Know your genre: History of Hardstyle [Documentary]

[@Uncagednl]

Thanks for mentioning my track Crazy!

[@Mindprinter]

Awesome track! Please make more of that :)

[@eamh2002]

I need an extinguisher because my subwoofer caught fire from banging your song :D

[@asperg8735]

Fuckin' crazy with that kick

[@yannick5259]

Lol when i heard this song i instantly added it to my spotify playlist, what a banger! 💥

[@SuperMrTrash]

Good job with this one !!

[@Alcmaer072]

2006 - 2011!!!!!!! GIMME A TIME MACHINE MISS THIS!!!!! *CRIES IN HARDSTYLE*

[@sancim341]

that was the best era...

[@Lycon721995]

@@sancim341 The Golden Era for sure

[@ts3y]

im from 2024 and it's beyond sadness

[@Numinor31]

hmm i only like early hardstyle of 2001 - 2004 :p

[@mainthresh2287]

the guy who made this video is such a rawstyle fan lmao

[@Mindprinter]

Main Thresh I've tried to be objective. But euphoric isn't that big anymore. The trend goes to the raw scene

[@suffy101]

true

[@KrychuGMR]

Euphoric are the best!

[@matthijsbakker342]

I like both

[@Krankjoram.]

Normal Hardstyle is still the best with dj's like: Noisecontrollers, Atmozfears and Sound Rush. Rawstyle is okay, but not my type. To many new people liking Raw and listen (Raw)Hardstyle for like a year and then leave the scene.

[@RolyWestYT]

I grew up on the old style from 2004 I wanna say when I first started hearing it! So that will always hold a place in my heart but I’m really into a lot of the experimental stuff these days! Psystyle is my favourite of the newer genre mashups

[@zombiyh]

Roly wtf I never knew you were into this now I love you even more 😭❤️

[@ItsMePhiliph]

You really need to hear "The Choosen by A-Rize" It sounds kinda like the euphoric but with some quite experimental thingy on it i guess idk haha.

[@toptomo7239]

Idk why but this was emotional

[@carloslara1763]

it was omg i thought I was the only one getting emotional and shit, lol

[@LoneWolfFisherman93]

agreed brother been listening since the start of the era got goosebumps throughout that LOVE hardstyle nothing compares ❤️

[@EverTruu]

Bro I was about to comment this. This video made me cry.

[@ogmike9709]

@Caro Lina that is so true

[@allgamergamer697mehgamer7]

I didn't even know people remembered heardstyle let alone liked it I guess it's the fact most people I talk to just think this stuff is just sound and yet I can go to videos like this and figure out people still love this stuff

[@RodriMartii]

Classic Hardstyle, the best.

[@diegostigame2296]

Sip Simón prrro

[@thorstenbecker381]

Yes, it is.

[@problemchild5409]

Man I miss the sound of the early hardstyle reverse bass and the classic hardstyle kicks where you have both reverse bass and hard bass kicks altogether in one kick which creates that deep bass sound (showtek or oldschool HHZ and DB&STF's kick for example). Also never forget the hard hitting melodies that are so euphoric and gives you goosebumps such as Rock Civilization, Analogue Players in a digital world, sound of the thunder etc. Those were times when everybody was rocking/shuffling. I still listen to the hardstyle of today as there are a variety of subgenres but I mainly just stick to normal hardstyle/nustyle as some artists still make hardstyle as how it truly was back in the days, just only with newer kicks and melodies, and euphoric for the melodies but some can sound too draining if you know what I mean, such as Atmozfears and Audiotricz for example. I do listen to abit of raw hardstyle (ones with less screeches and more melodies) as they do hit you hard when your not expecting a raw drop (especially live at festivals) but I can't listen to it for a long period of time because to me it just sounds the same with the evil/creepy sound, screeches and aggressive vocals but what I do like about raw are the kicks as that is what HS is all about- kick and bass. And I love chucking a phat hakk everytime I that DUB!!..DUB!!..DUB!! 😂😂 But for me, I am a rocker so reverse bass, will never DIE!!!! Eetz!..Eetz!..Eetz!! 👊

[@chrisjanzen7748]

truf b told I too love oldschool and classic Hardstyle. There is just something very spacial about them. I think it's just the atmosphere I enjoy the most. And of course the melbourne shuffle... man I'd die to see it coming back into popular status. My most favorite shuffle crew was definately Hardstyle Klowns aka HSK :D

[@flochristim9316]

I see Reverse Bass, I mention the GOD of reverse Bass, MKN. he also does a monthly Podcast which is an amazing mix everytime, go check him out.

