- Not to be confused with Breakcore.
Breakbeat hardcore (also called
oldskool rave hardcore) is a genre of
electronic dance music and a derivative of
acid house and
techno music, of the late 1980s and early 1990s, that combines
four-on-the-floor rhythms with
breakbeats, and is associated with the UK
rave scene. In addition to the including of breakbeats the genre also features shuffled drum machine patterns, upbeat piano rolls and old-school hoover sounds.