"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
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
was released in the UK in 1996 featuring several remixes of the song. It peaked at No. 46 on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
.
Alexis Petridis
Alexis Petridis ( el, Αλέξης Πετρίδης; born 13 September 1971) is a British journalist, head rock and pop critic for the UK newspaper ''The Guardian'', as well as a regular contributor to the magazine '' GQ''. In addition to his mus ...
, writing for ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' in 2020, listed "Bombscare" at number one in his list of his 25 best early '90s
breakbeat hardcore
Breakbeat hardcore (also referred to as hardcore rave or oldskool hardcore) is a music genre of the very early 1990s that spawned from the UK rave scene. It combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats usually sampled from hip hop. In ...
tracks.
References
External links
Hold It Down (Discogs.com)
1991 singles
1991 songs
Breakbeat hardcore songs
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