[@chrisjanzen7748]

TimFlo Chris Thanks man, appreciate it

[@hankattack]

It’ll never be the same again. Dusky noises by Analogic disturbance is still one the best hardstyle tunes ever made in my opinion.

[@dj_the_veldt]

truf b told This is also my favorite period the evolution of Hardstyle😍 2008-2011 - the "Golden age" of Hardstyle. In the tracks of the time were stunning soulful melodies and energetic beats. Club Bizzare (HHZ & Noisecontrollers rmx) , We speak music, Rockin' Ur Mind, Delay Distortion, Discorecord, Loopmachine, Gimme love, Psychedelic, Last of the Mohicans and many others😌😍💪 Now this is the direction taken by only a few of the Old school, and more emphasis on Raw do. I miss the old sound.

[@Mindprinter]

WOW! 100k clicks. Never thought this video would even get over 5000 clicks. Thank you! :) Which genre would you like to see next? Hard Trance, Industrial Hardcore, Frenchcore or Terror?

[@DampLover]

Trap maybe? Good genre untill it became mainstream.

[@NAM-E_music]

Veight Woofer I am making hardstyle and actually I wanna make uplifting/emotional hardstyle a new sub-genre

[@xxGrandaSxx]

Good video mate ;) I like hardstyle as it is hardstyle, I listen to raw, I listen to euphoric, I listen to early hardstyle from time to time. I started listening for hardstyle when Fear.FM was alive and I used to listen to Top 40 every month, I loved music, kicks, bass, melodies, everything. The way hardstyle is changing is ok, I wonder what will be after few more years ;) We have so many amazing skilled artists, hope to see them in scene soon, because every one of them is changing hardstyle with their own ideas. Thanks for attention, cya ;)

[@tf3223]

Hardcore

[@NAM-E_music]

GrandaS it is sad that fear.fm is down

[@XpRnz]

Hardstyle is a name that originated in the Netherlands, the founders of Q-Dance needed to have a new cool sounding name for the music at their events back in 1999-2000 where they introduced a harder style in dance music. It's a combination of the words Hardcore & Oldstyle, popular styles back then which originated from trance and hardcore obviously.

[@Mindprinter]

Cool, didn't know that yet.

[@XpRnz]

It's part of their heritage. When the gabber scene collapsed at the end of the nineties they were trying to fill in the gap, with much succes. It started out with houseclassics, or houseqlassics as they called it and quickly grew from 3000 to 30.000 visitors per party when Qlimax (2000), DefQon (2003) and Q-Base (2004) were born. They were in the same scene as ID-T (also a dutch company) was in and were competitors for years (and later fused).

[@Megalodon1986]

Oldstyle and hardcore were the inspiration for the name, yes. The new found 'hardstyle' music however, was a mix of techno, hardhouse, (hard)trance and reworks of 90s hardcore tracks. Hardtrance got heavier, hardhouse a bit slower, techno a bit less monotone, and there it was; hardstyle. A very good example of the earliest of hardstyle is the mix cd by Dana called ID&T Presents Dana, from 2002.

[@billgoldbergmania]

@@Megalodon1986 To me it always sounded like a slower, bit more chill hardcore for the mainstream.

[@Triadii]

I’m a trance fan, and my tastes leaked in to hardstyle & hardcore not to Long ago

[@Aaustin747]

Excellent video! Especially the explanations of how the sounds changed. I'd be interested to see a video like this for other edm.

[@Mindprinter]

History of Hardcore vimeo.com/230958516

[@Mindprinter]

New video incoming

[@masol3726]

history of big room progressive house!

[@Mindprinter]

oups

[@martyynein4506]

Hardstyle is my life, and I'm proud and honored to be a part of the evolving genre itself, it's like Beeing a part of an organism which grows and becomes greater and stronger every moment of its existence!! Hardstyle > anything else

[@jesusmt1203]

Martyy Nein amen.🙏👏

[@applefoodie]

*High five* I feel the same way too! However, I live in the US, where Hardstyle is not very popular at all...Europeans have it way better in terms of Hardstyle festivals. I've been trying to convert my friends, unsuccessfully, lol. They don't know what they're missing.

[@PerlQuell]

Same! I started with comerical EDM. Now i just love RAW. Every Weekend i am into any kind of Event. Its like LOVE not just Music anymore.

[@THEREALCAPTAINDREAD]

DNB and Old School hardstyle for me

[@applefoodie]

@Kurt Erickson I know right?? Well I live in San Francisco, and California does get the odd hardstyle festival/concert here and there, though they're always in Los Angeles. I'm super looking forward to Wasteland though, which is coming up in January!

[@Hoezi02]

Early Hardstyle and Oldschool Hardstyle all the way, man!

