Need help in style determination.

vicktech · October 19, 2010, 21:10:21

Please help me to identify style of this composition: http://rapidshare.com/files/426046696/07hantu2.xm

KrazyKatz · October 19, 2010, 22:51:09

I'd say it's Jungle Electronic using the Middle Eastern genre as a grounding.

Saga Musix · October 19, 2010, 23:12:38

Jungle? Far from it. This is happy hardcore with stray random eastern samples.

KrazyKatz · October 19, 2010, 23:17:07

Heck... have it your way. Happy Hardcore it is. At least from what Wiki defines it as. The closest thing I could think of at that speed was Jungle until my discovery of Happy Hardcore. I think an eastern sample straying in is a bit of an oversimplification, but then again..

psishock · October 19, 2010, 23:22:00

This is 100% Happy Hardcore. No more, no less.

KrazyKatz · October 19, 2010, 23:22:26

Errr... having listened to some Happy Hardcore... Honestly, I'm more inclined to go the Jungle direction... but then I am probably using the Jungle genre incorrectly. Happy Hardcore has a distinct "Happy" element about it which this doesn't.

I think I'm just going to back out of this one.

Saga Musix · October 19, 2010, 23:29:41

Well, drop the "Happy" then. Jungle has a completely different kind of beat. This beat and vibes are 100% hardcore, like in this or this. or this

psishock · October 19, 2010, 23:30:06

Well i've listened several happy hardcore tracks, they could included samples from various sources and genres, like house, pop, classical, techno, and so on.

The definition of the "Happy" part, in the nutshell is:
much more lighter and brighter than the regular hardcore, doesnt contain killer heavy sounds, so its much more acceptable to masses. In most cases it has high pitched sampled vocals, rather than the usual, very deep pitched and detuned "hardcore" ones.

psishock · October 19, 2010, 23:36:24

Quote from: "Jojo"Well, drop the "Happy" then. Jungle has a completely different kind of beat. This beat and vibes are 100% hardcore, like in this or this.

yep, those are some clear examples of the good old cheezy happy hardcore sounds

Scot Brown is also a happy hardcore "god", everybody knows this from him, ant it clearly describes the genre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvLqDcTnhWA

LPChip · October 20, 2010, 08:15:34

I'm currently at work, so I cannot check the song.

If the rythm is 4/4 (every beat has a basedrum) and its pretty fast, with some mild variations on the off-beats, then its happy hardcore.

If the drums are quite irregular and can be described as a continuous drumfill, then its jungle. Anything in between probably is electronic or perhaps even Drum'n'Base?

LPChip · October 20, 2010, 21:36:16

Listening now...

This is a mix between hardcore and happy hardcore. It leans pretty much towards happy hardcore, but happy hardcore also has these happy melodies in it, which are not present here.

This definitely is not jungle.

vicktech · October 21, 2010, 00:18:13

Thank you for help, everyone.

I have another question:
Is there style named extreme?
Usually there's used halftone note shifts, from time to time, which pumps up nerves a little bit.

psishock · October 21, 2010, 00:38:56

No.

LPChip · October 21, 2010, 10:43:53

There isn't.

The part "hard" already means that it is extreme.