Is Hardstyle Dead?

[Richierush]

i use to be into my hardstyle big time,i went off it a long while ago cause of the same sound etc but ive noticed noone ever posts in here now so is it almost dead here in uk?

[ScuL]

nah.. i think it's sure that the hardstyle sound has changed. and I also know that the old bassline stuff worked WAY better in the UK than the latest "nu-hardstyle" Dutch choons that have been appearing lately..

[weekender_veteran]

i can only speak for me sen, but i loved hardhouse/hardstyle untill i heard "REAL TECHNO" since then all the hardstyle type genre just doest do it for me.

allways will hold the tidy weekender's close to my heart though.
everyone has to start somewhere :)

[LEE.S.I]

i dont think its dead its just (personally) need more ideas,there are sum top fukn tunes out der but i guess there top in my own personal choice,i guess i have a sort of hardsyle i like and hardstyle i h8.

not that im not open minded to new sounds just the cheesy riffs you get in them piss me off tbh lol

its allways gona be quiet due to lack of production in the music

[Richierush]

i heard an supposedly hardstyle set not so long ago an it sounded more like gabba is this how its goin? :whoops:

[nuttyt]

There are some quality tracks out there but people want originality rather than the same old sound. Vinyl sales have took a real beating just lately which is a real shame.

[Yoshimitsu]

Dont like the whole gabba kick with lame melody thing at all, unless some thought has been put into creating a good riff which is sadly not very often!!

offbeat bassline and screeches have been cained and died.

good tracks do appear but are made obselete by the anount of crap.

its not dead, coz people still like it, but it is mostly shit.

[Si the Sigh]

its not dead, coz people still like it, but it is mostly shit.

I agree. :)

[nuttyt]

Dont like the whole gabba kick with lame melody thing at all, unless some thought has been put into creating a good riff which is sadly not very often!!

offbeat bassline and screeches have been cained and died.

good tracks do appear but are made obselete by the anount of crap.

its not dead, coz people still like it, but it is mostly shit.

when i produce hardstyle I always use z3ta cause has said the offbeat bass has been cained

[Yoshimitsu]

when i produce hardstyle I always use z3ta cause has said the offbeat bass has been cained

Excuse my ignorance but what is z3ta?

[nuttyt]

its a vst instrument yoshi

[Yoshimitsu]

its a vst instrument yoshi

haha cheers. *note:- must start producing* !!!!!!!

[~cheeky~]

i was in a club last sunday morning about 7am and the dj played a few hardstyle tunes.

i may of been the only person on the dance floor having it but it made a nice change :briggin:

[nuttyt]

haha cheers. *note:- must start producing* !!!!!!!

defo

i was in a club last sunday morning about 7am and the dj played a few hardstyle tunes.

i may of been the only person on the dance floor having it but it made a nice change

are you sure they werent playing karma chameleon lol

[~cheeky~]

no deffo hardstyle,i am a little clued up you know :briggin:

[nuttyt]

bring on the boom boom

[capone13]

It's not dead, but I find the sound is getting a lot more boring as the days go on compared to the old tracks you used to get when the name "Hardstyle" came around at first.

[Yoshimitsu]

It's not dead, but I find the sound is getting a lot more boring as the days go on compared to the old tracks you used to get when the name "Hardstyle" came around at first.

Yeh, the days of dusky noises, hardventure and techno noise are long gone

[capone13]

Yeh, the days of dusky noises, hardventure and techno noise are long gone

Indeed mate, even if they still used elements of the older style tracks along with the newer sound then I would be happy, but the scenes getting taken over with all the jump sounding tracks, which in my view lack any energy.

Also the whole originality thing has gone out the window, with producers just releasing under produced tracks omne after the other which seems like their rushing just to get their stuff out there, and basically just a slowed down version of mainstream Hardcore, with all the kicks etc, and people are definitely running out of ideas. :grr:

[Yoshimitsu]

Indeed mate, even if they still used elements of the older style tracks along with the newer sound then I would be happy, but the scenes getting taken over with all the jump sounding tracks, which in my view lack any energy.

Also the whole originality thing has gone out the window, with producers just releasing under produced tracks omne after the other which seems like their rushing just to get their stuff out there, and basically just a slowed down version of mainstream Hardcore, with all the kicks etc, and people are definitely running out of ideas. :grr:

I know I hate pretty much any tune that uses the jump sounds / gabba kicks in the breakdowns, with the exception of a few. Technoboys 'GP4' or somethin like that comes to mind, really good riff.

Agree about the originality thing. So much mass produced crap made to a standard formula with no thought or creativity behind em whatsoever. The amount of shite I have to sift through just to find one good track takes the piss. I know this can be said about all genres but not to this extent.