[@bobbytrap2554]

I really like the direction hardstyle is going in, euphoric producers are bringing in harder and experimental kicks in their tracks while the anticlimax is being replaced with a much more pleasant reverse bass or psytrance kick, meanwhile the raw producers are adding melodies (phuture noize is a good example of this) and I am at a point where I am starting to love both subgenres now, the cheesy part of the euphoric is dissapearing and being replaced with lots of energy (a lot of tracks on the spirit of hardstyle label do this) and the really hard and raw parts of rawstyle are softening up a bit making them more pleasant to listen to. Really curious what 2018 will be bringing us!!

[@Josh_17]

Bobbytrap Phuture Noize is probably the best DJ in the world at combining both.

[@bobbytrap2554]

Joshy 97 ikr he blew me away with his set on qlimax, didn’t really know him before that but I am a huge fan now

[@Josh_17]

Bobbytrap I was the same I knew little about him until his Qlimax masterpiece. I think the scene as a whole has favoured him with voting 7 or 8 tracks of his into the Hardstyle 100, the most by any artist in 2017. Tracks like Suicidal Superstar, Fire, The Aftershock, The Paradox (my favourite), Black Mirror Society they’re just so good. He’s smashed it with the Qapital anthem and I’m more excited than ever to hear his new album.

[@bobbytrap2554]

Joshy 97 this exactly! His bootleg of theres alot going on and drift away are my favorites from his set. Just so much emotion and energy, too bad that nothing has been released yet and I cant wait for his album aswell!

[@Josh_17]

Bobbytrap Him announcing its a full solo album like Pursuit of Thunder gives me high hopes it’s going to be another masterpiece. He done an amazing job with the bootleg and Drift away which will be on the album too. The bar is set so high for himself but with the 2 tracks we’ve heard, I think this album is going to be just as good if not better.

[@ryanbaeza9829]

I support all hard style lovers.. we are all the same breed!!! Keep the genre booming and alive

[@h4ruka-_-isde4d]

Hardstyle needs more listeners like you

[@JSNtheArsonist]

My fav era was nustyle era. That was the time I start to fall in love into this genre. I will still listen, enjoy and dance to the modern raw hardstyle era but nothing can beat the nustyle to me

[@12wargasms]

mainstream HS went downhill since 2011, face it; "year of summer" and shit like that... it's not even hardstyle anymore

[@StarOnCheek]

Nustyle is still a big thing

[@yericproy9167]

JSN Exactly. I dont like rawstyle, if you want an overstreering, too loud kick and less melody you can listen Frenchcore. I like Nustyle the most because the kick is not too quiet and not too loud and there are nice, euphoric melodies made with synthesizer

[@yericproy9167]

Herman Grove luckily

[@robinmolenaar5768]

I totaly agree

[@ThatWaffleNightcore]

I think it's sad that so many people in the hardstyle community can't accept that one likes hardstyle as a genre. Like I've spoken to people at hardcore stages that would never even look at euphoric hardstyle. Like seriously I don't want people that only listen to frenchcore to suddenly enjoy hardstyle or even euphoric hardstyle but I would love if people could just accept the fact that someone can listen to some terror and the next song to sound rush or someone like that ^^

[@Jamais_2_sans_3]

Yeah stop the war between Raw and Eupho, Hardstyle was made to unite, not to devide 😂

[@premakanojia1489]

@@Jamais_2_sans_3 yeah it's true it's the genre of the new youth but it's not so popular we should make more people know hardstyle and many people in India use edm songs from dubstep in their video's intro but say edm sucks I don't like that

[@walkelftexasranger]

Hardstyle is great no matter what my mood is. Hardcore is little bit...different. If I have mood to listen to it ,then it's really good (sometimes even better than Hardstyle) ,but when I am not in mood ,then it sounds terrible (if you know what I mean).

[@briannasantucci4218]

@@walkelftexasranger yes deff agree with this

[@VulgarHurricane1]

0:05 Early Hardstyle 0:50 Early Hardstyle 1:46 NuStyle 2:40 Raw Hardstyle 3:31 Euphoric Hardstyle 4:16 Big Room Hardstyle 4:51 New Rawstyle 6:02 Rawphoric 6:49 Xtra Raw 7:50 Experimental Rawstyle

[@denssb]

After 1.46 everything sounds the same...

[@psyprogg7310]

​@@denssb i bet u listen to other music than Techno. ;)

[@z_luan33]

but no terror, speed or frenchcore what i like the most

[@denssb]

@@psyprogg7310 this is not techno smartass... This is hardstyle... Learn to read

[@psyprogg7310]

@@denssb U know what, u are right. Hardstyle is Hardstyle will ever be Hardstyle and was Hardstyle in the past, it is no subgenre, it is a Maingenre and came from Hardstyle. I dont know anything, because i listen to this kind of music since over 20 years

[@jamesnieder4566]

your video made ma a raw style fan. watched it 2 years ago. this year reverze im coming

[@Realtime1501]

This really didn't work out

[@jamesnieder4566]

@@Realtime1501 i didnt work out either

[@dienase3204]

Phuture Noize' is a lil magician in my opinion.

