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Hardstyle

Hardstyle is a genre. Defining acts include Hardwell, R3hab, Headhunterz, Rick J. Jordan and ItaloBrothers, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Hardstyle grew out of hard dance, Hardcore, Hands Up, Hard House and Dancecore. Its influence carried into early hardstyle, euphoric hardstyle, dubstyle and rawstyle, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 11 connections around Hardstyle. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Hardstyle came from and where it led.

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Hardstylehard danceHardcoreHands UpHard HouseDancecoreFreeform HardcoreUK Hardcore (21st Ce…early hardstyleeuphoric hardstyledubstylerawstyle

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Hardstyle connections

Hardstyle grew out of hard dance, Hardcore, Hands Up and Hard House, went on to shape early hardstyle, euphoric hardstyle, dubstyle and rawstyle. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced Hardstyle

Roots7

Sounds and acts that shaped Hardstyle.

What Hardstyle shaped

Legacy4

Where the influence of Hardstyle travelled next.

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