@phryk pfff before this change of course I was certain the scene and the music would die. If you don't evolve you die out. Uptempo should be taken behind the shed and be put out of it's inbreeding induced misery.
@Huubje Eh, I like uptempo, but much of it suffers the same problem much of hardcore and other harder genres like Schranz have already suffered for a long time: an inability to properly integrate melody.
The same old pattern of <1 minute hard drum patterns><30 seconds melody><1 minute hard drum patterns> is the bane of hard electronic music IMO.
Part of the reason I like melodious frenchcore so much. :P
Canadian dollar sale! Basically all my album prices were left as-is numerically, but switched from USD to CAD, meaning everything is around 25% off right now, just in time for next week's #BandcampFriday . I need to figure out how to switch currencies on #Artcore#Mirlo and #Jamcoop but I might instead do discount codes or something. Anyway here's the #Bandcamp link: https://djomnimaga.bandcamp.com/album/dream-of-omnimaga
Ground Zero holds many memories for me. I attended the first edition as my brother knows Multigroove and the organizer Ilja very well. It is very close to my hometown of Apeldoorn, at a recreational area with a lake called Bussloo. As a child, we often went there to swim. That 'day' we raved, all ... night... long!
The ambient forest was impressive to me... but also entering the Tunnel of Terror was an interesting event; #wow
So, THIS shreds. Band is called '92. They're from Long Beach. Their self-titled EP comes out February 23. It's hardcore, kinda - their one guitarist is wearing a Helmet shirt in their photo on Bandcamp. I hear the Helmet, and there's some RATM and other great stuff in there. The RIFFAGE. Linking both to this video and their Bandcamp below it.
@irafcummings hahaa HELL yeah that's a great one! Yeah, it was weird, I mean H20 was cool, I didn't like, LOVE em or anything but they seemed to pop up all the time - like the Bosstones. They're okay, but they were just at EVERY Warped, if you went, you'd see em! 😂
Dune made a very peculiar type of softer hardcore. Not quite UK hardcore, not happy hardcore, definitely not dutch hardcore… nevertheless, they made some quite influential rave classics like Hardcore Vibes and Can't Stop Raving.
If you're into electronic dance music but haven't been around for it in the 90s, Dune is an easy recommendation.
@phryk a million miles from home is like four times the distance to the moon, so even us pathetic humans can get you home if you can wait a half a year or something. 😜
I can't express enough respect for #annienightingale
I didn't like all her taste in music, but she remained #hardcore and true to her feelings about music
She represented for anyone who (iho) turned out art she could relate to and ensured she made a difference for those artists
And kept on bangin' out tunes when others would have quit already