[@yourmother8016]

That track fire by him tho jesus

[@xXSomething37Xx]

Rawphoric is definetly what I like the most. Euphoric has some good tracks every now and then and while I love the kicks in most of the different rawstyle variants I "need" the melodies that Euphoric brings. But man did the "Early Hardstyle" part bring some nostalgia!

[@knicklichtjedi]

Totally agree! Just watched the video, but it seems to be quite difficult to find something. Did you find anything note-worthy?

[@HyouMix]

Euphoric hardstyle sounds kinda gay and sassier around the melodies, but the kicks are fine though.

[@djekrom3286]

I'm an Euphoric Hardstyle fan

[@QueenKrul]

Me too

[@PhilthAdelphiA]

fuck the both of you

[@braappex7428]

Every day

[@braveheartmasterzofficial2401]

Yessss mate!

[@soulreaper9228]

DJekrom ew

[@VirgulaCamila]

Amazing. I've been love with hardstyle for at least 10 years, and still going on!

[@12naomy]

The Aftershock 😍😍 one of my favs 💥

[@Stevswearftw]

Great video man,. listening to this music growing up, have had a big impact on my me. i'm glad i found it so early in my life

[@knicklichtjedi]

Damn, I didnt know that Rawphoric was a thing! Sometimes I love the kicks of Rawstyle, sometimes I love the melody of Euphoric. This could be my next favorite! ♥

[@seb9940]

Then you probably already listened to quite a few songs like that. Its actually still just hardstyle but some people hate euphoric hardstyle they try to seperate the hard from euphoric. I listen to all kinds of hardstyle but i wont tell someone i prefer "rawphoric" the most, i just call it hardstyle like it is

[@kristiann__7]

i discovered hardstyle in 2013 thanks to zyzz. it has been my only favorite genre ever since and i'm so thankful that it exists.

[@La_0stdeutsche_Vida]

Hardstyle, Hardcore, Frenchcore 💪 Harder, Faster, Louder ✊

[@adrianmaulana279]

I see hardstyle i press like. Amazing video btw 🔥

[@briannasantucci4218]

Just recently got into hardstyle/hardcore (like within the past year) and i am still trying to learn more and more about the genre and find my preferred sound. I think rawphoric sounds like my kind of hardstyle as i love the hard kicks but the uplifting melodies 😍 literally makes me feel like I’m in heaven lol

[@jarneNiL]

I'm so glad that big room hardstyle is no more a thing and that productions are so such high quality!

[@undercooked6697]

I don't know about y'all, but I like to wake up at 5 morning. And jog outside while the sun rises to this music.

[@Mindprinter]

Not waking up so early (damn that's fckn early), but working out in the gym to Raw and Hardcore. This music changed my mindset and my love to sports. Enjoying hakken too as sport.

[@LilyLollyxD]

2006-2011 just gives so much nostalgia

[@Yeah_ItsYou]

After i watched this video, that was my first time getting into hardstyle and it was amazing. I can't believe i finally found my genre. I started from the oldschools to the new generation and the oldschool has most memories in it😭 Here I am 2 years after listening to hardstyle, the hardstyle world keeps getting bigger, knowing more dj's, more track, and happy everyday. Such a lot of memories has passed away...i hope I'll still listening to hardstyle 10 years later😌 Edit: I'm a big hardstyle and rawstyle fan

[@Mindprinter]

Oh dude, I feel this comment so much. So glad that I've introduced you into Hardstyle and all kind of Harder Styles Music. That motivates me!

[@Yeah_ItsYou]

@@Mindprinter Thank you too, if i haven't found this video, I'll never know how to enjoy my life😭👍

[@hectoracres4331]

when on ecstasy some euphoric hardstyle songs are so good that it feels like the entire world is about to swallow you & then suddenly the beat drops and you break free from everything

[@warfeest]

A well made video I must say. I agree with everything you said.

[@ChattyCinnamon]

I’m forever thankful for KZbin showing me ‘Summer of hardstyle 2012’ in 2012, been one of my favourite genres since

[@DJNESSY_OFFICIAL]

99 2006 wer the best hardstyle years shame we will never got out like it again 😥

[@RibecCreeper]

As a music enthusiast I consider this very interesting. When I listen to hardstyle I enjoy a lot the euphoric hardstyle

[@Ometen]

I just cant accept Rawphoric as its own subgenre. Melody + hard kick = hardstyle.

