Music Background Info
Freeform Hardcore is a subgenre of Happy Hardcore UK Hardcore. The genre developed gradually as conventional Hardcore slowly became more influenced by trance. The music is generally more instrumental, being known for its 4/4 beat, prominent acid lines, and often rolling bass and hard trance leads. It was originally widely known as Trancecore.
Freeform has come to prominence largely through Sharkey's mixes on the Bonkers series. Labels such as Thin 'n' Crispy, Nu Energy Collective, FINRG amongst others have specialized in Freeform music as well as the pioneering artists.
An influential DJ and artist in the genre, Kevin Energy, label owner of Nu Energy, describes Freeform not as a genre, but rather as a state of mind. The movement away from a systematic routine and to go against the grain are the described as the fundamentals of being Freeform.
