Samination Advanced Member
Sweden
13,072 posts Joined: Jul, 2004
195 hardcore releases
Posted - 2013/08/10 : 06:10:17
quote:Originally posted by Thumpa:
There's some really moronic comments in this thread...
and here you are posting a gabber track? :P
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TTE Average Member
United Kingdom
186 posts Joined: Apr, 2007
Posted - 2013/08/10 : 08:15:45
The problem you have with genres is it's subjective, what one considers to be within the genre boundaries is different to another and it often depends where you first heard the sound and who introduced the sound to you. What's brilliant about Freeform is there's some freeform for everyone, there's freeform which provides an excellent gateway for people coming from UKHC but IMO, it's a shame to stop there, there is so much more to explore, there's plenty of stuff which sounds nothing like UKHC and it's flooding in from all over the world.
Just spotted on the Event page for the Japanese Event page for CODEX they have a link called 'freeform for beginners' with a load of youtube links to fantastic freeform tracks, a brilliant showcase of the 'other' freeform
Samination Advanced Member
Sweden
13,072 posts Joined: Jul, 2004
195 hardcore releases
Posted - 2013/08/10 : 15:56:57
Tazz (& Shanty) made some of the perfect dark (yet not industrial dark) freeform hardcore
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Thumpa Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,600 posts Joined: Feb, 2009
Posted - 2013/08/11 : 10:40:07
I can't be bothered to debate with people but anyone who thinks new, accessible freeform is just UK hardcore without the cheese needs to realise that freeform came from German trance, hardcore didn't. The new melodic freeform has more in common with new and old trance (Douglas and A.B's new stuff sounds like hardcore take on Anjuna Beats, Mat Zo, Above & Beyond etc stuff) and labels like Nu Energy and GBT came from labels like Spaceflower, United Ravers and EDM. Why do you think Kev always plays these records when he does classics sets?
Call me a music snob (I am, I'm one of the most knowledgable people in this music) but people cannot talk about this and that unless they know their history. Its ju
See The Stars is true freeform, a hardcore record with very few boundaries. Anyone who was around in 96/97 knows this is where the sound came from, a desire to push hardcore that didn't fit into a nice little box. The new melodic freeform is that too...do you see anyone else making that style?
Samination Advanced Member
Sweden
13,072 posts Joined: Jul, 2004
195 hardcore releases
Posted - 2013/08/11 : 13:46:14
And you know aswell as everyone that how genres came to be is based highly on opinion.
Like, what was Sharkey? Was the originally a Hardcore or a Hard Trance producer? Obviously he was a MC at first, but if he was a Hardcore producer, his work would be Hardcore influenced by Hard Trance. If he was a Hard Trance producer... oh you know the drill.
So, you have more merit than me, but it still doesnt make you less of a besserwisser(a know-it-all) :P
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Posted - 2013/08/09 : 22:06:06
