From around the end of 2007 through 2008 the idea of a "Hardcore Continuum" (HCC) cropped up in a number of articles charting the rise of emergent genres/trends of funky, wonky and bassline. This idea of a HCC was brought in to help locate these new musical phenomena within the overall London/British tradition of dance music. The idea of a HCC was originally put forward by Simon Reynolds back in 1999 but over the last year or so it has become, to quote Mugatu of Zoolander, "so hot right now".
For those who want to catch up on the debate and see where all this business started I've provided links to most pertinent articles in rough chronological order.
15 December 2007 - K-Punk talks about bassline in reference to his now unavailable piece for FACT magazine
18 December 2007 - Simon Reynolds spots 'nuum talk about the web
10 January 2008 - Bok Bok responds to K-Punk
11 January 2008 - Both Word the Cat and John Eden argue against
15 January 2008 - further detractors sally forth: Jace Clayton presents the Ice Cream Cone Continuum
18 January 2008 - Homoludo provides a survey of the HCC bitchfight which then lies dormant as not much happens for a year...
28 January 2009 - Simon Reynolds writes the first of seven articles in the Wire specifically about the HCC.
09 February 2009 - K-Punk defends the HCC
11 February 2009 - The debate makes a dramatic leap from the blogosphere into the Real World when Simon Reynolds gives a lecture in Liverpool with input from K-Punk. The video can be seen here and a text version read here
13 February 2009 - Things get heated on Black Friday as Dan Hancox takes a swipe at the 'nuum gatekeepers, Alex Splintering Bone Ashes weighs in with K-Punk managing to respond before bedtime.
18-20 February 2009 - Alex SBA gets deeper with a 3 part treatise on Wonky within the HCC framework
18 February 2009 - K-Punk responds to Alex SBA
20 February 2009 - Simon Reynolds goes wonky
20 February 2009 - Alex SBA continues to provide quality insight
21 February 2009 - Uncarved gives coverage of the 'nuum warz so far as Laurent Fintoni joins the melee
05 March 2009 - Simon Reynolds ruffles some feathers by marrying wonky with ketamine.
17 March 2009 - Alex SBA points out Mr Reynolds' narcomaterialist fallacies.
27 April 2009 - Simon Reynolds launches a pre-emptive strike before the HCC debates makes another appearance in the Real World.
28 April 2009 - K-Punk wonders if music writing is obsolete the day before...
29 April 2009 - HCC discussion at the University of East London with all the big hitters of the HCC debate emerging from behind their screens to talk with their mouths about that which is So Hot Right Now.
That afternoon Martin Clark reflects on the day and posts his contribution.
30 April 2009 - Alex SBA provides a transcript of his contribution on the day. IMHO the most insightful of the lot.
05 May 2009 - Simon Reynolds' initial reflections on the UEL conference. Dan Hancox thinks about it too.
07 May 2009 - Laurent Fintoni gives a great run-down of the conference.
08 May 2009 - New entrant Rouge's Foam comes in with a decent survey of the debate and he/she is all about balance
12 May 2009 - Melissa Bradshaw thinks this whole thing is waste
21 May 2009 - Dan Hancox, sniping at K-Punk, provides a buffoon empiricist manifesto
10-22 May 2009 - Post-UEL Simon Reynolds expands his fortress with 4 (soon to be 5) articles further articulating his position. #1, #2, #3, #4
01 June 2009 - Rouge's Foam writes not one but two highly detailed pieces. I haven't read them yet but they look super. This blog is one to watch.
For those who want to catch up on the debate and see where all this business started I've provided links to most pertinent articles in rough chronological order.
15 December 2007 - K-Punk talks about bassline in reference to his now unavailable piece for FACT magazine
18 December 2007 - Simon Reynolds spots 'nuum talk about the web
10 January 2008 - Bok Bok responds to K-Punk
11 January 2008 - Both Word the Cat and John Eden argue against
15 January 2008 - further detractors sally forth: Jace Clayton presents the Ice Cream Cone Continuum
18 January 2008 - Homoludo provides a survey of the HCC bitchfight which then lies dormant as not much happens for a year...
28 January 2009 - Simon Reynolds writes the first of seven articles in the Wire specifically about the HCC.
09 February 2009 - K-Punk defends the HCC
11 February 2009 - The debate makes a dramatic leap from the blogosphere into the Real World when Simon Reynolds gives a lecture in Liverpool with input from K-Punk. The video can be seen here and a text version read here
13 February 2009 - Things get heated on Black Friday as Dan Hancox takes a swipe at the 'nuum gatekeepers, Alex Splintering Bone Ashes weighs in with K-Punk managing to respond before bedtime.
18-20 February 2009 - Alex SBA gets deeper with a 3 part treatise on Wonky within the HCC framework
18 February 2009 - K-Punk responds to Alex SBA
20 February 2009 - Simon Reynolds goes wonky
20 February 2009 - Alex SBA continues to provide quality insight
21 February 2009 - Uncarved gives coverage of the 'nuum warz so far as Laurent Fintoni joins the melee
05 March 2009 - Simon Reynolds ruffles some feathers by marrying wonky with ketamine.
17 March 2009 - Alex SBA points out Mr Reynolds' narcomaterialist fallacies.
27 April 2009 - Simon Reynolds launches a pre-emptive strike before the HCC debates makes another appearance in the Real World.
28 April 2009 - K-Punk wonders if music writing is obsolete the day before...
29 April 2009 - HCC discussion at the University of East London with all the big hitters of the HCC debate emerging from behind their screens to talk with their mouths about that which is So Hot Right Now.
That afternoon Martin Clark reflects on the day and posts his contribution.
30 April 2009 - Alex SBA provides a transcript of his contribution on the day. IMHO the most insightful of the lot.
05 May 2009 - Simon Reynolds' initial reflections on the UEL conference. Dan Hancox thinks about it too.
07 May 2009 - Laurent Fintoni gives a great run-down of the conference.
08 May 2009 - New entrant Rouge's Foam comes in with a decent survey of the debate and he/she is all about balance
12 May 2009 - Melissa Bradshaw thinks this whole thing is waste
21 May 2009 - Dan Hancox, sniping at K-Punk, provides a buffoon empiricist manifesto
10-22 May 2009 - Post-UEL Simon Reynolds expands his fortress with 4 (soon to be 5) articles further articulating his position. #1, #2, #3, #4
01 June 2009 - Rouge's Foam writes not one but two highly detailed pieces. I haven't read them yet but they look super. This blog is one to watch.
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