Thursday, July 4, 2013

Hard with Style






Hardstyle is a genre of Electronic Music that is played at around 150 BPM,  its most known for a heavy kick drum with reverse bass on every offbeat, giving it a distorted sound. Alot of Hardstyle producers such as "Headhunterz" will also use deep , sinister sounding vocal samples as found in the video above while some producers like "Brennan Heart" prefer positive, uplifing vocals in their tracks. I can only listen to Hardstyle in small doses, after a while it starts to give you a headache and makes you kind of anxious, I assume because of the very fast BPM accompanied with the distorted kick.

As of last year, i have heard a couple Big Room House tracks that sample elements of hardstyle.  While still played at 128 BPM, you can definateley hear that reverse bass after each kick. You can hear for yourself in the video below by Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, Lil Jon and Coone.