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How would you get someone into hardcore?

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trippnface
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Posted - 2015/08/07 :  18:28:31  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit trippnface's homepage  Reply with quote
i think a mix is more fair!

so true hardcore 2 all the way!!!

i could convert babies and grandmas with that mix!

maybe though

al storm & nu foundation - going crazy

petruccio & modulate - can you

prob that orbit1 track we were just talkin about too.. ;p

but honestly my vote would prob change every day


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Edited by - trippnface on 2015/08/07 18:32:06
Ikstra
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Posted - 2015/08/07 :  19:45:30  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Ikstra's homepage  Reply with quote
Assuming we're allowed to specify an order and live tracks are permitted I'd go with high-tempo, uplifting and accessible (mainstream remixes) "anthems":

#1: Joining of the Clans ft. DJ Sy & MC Storm - Raveheart

#2: Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky (Darwin "Remix")

#3: Darren Styles ft. Molly - Never Forget


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Mortis
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Posted - 2015/08/07 :  21:55:45  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Mortis's homepage  Reply with quote
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Originally posted by jordesuvi:
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I don't think it could be done with just 3 songs. The best way to do it would be to point them in the general direction and let them explore for themselves.



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If you HAD to choose only three hardcore songs

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If you HAD to




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I don't think it could be done with just 3 songs.





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IF YOU HAD TO






lol this could go on all day.

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Ikstra
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Posted - 2015/08/07 :  23:09:37  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Ikstra's homepage  Reply with quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mortis:
lol this could go on all day.



Could you understand a hypothetical question if you had to?


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Edited by - Ikstra on 2015/08/07 23:13:11
Elliott
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Posted - 2015/08/08 :  00:19:57  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Elliott's homepage  Reply with quote
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Originally posted by Mortis:
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Originally posted by jordesuvi:
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Originally posted by Mortis:
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Originally posted by jordesuvi:
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Originally posted by Mortis:
I don't think it could be done with just 3 songs. The best way to do it would be to point them in the general direction and let them explore for themselves.



quote:
Originally posted by jordesuvi:
If you HAD to choose only three hardcore songs

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Originally posted by jordesuvi:
If you HAD to




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Originally posted by Mortis:
I don't think it could be done with just 3 songs.





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Originally posted by jordesuvi:
IF YOU HAD TO






lol this could go on all day.


You're ruining the exercise!

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Comrade_
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Posted - 2015/08/08 :  03:15:52  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Comrade_'s homepage  Reply with quote
In a similar note, I've got a friend who is really into nightcore. It seems like an easy jump to hardcore. What tracks should i show him to try to get him interested?



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Vladel
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Posted - 2015/08/08 :  08:02:26  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Vladel's homepage  Reply with quote
Brisk & Darwin - every time
Scott brown - bleep song
Joey riot & klubfiller- riot in da klub

They just about cover hardcore

To add a a side note: showing someone outside of the scene mainstream remixes could be the very WORST thing you could do. In my experience, people outside of the scene see hardcore of being massively guilty of being unoriginal and ripping everything. Showing them a mainstream remix just confirms that and causes them to make their own false judgement of the genre in general when all you can come up with is a chart remix.

I remember before I got into happy hardcore people talking about "we are raving" (of course taking the piss) which is something I have never heard to this day which illustrates my point of preconceptions.

On another site note: with three tracks I'd try to choose three very different ones that bridge the styles a little because some like powerstomp and not the twr stuff like myself, if someone doesn't like the freeform sound, showing them three Douglas songs aren't going to change their mind, they'd probably just think you'd pressed repeat.


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Edited by - Vladel on 2015/08/08 08:20:23
Captain Triceps
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Posted - 2015/08/08 :  09:10:35  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Captain Triceps's homepage  Reply with quote
When I used to work at Cex (high street entertainment/electrical retailer for those that don't know) we used Spotify for our music, so could pretty much choose our own music. The only hardcore tracks I could play without some miserable cunt skipping them within the first few seconds were the likes of Missing You, Late Night, Concrete Angel, Knight In Shining Armour, that sort of sound.
Occasionally some mid 90s breakbeat/piano stuff was alright if it fit in with what was being played. So it depends on who I'm trying to convince. More recent breakbeat hardcore was never an issue.
So based on the above, my three, all time, gun-to-the-head hardcore tracks to convince someone:

Hakkubar - Supergabber
DJ Kaos - Sorry
Sy & Unknown - Striker


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SILENCZ
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Posted - 2015/08/12 :  14:08:55  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit SILENCZ's homepage  Reply with quote
I usually go with the approach of force feeding it down peoples throats. It works for some songs but most people tend to like just the slow parts of the majority of most happy hardcore tracks, and when the faster parts kick in they start getting turned off. If we're taking Hardcore without the happy, I can't get anyone I know into that.

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silver
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Posted - 2015/08/13 :  02:12:13  Show profile View artist profile  Send a private message  Visit silver's homepage  Reply with quote
Depends what sort of music they are into now, find something that sits between two genres, if you throw them into the deep end with freeform and the listen to house at the moment it might not work.



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choonland
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Posted - 2015/08/16 :  03:11:37  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit choonland's homepage  Reply with quote
tough decision, but my three songs would be:

1. United In Dance Feat. Lisa Marie - Still The One >>> UK Hardcore
2. Alek Szahala - Alanarama (Arkitech Remix) >>> Freeform
3. Scott Brown - Boomstick >>> hardcore/gabber

IMO, if someone doesn't like any of these songs, she/he probably will never like hardcore.


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choonland
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Posted - 2015/08/16 :  03:25:14  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit choonland's homepage  Reply with quote
quote:
Originally posted by Samination:
Yea, I can't see playing classics like Shooting Star would get a many into hardcore today,


I disagree with this.
"classics" are called classics for a reason: they are timeless.
No matter how much time goes by, people genuinely interested in the music will recognize their value.

but I see your point, there are songs more contemporary that could lure someone into the genre more easily.


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Edited by - choonland on 2015/08/16 03:32:52



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