Hardstep is a subgenre of drum and bass which emerged in 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The composure of hardstep is similar to that of industrial techno but in a drum and bass context, characterized by heavy beats and bass lines which tend to dominate the entire space of a track alone.
RAM, Hardleaders, Trouble on Vinyl, Renegade Hardware and Formation are examples of hardstep record labels, and some of the most significant hardstep artists are Dieselboy, Evol Intent, Technical Itch, Phace, Limewax, Ram Trilogy and Dylan Hisley. Renegade Hardware is one of the major Record labels in the Drum and bass music industry For the punk rock band please see Diesel Boy. Dieselboy is the Stage name of Damian Higgins an American Drum and bass DJ Evol Intent is a Hardstep Drum and bass / IDM group formed in Atlanta Georgia, U Mark Caro, better known as Technical Itch, is a British electronic music artist disc jockey and founder of Technical Itch Recordings and Penetration Records Phace is a Drum and bass duo from Germany. Their style is Neurofunk, and they have released on Subtitles Recordings, Renegade Hardware Limewax (born Maxim Olegovych Anokhin, 1988) is a Drum and bass producer from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, whose style tends Ram Trilogy is a Drum and bass DJ and producer trio Responsible for many drum'n'bass classics recorded throughout the '90s Ram Records (UK
Hardstep music is not to be confused with a dance also called hardstep.