| NEWS
|
| 2004/12/29 |
| 2004 in review. |
|
Well it's here again... another year over and another year just around the corner, 2004 certainly a great year for hardcore, at HappyHardcore.com we like to round up the year with a year in review and some hints to what is happening in 2005.
2004 was not without its tragedies, this year saw the loss of two hardcore supporters with the untimely deaths of BBC Radio 1 presenter John Peel and DJ Tom Wilson. May they both rest in peace.
2004 saw the launch of these new hardcore labels:
B52 Records
Ballistic Bootlegs
Cloned
DFM Records Limited
Executive Records
Hardcore Collections
Industrial Movement
Infinity Recordings - Relaunch
JAL - Relaunch
Madcow
Mokum - Relaunch
Monkey Business
Nu Underground
NuEnergy limited
PowerStation
Project Xero
Prophecy Records
Rave n Beats Canada
Ravin Beatz Japan - Rename
Raw Elements
Remix Reloaded
Ripped 2 Fcuk
RIPX
Stompin Choonz - Relaunch
Square Recordings
Switched on
Thin-n-Crispy
trip2nite
Vinyl United
In addition to those labels over 20 new hardcore compilations and albums released, with some charting in store compilation charts and national sales!
This past year saw: DJ Fade leaves hardcore, Alphamagic and React declare bankruptcy, Flip n Fill cover discoland, KFA and Luna-C release hardcore music video, Slammin vinyl sued for illegal live CD recordings, Nukleuz start with more hardcore releases + remixes, Re-con = Ultrabeat is revealed, UK TV program Rapture TV start covering hardcore events, M8 magazine adds hardcore reviews, DJ Mag does a two page article on hardcore, Hardcore charts in both in Finland and the Netherlands, You're shining reached number 3 in the UK commercial dance charts, Hardcore is played on BBC Radio 1 for the first time in years, Hardcore DJs make the DJ Mag top 250 for first time in years,
Amato distribution take on hardcore release, Several legal download sites start... just to name a few things.
Here are HappyHardcore.com we experienced alot of changes
The members base grew from just under 10,000 members to just under 15,000 members!
Live shows on HappyHardcore.com radio kicked off
HappyHardcore.com radio broke top 40 internet radio stations in the world!
The first hardcore online festival called Exposure 2004 was launched.
HappyHardcore.com and HappyHardcore.com radio turn 5 years old.
Totally Sweet Radio turn 2 years old.
So how is 2005 looking?? Massive! From what we have seen being put into place for 2005, its nothing short of massive... 2004 was big but trays tables up and seats to their upright position as 2005 is gonna be huuuuuudge!
Happy New year from all at HappyHardcore.com |
|
|
| 2004/12/29 |
| New Nukleuz hardcore + remixes |
|
Nukleuz have contacted us about the future of the Nukleuz label and their part in the hardcore scene. Nukleuz have told us that because of the massive success of the last Nukleuz hardcore EP and the fact Nukleuz as a label have and continue to believe in the value of hardcore they have begun working on a couple more EPs and even the possibility of a hardcore album!
These new tracks and EPs will contain new hardcore remixes of other tunes and of course creating brand new hardcore tracks! |
|
|
| 2004/12/27 |
| Live shows on HappyHardcore.com radio this week |
|
This week on live on HappyHardcore.com radio we have the crazy antics of the CPX Crew broadcasting live and direct from Sydney, Australia and featuring the DJing talents of DJ's Weaver (Raver Baby), Carlo, Suae, Tom-E + special weekly guests.
Show starts:
Wednesday 29th December 2004:
7:00pm - Sydney (Wednesday night)
5:00pm - Tokyo (Wednesday evening)
8:00am - England (Wednesday morning)
12:01am - Los Angeles (Wednesday night)
3:00am - New York (Very Wednesday morning)
A few hours later we have the NAHM live show... here is an bit from this weeks info:
Well it's the last show of 2004 and we're going to end it off proper on North American Hardcore Movement. This week we've got DJs Sean Apollo and Milo steppin' up to the decks with special guests No Left Turn and Reese ("The Nice Guys"). These two have undoubtedly made some of the most noise here in North America and will showing you why that is and what you can look forward to for 2005. So tune in this week for four hours of live hardcore on NAHM!
Hour 1: Sean Apollo
Hours 2 & 3: No Left Turn & Reese
Hour 4: Milo
It all starts...
Dec 29th 2004:
USA PST - Los Angeles, San Francisco:
3:00pm (Wednesday)
USA EST - New York, Toronto:
6:00pm (Wednesday)
UK GMT - England, Scotland:
11:00pm (Wednesday)
Japan - Tokyo, Osaka:
8:00am (Thursday)
Australia - Sydney, Brisbane:
10:00am (Thursday)
Germany - Berlin:
12:00am (Midnight Thursday)
Eniwetok
11:00am (Wednesday)
Tune in at http://www.happyhardcore.com/radio/ |
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/27 |
| DJ Silver featured on CD release in Australia |
|
DJ Silver of HappyHardcore.com / Radio / MasterWax / Infinity Recordings is to featuring on an upcoming release from Central Station Records in Australia. The 4 pack CD is called The Ultimate Happy Hard & Hard Trance and mixed by DJ's Fenix, Paul Elstak & DJ Silver. The release date is Jan 31st 2005. We will post tracklistings and artwork as soon as we have them.
