Hardcore

What is Hardcore?

UK Hardcore is a broad term to describe the evolved United Kingdom rave hardcore lineage 4/4-kick drum and breakbeat fueled sound, which emerged there around the start of the 1990s and grew in strength during the 21st century. Encompassing numerous styles and influences, UK Hardcore has a fresh, modern edge to it, often using the latest synthesizers and equipment. Be it a vocal track or an instrumental this current style is a difficult sound to categorise as each of the key DJs and record labels have developed their own sound and approach to this genre. Early Hardcore producers such as the Prodigy, Hyper-On Experience and Sonz of a Loop da Loop Era evolved in a period where Techno was developing a harder edge, exploring the complex breakbeats that would later manifest themselves as Jungle and the subsequent development of Drum and Bass. The stylistic influence of techno including the movie, cartoon and media samples, and powerful synthesizer-based breakdowns characterised this earlier form of UK Hardcore, which some believed to have hit its first peak in 1992. For example, some fan websites go so far as to hyperbolically proclaim "1992 was the best year for music, EVER!"

 

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Hardcore Album of the Month

Tales From the Big Room Although it has been around for some time now there just is no getting away from the master of hardstyle Yoji Biomehanika. "Tales from the Big room" has some of his all time classics including Monochroma and Hardstyle Disco.

Junkie Rating 10/10

 

Hardcore Mix of the Month

A1 This has to be one of the best productions in the Hardstyle Genre to date from DJ Scot Project. With production quality to match it is a fantastic epic on a CD with some excellent tunes such as "Overdrive" and "Rock".

Junkie Rating 9/10

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