Bombscare Explained

Bombscare
Type:single
Artist:2 Bad Mice
Album:Hold It Down
Released:1991
Genre:Breakbeat hardcore
Length:5:24
Label:Moving Shadow

"Bombscare" is a track from the 1991 album Hold It Down by 2 Bad Mice.

It makes heavy use of samples, taking drumbeats then chopping and rearranging them to create a distinctive musical style. The main sample heard is from the song "Don't Mess with This Beat" by Neon; other samples for the breakbeat are from "Let Me Love You (Rebuilt)" by Kariya.

A single was released in the UK in 1996 featuring several remixes of the song. It peaked at No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Alexis Petridis, writing for The Guardian in 2020, listed "Bombscare" at number one in his list of his 25 best early '90s breakbeat hardcore tracks.[2]

References

  1. http://www.polyhex.com/music/chartruns/chartruns.php Polyhex.com
  2. Web site: The greatest hardcore rave tracks – ranked!. 27 August 2020. The Guardian.

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