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Smoogie
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 Posted - 2006/09/17 : 18:45:15
As Freeform seems to be so huge within Hardcore it now seems to be it's own mini Genre! I was wonder what difefrent styles off Freeform you like or that there is. I mean there are difefrent styles I have heard and was wonder more about them. One style of freeform I like is the 'Acid' sound which is a more electric sounding Trance. Over Dose music (AC Slater, 2004) is an example of this sound!
Is Freeform really made up of different styles (some more Bouncy or Hard than others) or is it really a Hardcore version of Hard Trance? 
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Underloop
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 Posted - 2006/09/17 : 20:08:51
Not sure how you could really split up freeform into sub-sub-genres (seriously this is one of my pet hates!). Anyway, by its very definition....
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free-form /adj. ˈfriˌfɔrm; adv. ˈfriˈfɔrm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[adj. free-fawrm; adv. free-fawrm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. characterized by free form: free-form sculpture.
2. not organized or planned in a conventional way: a free-form international conglomerate.
3. encouraged to function or evolve without advance planning; spontaneous: free-form management.
–adverb
4. without restrictions or preconceptions: The children were allowed to paint free-form.
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Dave Tee
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Posted - 2006/09/17 : 21:18:15
It's all hardcore !!!
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Samination
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Posted - 2006/09/17 : 21:47:52
freeform, was from the beginning, a experimental hardcore 'genre'
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1up
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Posted - 2006/09/18 : 06:09:53
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Originally posted by DjSamination:
freeform, was from the beginning, a experimental hardcore 'genre'
i think it was sharkey who founded the word "freeform" and first defined his music as "freeform", he was experimenting with it back in the days or something like that.
but yeah... ive noticed freeform has a few distictive sounds.
compare the pair: alek szahala - K-complex
would be hideous to see even more sub genres but either way... "its all hardcore"
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luminate
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Posted - 2006/09/18 : 09:32:32
compare alek to stormtrooper even.
there are many difernt sounds on many different labels, and i suggest listening to as much of everything as u can so that u find the sound that really speaks to u!
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Slasher
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Posted - 2006/09/18 : 11:37:15
- freeform
- finnish freeform
- japanese freeform
then theres micro subgenre, psychadelic. ive heard a few songs, but i would label it as freeform.
dont know about any other freeform micro/subgenre styles.
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DJ Judas
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Posted - 2006/09/19 : 00:37:21
Amongst all hardcore you can always split music into genre's and then sub-genre's and even further sub-genre's than that.
I find with freeform though that it's different characteristics make these differences in style more noticable and easier to sub-categorize, but again this is because of the nature of freeform that it is more diverse and in categorizing it contradicts eaxctly what it is freeform's all about.....but! this is how I see it:
The freeform that has acid and the epic melodies coupled with random low-frequencyless samples from 1960s infomercials, haha, highly generalised I know but I'd say this is the most common 'style' :/
Finnish freeform, seemingly the most complex and sort of psy-enducing style. I find it really hard to explain but it seems to differ from all other styles in that it takes it's time to build layer upon layer of music and then it just hits home that every layer works with the others to make the unique, euphoric, energy rush sound it has.
Then there's freeform that thrived off of a breakbeat riff to hit you where it hurts when teh 4/4 came back.
The super hard energy tracks that have long distorted kicks and manic high pitched trembling synths that just screams to be played at 190+ bpm.
It's possible to keep going and going when it comes to breaking down freeform, so in that sense, hasn't it achieved exactly what freeform's all about?
Damn I love freeform! :D
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Slammer_Jammer_Man
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Posted - 2006/09/19 : 12:16:37
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Originally posted by Underloop:
Not sure how you could really split up freeform into sub-sub-genres (seriously this is one of my pet hates!). Anyway, by its very definition....
I've always loved to nitpick and discuss music genres (amongst other things), but I do get what you mean, it can be irritating. And as you said, by definition Freeform is without bounds and therefore defining sub-sub-genres is rather assinine. However, the definition isn't 100% accurate, because even though there's (almost) no restrictions in Freeform, there's still something that makes it Freeform and not Happy Hard/Acid Trance/Hard House/etc., despite how much it might sound like the given genre. Like someone said already, too, there are distinctive styles that you see played by the various DJs.
As always, when it comes to defining genres it's not easy and people have differing opinions (including the people that make it). So I'm not saying anyone who's spoken before is wrong, or that I'm the definitive source, but I divide Freeform up into three lose sub-genres.
UK Freeform is where it all started with Sharkey and Kevin Energy back in 97 (and yeah, Sharkey did name it). It's pretty closely related to Happy Hard (which it evolved directly from), 4/4 beat, very bouncey, but has plenty of elements of Trance and liberally uses Acidic synths. Usually pretty fast and driven, using Acidic/Psychedelic sounds to amplify the most danceable bits. Major labels include Nu Energy Collective, Dynamix, Rampant, Notorius Records etc.
FiNRG (or Finnish Freeform) came a bit later in 2002 and is a lot more closely related to Psy and Acid Trance. FiNRG is a lot more melodic and trancey, but still maintains the same frantic pace. Generally FiNRG uses Acidic and Psychedelic synths as the main component of their songs, rather than just to amplify certain parts. Major labels include FiNRG, FiNRG Hard, Re-Form, Digital Electronic Beatz, Electrolysis, Teflon Bullet etc.
NuNRG isn't really a subgenre, it's just the word I use to describe the new style of Freeform emerging, which I borrowed from the Nu Energy Collective. This includes the real recent stuff that ranges from really cheesey, almost Happy Hard style tracks, like DJ Petruccio vs. K-Complex - Give Into The Motion, to up tempo chillout tracks (ala CLSM style), to full on frantic beats with massive D&B or Breaks sections that dominate the track, like Cube::Hard - Dark & Light (Setting Sun), to Stormtrooper & Robbie Long's driven, bouncey Thin 'N' Crispy sound. This style is very broad and probably the most experimental, but seems to be leaning away from the heavy use of Hard Dance styles and borrowing more from the diverse range of other genres.
So, to answer your question, yes there are a very wide range of different styles. Even within the defined sections I've given there is a massive amount of diversity, and plenty of exceptions that prove the rule. Freeform is hardly just a Hardcore version of Hard Trance... Hard Trance plays a part in it, but it's but a single nut in the massive conglomeration that is Freeform. If you listen hard you can hear at least 3 different musical stylings in any given Freeform track, and that's really (along with the pace, doesn't really drop below 150 bpm) what makes it Freeform, not Hard Trance, Hard House, Hardcore etc.
And as to what it is now... it's kinda between worlds. It did start off as a sub-genre of Hardcore, and in a way it still is, but it's evolved to the stage that it is also an independent genre, and it's actually classified as Hard Dance along with Hard House, Hard Trance etc. It's still classified as Hardcore too though. All in all a very complex genre... when it all boils down to it, it sounds awesome and that's the main thing! 
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