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weba_d
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Australia
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 Posted - 2002/08/19 : 15:58:32
why has happyhardcore changed so much over the years, i've only just really noticed... i dont listen to much new hhc, i like old 96' stuff, but after buying bonkers rezurrection, i relised hixxy and sharky just dont sound the same ne more.. what does everyone else think about this issue??.. can we help change it back to the happy melody days... isnt that what happyhardcore is all about???
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Brian K
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United States
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Posted - 2002/08/19 : 16:48:31
why should hixxy & sharkey sound the same? what's wrong with people having their own identifiable style of hardcore?
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kg4
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Posted - 2002/08/19 : 17:08:40
sharkey does the whole freeform thing now :) and hixxy.. i donno whats with his style... its just trancey hardcore is all...
Oh man, I hope I didn't brain my damage...
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virus
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Canada
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Posted - 2002/08/19 : 18:00:00
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why has happyhardcore changed so much over the years
it's changed alot less then it has in the past.. hardcore is one of the most quickly progressing genres that i know of. Be it good or bad, it will always progress and change. Listen to a song from 92, and then one from 95, the tempo increased about 20/30 BPM, along with full on vocals, and pianos. Then listen to a 95 song and a 97 song, stompy kicks, offbeat stabs, original vocalists.. faster yet. Hardcore is one of the few genres which you can listen to a song, and fairly accuratly guess what year it was produced in.
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hardcoreteckno
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Australia
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Posted - 2002/08/19 : 18:29:44
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Originally posted by virus:
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why has happyhardcore changed so much over the years
it's changed alot less then it has in the past.. hardcore is one of the most quickly progressing genres that i know of. Be it good or bad, it will always progress and change. Listen to a song from 92, and then one from 95, the tempo increased about 20/30 BPM, along with full on vocals, and pianos. Then listen to a 95 song and a 97 song, stompy kicks, offbeat stabs, original vocalists.. faster yet. Hardcore is one of the few genres which you can listen to a song, and fairly accuratly guess what year it was produced in.
not to mention the onset of "widespread" Trance-Core that has virtually 'fused' with HappyHard
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2002/08/20 : 07:26:21
I think this year HHC has improved ALOT, i mean, there are loads of top qauilty tunes out now, e.g all stuff on KFA, Raw Elements, ATM, Pahse 4, Masterwax etc.....
I'm thinking this year (if the same qauilty tunes will carry on to be released) is as good as 98.
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Xenochrome
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 Posted - 2002/08/20 : 09:04:23
I think that Hardcore needs to change and evolve in order to progress. I'm all for it as long as the energy and vibe remain intact.
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HaPPy i LuV Da HaRdCorE
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Australia
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Posted - 2002/08/20 : 23:36:00
HappyHard does need to progress but keeping the old there is also good because even tho its the same style of music it varies and that slight change can b awesome to some but others may not like it.
I say change and it will progress...
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zarlon
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Posted - 2002/08/21 : 00:54:14
It's changed over the years, because everything changes with time.
Honestly, how much fun would you have if everyone stayed the same throughout their whole life?
It's progressed and evolved over the years, developing a new sound, as any genre can be expected to do. For a while I too thought "make it like it used to be", but instead of just re-creating the old why not tie in elements of something new?
Re-doing it all, over and over, without adding anything new or changing the sound.. blah. I love those tracks as well.. I notice each producer has a somewhat different feel to their tunes..
*shrug*
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dj genocide
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Posted - 2002/08/21 : 03:16:12
Its good that the music is becoming so diverse. Im not keen on all of it, but at Future Dance events you hear the tance styles, gabba and happy stuff all in the same room, hopefully this will soon incoporate the reakbeat sound as well.
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2002/08/21 : 07:46:06
I really so love the KFA stuff :) And Phase 4 stuff :)
The KFA stuff really is top notch, especially The Erb 2002.
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Xenochrome
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Posted - 2002/08/21 : 09:34:44
I love that there are so many different styles now. It gives the DJ more oppurtunity to "work" a set, incorporating different sounds to really build the energy to a climax.
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StrifeII
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Posted - 2002/08/21 : 13:03:59
Double post matt, ARGH!!! I think we shouldnt have changed into trance and shouldve kept the cheese. trance sucks. cheese live on! god damn if i had to sit in a bath of shit for a day to save ardcore i'd do it.
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Brian K
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Posted - 2002/08/21 : 13:37:37
ummm, i don't even want to start to think about how many diseases you could get from that =P
the only thing i can think about is that episode of jackass where the guy gets flipped upside down while in a port-a-potty...ick =/
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Charco
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Posted - 2002/08/22 : 00:52:25
change is good- but is it possible to do so AND keep the unique sounds of happy hardcore going?
What happens if someone changes it....for the worse? slowly butt surely: happy hardcore would die off, it kept going for as long as it did because of what it is.
i say shange...but not too much....
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ac slater
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Posted - 2002/08/22 : 01:37:27
i love hardcore right now! there are so many styles to choose from. Trancy, Ruff, Full on vocal, Breakbeat, Old Skool(ish), Freeform, Gabberish. Imagine where we would be without progression...look what happened around 98/99! Hardcore basically disappeared because it was all the same. Variety is good, and so is progression. Keep on rockin :)
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