¿WHAT IS AN URBAN SUBCULTURE?

A subculture is a group of people with a culture (whether  distinct or hidden) which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong, for example, if a particular subculture is characterized by a systematic opposition to the dominant culture, it may be described as a counterculture.Subcultures can be distinctive because of the age, ethnicity, class, location, and/or gender of the members. The qualities that determine a subculture as distinct may be linguistic, aesthetic, religious, political, sexual, geographical, or a combination of factors. According to Dick Hebdige, members of a subculture often signal their membership through a distinctive and symbolic use of style, which includes fashions, mannerisms, and argot. They also live out particular relations to places; Ken Gelder talks about "subcultural geographies" along these lines.The study of subcultures often consists of the study of symbolism attached to clothing, music and other visible affectations by members of subcultures, and also the ways in which these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture. Subcultures have been chronicled by others for a long time, documented, analysed, classified, rationalised, monitored, scrutinised. In some cases, subcultures have been legislated against, their activities regulated or curtailed.Subcultures can exist at all levels of organizations, highlighting the fact that there are multiple cultures or value combinations usually evident in any one organization that can complement but also compete with the overall organisational culture.According to Maffesoli, urban tribes are microgroups of people who share common interests in metropolitan areas. The members of these relatively small
 groups tend to have similar worldviews, dress styles and behavioral patterns. Their social interactions are largely informal and emotionally laden, different
 from late capitalism's corporate- bourgeoisie cultures, based on dispassionate
 logic. Maffesoli claims that punksare a typical example of an "urban tribe"

PUNKEROS

The punk is a musical sort within the rock that emerged in the middle of years 1970. One characterizes in the musical industry by his independent attitude and amateur. In its beginnings, the punk was a very simple and crude music, sometimes neglected: a simple type of simple rock, with simple melodies of short durations, sounds of amplified guitars little controlled or noisy, few adjustments and instruments, and, generally, of fast compasses and tempos. The lines of guitar characterize by their simplicity and the crudity of the amplified sound, generally creating a noisy or aggressive sonorous atmosphere inherited of the garage rock.The low one generally, follows only the line of the agreed one and it does not look for to adorn with eighth nor adjustments the melody. The battery on the other hand takes an accelerated tempo, with simple rates of rock. The voices vary from strong expressions and violent or even torn, expresivas sung cartoons that alter the conventional parameters of the action of the singer, until more melodic and made forms. ORIGIN At the end of years 1960, a industrialized current of young people of Great Britain and other countries considered that the rock had happened to be expression means for the young people, to a mere tool of market and showcase for the grandiloquence of the musicians of that then, moving away the music of common people. The punk arose as a ridicule to the rigidity from the conventionalisms that hid forms of social and cultural oppression. The characteristics of the punk rock were preceded by the garage rock (great example is " Pushin Too Hard" of 1966 of Californian the Seeds), breaking out again plus the strong sound of the rock and with less professional compositions, influenced by the sound of " Británica" invasion; , like The Beatles, The Kinks or The Who, and taking to elements of the noisy sound of the garage rock of The Stooges or Velvet Underground. Also influences take shelter of frenetic surf rock. These varied influences are known now like proto-punk. Within the same author of simple " can also be included between the early influences to Bobby Fuller Four; I Fought the Law" , that outside versionado by The Clash, and to Modern Lovers authors of " Roadrunner" dices its accelerated rates, not so near the punk later but moved away rock of the conventional and typical rock of the time, with simple chords but still without distortion or high volume. The Ramons did simple compositions, whose acid letters dealed with subjects like the discrimination other young people, the anti-fashion and drugs, marking with their style, seemed to the one of the first 120 Beach Boys but to km/hr, rules to follow for the bands to come The visit from these to London (the 4 acted in the mythical Roundhouse of Julio, day of North American independence, paradoxicalally) caused that existing groups already, like the Sex Pistols, began to use their average instruments as of expression and provocation to show their displeasure towards which they considered a society of close and repressive mentality.