[@Mindprinter]

It belongs to Hardstyle. And it isn't a real "subgenre" it is more a direction of style. Hardstyle contains all the eras and subgenres I mentioned in the video.

[@martyynein4506]

Ometen it is the new "classic" hardstyle isn't it? xD

[@lekattenbak]

Rawphoric lolol

[@AnymMusic]

well euphoric raw is it's own sub genre. look at B-front or Phuture Noize f.e.

[@Ittayfrom99]

Veight Woofer Agree with you Melodic Raw is a brand new direction in the Hardstyle scene, in my opinion the producers who are more focused in this are Phuture Noize, SZP, Bass Chazers and recently Frequencerz & B-Front

[@noisestyler216]

I started listening hardstyle at 2008 when i was five years old, it was awsome, now its some commercial style everybody listens, true hardstyle will be in my heart forever

[@GuillaumeLeValiant]

Euphoric Hardstyle ftw!

[@singingespeon2531]

I still love early hardstyle so much, it was so much more stripped back and less distracting. So good

[@MsDany79]

Early Hardstyle Top 👌

[@mcludo1402]

i'm so glad that producers started making these experimental raw kicks.... love it

[@lukasheimel4958]

Euphoric Hardstyle🥰🥰🥰

[@leonhard8006]

Such a good video in a channel with under 500 subs , amazing , go on with good vids and i promise you will achieve more subs

[@Mindprinter]

Bavarian TechnoFan Thanks :3 New video about underground hard dance genres incoming

[@Mintor94]

Very informative video. It presents way more detailed info about particular subgenres than early/nu/raw/euphoric. Thank you!

[@Mindprinter]

Thanks for watching ;) Please share the knowledge trough this video

[@Patralgan]

When I discovered hardstyle in the mid 00's I was so happy because finally there exists a genre that has the sound hard enough for me without overly crazy tempo. I prefer it slower.

[@Mindprinter]

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[@jordansancan7668]

Experimental Rawstyle = Psystyle xD

[@Confirmatarian]

Well, they also included the Burn remix by Sub Zero which is not psy. I think Exp. Raw is a blanket term for the harder styles of psytrance and hardcore

[@StarOnCheek]

jorsancan_ 703XD or hard psy

[@fk_yeah_1493]

Herman Grove Hard psy ? WTF The real & only harder styles in psyscene are hitech,darkpsy,psycore,forest & tribecore

[@StarOnCheek]

Fk_Yeah _149 you don't put spaces before question marks, you put spaces after commas and psy scene are two separate words

[@atackmen]

Fk_Yeah _149 i know tribecore as tekno subgenre

[@SpiraResident72017]

Not bad but your focus lays too strong on recent history, raw and it's subgenres. You entirely missed the hard house era which resulted in hardstyle, due to it's kicks like in Tranceball from Calyptus. Dana played a huge role in that. You also only mentioned jump when you talked about the melbourne shuffle but in reality many artists played jump/french tek in their Hardstyle sets back then. Technoboy even had a jump alias. Just check out The Prophet live @ Mysteryland 2005 and you know what I mean. It would've been also nice to elaborate the history of pitching a kick more and talk about the most famous and groundbreaking kicks in the genre like Noisecontrollers' CTR ALT DELETE kick and the Wildest kick by Zatox/Wild Motherfuckers. Pitching was never a huge thing before it was perfected in 2011/2012 but now it's pretty much standard. I actually could say a lot more but I don't want that that you think that this is only a rant but rather constructive criticism. How I stated before, it was not bad and gives a quick overview on the genre.

[@Mindprinter]

odin72017 Thanks for you answer. I knew I will forget something or set the priorities a little bit too mich to raw. I love raw so maybe I'm more influenced in this direction. I will make a second vid soon

[@lars38010]

Hey Hard House is not the only origin of Hardstyle. You are forgetting Hard Trance,Hardcore,Techno,New Beat and Industrial.

[@SpiraResident72017]

Yeah but he mentioned hardcore tracks being played slowly. And yes it has many influences. Some more, some less

[@elgreco17]

You are just biased as fuck. If you can't stay unbiased. Don't make these kind of videos about showing the history of something, when you only focus on RAW and especially the mainstream artists.

[@totalperformanceunit]

Thank god you mentioned the Noisecontrollers kick. That was a true turning point for the genre.

[@hannahwollenzin7172]

Thank you for this video. I've been a hardstyle fan since 2011 and even then I've enjoyed hearing it evolve. Hardstyle forever

[@lukevortex1037]

Rawstyle for life mates XD

[@enr1que21]

Luke vortex Raw Like Cocaine Straight from Bolivia!!

