Watch this pianist turn hardstyle classics into surprisingly graceful musicQlima Festival

Watch this pianist turn hardstyle classics into surprisingly graceful music

“Beautiful” and “relaxing” are two words not typically associated with the hardstyle genre. Indeed, the very notion of the genre is to flout these musical traits – to incite its listeners into a frenzy with rapid rhythms driven by abrasive percussion. None of this, however, discouraged YouTuber “Hardstyle Pianist” from creating his “Beautiful & Relaxing Hardstyle Piano Mix.”

Lofty as the pianist’s self-imposed challenge is, he succeeds remarkably in his ability to invert hardstyle’s aggressive, frenetic paradigm. Over the course of an hour, Hardstyle Pianist converts 40 different hardstyle songs into purely piano renditions. Taking songs from the catalogue of leading hardstyle producers like CooneHeadhunterz, and Angerfist, the instrumentalist manages to expose how entrancing the melodies of the genre can be – something which hardstyle fans have known for years, but may likely surprise the rest of the world.

We encourage any readers who are generally turned off by the polarizing genre to let go of their preconceived notions and enjoy the beautiful piano stylings of Hardstyle Pianist in this video. Conversely, we encourage hardstyle devotees to experience the music of their genre in a vastly new context.

Watch HU2Dz’s video above, and view its track list below.

Track list:

1. 0:00 Wildstylez – Encore (piano and violin cover)
2. 1:57 Atmozfears ft. David Spekter – Keep Me Awake (piano cover)
3. 3:52 Atmozfears – Equilibrium (Qlimax anthem 2015) (piano cover)
4. 4:36 Audiotricz & Atmozfears – What About Us (piano cover)
5. 6:49 Bass Modulators – Oxygen (piano cover)
6. 8:19 Audiofreq & Code Black & Toneshifterz – Dragonblood (Defqon.1 Australia 2016 Anthem) (piano cover)
7. 9:31 Brennan Heart & Jonathan Mendelsohn – Be Here Now (piano cover)
8. 11:03 B-front Mashup – Lost and The Paradox
9. 14:08 Hardstyle classic lovers mashup:
Wildstylez – Timeless
Davide Sonar – Natural
DJ Coone – Million Miles
Max Enforcer – Gold
Jeckyll & Hyde – Freefall
10. 19:34 D-Block & S-te-Fan – The Nature Of Our Mind (Qlimax anthem 2009) (piano cover)
11. 21:06 Coone – Rise of the Celestials (Qlimax Anthem 2016) (piano cover)
12. 22:01 Frequencerz mashup (piano cover):
Frequencerz – Wolfpack
Frequencerz – Gods
Frequencerz – Die hards only
Frequencerz – The Unknown
13. 25:24 Da Tweekaz – The Hanging Tree (piano cover)
14. 26:57 Kaskade – Lessons In Love (Headhunterz Remix) (piano cover)
15. 28:44 Mark With A K – See Me Now (Da Tweekaz Remix) (piano cover)
16. 30:20 Da Tweekaz & Darren Styles – Heroes (piano cover)
17. 32:20 Atmozfears ft. David Spekter – Release (piano cover)
18. 33:51 Ran-D ft. Skits Vicious – No Guts, No Glory (piano cover)
19. 35:22 Headhunterz – From Within
20. 36:47 Ran-D Mashup (piano cover):
Ran-D ft. LXCPR – United (Official Decibel 2016 anthem)
Ran-D & Alpha² – Blinded
Ran-D – Zombie
21. 41:00 Brennan Heart & Wildstylez – Lose My Mind (piano cover)
22. 42:13 Coone ft. David Spekter – Faye (piano cover)
23. 43:28 Da Tweekaz & Code Black & Paradise – See The Light (piano cover)
24. 45:01 Headhunterz & Wildstylez vs. Noisecontrollers – World of Madness (piano cover)
25. 46:39 Angerfist Mashup Piano cover:
Angerfist – Knock Knock
Angerfist – Bad attitude
Angerfist – Voice Of Mayhem
Angerfist – Incoming
26. 49:33 Dominator Anthems 2013 and 2014:
Anthem 2013: Carnaval of Doom by The Supreme Team
(Tha Playah, Angerfist, Evil Activities and Outblast)
Anthem 2014: Metropolist of Massacre by Miss K8 and MC Nolz
27. 52:45 Wildstylez ft. Niels Geusebroek – Year of Summer (piano cover)
28. 54:31 Tatanka – Africa (piano cover)
29. 55:42 Noisecontrollers – Down Down (piano cover)
30. 57:29 Noisecontrollers – The Source Code Of Creation (Qlimax 2014 Anthem) (piano cover)
31. 58:38 Noisecontrollers & Bass Modulators – Solar piano cover
32. 59:43 Project One – Luminosity (piano cover)
33. 1:01:37 Psyko Punkz – Spaceship (piano cover)
34. 1:03:29 Radical Redemption – Brutal 5.0 (piano cover)
35. 1:04:22 Refuzion & Noiseshock – Another World (piano cover)
36. 1:06:14 Showtek vs. Technoboy & Tuneboy – Mellow (piano cover)
37. 1:06:52 The Prophet – One Moment (piano cover)
38. 1:09:13 Wildstylez – One (with E-Life & Noah Jacobs) (Piano cover)
39. 1:10:43 Noisecontrollers & Bass Modulators – See The Light (piano cover)
40. 1:12:46 Code Black & Atmozfears – Accelerate (piano cover)

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