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Archefluxx
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 2020/12/16 : 10:00:42
Nothing has really changed here. DS charted in the late 00's because the radio versions of his tracks were slowed down.
Our genre is a niche because it's too fast and too frantic for most people's liking.
Having a niche genre that's successful is a bit of a juxtaposition, so it's very hard to maintain.
That said, there has always been a softening of our genre for the masses to enjoy more, and perhaps we need more of it to funnel people toward the less accessible stuff.
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AWal
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United States
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Posted - 2021/01/01 : 13:30:24
The more I skim over these kind of threads, the more I wonder I'm the last one left playing 160s at a comfy 175 and timestretching 150 Hard Dance tracks with that solid bass lead to my liking.
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Sulphurik
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2021/04/14 : 20:26:20
The Electric Fox releases are being described as "Happy Hard" so could be known as happy hardstyle?
When UK Hardcore re-emerged again in 2002, it was referred to as UK Hardcore and Happy Hardcore was used alot less but Happy Hardcore seems to be used more commonly again?
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Anon.
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2021/04/15 : 11:24:43
Styles is massively massively overrated, his tracks these days are like hot garbage.
Theres a couple of tracks where he is in collaboration with another artist where the track is good, but his own production is terrible.
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Samination
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Sweden
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Posted - 2021/04/15 : 12:59:17
But hasn't that always been one of Styles' problem. He's good at producing/putting together the tracks, but not the actual composition/writing?
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Samination
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Sweden
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Posted - 2021/04/16 : 03:02:59
What? I had heard that just like Dougal, Breeze couldn't engineer. it was so long ago now so i dont know where I had heard that...
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Samination
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Posted - 2021/04/16 : 13:04:57
I dont think it was the sound per se that made people look down on (happy) hardcore, but the association woth heavier drugs that makes people roll their eyes time someone mentions the genre or says its a "rave" genre.
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Samination
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Posted - 2021/04/17 : 13:38:36
I didnt think the UK Hardcore name caught on until 2004 or later. I think it was called Upfront Hardcore until that point
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