Hardcore (sometimes 'ardcore) is a term that has been used to describe a variety of related electronic dance music styles over almost two decades. While the term "hardcore" was first used in a musical genre title with the emergence of hardcore punk in the late 1970s, it was also used in the early 1990s in reference to both hardcore techno, an intensified and harsh form of techno that emerged from the United States and the Netherlands, and breakbeat hardcore, which emerged in the UK from acid house and breakbeat. Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Hardcore punk—also known as hardcore in the punk rock and heavy metal scenes—is a faster, heavier version of punk rock, characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs. ... Hardcore techno, often referred to as hardcore, is a style of techno music that originated in the early-to-mid-1990s in multiple locations including Rotterdam, New York City and Newcastle, New South Wales. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... 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. ... Falling under the encompassing umbrella of Electronic Music, and the subsequent smaller grouping of house music, Acid House generally uses simple tone generators and tempo-controlled resonant filters. ... Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). ...

It has also been used synonymously to refer to gabber, a style close to hardcore techno, and as an umbrella term to refer to styles that have emerged from hardcore techno including speedcore, terrorcore, breakcore, noizecore, glitchcore and drillcore, and from breakbeat hardcore such as happy hardcore, darkcore, freeform hardcore and trancecore (the latter grouping often being referred to as UK hardcore due to its origins). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The expression umbrella term means a word that provides a superset or grouping of related concepts. ... Speedcore is a form of hardcore techno that is typically identified by its high rate of beats per minute and aggressive themes. ... Terrorcore is a term used to describe a subgenre of hardcore techno. ... Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of jungle, hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented sound that encourages speed, complexity, impact and maximum sonic density. ... Overview Noizecore or Noisecore is a sub genre of electronic music typically defined by a very harsh sound. ... Glitchcore is a vaguely defined electronic music style that incorporates elements of Drum and Bass, IDM, Hardcore Techno, House, Speedcore, Illbient, Ambient, Industrial, and Jungle music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Darkcore is a music genre that became popular in the United Kingdom hardcore rave scene in 1993. ... Freeform Hardcore coming from its sister genre happy hardcore was introduced in 1999. ... UK Hardcore is a broad term to describe the evolved United Kingdom rave hardcore lineage 4/4-kick drum and breakbeat fueled sound, which emerged there around the start of the 1990s and grew in strength during the 21st century. ...

See also

• Digital hardcore
• Four to the floor
• Hard dance
• Hardcore music
• Hardcore Breaks
• List of music genres suffixed -core

Digital Hardcore is a music genre or style that was first defined by Alec Empire. ... Four to the floor or four-on-the-floor is a type of dance music characterized by a steady, uniformly accented beat in 4/4 time, popularized in 1960s, and disco music of 1970s. ... Hard dance is a term that refers to a grouping of modern electronic dance music genres including hard trance, hard house, nu-NRG, hard-NRG, hardstyle, freeform hardcore and jumpstyle. ... There are several musical genres known as hardcore: Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock, sometimes considered related to heavy metal Hardcore techno is a subgenre of techno closely related to the Gabba style, and includes Happy hardcore Breakbeat hardcore aka oldskool hardcore is the predecessor of Drum and... Hardcore Breaks is a genre of music written in the style of Old Skool Rave music or Breakbeat Hardcore, using modern technology. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Basskore is a distinct subgenre of electronic music created by a techno producer known as Gnostic from Ottawa, Canada. ... Bouncy techno is a style of music circa 1992, mostly emanating from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. ... 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. ... Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of jungle, hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented sound that encourages speed, complexity, impact and maximum sonic density. ... Darkcore is a music genre that became popular in the United Kingdom hardcore rave scene in 1993. ... Freeform Hardcore coming from its sister genre happy hardcore was introduced in 1999. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Makina is bouncy Spanish dance music, with UK Hardcore traits, dissimilar enough to be audibly different and deserving of its own category. ... Speedbass was a genre formed by a group of DJs, spinning a wide mix of genres. ... Speedcore is a form of hardcore techno that is typically identified by its high rate of beats per minute and aggressive themes. ... Terrorcore is a term used to describe a subgenre of hardcore techno. ... Hardcore trance is a hybrid of Trance music and Happy Hardcore with House elements. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Contemporary electronic music includes many different styles or musical genres, such as: Ambient Ambient dub Ambient Goa Ambient house Berlin School Chillout Dark ambient Dronology Illbient Lowercase New Age Psybient Sub Dub Breakbeat/Breaks Baltimore breaks Big beat Breakcore Brokenbeat Cut & paste Florida breaks Grime Nu skool breaks Progressive breaks... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated dnb) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Electronic music has existed, in various forms, for more than a century. ... Hard dance is a term that refers to a grouping of modern electronic dance music genres including hard trance, hard house, nu-NRG, hard-NRG, hardstyle, freeform hardcore and jumpstyle. ... House music is a style of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ... Synthpop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ...

External Links

• [Happyhardcore.com]