Hardwell On Air (HOA) is a monthly online music show hosted by Dutch DJ and record producer Hardwell . The program started as a weekly live broadcast via Hardwell's official YouTube and Facebook profiles and ran from Friday, March 4, 2011 until its temporary closure on Friday, January 15, 2021. The show was also broadcast by many FM radio stations and online outlets, and episodes were free to download.
19-580: (Redirected from HoA ) [REDACTED] Look up hoa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. HOA or Hoa may refer to: Arts [ edit ] Hardwell On Air , a Dutch radio programme House of Anubis , a television drama series Hands of Asclepius, a fictional organization in the video game Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 Languages [ edit ] ǂHõã language (ISO 639: huc),
38-466: A "reverse bass". As the genre grew, the production techniques and songwriting changed to be suited to a more commercial audience. Modern hardstyle can be recognized by its use of synthesizer melodies and distorted sounds, coupled with hardstyle's signature combination of percussion and bass . The genre is particularly known for its harmonic use of kickdrums. Due to the sustained nature of a hardstyle kick, producers are able to play basslines by using only
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76-563: A full-sphere surround sound Ambisonics technique Hypertrophic osteopathy , a bone disease secondary to cancer in the lungs Other uses [ edit ] Hoa people , an Overseas Chinese minority group residing in Vietnam Horn of Africa (HoA), a peninsula in East Africa hoa , a title for Muisca rulers Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
95-508: A hardstyle event was Qlubtempo, which took place in the year 2000 in Zaandam . Qlubtempo was the first event produced by Q-dance , a Dutch event company which would later go on to produce hardstyle festivals in other countries in Europe , Australia , North America , South America and Asia . In 2001, Q-dance produced the first edition of Qlimax . Q-dance trademarked the term "hardstyle" on
114-529: A large influence in frenchcore and happy hardcore music, which both became popular in the late 2010s with the hardstyle audience after producers started applying hardstyle production techniques and melodic styles to the genres. The exact origin of hardstyle cannot be specifically defined; however, it is clear the characteristic of hardstyle originates from hard trance (notably hard trance's 'reverse bass', and artists such as German deejay Scot Project ) with influence from other genres such as hardcore, this genre
133-399: A one-hour mix. Each episode showcases new material in various genres including big room , progressive house , electro house , and tech house . Episodes frequently conclude with a hardstyle track. The sets have a length of one hour and are initiated with a vocal short. This consists of a distorted voice, which introduces each episode with the same word sequence: "Are we on air? Welcome to
152-489: Is an electronic dance genre that emerged in the late 1990s, with origins in the Netherlands , Belgium and Italy . Hardstyle mixes influences from techno , new beat and hardcore . Early hardstyle was typically written at 140 BPM ( beats per minute ); however, modern hardstyle is faster, produced around 150 BPM. It consisted of overdriven and hard-sounding kick drums, often accompanied by an offbeat bass, known as
171-548: Is what is now known as early hardstyle. As it progressed, the genre gathered characteristics from other electronic music genres and refined its own sound and identity. Over time, the BPM of hardstyle music increased, from a range of 135 to 150 to a range of 150 to 160. Some hardcore producers brought hardstyle elements back to the hardcore scene, which made modern hardstyle and hardcore very similar and often indistinguishable in some cases, only differing in BPM. The first event credited as
190-451: The soundtrack of your nightlife. One hour of the present and future. Tune in to Hardwell On Air." The soundtrack of the intro consists of the song " Encoded " by Hardwell himself, released in the year 2011. A follow-up statement from Hardwell can be heard. Usually one or more smoother songs follow the intro. Since 2023, the soundtrack of the intro consists of the song Shotgun (It Ain't Over) by Hardwell featuring Bright Lights, released in
209-475: The 4th of July, 2002, after both Qlimax and Qlubtempo proved to be successful. Since its inception, Q-dance has guided the evolution of hardstyle music with its events and is often involved with hardstyle artists on a creative level. In 2003, Q-dance hosted the first edition of Defqon.1 . The first few years of hardstyle were characterized by a tempo of around 140–150 BPM , a distorted kick drum sound, vocal samples, dissonant synth sounds known as "screetches" and
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#1732790424864228-658: The break Hardwell can be heard presenting the track as well as the "Hardwell On Air tag" just before the drop starts. This indicated that the duo recorded the track from the podcast and did not get it legally. As a running gag, the duo has played the track in combination with the "Hardwell on Air tag" since then. On June 14, 2017, Jewelz & Sparks played their track "Grande Opera" with the Hardwell on Air sample again in Ultra Music Festival Korea and also posted it to Facebook. Hardstyle Hardstyle
247-604: The kick itself, which becomes a distinct bass tone through a series of distortion , equalization and layering (among other methods). This technique is known as "pitching" a kick. The genre gained commercial acceptance in the 2010s, with hardstyle artists performing on the biggest stages in EDM worldwide. Hardstyle influenced other styles of electronic dance music such as big room house , which began sharing similarities with hardstyle like structures, rhythms, and later, pitching kicks became popular in big room too. Hardstyle also played
266-431: The mid- 2010s. It was pioneered by Pittsburgh DJ, Black Daddy, CEO and Founder of Hardstyle Family. In early 2010, a new variation in hardstyle, named dubstyle was introduced. Dubstyle is the name given to the genre fusion of hardstyle and dubstep . Dubstyle tends to have reversed wobble basslines and takes the kick styling of hardstyle tracks, while combining them with the rhythm, groove and dubstep tempo and effects
285-457: The title HOA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HOA&oldid=1230816450 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hardwell On Air Hardwell On Air
304-417: The use of a "reverse bass", a hard kick distorted offbeat bass within the same beat. Around 2002, more hardstyle labels emerged. Fusion Records (with DJ Zany and others) and Scantraxx (founded by Dov Elkabas ) were the two largest Dutch Hardstyle labels in that period. At this point in time, hardstyle artists were primarily from either the Netherlands or Italy . Early hardstyle is a modern name for what
323-487: The year 2023. The following segments are followed in the episodes: After the different categories have been dealt with, the music style is mostly changed to Hardstyle or Future Bass. For many songs, a shout or tag referring to the podcast is added, to protect the song from being used before the release is done. Regarding this, in early 2017 a video was posted online which shows Korean comedian and DJ G-Park and DJharles playing Jewelz & Sparks 's "Grande Opera". During
342-449: Was at the time called "hardstyle", the genre is focused mostly on reverse bass kicks, which can still be found in songs today as a pre-drop. From roughly 2010 onwards, the move towards a more melodic emphasis from older hardstyle evolved into the subgenre "euphoric hardstyle", characterized by highly emotional melodies and heavy pitch-shifting of kicks. The Trapstyle is a sub-genre of the hardstyle scene linked to trap which appeared in
361-420: Was put on hiatus after its 500th episode. The show "Revealed Selected" was announced to take its place, hosted by Adam K of Tomorrowland's One World Radio . On November 3, 2023, HOA was relaunched as a monthly YouTube livestream after a two-year dormancy. Episodes from the initial decade are archived in a playlist on Hardwell's YouTube channel. During the show, Hardwell plays newly released EDM songs in
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