Kind of a strange name for the music, really...
I've been on this tribe since I've been on tribe, and ive listen to
artists such Venetian Squares, Squarepusher, Otto, Auteche, &
Aphex Twin for *much* longer than I've been on tribe. WHat's the
origin of the name? Several of these artists are definitely labeled
as other types of music also, like IDM, glitch, whatever, et cetera....
\booms

I certainly wouldn't consider Tom Jenkinson (squarepusher, I used to call him squarepusher... that is, until I realized 'I' was the squarepusher and he was the artist perfect for my condition) or Aphex twin, Autechre and many of the others to be 'breakcore'

For those interested in some really well done breakcore, try giving Blaerg a listen. Blaerg live at 'breakcore gives me wood 7' is SWEET! But must be listened to inbetween the L&R speakers because he does some amazing work playing with where the sound is coming from. You'll know its the right track if it begins with George Bush addressing to the world that he has begun missile strikes against their astonished friends, Great Britain, Canada, etc. and aiding terrorism. Then it jumps into the most hardcore sounding glitchy technical garble I've ever heard.

I'll give the rest of these artists a go, but Squarepusher/Twin/Autechre are FAR too melodic to compete in the 'maximum noise possible' kind of style that breakcore (in my opinion) offers. Don't get me wrong, they're GREAT artists, and the 3 of them constitute 3/4's of my play list (17 hours of pusher, 6 or so of twin) but outside of the very few songs in which they get downright dirty like (This is actually REALLY hard, I'm going through song after song after song) steinbolt by Squarepusher, most songs are far too laid back.

Anyway, the trio above is considered 'forward thinking' electronica in my books. The only reason why their music sounds so garbled is because they add so many layers (often times the layers being quite simplistic) that its nearly impossible to listen to w/o some Leary pellets. Give Blaerg a listen, then get back to me on your possibly new opinion on this style of music.

Peace,
Damien

I'll second the recommendation for Venetian Snares' album Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett. That is an amazing album!

I'm starting to get into breakcore too... I've been hearing a lot more of it living in the midwest, and I think it's something I'd like to experiment with too.

It was mentioned before but Tim Exile is the shit. He built his own instrument/controller to play and mangle all of his tunes live. Well worth a listen but certainly not for everyone. However we are in a "breakcore" tribe so I suppose that people have a good deal of eclectic taste here. Nuissance Gabbaret Lounge is a sick CD, check out his tune with John B, Broken Language. Oh and slime is a really good song too. He even has some nice techno/minimal releases you could check out.

Anyways enough of that, another really good producer, which has been mentioned here many times before is Venetian Snares. Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett, is one of my favorite albums of all time. Otto Von Schirach is really fun too, definitely an ear grinder. Currently one of my favorite artists is the Flashbulb, he makes some really amazing music, who cares what you want to call it. I also really like The Tuss, may not be "breakcore", but it's just plain awesome.

Parasite from Bristol has ben rocking my world.