HARDCORE

Appeared in 1992. At that time the dominant sound on the dance floor and raves in Europe was the "hard- Belgian techno ". Formations as Quadrophonia", "T99" or "Front242" became the undisputed number one. Before 1992, there were productions that could be called, pseudo-hardcore people like Speed Emperors (Netherlands) and Marc Acardipane (German). Many neighboring countries followed the example of Belgian producers in their own way, especially in Netherlands and particularly in the city where it all began: ROTTERDAM. A small studio in the basement of a simple record store called "Mid-Town", in the center of Rotterdam became the laboratory where I was the first maxi Hardcore / Gabber entitled: " Euromasters - Amsterdam Waar Lech D Dan. "According says legend, this maxi is made only to offend the followers of Ajax Amsterdam, which is false, with the title "Amsterdam Waar Lech Dan D" or "Amsterdam, Where the hell is that" and they got rather Amsterdam with its own, or with the music there heard, say that they found "very soft". The Maxi like a lot of people: so that, to be placed in a good position in the charts Netherlands. Interestingly, this was the first release of a stamp new piece called "Rotterdam Records Despite being created in Rotterdam, the hardcore / Gabber be spread throughout Europe in just a few months: the slums of Frankfurt (Germany) appeared creator Seal "PCP (Planet Core Productions) known as "Marc Acardipane" also recognized by the darkness of their productions. Paul Elstak and Rob Fabrie (Dj Waxweazle, The Headbanger) created the Holy formation Noise, removing items and very hard, in those days Dj Paul had a record shop in the Mid-Town Records with what was very attentive to all types of new musical trends. Finally, with the collaboration of Mid-Town Records Rotterdam Records and overnight, this style finally came to light in 1992 following the Rotterdam Records hits.

YOUR STYLE:



Oldstyle or OldSchool:


This style emerged over the years 1991 in Rotterdam, influenced mainly by the Belgian techno. It was a rather obscure style and tempos slow addition samples used to use old-fashioned, that is, with background noise or "dirty." Many people Oldstyle encompassing as a derivative of hardcore, others say it has nothing to do. Topics: "Dj Rob & Mc Joe - The beat is flown" or "Dj Hooligan - B.O.T.T.R.O.P. "



Gabber: 


If there is a representational style in that would be the hardcore gabber. Tempo is fast (between 180-190bpms). Its golden age was 1992-1997. Today still occurs at the hands of the living legends of the genre such as Omar Santana or Da Predator. This style was marking guidelines to follow in the hardcore, both musical level (from this point that was hardcore gabber talk) and social, as it marked an aesthetic follow (the typical image of gabber: shaved head sweatshirt, jeans or camouflage pants and slippers Sports). There is an enormous amount of issues out there, but good, For example some real temazos: "Masters of Ceremony - "Hardcore to da bone" and "Chosen Few - The name of the DJ "


 Artcore:


It came together with the gabber. With the same speed, but pads were thicker and more powerful. Its largest producer father was Patrick van Kerckhoven (DJ Ruffneck, Wedlock, Juggernaut ...) who has left us gems like "Wedlock & Nosferatu - Bullitproof" or "Wedlock - I'm the Fuck You Man. " 



Hard House:


Evil called "American Hardcore." It is a variant or the Club House, sounds typically Americans, just that this style has a lot more bass powerful, the tunes are monotonous, and are made mainly consisting of acidic riffs. Dominate this people like George Centeno style, Poogie Bear, Mark V. or Raoul Zerner. Topics: "George Centeno - Work That" or "Dj Paul & Masochist - No newstyle (hardhouse mix) " Darkcore: It is a dark style with a tempo between 150 - 160bpms and deep bass. It's the latest styles that have been created. E-Man with his "Bass Machine" was the first to go for this style, but who actually coined the name and were caught on the Endymion. Now is when it is hottest setting, thanks to people like Headbanger, Endymion, Ophidian, Negative A. .. Topics: "The Headbanger - Sweet Dreams" or "Meagashira - Dj Killa "