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breakcore

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English

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audio sample of breakcore

Etymology

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From break +‎ -core.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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breakcore (uncountable)

  1. (music) A style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, complex and intricate breakbeats, and a wide palette of samples from various sources, especially the "Amen break".
    • 2008, SPIN, volume 24, number 2, page 93:
      The head-on collision between DJ Ricky Rabbit's fractured breakcore and MC Vulture Voltaire's fuming invective is a spectacle of almost physical impossibility, like trying to rap along to an earthquake while getting tased []
    • 2008, Marc Masters, Weasel Walter, Rob Young, No Wave:
      Where breakcore picks up on rave's daftness, dubstep fixates on its darkness, sometimes to a shlocky degree []

French

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /bʁɛk.kɔʁ/, /bʁɛʒk.kɔʁ/

Noun

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breakcore m or f (uncountable)

  1. (music) breakcore
    Hypernym: techno hardcore

Italian

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Noun

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breakcore m or f (uncountable)

  1. (music) breakcore

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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breakcore m or f (uncountable)

  1. (music) breakcore