djDMS Advanced Member
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Posted - 2012/03/01 : 11:04:07
I loved 1992, but unfortunately my head hurts with even the thought of trying to narrow all my favourites down to a list of reasonable length.
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Hard2Get Advanced Member
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Posted - 2012/03/01 : 15:49:34
quote:Originally posted by Breakbeat Jon:
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That is a big call saying tracks from 2012 are not as good as 1992. While there was great music back then. You can't stay stuck in the past.
Productions today are a million times better than back then. I'm no way dishing the people that produced in 92. They did amazing things for that time.
Music today is just way more complex and well mastered with better technology. Guys like Fracus and Darwin are doing some amazing Hardcore Breakbeat with the oldskool flavour, as well as Slipmatt, C*L*S*M and Entity. Check them out, I'm sure you'll be impressed:)
I agree that production is a lot better now (although I don't think anybody around now comes close to Austin Reynolds, apart from maybe Hattrixx), however for me hardcore in 1992 was far more creative the music was better, and for me, that's more important than production. The sound was new, hadn't splintered into a million different sub genres. It was anything goes, from big reagge licks, techno hoovers, Italian house pianos, cartoon samples, hip hop breaks, so much was ground breaking back then. There is a lot of good stuff going on now as you point out, but presonally whilst a lot of tunes out now are ok, there's not much that really excites me like tunes did from 91 to 94. This could be my age, but I do think this was the golden age for hardcore. I disagree that music is more complex now, i'd probably say the opposite, everything is in a basic formula for dj friendly mixing and in general you know what a tune is going to do as soon as it starts.
I'm not even as old as you and i think music now is just void of anything special. It's certainly not musically more complex, it's a lot less complex in that respect. It's been this way for ages. And it's not just Hardcore, it's all music. All the technology available means people don't really have to be creative or make much of an effort to get something that sounds professional.
djDMS Advanced Member
United Kingdom
10,304 posts Joined: Feb, 2003
572 hardcore releases
Posted - 2012/03/01 : 16:25:39
While there's still a load of decent tunes around now, most of today's stuff lacks longevity - mainly because there's usually something very similar following close behind!
Today's music is great if you want a quick fix, not so good when you realise you won't listen to that bunch of tunes you just spent 50 quid on more than about 5 times! But, suppose that's how pretty much everything is these days.
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Smoogie Advanced Member
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6,483 posts Joined: Mar, 2006
Posted - 2012/03/01 : 20:41:04
quote:Originally posted by Breakbeat Jon:
I agree that production is a lot better now (although I don't think anybody around now comes close to Austin Reynolds, apart from maybe Hattrixx), however for me hardcore in 1992 was far more creative the music was better, and for me, that's more important than production. The sound was new, hadn't splintered into a million different sub genres. It was anything goes, from big reagge licks, techno hoovers, Italian house pianos, cartoon samples, hip hop breaks, so much was ground breaking back then. There is a lot of good stuff going on now as you point out, but presonally whilst a lot of tunes out now are ok, there's not much that really excites me like tunes did from 91 to 94. This could be my age, but I do think this was the golden age for hardcore. I disagree that music is more complex now, i'd probably say the opposite, everything is in a basic formula for dj friendly mixing and in general you know what a tune is going to do as soon as it starts.
The Doc Advanced Member
United Kingdom
2,718 posts Joined: Jan, 2006
Posted - 2012/03/01 : 22:22:04
quote:Originally posted by djDMS:
I loved 1992, but unfortunately my head hurts with even the thought of trying to narrow all my favourites down to a list of reasonable length.
same here, its why i liked tracks like the energizer series
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