Hardstyle, sometimes referred to as hardbass, is a sub-genre of trance music that is closely related to nu style gabber and hard trance. It's a fusion of both Hard Trance and Hardcore. Hardstyle is grouped in the Hard Dance section. Its sound is usually characterized by a four to the floor kick beat and an off-beat gabber style bass line, trance like synth stabs and sweeps and miscellaneous samples. Tracks often feature excessive reverb and/or other effects, breakdowns and occasionally small breakbeat sections. The average tempo is between 140 and 150 bpm, around 30 slower than nu style gabber. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle songs, which sound very similar but are more accessible. Hardstyle is generally played alongside Nu-NRG and gabber in the UK and aside hard trance or hardcore in the rest of Europe. Trance is a style of electronic music that developed in the 1990s. ... Gabber, gabba (pronounced gahba or gahbuhr in Dutch), or hardcore, is a subgenre of electronic music that is a subgenre of hardcore techno. ... Hard Trance originated in Germany in the early to mid-90s and is one of the earliest forms of trance. ... Music sample: Matt Ricks - Home Again (2006) ( file info) — Problems listening to the file? See media help. ... Four to the floor or four on the floor is a rhythmic pattern in dance music in which the kick drum falls on each beat of the measure in 4/4 time. ... In music a back beat (also called the, or a, backbeat) is a term applied to the beats 2 and 4 in a 4/4 bar or a 12/8 bar [1] as opposed to the odd downbeat, (quarter beat 1). ... This article is about reusing existing sound recordings in creating new works. ... When sound is produced in an enclosed space multiple reflections build up and blend together creating reverberation or reverb. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it easier to understand, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 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. ... Problems playing the files? See media help. ... NU NRG are two Italian DJs, Andrea Ribeca and Giuseppe Ottaviani. ... Gabber (IPA pronunciation: ), gabba, or hardcore, is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. ... Hard Trance originated in Germany in the early to mid-90s and is one of the earliest forms of trance. ... Problems playing the files? See media help. ...

Current status

Hardstyle is a European music style and is mainly produced by artists from The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Spain, yet other producers from around the world are starting to pick up the sound. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...

Hardstyles

Currently, the scene is booming in various countries around the world besides being popular in the founding countries. Notable scenes include those in Germany,United States,Netherland, Israel, Belgium, Spain, Poland,Portugal, Peru, Sweden, Finland, Norway,Estonia, Denmark, South Africa and the United Kingdom - notably Scotland and Wales . It is also popular in Australia and Malaysia where hardstyle is popular due to the Melbourne Shuffle, also known as shuffling. The Netherlands (Dutch Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the country. ... The Melbourne shuffle is a style of dance, which originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. ...

Currently the Hardstyle Category is split into the following subcategories:

• Dutch Hardstyle - Typically harder and darker than other hardstyle, mostly known for its hard off-beat reverse bass line, wicked kicks, dirty vocals and soft synths.
• Italian Hardstyle - More serious, usually has a bigger melodic breakdown and typically 'gangsta'-themed lyrics. The synths are much harder than dutch hardstyle.

• Nu-Style - Usually a softer bass line then normal hardstyle, mashed out with samples and lower use of reverse bass and/or reverb.The kick is filterd and distorted to create a grungey overdriven bass drive. Many of hardstyle's biggest DJs, especially those from Holland, have evolved into Nu-Style.

One more notable Event Group in the hardstyle scene is Q-dance, arranging massive events in football stadiums, sports grounds, public arenas and airports. Gangsta can refer to: Eye dialect/Slang for a member of a gang, a gangster. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... This article is about a region in the Netherlands. ... Q-dance is a Dutch record label and entertainment enterprise. ...

A dance that is popular mainly in Europe is 'Jumpstyle'. The term Jumpstyle is used both for a musical genre (a subgenre of Techno, recognized by its hard & deep bass) and for a type of dance usually performed to this style of music. ...

Notable events

• Sensation Black
• Q-dance events
• Qlimax

Sensation logo Sensation Black is an annual dance event featuring mainly hardcore music where all attendees dress in black. ... Q-dance is a Dutch record label and entertainment enterprise. ... Qlimax is an annual Dance Event, held at the Gelredome, in Arnheim, Netherlands. ...

Notable Artists

• Zany
• Lady Dana
• Tatanka
• Technoboy
• Andrew Townsend

This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary using the Transwiki process. ... Dana van Dreven (born July 9, 1974 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) aka DJ Lady Dana, is one of the worlds leading Hardstyle DJs. ... // Chris Chavis, best known as Tatanka (born June 8, 1961 in Pembroke, North Carolina) is a Native American professional wrestler in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation who was popular in the 1990s. ... Andrew Townsend (born Andrew Edward Townsend in 1987 in Hampton, Virginia, United States) is a renowned electronic music DJ/producer, CEO of Escovator Records, and member in the rock group The LoD Project // While under the teaching of German record label CEO Paul Croshiere, Andrew Townsend under the alias DJ...

Record labels

• Fusion Records
• Future Sound Corporation
• Q-dance
• Scantraxx

The FSC logo Future Sound Corporation is an Italian-based hard trance/hardstyle record label fronted by DJ Ben and Radium (who work together as Trance Generators). ... Q-dance is a Dutch record label and entertainment enterprise. ...

Radio stations

• Fearfm.nl

See also

• Hard dance
• Sensation Black

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