Editing Darkcore

{{short description|UK rave subgenre of breakbeat hardcore}}
{{About|the breakbeat hardcore genre|the drum and bass genre|darkstep|the hardcore genre (also known as doomcore)|hardcore (electronic dance music genre)#1990s}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Darkcore
| stylistic_origins = [[Breakbeat hardcore]]
| cultural_origins  = Early 1990s, United Kingdom
| derivatives       = [[Drum and bass]]
| regional_scenes   =
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}}

'''Darkcore''' (also referred to as '''darkside hardcore''') is a [[music genre|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]].<ref>{{Cite book|last = Reynolds|first = Simon|title = Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture|year = 1998|publisher = Picador|quote = 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'.}}</ref>

==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 [[sampling (music)|samples]] such as [[horror movie]] elements, cries for help, sinister sounding stabs and [[synthesizer]] notes, along with syncopated [[breakbeat]]s in addition to [[4-to-the-floor]] beats and low frequency basslines. It also saw the introduction of effects such as [[pitch shift]]ing and [[Audio time stretching and pitch scaling|time stretching]] to create mood.<ref>{{Cite book|last = Reynolds|first = Simon|title = Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture|year = 1998|publisher = Picador|quote = 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.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last = Reynolds|first = Simon|title = Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture|year = 1998|publisher = Picador|quote = 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.}}</ref>

==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),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://12edit.com/darkcore/|title=Darkcore – Drum'n'Bass|work=12 Edit|date=18 July 2016}}</ref> [[Rufige Cru]]'s "Terminator" ([[Reinforced Records]], 1992), [[Doc Scott]]'s "Here Comes the Drumz" (Reinforced Records, 1992),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2011/02/12/20-best-jungle/|title=The 20 greatest jungle records ever made|work=FACTmag|date=12 February 2011}}</ref> [[4hero]]'s "Journey from the Light" (Reinforced Records, 1993), and [[Robert Haigh (musician)|Omni Trio]]'s "Feel Good" ([[Moving Shadow]], 1993).<ref>{{cite book|author=Reynolds, Simon|title=Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture|publisher=Picador|date=1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abasschronicle.co.uk/history-sessions-hardcore-will-never-die-but-mixmag-will/|title=Hardcore Will Never Die, But Mixmag Will|work=A Bass Chronicle|date=23 March 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Breakbeat hardcore]]
* [[Jungle music|Jungle]]
* [[Drum and bass]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [[Simon Reynolds]], ''Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture'', Picador 1998 ({{ISBN|0-330-35056-0}})

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