Why was 2006 such a good year for hardstyle

[Soundphase]

the funny thing is that there wasn't always soul in hardstyle. In the years like 2004 hardstyle was all about rare sounds and good rhythms, it was mostly dark/mysterious. Then after 2006 soul started coming into hardstyle. People began to make good soulful melodies in the years 07' and 08' and this was the time where people began to express their own attitudes through hardstyle. It was a memorable time because of that. Headhunterz expressed himself with a really cyberpunk attitude and Noisecontrollers showed unique creativity in the genre, opening new doors to hardstyle. Everyone decided to start going original then and after 2009 stuff started becoming commercial

[ceero]

the funny thing is that there wasn't always soul in hardstyle. In the years like 2004 hardstyle was all about rare sounds and good rhythms, it was mostly dark/mysterious. Then after 2006 soul started coming into hardstyle. People began to make good soulful melodies and the years 07' and 08' and this was the time where people began to express their own attitudes through hardstyle. It was a memorable time because of that. Headhunterz expressed himself with a really cyberpunk attitude and Noisecontrollers showed unique creativity in the genre opening new doors to hardstyle. Everyone decided to start going original I know after 2009 stuff started becoming commercial

So soul in music equals melody in your opinion?

[Soundphase]

the funny thing is that there wasn't always soul in hardstyle. In the years like 2004 hardstyle was all about rare sounds and good rhythms, it was mostly dark/mysterious. Then after 2006 soul started coming into hardstyle. People began to make good soulful melodies and the years 07' and 08' and this was the time where people began to express their own attitudes through hardstyle. It was a memorable time because of that. Headhunterz expressed himself with a really cyberpunk attitude and Noisecontrollers showed unique creativity in the genre opening new doors to hardstyle. Everyone decided to start going original I know after 2009 stuff started becoming commercial

So soul in music equals melody in your opinion?

No not exactly, melody can be just one thing but soul in the music has to do with the whole concept and feeling of the track, even sounds themselves can have soul

[SCH]

There wasn't any originality in 2004?

[Soundphase]

There wasn't any originality in 2004?

there is originality in every year. but when you face the truth, the same sampled bass lines were used over and over again in that year and the same goes for sampled screeches

[SCH]

There wasn't any originality in 2004?

there is originality in every year. but when you face the truth, the same sampled bass lines were used over and over again in that year and the same goes for sampled screeches

Seeing that you adore 2007-2008, those years weren't any better with hardkick10 and digiwave all over the place.
Followed by years where sampling the Followers kick was cool, followed the years where everyone used distorted square leads.
Trends come and go.

[Shadow Interaction]

the funny thing is that there wasn't always soul in hardstyle. In the years like 2004 hardstyle was all about rare sounds and good rhythms, it was mostly dark/mysterious. Then after 2006 soul started coming into hardstyle. People began to make good soulful melodies in the years 07' and 08' and this was the time where people began to express their own attitudes through hardstyle. It was a memorable time because of that. Headhunterz expressed himself with a really cyberpunk attitude and Noisecontrollers showed unique creativity in the genre, opening new doors to hardstyle. Everyone decided to start going original then and after 2009 stuff started becoming commercial

You seem to be missing the point about the whole soul thing. People always used hardstyle to express themselves, and no it doesn't equal melodies. Melodies have always been part of hardstyle, for example dive into the early years and go listen some Warp Brothers, Lars Tindy and Arome. Those are some producers that added alot of melodies in their tracks.

The whole soul thing is all about creating a new experience, something memorial, something people WILL say that it's friggin good because it doesn't look cool, but it is cool to remember.
This needs alot of open mindness in the genre to work, and in the last few years, that has been pushed away by alot of things.
I'm not agreeing that bringing early hardstyle back would instantly bring back the soul (might even be too late for that!) but if alot of producers would do that, it might bring back some openmindness (instead of thinking openmindness is only a crossbreed of hs x house or hs x core)

good examples of 'soul' the past few years, imo would include:
- noisecontrollers
- australia's movement in hardstyle (bioweapon, toneshifterz for example)
- chain reaction - the record breakin
- theracords and spoontech
- the invention of subground

theres only one flaw to this tho: laziness and time (constantly trying to re-create the succes from the first hit, and believe it or not, this has been the downfall of many musicians not only in EDM)

[Soundphase]

I actually liked all those years in hardstyle below 2009 and even past 2009 there would be a good track here and there. But I'm frightened with the way hardstyle is heading, I barely paid any attention to the music in the last two years cause it's really becoming garbage. I don't think this is even a matter of opinion, it's the truth that the quality of the music has reached a new low

[Dutchboyuk]

I actually liked all those years in hardstyle below 2009 and even past 2009 there would be a good track here and there. But I'm frightened with the way hardstyle is heading, I barely paid any attention to the music in the last two years cause it's really becoming garbage. I don't think this is even a matter of opinion, it's the truth that the quality of the music has reached a new low

Definitely confusing the meaning of opinion there. It's pretty much un-debateable that the quality of the music constantly improves as time goes on. Otherwise what'd be the point.

Btw here's why 2006 was such a good year for hardstyle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia. I predict in another 8 years there'll be people going 'remember 2013/14 and how great hardstyle was just before blah blah'

[Vicious]

Btw here's why 2006 was such a good year for hardstyle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia. I predict in another 8 years there'll be people going 'remember 2013/14 and how great hardstyle was just before blah blah'

lol I don't think so tim