Interview met ruffneck
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– What are the biggest comparisons you have to make between the old Hardcore scene and the modern one?
There are all sorts of differences in the Hardcore scene, however I will just keep things music-related in this interview. First of all, in all fairness I’d say that in older Hardcore I can find a little more variation. If you listen to it, you’ll notice that there literally is NO reference point whatsoever; there were tracks with lots of bass, but also many with hardly any bass. There were tracks with phat hoovers, versus no hoovers at all and uplifting, happy music, versus the angrier sound that I made.
What I’m trying to say is that there was no real guidance of what to do or how it had to sound – it was simply creating something cool and seeing what the effect on the floor was.
Nowadays, Hardcore followers tighter rules; kicks are simply dominating (if the kick isn’t right then, well, goodbye…) and percussion has been pushed to the background, which is logical as it will sound really harsh.
Back then, the “loudness war” was non-existent; this gave the producer much more freedom to experiment with all sorts of sounds, as we would simply turn up the gain on the mixer if the tune wasn’t as loud as the previous one. I find this a bit of a shame as it limits what you can actually do as a producer; you are stuck to a certain sound in order to achieve Level Pressure.
With that said, I want to point out that I am NOT judging either style – this is simply an observation of the music itself.
I PERSONALLY like lots of variety and don’t care whether or not a kick is really loud; I simply like to hear a great song that includes an array of diverse sounds and vibes. I’m bored out of my skull whenever I hear the same sorts of kicks and sounds for a few tunes in a row. On the other hand, the diversity made spinning quite a challenge as there was no rules regarding the sound quality or the track’s build-up – for instance, some tunes just immediately began with melody lines.
Precies die punten die hier eerder besproken zijn. Veels teveel nadruk op kick en het gebrek aan variëteit.
