name | Gabber |
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bgcolor | silver |
color | black |
stylistic origins | Hardcore technoIndustrialIndustrial hip hopTechno house |
cultural origins | Early 1990s, Netherlands |
instruments | Keyboard, synthesizer, drum machine, sequencer, sampler |
popularity | Low |
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Gabber (; ), is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. "Gabber" is a slang word of Yiddish origin (cf. chaver) that means "mate", "buddy" or "friend".
The music got its name from an article in which the Amsterdam DJ K.C. the Funkaholic was asked how he felt about the (harder) Rotterdam house scene. He answered "They're just a bunch of gabbers having fun". Dj Paul Elstak from Rotterdam read this article and on the first Euromasters record (released on Rotterdam Records), he engraved in the vinyl "Gabber zijn is geen schande!" which means "it's not a sin to be a gabber!". Since then the word gained popularity in the Rotterdam house scene and people started to call themselves 'gabbers'.
Although in the late 1980s a house variant from Detroit first reached Amsterdam, it was the producers and DJs from Rotterdam who evolved it into a harder house variant which is today known as "Gabber" style.
The specific sound of Rotterdam was also created as a reaction to the house scene of Amsterdam which was seen as more "snobby and pretentious". Though house productions from Frankfurt's Marc Acardipane were quite similar to the Rotterdam style, it was the popularity of this music in the Netherlands which made Rotterdam the cradle of Hardcore Gabber. The essence of the gabber sound is a distorted kick sound, overdriven to the point where it becomes clipped into a distorted square wave and makes a recognizably melodic tone.
Often the Roland Alpha Juno or the kick from a Roland TR-909 was used to create this sound. Gabber tracks typically include samples and synthesised melodies with the typical tempo ranging from 150 to 220 bpm. Violence, drugs and profanity are common themes in gabber, perceptible through its samples and lyrics, often screamed, pitch shifted, or distorted.
Gabber is popular in many countries. Key locations include the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy. It also has a newfound popularity in urban areas of Australia, particularly in Sydney amongst the 'lad' subculture. In Germany, Gabberparties often take place in the Ruhr area, as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt.
The second frequently used component of gabber tracks is the "hoover", a patch of the Roland Alpha Juno synthesizer. A "hoover" is typically a distorted, grainy, sweeping sound which, when played on a low key, can create a dark and brooding bass line. Alternatively, when played at higher pitches, the hoover becomes an aggressive, shrieking lead. Faster gabber tracks often apply extremely fast hoover-patterns. The use of the hoover has evolved over the years, and in the nuskool genre, most tracks rely on a cleaner, detuned supersaw lead, similar to trance.
The aforementioned two sub-genres of gabber differ in essentially one thing: the tempo.
Category:Hardcore techno Category:Hardcore music genres Category:Dutch music Category:Dutch styles of music
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