Hardstyle is an electronic dance music (EDM) genre mixing influences from trance, hardcore and rave music. The average time is between 120 and 160 bpm (beats per minute), though this may vary considerably from one hardstyle DJ to another.
The hardstyle sound typically consists of various musical elements: a "heavy" sounding kick, intense reverse basslines, and "adrenaline-rushing" melodies which often take place at the middle of the song. It bears some similarities to hard trance, but still upholds a unique sound. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle tracks as well.
Hardstyle is mainly produced in the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany.
Hardstyle originated from hard trance, gabber and rave music with influences from UK hard house and jumpstyle. The place of origin is believed to be the Netherlands, where the first hardstyle events started near the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. Persons accredited in the development of the style is Dov J. Elkabas and Dana van Dreven.
In 2002 the style started becoming popular in several countries in the world, including: Belgium, Poland, Estonia, Denmark, Australia, South Africa and United Kingdom. However, in the Netherlands, United States, Spain and Germany trance was and is still more popular.
The English sound was very popular in the Netherlands for a short time, but it soon appeared that the Dutch public preferred a harder bassline. Artists like Dana, and Pavo & The Prophet combined the English sound with new productions. This sound also gained some popularity in Germany, where it was picked up by the German label Tracid Traxxx (who defined their own sound as a combination of trance and acid), and later also by Blutonium Records and Resident E Recordings.
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