Know your genre: History of Hardstyle [Documentary]

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Note:
It is difficult to say where exactly a genre begins and end. There are some eras but this timeline is not an ultimatum!
It exists a lot of underground labels which produced some kind of Raw Hardstyle before the "official beginning" as example. And there are still labels which are producing Classic and Nustyle Hardstyle.
This timeline refers to the main festivals like Defqon.1, Qlimax, Q-Base etc. and the music which is played in those eras.
I also didn't mentioned Tekstyle, Subground & Jumpstyle as genre. They also belong to Hardstyle but are very distanced.

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Tracklist:

Intro:
Warface - Menace (D-Sturb Remix)

Early Hardstyle:
DJ Duro - Cocaine MF
Deepack - The Prophecy
Builder - Doberman

Classic Hardstyle:
Scope DJ - Lockdown
D-Block & S-te-Fan - Ride with uz
Headhunterz - The power of the mind

NuStyle:
Psyko Punkz - Fate or Fortune
Frontliner - Symbols
D-Block & S-te-Fan - Rockin Your Mind

Raw Hardstyle:
Gunz for Hire - Bolivia
Crypsis - Nackt
Digital Punk & Crypsis - Radiant

Euphoric:
Atmozfears ft. David Spekter - Keep me awake
Cyber - Be here
Demi Kanon - Supersonic

Big Room / Mainstream Hardstyle:
Showtek & Noisecontrollers - Get loose
Dr.Rude - It's war
Technoboy & Tuneboy & Isaac - Digital Nation

New Raw Hardstyle / Rawstyle:
Radical Redemption - I spit on you
Regain - Push it to the limit
Jason Payne & Unresolved - Nuclear

Melodic Raw / Rawphoric:
Uncaged - Crazy
Phuture Noize
Break Zero - Vengeance

Xtra Raw:
Delete - Fast Lane
Main Concern - Ultimate Reality (Rebelion remix)
Malice & Rooler - Aggressive Acts

Experimental Rawstyle:
Sasha F & Rooler - Number 23 (Roolers Ground Zero edit)
DJ Isaac - Burn (Sub Zero Project remix)
Warface - FTP (E-Force remix)

[Alcmaer]

2006 - GIMME A TIME MACHINE MISS *CRIES IN HARDSTYLE*

[mainthresh]

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

[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

[VulgarHurricane]

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

[Mindprinter]

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

[problemchild]

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!! 👊

[ryanbaeza]

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

[Aaustin]

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

[jamesnieder]

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

[bobbytrap]

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!!

[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.

[martyynein]

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

[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 ^^

[Hoezi]

Early Hardstyle and Oldschool Hardstyle all the way, man!

[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

[LilyLollyxD]

2006-2011 just gives so much nostalgia

[adrianmaulana]

I see hardstyle i press like.
Amazing video btw 🔥

[dienase]

Phuture Noize' is a lil magician in my opinion.

[waraxx]

The classic hardstyle is the golden era 2006-2015

Kicks with distortion, 150 bpm, icredible atmosphere and melody ❤❤❤❤

Actually the best Raw is created by Gunz For Hire ❤❤

[xXSomethingXx]

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!