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{{Short description|Style of electronic dance music}} {{Distinguish|Breakbeat hardcore}} {{Use American English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Breakcore | image = Rory breaks.wav | caption = A breakcore sample | stylistic_origins = {{hlist | [[Hardcore (electronic dance music genre)|Hardcore]] | [[jungle music|jungle]] | [[drum and bass]] | [[gabber]] | [[drill 'n' bass]] | [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]]|[[digital hardcore]] | [[electro-industrial]] }} | cultural_origins = Mid-1990s, Australia, Europe, UK | subgenres = *Raggacore | other_topics = {{hlist|[[Power noise]]|[[breakbeat hardcore]]}} }} '''Breakcore''' is a style of [[electronic dance music]] that emerged from [[jungle music|jungle]], [[Hardcore (electronic dance music genre)|hardcore]], and [[drum and bass]] in the mid-to-late 1990s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |title=Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture |publisher=Soft Skull Press |year=2013 |pages=The style is patched together from all the rude 'n' cheesy street sounds that never be part of the Kompakt universe: jungle, gabba, dancehall, Miami bass, gangsta rap, etc.}}</ref><ref name="Vice" /> It is characterized by very complex and intricate [[breakbeat]]s and a wide palette of [[sampling (music)|sampling]] sources played at high tempos.
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