Know your Genre: FRENCHCORE | History of Hardcore [Documentary]

[@Mindprinter]

Here we go! 🎶 The history of Frenchcore 🇫🇷 🔥 TRACKLIST at 25k PLAYS! 🎧

[@DrPeacockOfficial]

Well done! Really nice that you put a lot of effort in this. Even though I think a lot of “old” legends weren’t named, I think you described everything very well. 🙏🏻🔥 Thanks for spreading the word about our beautiful genre.

[@Mindprinter]

I really appreciate that you saw the video and commented on it. That really honours me! I tried to include the timeline and all the aspects in my research. Of course, the whole thing is subjectively biased and I could have invested more time in early frenchcore and its legends. In general, though, I think you get a good overview of the development and, above all, the different vibes of the eras. It's important to me to provide information and to capture the nostalgia emotionally with the right music.

[@TheSpartacusTV]

Did not expect you to find you under this video, but it's so nice to see how you interact with your audience :D

[@dyslexictunes248]

i deeply appreciate that you feature freeparty culture and the hardteknos as they are deeply entwined to and with frenchcore

[@Mindprinter]

I think it played a crucial role in developing frenchcore. It's underground and fits into the vibe. I strongly believe in the 90's and early 2000's this influenced the French Hardcore scene. So more commercial producers like Radium started implementing these kicks in their Hardcore tracks. But I got no proven data here...

[@hollieBlu303]

This was my life from 16-30 y/o....it was literally my everything. Could not understand why anyone would want to be anywhere else on a Saturday night 🤯

[@hollieBlu303]

Raggatek - technically tho. Ask Vandal 😂

[@hollieBlu303]

All Your Base Are Belong To Us 😂😂😂...I promise I'm not spamming...I just had to say it ❤

[@domtekos7761]

​@Mindprinter no you're right - the free party movement absolutely was where Frenchcore originated alongside hardtek. These all grew out of the hardcore, acid hardcore, rhythmic noise, techno, tekno and tribe you find at free parties. Jungletek/raggatek is a UK music thing that also came out of the UK free party scene (mainly Bristol and Cambridgeshire area. Main artists of this were Vandal and Mandidextrous) and then got exported to France to their free party scene. Hope this helps for a bit more background.

[@ILoveMyMum37]

I’m weird. I hate hardcore music with a passion but I’m fascinated by all the subgenres and all that deafening kicks.

[@findlay1arches]

I absolutely loved French core around the 2008 time. Master piss album. First few sickest squad albums. Amazing

[@eLguL]

your documentaries are always an absolute treat and a crazy nostalgia trip! thanks for doing this ❤🫡😁

[@bluecloud1688]

Mad respect for the work. It was a pleasure to watch and I learned many new facts and stats about this beautiful genre :)

[@Djai-music]

This is insanely well done! It's so cool to see the developement and the variety of our favorite music genre.

[@K-xor]

I’ve been looking for a video like this for ages. Great content! 🔊❤️🇫🇷🇵🇹🇪🇸

[@hollieBlu303]

I do wish we could hit it back to Atari Teenage Riot but I played at Frenchtek (and a load of the other Technivals/raves) from 2003-2017ish. Always rude af! Thank you for drawing attention to how important French hardtek is in the development of electronic music. It was a truly beautiful time of my life...just started playing out again...now im sober. Why do you need drugs with this kind of music?!? 😂

[@UpTERRORSCHRANZCORE]

Die wellenartigen loud & distorted offbeat basslines haben mich schon immer an ganz bestimmten Stellen meines Körpers berührt :)

[@Mindprinter]

Fühl dich nicht zu berührt, dafür gibt's andere Plattformen

[@UpTERRORSCHRANZCORE]

@@Mindprinter ^^

[@GT-rj1uw]

Well done! Your documentaries about the scene are incredibly good 🤍

[@Ravach0l_]

I like to think of Frenchcore as the mic between the two best subcultures in the world: Free Party and Hardcore !

[@hollieBlu303]

Thank you!! ❤ Edit: some of the best parties I've ever played are Frenchtek/Tehcnival events...Scum (London, UK) was always shit-hot till the Met turned up and beat the shit into all of us 😂

[@domtekos7761]

​@@hollieBlu303 haha yes the Scumtek parties were really some hall of fame parties for us in the UK. So hard to get away with the large multi rig rooms now.

[@hollieBlu303]

@@domtekos7761 I haven't been out since pre covid. Played a few clubs and stuff but it's mostly commercial shit work. Pays the bills but it's not really it. Nice to not get pepper sprayed tho 😂

[@domtekos7761]

@@hollieBlu303 yeah, know what you mean about the legal venues. It's never the same. Tbh covid changed things a lot and has really slowed down the UK scene. We did a freedom of information request because we didn't understand how or why the police suddenly seemed to be very on it with shutting parties down (sending multiple helicopters for even smaller parties!) And it turns out that during covid unlicensed music events became a huge thing, so they got their funding to deal with them upped massively. The figures were, top of my head now, something like 35-40 a year then up to over 400 a year classified as UMIs.

[@hollieBlu303]

That Greenday thing was pure STILTON 😢....at least it was a bootleg....and we're back to PROPER hardtek!!! YAAAAASSSSS!!!!! 👌🫨😵‍💫🫨😵‍💫🫨😵‍💫

[@NandiiVRC]

video popped up out of nowhere. its fun to see my local hardcore community (team gabber) being mentioned more and and more!

