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Music Against drugs, racism and violence
02/09/2008 23:18
Since the begining of the Hardcore era, the Hardcore music drag on the baddest reputation of the electronic music scene. From drugs addictions to the racism, Hardcore appears to the society as a diabolical music, and a negative and dangerous mouvement.
In the past, Hardcore music could have been in relation with the extremists sides. Nowadays maybe there are still people wich have this kind of beliefs. In the past, that's right, Hardcore music was sometimes a violent culture, and not only the music.. Hardcore often talk about drugs, and the lyrics of a few tracks can be interpreted in this way.
Nevertheless, now, can we still consider that Hardcore music is a racist industry? Some of the most succesfull artists of the planet aren't white people, we can talk about the Rotterdam Terror Corps team, with Sier Raw, we can talk about Bass-D, The Viper, the Darkraver, and many more! Think about the United Gabbers Against Racism and Facism, known by everybody at that time! Of course Hardcore music contains racist people. But is the society dreaming? Does she really think that racist only listen to Hardcore music? Or could we fond racist wich listen trance music? House? Techno? Rock 'n Roll? Classic music? R'nB? Is the basic racist allways shaved off? Or does he can have long hair?
Is the society as opened as she pretend? Unfortunately, maybe not.. Hardcore music is opened to many cultures, its force since the begining! The most experimental style of music, the only trying to evolve, and to bring something new.
How could we describe the evolution of the horror movies nowadays? Aren't those movies more and more violent and blooded since the firsts one? Why don't people have a bad look about this evolution? Because the cinema industry has been turned into the public medias, she's present on the radio, on TV, in the supermarkets, on your clothes and in our favorites video games! Just try to be opened as you are about the cinema, even though you don't like it, but stop to think bad!
We have to accept that many people don't have the same tastes! We can say: "I don't like it", are we right if we think: "hey this is only a shit!"?
All that to say that racism and violence don't concern only Hardcore music but the society!
Then, it's important for us to precise that Dance2Decade don't fight against racism! We only think that racism and music are radically different and we are against negative political message and hate in our music! We will hardly defend our conviction about it, music is not a political message, just music! We can accept that people don't think the same, and we respect these differences, but we won't accept those which don't respect our beliefs!
We defend the same ideas about drugs. You are responsible of your life, so do what you want, but respect the music and the people! We are deeply convinces that somebody who needs drugs isn't a party people but only a desperate junky.
Be sure that Dance2Decade will hardly represent it's ideas and defend them till the end!
www.Dance2Decade.fr
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