Digital hardcore
Digital Hardcore ( DH or DHC for short ) was originally the name of the music label Digital Hardcore Recordings founded by Alec Empire and later became the name for the entire genre of music under which the bands of this label united.
Style and texts
Most of the music is generated electronically, mostly with old PC systems like Atari , C64 and Amiga , but classical electric guitars have also been used since the turn of the millennium (e.g. Alec Empire - "Kiss of Death", Rabbit Junk - "U-lock) Justice ", Left Spine Down -" Prozac Nation ") . Digital Hardcore contains many elements that also in hardcore punk , metal , Electro Punk , Electronica , Hardcore Techno , Gabber , hip-hop , drum and bass , breakcore and breakbeat can be found. However, the genre cannot be limited to these influences, as experiments are the focus. The lyrics often have a political orientation and are partly anarchist , anti-fascist and feminist , whereby this mainly applies to the bands of the 1990s. Especially after the turn of the millennium, the texts became thematically more diverse.
Differences to other styles of punk and electronic music
- The music is defined by the sample technology of the 1990s. The decisive factor is the intersection of hardcore techno, drum and bass and breakcore with punk and metal as well as electronic electronic music . One of the most important differences to the subgenres of techno is the worldview from which the music is produced in digital hardcore. While the techno sub-genres always have a certain functionality (99% DJ material for the dance floor in clubs or at raves ), digital hardcore is a personal medium of expression for artists. Digital Hardcore focuses on the personality and worldview of the musicians. The music is created by bands or solo artists. With techno, the producer stays in the background and the majority of the people involved in the production remain nameless or can only be recognized by the DJs. At digital hardcore concerts, bands appear that play their music live like typical hardcore, punk and metal bands. Digital hardcore bands are also more likely to perform at punk and metal festivals than at raves. Digital Hardcore was able to reach a wider audience in the late 1990s and inspired many musicians such as Björk , Beastie Boys , Rage Against the Machine , The Prodigy , Dave Grohl and Beck .
- With digital hardcore, female musicians have been firmly involved since the beginning of the movement, in contrast to techno and the various subgenres where men dominate the scene.
- Digital Hardcore has also integrated noise in its purest form (white noise) as an elementary sound.
distribution
In the mid-1990s the centers of this music were in Berlin and London. Later she found many followers in Japan , Brazil , Australia and the USA . At the end of the 90s, the German digital hardcore scene disappeared more and more. Activities shifted more to the USA. In Eastern Europe , especially in Poland and Belarus , a separate scene emerged at the same time.
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