Darkcore

Darkcore (also referred to as darkside hardcore) is a

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.^[1]

Origins

By late 1992,

Rufige Cru's "Terminator" (Reinforced Records, 1992), Doc Scott's "Here Comes the Drumz" (Reinforced Records, 1992),^[5] 4hero's "Journey from the Light" (Reinforced Records, 1993), and Omni Trio's "Feel Good" (Moving Shadow, 1993).^[6]^[7]

^ 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'.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Darkcore – Drum'n'Bass". 12 Edit. 18 July 2016.
^ "The 20 greatest jungle records ever made". FACTmag. 12 February 2011.
^ Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Picador.
^ "Hardcore Will Never Die, But Mixmag Will". A Bass Chronicle. 23 March 2013.