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.

[dj_ld_50]

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

that was most probally jump-style (i love the over genralisatoin of music!!)

[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.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

god i have to search like crazy for the hardstyle that i play and it drives me bananas. anything that tipify's overplayed hardstyle makes me absolutely cringe. the screeching is ridiculous, i might as well play hard house. the sampled cheesy bootlegged bits get right up my ass (go to a ritzy and you'll get more originality) and the gabba kick, well that's just not playable here in the uk imho.

but even though it's a nightmare, in a funny type of way, the thing is, this is the joy of djing and searching for your music. there is good original hardstyle out there, but you just got to search for it. and i suppose that's what's going to set you as a dj out from the rest. ever since the beginning of music, there's always been crap out there. god, some of the absolute cheese that used to come out of germany with the hard trance thing was insane, but to a certain extent it was all filtered by the uk record shops and good distributors who knew the uk sound. now, we don't have that anymore, we as music buyers have instant access to the european shops, and to make it even worse record sales are so low that shops have to stock everything. it's become even harder for us! it's really crazy how the internet has made everything so accesable to the point it's making life harder.

hardstyle isnt dead, in fact it's one of the biggest selling genre's of dance music out there. it's just a uk punter on the floor and on an internet record site, is hearing unfiltered crap and can't be arsed to really sift through and find the good stuff.

i say stop moaning and get searching! :)

[Jutt]

I definitely miss the bass elements of it.

The effected kick all the way , kinda diverts the reason why I love Hardstyle -

FILTHY BASS.

[Aratron]

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?

dead i hope so

[DJCraig Ryan]

dead i hope so

Ok....Would you like to elaborate on that....

[Aratron]

Ok....Would you like to elaborate on that....

not really

[Jutt]

Also New Style Gabber is very cheesy , but alot of Hardstyle sets I listen these days are imitating it on 145 :(

[judas_beast]

God I ****ing hope tardstyle is dead. Batty as ****.

[WRAGG]

God I ****ing hope tardstyle is dead. Batty as ****.

Ease up dude!

[DJCraig Ryan]

God I ****ing hope tardstyle is dead. Batty as ****.

Whats the point in that message? Where is the constructive discussion/Points made there??

Listen if your not into it then dont post worthless messages like that and dont waste peoples time who do like Hardstyle.

Its people like you who dont care about the underground scene