Any hard genre dj’s out there?*
Just curious to know if any of the guys here are into hardcore/hardstyle?
Seems alot of DJ Tech Tools is either hip-hop, old school, electro house or dubstep.
Liam Everingham? is that you
Can’t say that it is haha
i play schranz/hardtechno, hard & tech dance/trance…is that count?
I like alittle bit of Hardstyle like Showtek
I absolutely love Hard Style, and is the main genre I play now. Still love Hard Trance, as well as UK Hardcore and European Hardcore.
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i used to, but grew out of it
we need more hard dance peeps in here lol…our scene are so niche
I was child of thunderdome and goa trance back in the cassette days.
I started off spinning UK Hardcore but eventually moved on to playing trance and progressive, at some point I realized that was simply not enough hardcore gigs to continue. I still bedroom dj it everyday though haha 
You would be surprised how many gigs of hardcore, hard trance/techno & hardstyle there are haha. I have several clubs in Australia I know that are always packed and just play harder genre’s. Not to mention if you get big, several of the biggest and best music festivals in the world are hardstyle.
Defqon 1 looks like an amazing festival. Some brilliant stage productions for main arena
The hardest I end up going is high 130s bpm techno, not really sure if that’s considered hard though.
i think we are thinking 140 and up 
though there is some pretty solid hard stuff in the 128-135BPM area.
i do some hardstyle every now and then and i’m slowly getting into hardcore (more on the industrial side).
I haven’t had the pleasure of spinning anything hard out yet, though I am a big fan. At home, I do spin Hardstyle on occasion and do actually plan on spinning some of it out at some point. I go to a lot of shows where there is always a harder sound somewhere, a stage, or various DJ’s throughout the night. I just enjoy it.
Professionally at the moment though, I’m really pushing my breaks sound, and so it’s taking a backburner. It’s the honest truth that I’ve been able to find a better niche pursing breaks than I ever was pursing hardstyle. And so while I love it still, it’s also a matter of focusing on what you’re (I) am able to get bookings for.
In fact, one of my buddies just played a full DONK set the other night at a big club in Boston (Rise). Harder stuff is a serious backbone of the rave scene here in New England. It’s harder to market, but people honestly come out of the woodworks for it. And I’ll safely say, there are some “local” DJ’s who can honestly really rip it up.
I love the harder styles!
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Oh hai! I’ve been into the dark techno stuff since the 90s. Rotterdam & Italian HC mostly. Got a Podcast on iTunes under “Hardcore for the Masses” and direct download from jesc.podomatic.com.
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btw anyone keeping up with the Mainstream HC from NL, IT and España?