Hardbass

Hardbass
Hardbass
Native name	Хардба́сс
Etymology	Hard, bass
Stylistic origins	UK hard house; Scouse house; bouncy techno; hardstyle;
Cultural origins	Late 1990s; Russia, Latvia, Poland and Germany
Typical instruments	Digital audio workstation, sequencer, sampler, synthesizers, drum machine
Derivative forms	UK hardcore, hard bounce
Local scenes
	Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kaliningrad, Riga, Warsaw, Berlin, Košice, Bratislava

Hardbass or hard bass (Russian: хардбасс, romanized: hardbass, IPA: [xɐrdˈbas]) is a subgenre of electronic music which originated from Russia during the late 1990s, drawing inspiration from UK hard house, bouncy techno, Scouse house, and hardstyle. Hardbass is characterized by its fast tempo (usually 150–175 BPM), donks, distinctive basslines (commonly known as "hard bounce"), distorted sounds, heavy kicks and for the past few years occasional rapping. Hardbass has become a central stereotype of the gopnik subculture. In several European countries, so-called "hardbass scenes" have sprung up,^[1] which are events related to the genre that involve multiple people dancing in public while masked, sometimes with moshing involved. From 2015 onward, hardbass has also appeared as an internet meme, depicting Slavic and Russian subcultures with the premiere of the video "Cheeki Breeki Hardbass Anthem".^[2]

Notable artists

Artist name	Country
apartje. (deceased)	Germany
uamee	Latvia
Gopnik McBlyat	Poland
XD Project^[3]^[4] (catholic hardbass)	Poland
SrpskiBass	Serbia
.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı.(RedlineLucario)	Russia
Бетоnщики	Russia
DJ Rentgen	Russia
DJ Snat	Russia
DJ Bar@bass	Russia
Dertexx	Russia
N-ICE Project	Russia
Sonic Mine	Russia
Hard Bass School	Russia
DJ Yurbanoid	Russia
Kolbaser Project	Russia
LoLo	Russia
Russian Village Boys	Russia
XS Project	Russia
Жестянщики (Zhestyanshiki/ZHTK/Hardboss)	Russia
Euskal Bass (TonnHB & Joan X)	France
Gotxo & Gatxi	France
DJ Blyatman	Slovakia
Gari Seleckt	Spain
DJ DBC	Spain
Paul HB	Spain
STARSLAV	Sweden
Kekarov	Sweden
Wod-c	United Kingdom

Notable songs and albums

Artist	Song
apartje.	″Cheeki Breeki Hardbass Anthem″
Бетоnщики	"Бетон как Бетон"
Бетоnщики	"Долбили или нет!"
Davay	″Tri Poloski″
Davay	"Critikal"
DJ Blyatman	″Gopnik″
DJ Blyatman	″Chernobyl″
DJ Blyatman	″Tsar Bomb″
DJ Blyatman (featuring Life of Boris)	″Slav King″
DJ DBC	"Repeat"
DJ Mike	"Black Jack"
DJ Mike	"Speedway"
DJ Snat	"Choose Your Power"
Euskal Bass	"Hard Bass Crew Anthem (Original Mix)"
Gopnik McBlyat	″Snakes in Tracksuits″
Gopnik McBlyat	″Murka″
Gopnik McBlyat	″Szpion Detector″
Gopnik McBlyat	″Cheeki Breeki Revolt″
Gopnik McBlyat (featuring uamee)	″Monolith″
Hard Bass Club	"Ushanka"
Hard Bass School	″Narkotik Kal″
Hard Bass School	"Sex, Kvass, Hardbass"
Hard Bass School	″Opa Blia″
Hard Bass School	″Nash Gimn (Hard Bass Adidas)″
Hard Bass School	"The Album"
Hard Bass School	″Slav″
Kolbaser Project	"Energy"
N-ICE Project	"Freakin"
Obsidian Project	"Pulser"
.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı.	″Anomaly - Twitch Highlights 6 (.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı. Remix)"
.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı.	″The Juiciest Tuffin vs Savant - Mother Russia Hardbass (.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı. Mashup)"
.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı.	"DОИКАИ's miasteczko"(There is a higher quality version but it's a Premium track)
.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı.	"DJ DBC - Alarma (.ılııllı.Р Э Д Л А Й Н.ıllıılı. Remix)"
Sonic Mine	"Hardbass Attack"
Sonic Mine	"Scream for DJ"
Sonic Mine	"Пика - патимэйкер (Sonic Mine ПАМП Remix)"
Sonic Mine	"Puta Bass"
Sonic Mine	"Hot Times"
STARSLAV	″OPA″
Kekarov	"The Zone"
Kekarov	"Kalashnikov"
uamee (featuring HBKN)	"Gopnitsa"
uamee	″High Quality Nahui″
uamee	″IL-76″
uamee	″Protivogaz″
uamee	″Kopeika″
uamee	"THE SAUSAGE"
uamee (featuring Life of Boris and Professional Gopnik)	″LADA″
Wod-c	"Bass Of A Zombie II"
XD Project	″Hardbass Wadowice″ album
XS Project	″Bochka, Bass, Kolbaser″
XS Project	"Колотушки"
XS Project	"Vodovorot"
XS Project	″NarkoBarony″
XS Project (featuring Life of Boris)	″Red Roubles″
XS Project	"Meanwhile in Russia (Take me to Russia)”
ZHTK	"Arabian Dance"
Жестянщики	"Давай сука давай"
DJ Lil' Kurt	"F*ck you"

Collective labels

Hard Bass Crew - This label was created in march 2011 by Dr Poky to connect his hardbass friends from all over Europe. In few months Hard Bass Crew was represented in many countries by local dance team, DJ's & hardbass producers from each country, but all over the world.
Jutonish - This label was formed in 2002 by Juran & Harley (Juran & Harley Productions). The style of the releases are pumping house, hardbass, hard house and speed garage.
FTH8TER5 Records - A Polish label, founded by Clubbasse to release the music by Members of Pumpingland.
Progressive Фактор - Probably the most successful pumping house/hardbass label, created by XS Project (Levon and Andrey) in St. Petersburg.
Corecube Records - A scouse house/bouncy hard house/hardbass label, founded by Denis Evchenko (Dj Satana) in 2009 in Gatchina, Russia.
O-Mode Records - A bumping/hardbass/poky label, based in Bilbao, Spain and owned by Gari Seleckt.
Bumping For Life Records - A Spanish bumping/hardbass/poky label.
Dark'Hade Records - A hardbass and metal shade label, founded by Silicium Criminy in France.
UNDERTUNE Records - A Russian label, founded in 2017 in St. Petersburg by Stomp Foot (Топ нога). The main focus of the music label is of different underground styles of electronic music relevant to a particular period of time.

References

^ Eror, Aleks. "Russia's Hard Bass Scene is Completely Insane". Noisey. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ apartje. (5 Oct 2015). "Cheeki Breeki Hardbass Anthem – Youtube". Youtube. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ https://archive.org/details/XDProject-HardbassWadowice
^ https://wykoprecords.bandcamp.com/album/hardbass-wadowice

[1] Eror, Aleks. "Russia's Hard Bass Scene is Completely Insane". Noisey. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[2] rtje. (5 Oct 2015). "Cheeki Breeki Hardbass Anthem – Youtube". Youtube. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[3] ttps://archive.org/details/XDProject-HardbassWadowice

[4] ttps://wykoprecords.bandcamp.com/album/hardbass-wadowice

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