Nightcore
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| Cultural origins | Early 2000s,
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| Typical instruments | Audio editing software |
| Derivative forms | Nightstep (sped up dubstep) |
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| Origin | Alta, Norway |
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| Years active | 2002-2003, 2011-present |
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A nightcore edit is a remix track that speeds up its source material, increasing its pitch. Formed in 2002, the name for the internet-based genre was originally defined as sped-up and pitch-shifted versions of trance and eurodance songs, but its definition expanded into non-dance territory by the time the remix style became popular in the 2010s. When uploaded as a music video on YouTube, most nightcore videos feature a manga or anime picture as a visual component.
The publicity of nightcore has also been attributed to the works of PC Music, formed in 2013 by musicians Danny L Harle and A. G. Cook who claimed to be influenced by the genre.
The nightcore term was first used in 2002 as the name for a school project by Norwegian DJ duo Thomas S. Nilse and Steffen Ojala Søderholm, known by their stage name as DJ TNT and DJ SOS respectively. The name Nightcore means "we are the core of the night, so you'll dance all night long", stated in their website named "Nightcore is Hardcore". The two were influenced by pitch-shifted vocals in German group Scooter's hardcore songs "Nessaja" and "Ramp! (The Logical Song)", stating in an interview that "There were so few of these kinds of artists, we thought that mixing music in our style would be a pleasure for us to listen to" and "Nightcore has become a style of music, a way to make the music happier – 'happy hardcore' as they say."
The duo set up what is considered by the initial nightcore community to be the original definition of a track in the style, a 25% sped-up (commonly to around 160 to 180 beats per minute) and high-pitched version of a trance or eurodance song. The nightcore genre has been compared to happy hardcore and bubblegum bass due to its fast tempos, energetic feel and high-pitched vocals.
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