[@CYC_JP]

Nothing is better than early and classic hardstyle. Started listening to hard since 2006 and I feel pity about today's hardstyle.

[@sieve5]

I'll always love headhunterz. IMO path of the hunter is the best hardstyle track of 2018.

[@paddysands3582]

Thanks man, that was a great time 🤙🏼

[@Mindprinter]

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[@schlosss1610]

lovin the experimental kicks right now! Especially when they've got great atmosphere too

[@MrFabface]

Xtra Raw

[@Mindprinter]

Xtra Rawphoric Rebelion & Sub Sonik - Bring it on You will love it

[@MR0pT1CpR3DaT0R001]

Uptempo 🤩

[@Wo0T2K]

Go for Malice - Doom (Decibel Edit) :D

[@andrejrubljev2496]

Jesus Christ you put me back in time with this video My beginnings towards the Hardstyle music 😍😍

[@Outbackjack95]

You'll never beat the OG hardstyle ❤

[@sylvadyck550]

Damn, what an awesome video, and chanel in it's own! Love the work my dude!

[@nuclearmantis666]

Xtra raw is sick, but, uptempo hardcore,frenchcore and terror is waay sicker in mn opinion

[@Mindprinter]

It depends on which you genre you usually listen to. Xtra Raw got more slow heavy kicks. But Uptempo tends more to have to shredded destruction. Both is hard as fuck.

[@nuclearmantis666]

The way you explained it is exactly how is see it 🤘

[@Daniel-vq5cp]

I noticed Hardstyle in late 2008. Never regret starting listening to it. im almost addicted to it now.

[@Mindprinter]

---------------- Part 2 about the HISTORY OF HARDCORE on vimeo ---------------- KNOW YOUR GENRE: HISTORY OF HARDCORE vimeo.com/230958516 It's on vimeo because YT blocked the sound.

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Love all the styles specially raw. Euphoric totally sounds like slowed down UK happy hardcore to me. Excellent vid!

[@Josh_17]

Although I love the 2007-2012 era I have to say this era of Euphoric raw is my favourite type of Hardstyle. Melodies with a harder kick is just perfection 👌🏻

[@zabuza13cola]

you should make another video talking about the new subgenres that have emerged since this video was uploaded :)

[@steekle7]

Hakken is a part of hardstyle since the beginning, it's not a raw only thing. And I think rawphoric is a bullshit name, I just call it regular hardstyle. And the bigroom/hardstyle (+ trap sometimes) hybrid is called freestyle, sometimes with hardcore influences and speed.

[@Mindprinter]

There a multiple possibilities to call those styles. Hakken is very popular in holland because it's origin in the oldschool gabber scene. But in other countries hakken isn't known very well in the HS scenes. So Raw has brought hakken worldwide to the Hardstyle scene. It also fits more to raw because it is more similar to hardcore with it's hard distorted kicks. Freestyle isn't a real genre. There are a lot of freestyle stages at festivals. Like it's name there is played almost every electronic genre in "freestyle". Mostly Tekstyle, Jumpstyle, Hardcore, Hardstyle, Subground etc. . So this is more a kind of playing a set.

[@steekle7]

Veight Woofer Here in the Netherlands freestyle is considered more a subgenre then rawphoric. And I think that counts worldwide. So why would you mention rawphoric but not freestyle.

[@lietsjer923]

No it's not. Hardstyle == Stampen maybe that's why duro & the prophet released "Stampuh!" Same story goes for melbouren shuffle. That's just some weird shit tourist do at festivals.

[@steekle7]

Liets Jer stampen and hakken is the same thing

[@cookiemonxchu]

I guess you are from australia. Hakken is not for hardstyle in europe. Also hakken style in austalia is so different with hakken in europe. Yea. Some people might dance hakken on raw. But most of them do kick rolling or jumping in party. I never saw hakken on hardstyle in europe. I respect australian people but will go hakk for hardcore.

