew its melting pot of sound from a vast array of influences – from new beat

This week, we dive back into the record bin for a piece of historical hardcore and end up in 2019 Japan, looking at a slab of pure hardtek party music. We’ve had a lot of ambitious projects and heady essays about hardcore culture lately so I thought it was

This week, we get angry at the late 1990s record industry. Like usual. I was downloading cover art for a makina record I had Soulseeked the other day when I noticed something kinda funny on the label: It was actually Volume 7 but I’m not subjecting you to that

This week on The Breakdown, we get nostalgic about the mixtape: part rave-era cultural artifact, part long-last artform, part format curiosity. Also: Georgia goes on a long rant about her favorite still-operational rave era label. Remember the mixtape? I don’t think it’d be accurate to say that younger

This week, The Breakdown finally returns with a giant-size deep dive into the complicated history of breakcore and try to make sense of it in an era where the term means less than ever. Content Warning: This article discusses a style of music primarily known for its association with themes

This week on The Breakdown, we dive into the record store discount bin and take a look at two forgotten “full-length” albums from legendary artists of the early 90s British hardcore scene. Hardcore is not an albums genre. This is not to say that there are not beloved hardcore albums