Breakcore Music and Ephemera Archive

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last updated: august 30th 2025 at 04:46 pm cst.

Prompt given to Microsoft's Copilot: Explain breakcore at a 6th grade level and in 300 words or less.

Response: Sure! Here's a simple explanation of breakcore for a 6th grader, in under 300 words:
🎧 What Is Breakcore?Breakcore is a type of electronic music that’s super fast, super loud, and kind of wild! Imagine a song made of crazy drum beats, weird sounds, and lots of energy—like a roller coaster for your ears.
🥁 How Does It Sound? Breakcore uses something called breakbeats, which are chopped-up drum rhythms that sound jumpy and unpredictable. One famous beat used a lot is called the Amen Break—it’s like the secret sauce of breakcore! The music often mixes styles like techno, drum and bass and even punk or metal! It doesn’t follow normal rules—it’s messy on purpose, and that’s what makes it exciting.
🌍 Where Did It Come From? Breakcore started in the 1990s in places like the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. DJs wanted to make music that was different from the popular dance songs. So they made it faster, louder, and more chaotic.
🎨 Why Do People Like It? People who love breakcore enjoy how creative and crazy it is. It’s music for people who want something bold and different. Some artists even wear costumes or play in unusual places like abandoned buildings!
🧪 Fun Fact: Breakcore is kind of like musical science fiction—it breaks the rules and creates something totally new. If you like wild beats and don’t mind a little noise, breakcore might be your jam!---Want to hear what it sounds like or learn about famous breakcore artists?

For the record, I do not condone AI use at all, but I had to mess around with it for a college assignment (not kidding) and I thought it'd be funny to use this genre in the prompt. Fuck Microsoft, fuck OpenAI, and fuck the mindless drones who rely on it just so they can spend more of their time scrolling through TikTok like the retards we've become.