Hardstyle
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Hardstyle, sometimes referred to as hardbass, is a sub-genre of trance music that is closely related to nu style gabber and hard trance. Its sound is usually characterized by a four to the floor kick beat and an off-beat gabber style bass line, trance like synth stabs and sweeps and miscellaneous samples. Tracks often feature excessive reverb and/or other effects, breakdowns and occasionally small breakbeat sections. The average tempo is between 140 and 150 bpm, around 30 slower than nu style gabber. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle songs, which sound very similar but are more accessible. Hardstyle is generally played along side Nu-NRG and gabber in the UK and aside hard trance or hardcore in the rest of Europe.
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[edit] Current status
Hardstyle is mainly produced by artists from The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland and Germany, yet other producers from around the world are starting to pick up the sound.
Currently, the scene is booming in various countries around the world besides these founding countries. Notable scenes worth mentioning include those in the United States, Israel, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Australia, South Africa and the UK.
[edit] Notable DJs and artists
- A-Lusion
- Activator
- Blutonium Boy
- Dana van Dreven
- Mark Nails
- The Prophet
- Tatanka
- Technoboy
- Trance Generators
- Yoji Biomehanika
- Zany
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[edit] See also
| Trance |
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| Acid - Goa - Hard - Hardstyle - Progressive - Psychedelic - Uplifting - Vocal |
| Other electronic music genres |
| Ambient | Breakbeat | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance |
| Hard Dance |
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| Hard House - Nu-NRG - Hard NRG - Hard Trance - Hardstyle - Jumpstyle - Freeform Hardcore |
| Other electronic music genres |
| Ambient | Breakbeat | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance |
