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(Redirected from Darkside jungle) UK rave subgenre of breakbeat hardcore This article is about the breakbeat hardcore genre. For the drum and bass genre, see darkstep. For the hardcore genre (also known as doomcore), see hardcore (electronic dance music genre) § 1990s.
Darkcore
Stylistic originsBreakbeat hardcore
Cultural originsEarly 1990s, United Kingdom
Derivative formsDrum and bass

Darkcore (also referred to as darkside hardcore) is a music subgenre of breakbeat hardcore in the UK rave scene, that emerged from late 1992. It is recognised as being one of the direct precursors of the genre now known as drum and bass.

Origins

By late 1992, breakbeat hardcore was beginning to fragment, and darkcore was one of the subgenres to emerge, in contrast with 4-beat. Darkcore is often characterised by dark-themed samples such as horror movie elements, cries for help, sinister sounding stabs and synthesizer notes, along with syncopated breakbeats in addition to 4-to-the-floor beats and low frequency basslines. It also saw the introduction of effects such as pitch shifting and time stretching to create mood.

Notable releases

Notable releases include Top Buzz's "Living in the Darkness" (Basement, 1993), DJ Hype's "Shot in the Dark" (Suburban Base, 1993), Origin Unknown's "Valley of the Shadows" (RAM Records, 1993), Ed Rush's "Bloodclot Artattack" (No U Turn, 1993), Rufige Cru's "Terminator" (Reinforced Records, 1992), Doc Scott's "Here Comes the Drumz" (Reinforced Records, 1992), 4hero's "Journey from the Light" (Reinforced Records, 1993), and Omni Trio's "Feel Good" (Moving Shadow, 1993).

See also

References

  1. Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Picador. By late 1992, the happy rave tunes of 199–1 were being eclipsed by a style called 'darkside' or dark-core; hardcore became haunted by a collective apprehension that 'we've gone too far'.
  2. Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Picador. Sometimes the imagery was directly drawn from horror movies, sometimes it was inspired by the residues of a Christian upbringing or by amateur forays into cosmology, angeloiogy, and mysticism.
  3. Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Picador. Using effects like time-stretching, pitch-shifting and reversing, the darkside producers gave their breakbeats a brittle, metallic sound, like scuttling claws; they layered beats to form a dense mesh of convoluted, convulsive poly rhythm, inducing a febrile feel of in-the-pocket funk and out-of-body.
  4. "Darkcore – Drum'n'Bass". 12 Edit. 18 July 2016.
  5. "The 20 greatest jungle records ever made". FACTmag. 12 February 2011.
  6. Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Picador.
  7. "Hardcore Will Never Die, But Mixmag Will". A Bass Chronicle. 23 March 2013.

Further reading

Breakbeat
Drum and bass
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