Why was 2006 such a good year for hardstyle

[dylannn]

As I stumbled through the archives of harderstate I came across the topic of 'what was the best year for hardstyle'
2006 seemed to be an easy winner

Unfortunately I got into hardstyle a year or two after 2006...
So who wants to tell me what it was about 06 that was so damn good
Share best releases etc (fear fm hadn't started its charts then so I may be missing a whole heaps of great tracks from that era)!

Cheers

[Riseley]

2008 for me the prophet and zany - nothing else matters

That's all I need to say

[SCH]

A lot of hard gated kicks, reversed bass through whole tracks, simple melodies - Yet nustyle was on the rise with more complex melodies and pitching kicks so yeah, the year had something for most people

[Vicious]

2008 for me the prophet and zany - nothing else matters

That's all I need to say

That was 07 and had nothing to do with The Prophet.

06 was the best year for Saifam, Miss Kidman on a cruise, Infinity, Speaker Leader etc. Also we got the release of the Sacrifice, 2 legendary anthems in The Darkside and Colours. Plus the advent of Nu Style

Some faves:

Spoiler

[rigz]

A few more

Spoiler

And the best

[Shadow Interaction]

2006 was practicly the year that hardstyle shared both earlier types of hardstyle, but harder (for example old showtek, zany and technoboy) and the uprising of nu-style (headhunterz, DBSTF etc).
also, 2006 was one of the years that technoboy & co dominated the scene, aswell as straighton recordings and activa.. and some very awesome q-dance parties (InQontrol )

[DjPractice]

the diversity was at its best and pretty much every track was insane from all the Italians, Dutchies and everyone else that started to appear (mindhunterz, carnifex, brainkicker, kayem, etc)

[Reverse Ghost]

2006 was the transition year and to be honest some of the tunes from that time are absolutely legendary.
Vicious gives the perfect examples

[Riseley]

2008 for me the prophet and zany - nothing else matters

That's all I need to say

That was 07 and had nothing to do with The Prophet.

06 was the best year for Saifam, Miss Kidman on a cruise, Infinity, Speaker Leader etc. Also we got the release of the Sacrifice, 2 legendary anthems in The Darkside and Colours. Plus the advent of Nu Style

Some faves:

Spoiler

Sorry it was 2007 and I was referring to the Qlimax set they did together!!

[DirtyTok]

Best year was ofc 2009! Headhunterz made the best possible defqon.1 anthem ever and nu-style with simple mellos where on the rise