At the excellent Bimbo Tower store in Paris, they have a specific section for Amigacore. I’ve never seen that before. It had about 10 vinyls with classics from DHR-people like Catani and Babalon, artists from Bloody Fist, and so on. But there were also two releases that I’d never heard about.
R-ictus – Onanisme Rituel (video) is some sort of speedcore and Vverevvolf Grehv’s album Zombie Aesthetics is a bit more metal-oriented (video). They are both quite lo-fi, but obviously not produced only with Amiga.
But it has the Amiga spirit. And perhaps some of it was even made with the Paula chip of the Amiga. But that’s not the point here. Perhaps Amigacore is a valid genre even without the Amiga? I wasn’t convinced about the term when I wrote this. But if there’s a special section for amigacore in a record store, it does have a broader relevance for music listeners.
I suppose that amigacore has lo-fi and distorted sounds that has not been drenched in cheesy postproduction effects like a lot of breakcore still seems to be. So it’s not only about the raw timbre, but also about the sequencing technique. I believe that trackers were highly influential on both IDM and breakcore in the 1990’s. Early ‘breakcore’ acts like Venetian Snares and Nasenbluten used the Amiga. So perhaps amigacore is basically like ‘oldschool breakcore’…?
November 21, 2011 at 4:59 pm |
Im still waiting for Soundfontcore.
November 21, 2011 at 5:34 pm |
Well, it has one hit on Google! http://is.gd/Of04dI
November 22, 2011 at 9:17 am |
Too bad the name “SoundFont” is already in use (by Creative Labs). Otherwise I think that would be an ideal name for a new C64 tracker. :)
November 29, 2011 at 8:13 am |
so would you class some of epsilon’s stuff as amigacore?
November 29, 2011 at 12:23 pm |
I’m afraid I don’t know Epsilon. Where can I listen to it?
March 11, 2014 at 5:45 am
He released stuff on Bloodyfist in the late 00’s, Killing Sheep, Hong Kong Violence, Killbot Records,
March 9, 2014 at 9:42 pm |
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