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Encyclopedia > Darkcore
Darkcore
Stylistic origins: Breakbeat hardcore
Cultural origins: Early 1990s, United Kingdom
Typical instruments: Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Sampler
Mainstream popularity: Low
Derivative forms: Drum and bass, especially Darkstep
Subgenres

Darkcore is a music genre that became popular in the United Kingdom hardcore rave scene in 1993. It is recognized as being one of the direct precursors of the modern electronic music genre known as drum and bass. Darkcore was a counter movement to the happy alternative that occurred at the same time - both styles evolving from breakbeat hardcore. Breakbeat hardcore (popularly known as rave music, originally referred to as simply hardcore in the United Kingdom, with old school hardcore a common term in the 21st century) is a style of electronic music that primarily uses breakbeats for its rhythm lines. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Synthesizer (disambiguation). ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... In the field of electronic music, a sequencer was traditionally a device or piece of software that allows the user to record, play back and edit musical patterns. ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler Playing a Yamaha SU10 Sampler A sampler is an electronic music instrument closely related to a synthesizer. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to d&b, DnB, dnb, dnb, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Darkstep is a sub-genre of Drum and Bass which became popular in the late 1990s. ... This is a list of electronic music genres and sub-genres, though for the latter not all possess their own article (in which case, see the main genre article). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hardcore (sometimes ardcore) is a term that has been used to describe a variety of related electronic dance music styles over almost two decades. ... For other uses, see Rave (disambiguation). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to d&b, DnB, dnb, dnb, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... 4-beat (also known as hardcore or happy hardcore) is a breakbeat style of music circa 1993, that evolved from breakbeat hardcore emanating from the United Kingdom rave scene. ... Breakbeat hardcore (popularly known as rave music, originally referred to as simply hardcore in the United Kingdom, with old school hardcore a common term in the 21st century) is a style of electronic music that primarily uses breakbeats for its rhythm lines. ...

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Qualities

Darkcore is characterized by layered breakbeats at around 150 to 160 bpm combined with very low frequency bass lines. In addition to these basic traits, dark themed samples such as horror movie theme music or cries for help were commonly included. As the style evolved, the almost gratuitous use of horror elements was dropped as producers relied more on simple effects such as reverb, delay, pitch shifting and time stretching to create a chaotic and sinister mood. This article is about breakbeat, the electronic dance music genre. ... Beats per minute (bpm) is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of ones heart rate. ... This article is about reusing existing sound recordings in creating new works. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ...


Artists

Many of the British hardcore and junglist DJs of the day dabbled in Darkcore for a time, mostly around its heyday in 1993, but some of the more notable DJ/producers of the darkcore include: Mc Lowqui, a junglist Junglist is a slang term referring to a dedicated listener of jungle. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...

  • Goldie
  • Doc Scott
  • Metalheadz productions
  • Reinforced records
  • 4 Hero
  • Tango
  • Bizzy B
  • Isotope (artist)
  • Lewi Cifer
  • Hyper-on-Experience
  • International Rude Boyz
  • Q Project
  • Dj Ophidian
  • DJ Ratty
  • DJ Hidden
  • DJ Eye-D

For other uses, see Goldie (disambiguation). ... Metalheadz is a legandary, uk based drum and bass label. ... Comprised of Dego McFarlane, Mark Clair (Mark Mac), Gus Lawrence, and Ian Bardouille, 4 Hero are based in Dollis Hill, North London, from which they run their seminal Reinforced record label. ... Look up tango in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Greenhalgh performing at a rave in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2004. ... DJ Hidden is a Dutch DJ/producer/artist spinning and producing Drum n Bass (as DJ Hidden) and Hardcore Techno (as The Outside Agency, joined by DJ Eye-D). ...

Significant Releases

The 1993 CD release Hard Leaders III - Enter The Darkside contains many popular darkcore tunes of the era.


Darkcore today

Today, darkcore is used to describe the entire array of breakbeat producers and DJs who work within the 160-190+ BPM tempo range. This includes darkcore, though its current configuration is notably different in quality and process availability as well as the fact that modern drum and bass elements are included.


See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Darkcore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (303 words)
Darkcore is a music genre that became popular in the United Kingdom hardcore rave scene in 1993.
Darkcore was a counter movement to the happy alternative that occurred at the same time - both styles evolving from breakbeat hardcore.
Darkcore is characterized by layered breakbeats at around 150 to 160 bpm combined with very low frequency bass lines.
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