[@PerryDdin]

I'm so glad that these know your genre videos have been made put a writing is far too quick for me I don't get any chance to read a single word❤

[@Mindprinter]

😂

[@666-55-t]

rawstyle and melodic raw are the best

[@backwardsaussie9677]

Rawstyle and Original

[@crazykef001]

Excellent video! I began to listen in the Nu-style era (around 2011), when soundstorm en timeless from Wildstylez gave me goosebumps! This time around I mostly listen Rawstyle and xtra raw (sometimes Euphoric :))

[@MaulBrah]

2022 - FUARKSTYLE babyyy

[@Lol-ok1zc]

JIIIIIMMMM 🔱💪🐔🇩🇪🌹🌹🌹🍻🍻

[@Mindprinter]

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[@allgamergamer697mehgamer7]

I didn't even know people remembered heardstyle let alone liked it I guess it's the fact most people I talk to just think this stuff is just sound and yet I can go to videos like this and figure out people still love this stuff its so great

[@cethien]

i like your message in the end. i'm in the scene since 2012 and i always see mysewlf as one of a few people who like the change. too many stuck up people in the scene, hardstyle is kinda evolving into metal. was on defqon 2019 again and one of the first stuff about defqon i read in social media was bitchig about "everywhere was played raw" (because eupho has the trend of combining raw kicks now) and how that sucks. imo, these tracks have more power. tl; dr: i hate people

[@Mindprinter]

I prefer older Raw and millennium Hardcore. But some new Raw tracks like Riot Shift got pretty nice sounddesign.

[@PogoDarnexx]

Didn't know there were so many things! Great Video! :D

[@larsdodenhoffer5211]

Well, todays Hardstyle scene is really diverse, but somehow a lot of ppl I know manage to overlook that... plenty of them still think it's only shitty noise for some reason. I guess they really need to loose control on a Harddance event for once... Hard to get them onto one in the first place tho. Ok I know, music is a matter of taste but I'm kinda obsessed with the thought that everybody has to see the beauty of Hardstyle at some point! I favor "Rawphoric" although I hate the crap outta this term (Sounds soooo artifical). For me it's just Hardstyle bringing in the best the genre has to offer together to create plenty of masterpieces. Weird intros/hard kicks/good and well placed rolls/great melodies and a mindblowing qlimax for most the time at least. That being said, I also listen to Raw 'n Euphoric (Not that much anymore) and older Reversebass stuff (Man they need to make that a thing again). I'm on Hardstyle for quite a few years now and it is yet to bore me. Pretty much the only music genre that let's me go off like crazy ;) Hard with style fellaz!

[@TheErny98]

Amazing video, just a great summary of what hardstyle has developed along the years since its first appearance!!!

[@Mindprinter]

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[@habichvergessen7385]

Veight Woofer Its so many genres alone of Electro!! Goa, Big room, Hardtekk, Trap, Chill, Hardcore, Frenchcore, Nightcore, Progressive House, House, Techno, Minimal Techno, Hard Techno, Dubsteo, Drumstep. Moonbathon ect., ect., so many Heavens...

[@specialvibes9310]

The hardstyle scene, the only genre that make me feel home ❤️

[@problemchild5409]

Didnt Frontliner innovate euphoric hardstyle? As from what I remember back then (correct me if Im wrong) his tracks had one of the most harmonic sounds during its time and he is called the melody man for a reason haha. Then came wasted penguinz and bioweapon (code black & audiofreq). But I could be wrong.

[@leok.7037]

truf b told I seem to recall it being more blurred than that, but yeah, it definitely can't be completely attributed to headhunterz. I seem to have very fond memories of Showtek from back then

[@rickyricardodeflorida5581]

truf b told Love Melody Man!!

[@kabouterwesley83]

Ironically I consider Magic by b-front and frontliner as the first RAW track

[@miamorhardstyle]

Could be true. Many people don't know fronliner used to be called abject and made some pretty groundbreaking tracks of his own back in 06

[@RANDO-M-USIC]

Thank you very much for the video! It was really helpful and answered a few questions about Hardstyle that I had in my mind.

[@TimothyK04]

I can tell you started listening to Hardstyle since 2010 or so. There's a huge history to hardstyle from 1998-2006 which you barely covered. Also the name nu-style was already used since 2007.

[@Mindprinter]

you are right i began in 2013 listening to hardstyle but i also know the stuff from the late 90's k-traxx stuff i think summaizing the beginning with the first parts of the video are enough i wanna do a video about the history of hard trance so then i will mention the older hardstyle stuff too

[@fujaka2396]

I absolutely love the direction hardstyle is heading to. Sub zero project is my favorite

[@HyouMix]

Damn I miss jumpstyle...

[@reapanomin899]

I'm a fan of hardstyle music, particularly those from the 1999-2005 period,and the classics.But all of them sound great.

[@jabberwocky5126]

HEADHUNTERZ THE KING OF HARDSTYLE

[@joozemane9894]

*Nustyle

[@GamebertYT]

Now I know my style of music even better than before! Tahnks a lot!I listen to all hardstyle genres and if I like one track I add it to one of my spotify playlists. I Dont have a favorite genre of hardstyle.

[@robinmolenaar5768]

You didn't mention dubstyle. The mf point of perfection is one of my favorites to this day.