[@VaatiMalfoy]

Great job, I loved this. Would be a good way to explain to friends & family so they can wrap their head around what im off to do on the weekends lmao. But I'll not try to have them understand

[@Colossus823]

21:29 Euphoric and Main Frenchcore are definitely too cheesy for my taste. I prefer older Frenchcore like Radium and The Sickest Squad. I do wonder if both have a future, if they're mainly consisting of taking existing songs and making a Frenchcore version of it. Once the hype dies down, it looks cringy and not a serious music genre.

[@findlay1arches]

Totally agree with everything you said

[@PaStef37]

Epic! Thank you!

[@puschkinproduction]

Hey there, i just wanted to mention, how insanely good your history documentaries are. Please more of them (maybe Speedcore next time?)😉🤪

[@Mindprinter]

Thanks mate! Speedcore will be a thing in the incoming video. But first I will do a poll, which genre should be lightened next. I think a newer Hardstyle or Rawstyle Video would be interesting, the last is 6 years old... Terrorcore and Hard Techno could be also interesting.

[@puschkinproduction]

@Mindprinter for sure I think an update Video on Rawstyle would be crazy too, since the genre is in constant change. Also Hardtechno would be interesting. Will be waiting for the next one, doesn't matter, what you decide 💪🤘

[@LuciferHellwathcer]

@@Mindprinter omg speedcore! that'll be cool, i've been bingeing your vids cool vids and well researched, cant wait for your next vids

[@domtekos7761]

​@@Mindprinterdon't forget jumpstyle that originated from Belgium and then spread to the Netherlands.

[@MadridAmsterdam]

Nice work! Thank you for enlightening me to parts of the past and some details of my passion I didn't knew. 🙏♥

[@hrgiyzueghe]

Weasel Busters which is a genre of its own! Happy Frenchcore :)

[@heartless_official9286]

Sick video bro 👊🏼🖤

[@Mindprinter]

Best track saved for the outro!

[@rookbranwen8047]

First encountered Frenchcore and hardtek through a Japanese producer USAO. His music takes heavy influence from them and other genres. Because of him I eventually discovered not only Sefa and Dr. Peacock but other Frenchcore and Hardtek producers.

[@Bongatron5023]

USAO MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@morucek]

Gangstar Toons Industry and Laurent Ho!!!!!

[@elucidator1277]

What is that music video to Headbanger Boogie? I want it.

[@naqdensjam]

the french tekno folks make a teknival that goes through all of eastern europe all the way to my country "bulgaria" !!!its always underground ! Almost everytime is not known initially where eaxtly wiuld be the party !!!

[@domtekos7761]

The free Tekno scene is not just French. It has always been over Europe. Particularly there is a huge scene in Eastern Europe. Originally this all came from the UK and Spiral Tribe left here to go do parties in France and it spread from there.

[@naqdensjam]

@@domtekos7761 UK to rave is like scandinavian countries to black metal!!! xd I m mostly dnb guy ! all bpms are appreciated though xd

[@TheSpartacusTV]

23:10 Track ID?

[@Iris_and_or_George]

I've just started watching and am so curious when I started disliking it! I know who to blame though😂

[@tucon3s270]

18:23 plsssss track id

[@robertparkkari7149]

Crying on the dancefloor - bumloco

[@jannikpeper7251]

Could you do Rawstyle/Rawtempo/ Xtra Raw?

[@davidgeppert5763]

Frenchcore ist meiner Meinung nach reine Komputermusik, da sie doch subjektiv sehr digital klingt. Und ja, "Computer" lässt sich auch mit "K" schreiben - genauso, wie "Disko"😁

[@JBakaSLK]

If you can read this you're not the first! 😌

[@ThijsVdv-o7m]

Whats the song on 2:30

[@cabba.1]

Anyone know the song at 24:19?

[@findlay1arches]

Track list for the power French core section?

[@Mindprinter]

Will drop the Tacklist at 25k plays!

[@verlatenn]

2:00 songname?

[@redheadhunterz]

Todesvögel (Cycore Remix by The Speed Freak)

[@Bongatron5023]

Please do Happy Hardcore next :))

[@Mindprinter]

Next one is Terror. I've made a poll. The community decided. But I'm quite busy atm

[@Bongatron5023]

@@Mindprinter That’s awesome bro! I look forward to it!

[@tekborg8669]

If you want to try some good stuff, make an episode about the development of PolCore, which is a unique genre in the hardcore/spilltercore/extreme whit polish sumpel from underground SKRD - splitter core records dziwko

[@CrisRkR]

11:29 ❤❤❤❤ ,🚪🪖

[@Crabby303]

lol

[@Remzcore]

meh.

[@vincentbaglin9223]

What do you think about the video? I like to got this kind of documentary/video about my favorite style... but can't agree with a lot said here. I think that's really the point of vue of dutch people on the genre. We can't ignore psiko, progamers, sickest squad... influence and yours of course. Also mention more sefa than Radium 😅😅 . But at least that's something

[@mrbassmeister]

Thanks for this amazing video and spreading the word about Frenchcore 😊🫶