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RobW
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 Posted - 2014/09/05 : 04:21:15
What exactly does "Up front" mean when refering to Hardcore?
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Samination
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Posted - 2014/09/05 : 06:11:18
basicly just "new"
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Elliott
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 16:11:47
quote:
Originally posted by RobW:
What exactly does "Up front" mean when refering to Hardcore?
"Upfront" hardcore is just a synonym for what most people refer to as UK hardcore. It was an alternate name that gained a small amount of traction last decade.
Very few people use it anymore. "UK hardcore" won the war of terminology.
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Edited by - Elliott on 2014/09/08 16:13:15 |
Captain Triceps
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 17:40:15
I thought it just meant the most up to date music at the time. Sure I remember hearing the term back in the happy hardcore days, and indeed in other genres.
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Dys7
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 17:47:12
I always thought it meant four kick, offbeat highhat, supersaw, fuzzy bass hardcore.
Versus breakbeat, newstyle ala Sugar Rush, To The Stars, etc.
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 18:06:02
I felt it was a term used to describe the majority of 2000+ style of UK hardcore. Since less and less hardcore was being produced having that same pre 2000 'happy' feeling.
Usually UK hardcore is better used when one is trying to differentiate between that and gabber/dutch hardcore. When you just say hardcore, for those who don't assume you're talking about rock, they're going to think you're talking about gabber hardcore and not happy/UK hardcore.
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Captain Triceps
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 18:08:07
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Originally posted by Dys7:
I always thought it meant four kick, offbeat highhat, supersaw, fuzzy bass hardcore.
Versus breakbeat, newstyle ala Sugar Rush, To The Stars, etc.
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Elliott
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 18:21:25
Conclusion from this thread: no-one (myself included) actually knows what it means.
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Edited by - Elliott on 2014/09/08 18:26:28 |
Captain Triceps
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 18:26:58
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Originally posted by Elliott:
Conclusion from this thread: no-one actually knows what it means.
And RobW has probably stepped slowly and quietly away from the site.
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DJ_FunDaBounce
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Posted - 2014/09/08 : 18:39:49
quote:
Originally posted by Captain Triceps:
I thought it just meant the most up to date music at the time.
I always understood it as this as well. Pretty sure the term "up-front mix" , when referring to a dj set, applies for this reason.
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Jacco
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Posted - 2014/09/09 : 22:23:59
I always understood it as an attribute rather than a name. An attribute which basically means the latest shit. If my friend asks me what kind of set I will play on the weekend and I say UK Hardcore I could mean anything since 2000. If I say upfront it kinda indicates that I will play recent stuff. My 2 cents.
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Edited by - Jacco on 2014/09/09 22:24:34 |
Triquatra
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Posted - 2014/09/10 : 11:03:31
as most of the people here have already said...upfront = new, latest releases etc
it's used across dance music to be fair.
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Edited by - Triquatra on 2014/09/10 11:04:30 |
Audio Warfare
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Posted - 2014/09/10 : 14:11:36
Yeah it just means whatever is current and new really. It's not just a Hardcore term.
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rafferty
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Posted - 2014/09/15 : 11:24:55
Always thought it meant the latest UK Hardcore too, back in the 2000s.
Heard people call it edm hardcore now days with the new sound that Darren Styles, Chris Unknown and Breeze seem to be pushing.
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The Dopeman
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Posted - 2014/09/15 : 13:46:38
i hate the term "EDM" they use it to describe nearly all music now it's bloody stupid
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