Hardcore Techno is essentially the Darker
and Edgier version of Techno. It's generally a genre
with a fast tempo and a preference for atonal samples and beats. The genre was
inspired by the sinister and slow New
Beat that was made in Belgium by Praga
Khan and others. It's mostly popular in Western European
countries like The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy and The UK. It had it's
heyday in the mid to late nineties when the more commercial lighter
and softer Happy Hardcore sound charted like crazy.
Like with all genres of electronic music,
there's tons and tons of subgenres and artists (with numerous aliases). it was very common with influences from the house. The
genre is called frequently
for hardcore house instead of hardcore techno.
Undergenrer
- Breakcore
- Doomcore
- Darkcore
- Frenchcore
- Gabber
- Happy Hardcore
- Noisecore
- Industrial Hardcore
- Old-Skool, event know as Breakbeat Hardcore.
- Schranz
- Speedcore
- Terrorcore
- UK Gabber
- UK Hardcore, a modern Happy Hardcore
Subgenres:
- Speedcore
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Hardcore on steroids you can cal it. 300
bpm is at the lower end, some songs top 1000 bpm. The bass drum can become so
fast that it becomes a tone, and there are typically very few melodic or even
musical elements.
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Moby - 1000 is the most famous example.
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- Gabber (Oldskool and Nuskool)
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The closest thing to "generic"
hardcore today. Fast tempos (150-200 bpm), distorted, pounding bass drum driven
rhythm and use of the Roland Alpha Juno sound. If a song has lyrics, they are
frequently about violence or drugs, and use many swearwords.
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- Happy Hardcore
o
The Lighter
and Softer form. Still fast, but the bass drum is
less pounding, the music is notably more "happy" sounding (uses major
keys alot), occasional use of piano, and vocals frequently sound like they have
been inhaling helium, with lyrics about subjects such as love or partying
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- Freeform/Uk Hardcore
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Evolved from Happy Hardcore. A bit less
childish, uses supersaw more, makes many remixes of pop songs.
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- Darkcore/Terrorcore
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- Noisecore/Industrial Hardcore
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Hardcore fused with noise music. Bass drum
driven rhythm is still there, but there are few melodic elements, and harsh
samples are frequent.
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- Digital Hardcore
o
Hardcore fused with Hardcore punk. Take
Hardcore punk vocals and lyrics, and merge with Gabber instrumental elements.
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- Hardstyle
o
Like gabber, but slower, with a more
"booming" sound. Really loves the "hoover" sound.
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