CTW Members LiquidEyes Posted February 3, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 3, 2003 I've heard of hard trance & hard house. So, er, what is "hard dance"? I've heard the term bandied around increasingly of late, but I haven't quite worked out what it is! Are you not supposed to dance to hard trance or hard house? My personal suspicion: it's a way of pretending that hard house has actually evolved a bit by giving the same thing a new name. Someone explain please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Tara Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 4, 2003 Personally I have always assumed that the scientific equation for "hard dance" is: Hard house + Hard trance = Hard dance (Hh1) + (Ht2) = Hd3 LOL! Thats just my thoughts anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Mr Moo Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 4, 2003 I believe HardDance is a general term for Hardhouse/Hardtrance/Hardcore etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members LiquidEyes Posted February 4, 2003 Author CTW Members Share Posted February 4, 2003 Cool, I think I'm going to make up some new genres in that case! handbag + techno = techbag progressive rock + jazz = prazz Jewish rap + gabba + triphop = rabbi rabba hop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Admin Clubbing Si Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Admin Share Posted February 4, 2003 i always thought hard dance was like ian van dahl but im prob wrong cos its actually quite cheesy!!! maybe its just a combo of dance music wiv erm. cheese??? Si@ClubTheWorld.uk CTW Admin | ClubTheWorld.uk | Twitter | Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Adi J Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 4, 2003 I hate the term! Hard house is hard house, hard trance is hard trance! full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Simon_C1562626685 Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 4, 2003 personally i think it's a much easier way of describing a lot of the tunes out there today, a lot of them have elements of different generes, so maybe you'd have a hard house tune that had some elements of Hard trance in there, so instead of calling it something silly like hard housey Trance (which lets face it sounds a bit silly) you call it hard dance. This is just what i think however. And as i am normally wrong it's best to ignore me, lol you need me i'm magic E, hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Reviewers Wub Wub Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Reviewers Share Posted February 4, 2003 Hard Dance was a genre invented by DJ Mag around the time of last June/July time. As more and more of the harder edged dance genres started incorporating elements from other genres (such as techno with vocals! ), lazy arsed magazine journalists found it was easier to invent a new genre of music rather than attempt to pigeonhole records into existing ones. As a result of this, many of the major labels embraced the term hard dance. Indeed, Nukleuz now lists itself as a hard dance label, and Tidy Trax started Tidy Two simply to deal with the crossover hard house/hard trance/nu-techno tracks that producers like Riot Bros were putting out. Also, whilst were on the subject of inventing new genres; Drum and Bag - cheesy drum and bass with lots of vocals in order to secure a chart position. Harder. Faster. Better. Stronger. Badder. Smarter. Wub Wub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Claire DC Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 4, 2003 always thought hard dance was like ian van dahl but im prob wrong cos its actually quite cheesy!!! maybe its just a combo of dance music wiv erm. cheese??? Id say that was commercial dance!! You Can Never Have Too Much Of A Good Thing It'd Be Rude Not 2!! *I Need A Tissue* MSN: Claire___DC @hotmail.com Email: clairedc @ dsl .pipex .com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Promotors SarahPVC Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Promotors Share Posted February 4, 2003 Def commercial cheese!!! Hard Dance is more like ........ BK - Revolution BK - Wanna Ride Lee Haslam - Music is the Drug etc INCISION Leeds - 23rd Jan - Passion Records Tour Night!! Email: sarah@clubtheworld.com MSN: pvcsarah@hotmail.com Speed it UP - PLEASE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW DJs Tony P Posted February 4, 2003 CTW DJs Share Posted February 4, 2003 Lee Haslam - Music is the Drug I'd say that was hard trance of some sort, but it all gets confusing. Who gives a [censored] anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Mr Happy Posted February 4, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 4, 2003 As more and more of the harder edged dance genres started incorporating elements from other genres (such as techno with vocals! ), lazy arsed magazine journalists found it was easier to invent a new genre of music rather than attempt to pigeonhole records into existing ones. its not them being lazy - its them using some initiative and actually labeling tunes that cant really be defined as 1 or the other as its creative enuf to blend genres yet stay hard hard dance imo is nethin that crosses over more than 1 genre yet remains hard - that simple the sad thing is, hard dance and hard trance seem to be interchangeable and that imo is just not right Mr Happy's fishy fish MangaFish munch munch MSN & e-mail - mangafish@mangafish.net AOL - MangaMorgan Online mixes - http://www.mangafish.net/mixes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Claire DC Posted February 5, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 5, 2003 Who gives a [censored] anyway Indeed, as long as u like the damn music who gives a fook what its called You Can Never Have Too Much Of A Good Thing It'd Be Rude Not 2!! *I Need A Tissue* MSN: Claire___DC @hotmail.com Email: clairedc @ dsl .pipex .com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Admin Clubbing Si Posted February 5, 2003 CTW Admin Share Posted February 5, 2003 hmm agrees with claire !! Si@ClubTheWorld.uk CTW Admin | ClubTheWorld.uk | Twitter | Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTW Members Claire DC Posted February 5, 2003 CTW Members Share Posted February 5, 2003 fankshoes You Can Never Have Too Much Of A Good Thing It'd Be Rude Not 2!! *I Need A Tissue* MSN: Claire___DC @hotmail.com Email: clairedc @ dsl .pipex .com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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