UK Hardcore
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Probably if I typed and said something about hardcore, you would think of some kid in tight pants, throwing out bitchin' spin kicks while listening to some guy on stage scream some nonsense you don't understand and the weakest mosh pit ever forms beside you and immediately falls apart when someone gets hurt.
That is not the same as UK Hardcore. UK Hardcore is a specific type of Hardcore Electronic music, namely kick-drum bass using a lot of synth breakdowns, and of course break beats. Genres like UK Hardcore include Happy Hardcore, Gabber, and Freeform Hardcore. (They really just kind of all sound the same.)
What makes UK Hardcore so awesome are the producers and DJs who make the tracks we listen to. The most notable ones you would recognize are DJs Scott Brown, Gammer, Darren Styles, and CLSM. Some really good ones who aren't known at all include Cat Knight, Orbit1, Al Storm, and Kutski.
Nearly all UK Hardcore tracks include an MC who usually has lyrics to either get the crowd involved (kinda useless on a CD) or rap over on them. Some of my favorites include MC Whizzkid and MC Storm.
If you like Drum and Bass, Rotterdam Techno, Hardstyle, Breakbeats, or possibly anything that ends in -core, you might likeLOVE UK Hardcore.
Now for some links...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4lzR0xT5nY - Gammer & Whizzkid - We Are The Vampires (Gammer & Whizzkid - We Are The Vampires)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0leFvyLEF8 - Hixxy, Dougal & Gammer - Phaze 2 Phaze[/url] (Hixxy, Dougal & Gammer - Phaze 2 Phaze)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3dYYEyslLg - Scott Brown - Capital Murder[/url] (Scott Brown - Capital Murder)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7whkgqomAw - Fuck the Rails, A.M.D.A[/url] (The A.M.D.A. - Fuck the Rails)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bG7ELqKERk - Free your mind (D S Rmx) - CLSM[/url] (CLSM - Free Your Mind ~Darren Styles Remix~)
So... what do you think?
That is not the same as UK Hardcore. UK Hardcore is a specific type of Hardcore Electronic music, namely kick-drum bass using a lot of synth breakdowns, and of course break beats. Genres like UK Hardcore include Happy Hardcore, Gabber, and Freeform Hardcore. (They really just kind of all sound the same.)
What makes UK Hardcore so awesome are the producers and DJs who make the tracks we listen to. The most notable ones you would recognize are DJs Scott Brown, Gammer, Darren Styles, and CLSM. Some really good ones who aren't known at all include Cat Knight, Orbit1, Al Storm, and Kutski.
Nearly all UK Hardcore tracks include an MC who usually has lyrics to either get the crowd involved (kinda useless on a CD) or rap over on them. Some of my favorites include MC Whizzkid and MC Storm.
If you like Drum and Bass, Rotterdam Techno, Hardstyle, Breakbeats, or possibly anything that ends in -core, you might likeLOVE UK Hardcore.
Now for some links...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4lzR0xT5nY - Gammer & Whizzkid - We Are The Vampires (Gammer & Whizzkid - We Are The Vampires)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0leFvyLEF8 - Hixxy, Dougal & Gammer - Phaze 2 Phaze[/url] (Hixxy, Dougal & Gammer - Phaze 2 Phaze)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3dYYEyslLg - Scott Brown - Capital Murder[/url] (Scott Brown - Capital Murder)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7whkgqomAw - Fuck the Rails, A.M.D.A[/url] (The A.M.D.A. - Fuck the Rails)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bG7ELqKERk - Free your mind (D S Rmx) - CLSM[/url] (CLSM - Free Your Mind ~Darren Styles Remix~)
So... what do you think?
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I'm pretty sure that junglists and drum and bass-heads all abhor hardcore (certainly the jaded ones). Or at least the hardcore you're referring to, as what you might call "rave music" today was actually called "hardcore" in the early 1990's, and possibly '89.
That being said, if you're into techno, happy hardcore (used to be more like jungle, but changed over time), hardstyle (a.k.a. abrasive trance), trance (i.e. you are a 13-year-old girl), or house (maybe), then you'll like UK hardcore or any "hardcore" that satisfies today's definition.
I personally like the older "hardcore" and the original happy hardcore sounds (the godfathers - like slipmatt and DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer), mainly because they varied from the 4-on-the-floor beat.
That being said, if you're into techno, happy hardcore (used to be more like jungle, but changed over time), hardstyle (a.k.a. abrasive trance), trance (i.e. you are a 13-year-old girl), or house (maybe), then you'll like UK hardcore or any "hardcore" that satisfies today's definition.
I personally like the older "hardcore" and the original happy hardcore sounds (the godfathers - like slipmatt and DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer), mainly because they varied from the 4-on-the-floor beat.