michael_nielsen

Dearest @michael_nielsen : I have learned so much from you over the years, from quantum computing to the value of spaced repetition, and at long last an opportunity has presented itself where I may reward you for such kindness /1https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1046503377910157312 …

What _is_ happy hardcore? Happy hardcore is a (sub) genre of electronic music popularized in the 1990s characterized by extremely fast beats and upbeat lyrics and vocals. Like all art, it exists on a spectrum, and the boundaries can be hard to define /2

so this is as much a personal explanation as anything else. Of course Wikipedia has a description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_hardcore … but that doesn't do it justice. For example, I think a lot of their listed happy hardcore artists are more in the UK Hardcore genre, which tends to /3

This ignited a life-long love of fast rave music targeted at 15-year-olds on amphetamines. I remember being very disappointed though when I would grab HH off the rack at Tower records and discovery it was way too UK Hardcore for my tastes. /5

I _like_ the melodic vocals and am much less into the overdriven speakers and drum synth. D&B has its place, but not in my HH. There's a lot of great HH and HH-adjacent music (Dune, Milk Inc, Groove Coverage, Scooter (ugh). /6