[@MarryMeSenpai]

i love the psytrance sound mixed with hardstyle

[@dakampfzipfel9063]

Me too haha, I hope that there will be more Psystyle tracks in the future 👍🏿

[@shummed]

way to misinform people about hardstyle. my opinion as follows: Early hardstyle is not really a subgenre, it's just an indication of in what time those hardstyle tracks were produced (in the beginning of the genre), just like early hardcore. But this one can pass Classic hardstyle also is not a subgenre. That would mean any track that was made in that periode of time is classic hardstyle. Classic hardstyle is just a name given to tracks that were big back in those days and have some nostalgic value to them. Besides, it's just a marketing name for events and such. Which is a good thing, because there are a lot of forgotten tracks that are played there. I wouldn't call NuStyle a subgenre but it is a change in hardstyle, production wise. Raw Hardstyle is in fact a subgenre, but only in contrast to euphoric hardstyle. There is a clear difference between the two (clean kicks vs. more distorted kicks, melodies and climaxes vs. screeches and anticlimaxes for example) Euphoric same as above Big Room/Mainstream Hardstyle is not a subgenre, just euphoric hardstyle exploring other genres outside of hardstyle New Raw hardstyle / rawstyle is just Raw hardstyle. who are you kidding with this """""Subgenre""""". Production became more evolved and producers got more skilled. That's it, no reason to give this a dedicated subgenre, please. Melodic raw/Rawphoric is the most dumb name to give hardstyle tracks. It's basically melodic tracks with somewhat a rougher kick. So just hardstyle. Xtra raw is just raw hardstyle but made by new names/talents if you like. Not a specific subgenre Experimental Rawstyle. pleeeeeeaasse whats with all the subgenres. It's just producers thinking outside of the box for a few tracks, not a complete different subgenre. IMO there are just two subgenres within hardstyle: Euphoric and Raw

[@CYC_JP]

Classic hardstyle, nustyle, euphoric etc. are definitely sub-genres now since they all sound different. It is not new to classify music by time period and the sound. If you listen to classical music you know even under classical music there are sub-genres such as 'early', 'classical', 'romantic', 'baroque', 'contemporary', 'modernism' etc, even under each sub-genre you can have other sub-genres eg. abstraction is a sub-genre under contemporary.

[@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043]

well if you ignore reverse bass and jumpstyle then yes there are two subgenras

[@ger_unkreativ1358]

Wow. This is awesome. I hear hardstyle since 2002. And i feel this Video so much ❤

[@zyzzbrah6155]

How is euphoric hardstyle cheesy? Lol hardstyle is defined by its euphoric and mind opening melodies, you dont get that from rawstyle

[@MAINFRAMELaboratories]

Classic hardstyle fans are probably pissed off because euphoric got caught by the mainstream and became genre defining.

[@henkdeklapsteen6787]

This new era is brutal

[@djluminous898]

Bigroom + hardstyle = hardhouse nowadays Jumpstyle and tekstyle find their roots closer to hardcore than hardstyle No mentions of Psystyle nor Dubstyle Freestyle is legit not a style it's just a term used for stages where dj's can play whatever they want usually more festival aimed jumpstyle, tekstyle, hardstyle and a lil hardcore and frenchcore or house here and there

[@Mindprinter]

Psystyle and Dubstyle is mentioned in my new video about diverse Hard Dance genres. It isn't big enough to mention as Hardstyle Main Subgenre, Side Genre. Whatever you call it

[@timtingting]

you can also mention about new shit, like hybrid of Jungle Terror + Hardstyle + Trap, like LNY TNZ and Yellow Claw making

[@pottkopp]

Awesome video! You did a great job here :)

[@HyouMix]

No thank you, im good with classic hardstyle

[@elisekoster_]

true lol hate these experimental psykicks

[@Choinkus]

Yeah. Imagine being such a clown that you spend hours making a unique kick, then carefully construct a melody with powerful chords and a smooth flow to suit the feel of your song, layer your synths so they sound rich and full, mix your drop to perfection, arrange your track with buildups, breaks etc. so it keeps listeners hooked, and spice it up with some impressive sound design skills on the screeches for a mid intro to get people moving before the melody kicks in. REAL hardstyle is made by distorting a 909 once and looping it at 145 bpm until you hit the 6 minute mark. I miss when hardstyle had EFFORT in it and wasn't this commercial shit we have today. Smh my head.

[@h4ruka-_-isde4d]

@@Choinkus this is like the best comment in history : D

[@AnymMusic]

you know a genre made it big, when you get to play on the mainstage of Tomorrowland (Coone and Tweekaz coming)

[@Deovantay]

>Origin of Hardstyle >Mention Netherlands nowhere

[@ShoFox]

because everyone knows that xd