The Current State of Hard Dance

[Evilhedfuk]

liquideyes said:

 

Nuw Idol

 

Polly's Pharmacy!!!!!

 

 

What a [censored] good tune!!!

[Chris Hutchinson]

Evilhedfuk said:

liquideyes said:

 

Nuw Idol

 

Polly's Pharmacy!!!!!

 

 

What a [censored] good tune!!!

 

[censored] love that and 'sin'

[big_ee69]

Zen_Master said:

I can feel this going epic but there you are.

 

Given the current and rapid decline in the popularity and success of hard house, what do you mob think is going to be next big thing?

 

 

Not before time....

 

Electro

Prog/Techno

Tribal

[Phil rr]

PSY.

[Chris Hutchinson]

Phil_r said:

PSY.

 

until more uk-based producers start emerging, it wont take off big time I dont think....

[Guest]

Chris_Hutchinson said:

Phil_r said:

PSY.

 

until more uk-based producers start emerging, it wont take off big time I dont think....

 

I disagree Chris, there is a quite a few psy nights in & around London & they are wicked!!

[Phil rr]

the EQ warehouse holds regular nights.

 

it's a fcukin fantastic venue

[Chris Hutchinson]

miss_diddy said:

Chris_Hutchinson said:

Phil_r said:

PSY.

 

until more uk-based producers start emerging, it wont take off big time I dont think....

 

I disagree Chris, there is a quite a few psy nights in & around London & they are wicked!!

 

well, in that case I am gonna keep my fingers crossed that the usual 'trend' happens in this case..... usually something starts in london and spirals outwards!

 

Even so, im not sure that psy has the same appeal that other hard dance styles have.... although there are some [censored] awesome tracks being released from abroad at the moment!

[CreamyC]

It makes me laugh that some of you on here call yourselves music experts. What utter bollocks. I dont pretend to know what I'm talking about but even I can see that some of you quite clearly dont know [censored].

 

Frauds.

[LiquidEyes]

LittleMissLoud said:

The thing is Chris, you spend a lot of time slating Hard House/ Hard Trance, and branding it 'generic', when I do see not a huge difference between that, and what you play, apart from a trendier genre name.

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I like Hard House, and even some (vocal) garage, and I really don't feel the need to try and make myself look more credible by dressing my music up as something other than it is.

Agreed re "rebranding". I think it's getting ridiculous how many different sub-genres of hard dance there are. It reeks of people trying to differentiate themselves from a perceptually "less cool" genre, but often there is little difference between these genres other than a few BPM.

 

It makes me laugh when people write off "generic" trance as shite, yet claim to love "hard trance". Most of the hard trance nights I've been to, I would just call "fast trance". I.e. trance, just as fluffy, but about 10bpm faster (IMO, more cheesy as a result).

 

And then gabba / hardcore / freeform / industrial techno / whateverelse-core / hardstyle etc etc... are these styles really so different? [N.B. not being a genre-bullshitter I don't actually know the difference between all of these!!] It seems no-one can even agree on the differences between some of these genres.

 

I mean, tech-house DJs don't go around saying "no that's electo tech-house, not tribal tech house" just because of a 5bpm difference, or because a tune has a "bleep" instead of a bongo.

 

I think it just goes to show how narrow-minded some people are, when they feel the need to typecast genres so specifically. I mean, what's the point? Would anyone actually want to go to a gabba night where they only played gabba?

[Claire DC]

CreamyC said:

It makes me laugh that some of you on here call yourselves music experts. What utter bollocks. I dont pretend to know what I'm talking about but even I can see that some of you quite clearly dont know [censored].

 

Frauds.

 

Who has called themself a "music expert" ??

[Daredevil Tony]

Im a music expert, just ask me anything you want to know ok!

[Chris Hutchinson]

liquideyes said:

And then gabba / hardcore / freeform / industrial techno / whateverelse-core / hardstyle etc etc... are these styles really so different? [N.B. not being a genre-bullshitter I don't actually know the difference between all of these!!] It seems no-one can even agree on the differences between some of these genres.

 

difference between hardcore and freeform is that freeform is a lot more 'serious' - compare karim and lisa pinup styles of hardhouse and thats kinda how it applies to the 2...

 

hardcore is (usually!) a lot more fun (or 'cheesy' as a lot of people name it) whilst freeform is a lot more fullon - usually based around the huge 303 riffs you often find...

 

 

as for gabba and the others, im not really a fan so cant tell you what the 'distinguishing features' of them are... gabba is waaaaay too fast for me tho

[CreamyC]

Claire DC said:

CreamyC said:

It makes me laugh that some of you on here call yourselves music experts. What utter bollocks. I dont pretend to know what I'm talking about but even I can see that some of you quite clearly dont know [censored].

 

Frauds.

 

Who has called themself a "music expert" ??

 

Most the people that post in here funnily enough.

[Claire DC]

CreamyC said:

Claire DC said:

CreamyC said:

It makes me laugh that some of you on here call yourselves music experts. What utter bollocks. I dont pretend to know what I'm talking about but even I can see that some of you quite clearly dont know [censored].

 

Frauds.

 

Who has called themself a "music expert" ??

 

Most the people that post in here funnily enough.

 

Well iv never ever seen anyone call themselves a music expert to be fair!!