From the press release:
The Ultimate Happy Hard & Hard Trance - V/A
(Mixed By: Fenix, Paul Elstak & DJ Silver)
The definitive collection of hardcore & happy hard trax:
A 4 CD compilation mixed by some of the scenes biggest names: Fenix, Paul Elstak & DJ Silver
Features big trax from: Commander Tom, DJ Wag, Ultra-sonic, Critical Mass & Fenix...
The press release only mentions the some of the big name trance artist names but rest assured DJ Silver has completed his disc and it contains some brand new bangin hardcore! |
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/27 |
| A hardcore Sunrize |
|
The hardcore producer Sunrize from Next Generation Records / Pitched up recordings wants to wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays by giving a present of a new update to his old track, "Memories" for all to download for free!
Sunrize - Memories (2004 update)
Sunrize says: Feel free to copy it, play it, mix it, and send it to all your friends! |
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/24 |
| DJ Resist to form new label with DJ Impact |
|
DJ Impact and DJ Resist, and the new hardcore heaven CD series, have teamed up to create a new label called Infexious Audio.
Taken from the exclusive press release to HappyHardcore.com:
"2005 sees the beginning of a brand new label & a brand new concept. A label brought to you by Impact & Resist, which will not only explore the many different styles & sounds of Hardcore music as we know it, but aim to create new styles & new concepts.
All material on the label will be 100% original & will not compromise on quality to subsidise quantity. We have decided to give you all a sneak preview of the logo artwork. Clips of the first release will be posted up in the new year."
Resist + Impact = Infexious Audio
|
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/23 |
| Christmas comes early to Shop.HappyHardcore.com |
Author: silver
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2004/12/22 |
| Live radio shows today |
|
Live on HappyHardcore.com radio this week we have:
CPX Radio broadcasting from Sydney, Australia and featuring the DJing talents of DJ's Weaver (Raver Baby), Carlo, Suae, Tom-E + special weekly guests.
Wednesday 22nd December 2004:
7:00pm - 10:00pm Sydney (Wednesday night)
5:00pm - 8:00pm Tokyo (Wednesday evening)
8:00am - 11:00am England (Wednesday morning)
12:00am - 3:00am Los Angeles (Wednesday night)
3:00am - 6:00am New York (Very Wednesday night)
This shows timezone should be suitable for listeners in Australia, Tokyo and England.
Next we turn our attention to hardcore North America, for the North American Hardcore Movement. This weeks show features a special holiday mix from the guys.
The fun starts:
Wednesday 22nd December 2004:
USA PST - Los Angeles, San Francisco:
3:00pm (Wednesday)
USA EST - New York, Toronto:
6:00pm (Wednesday)
UK GMT - England, Scotland:
11:00pm (Wednesday)
Japan - Tokyo, Osaka:
8:00am (Thursday)
Australia - Sydney, Brisbane:
10:00am (Thursday)
Germany - Berlin:
12:00am (Midnight Thursday)
This shows timezone should be suitable for listeners in Australia, Tokyo and North America. |
|
|
|
|
| 2004/12/21 |
| Bang!'s album |
|
Great news for Bang! hardcore lovers... The tracklist for the upcoming Bang! album has been posted and here it is. Bang! have pointed out that all the tracks are brand new mixes. No released date yet but we think it should be out within the next 3 months.
Track #'s Tracklisting - Remixer listed in brackets.
Disc 1 - DJ mixed by Storm
1: Shooting Star (2k4 mix) (DJ Storm & Euphony)
2: Lost In Space (DJ Storm & Euphony)
3: 'Til The Day (Blizzard mix) (dj phosphor & dj justrich)
4: Sail Away (DJ Storm & Euphony)
5: Fall To Sleep (dj phosphor & Milennium Bugg)
6: Crazy Little Fingers (dj phosphor & dj justrich)
7: Sunshine On A Cloudy Day (DJ Storm & Euphony)
9: Hyperspace (DJ Storm & Euphony)
10: Shine A Light (dj phosphor)
11: Crazy Little Fingers (Luna-C)
12: 'Til The Day (Bliss mix) (dj phosphor)
13: Shine A Light (Touching Down mix) (Devastate)
Disc 2 - Singles
1: Shooting Star (2k4 mix) (DJ Storm & Euphony)
2: Lost In Space (DJ Storm & Euphony)
3: 'Til The Day (Blizzard mix) (dj phosphor & dj justrich)
4: Sail Away (DJ Storm & Euphony)
5: Fall To Sleep (dj phosphor & Milennium Bugg)
6: Crazy Little Fingers (dj phosphor & dj justrich)
7: Sunshine On A Cloudy Day (DJ Storm & Euphony)
8: Break Of Dawn (DJ Storm & Euphony)
9: Hyperspace (DJ Storm & Euphony)
10: Shine A Light (dj phosphor)
11: Crazy Little Fingers (Luna-C)
12: 'Til The Day (Bliss mix) (dj phosphor)
13: Shine A Light (Touching Down mix) (Devastate)
many thanks to user mustapha for the heads up on the news. |
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/20 |
| Hardcore heaven CD release |
|
| The new hardcore heaven CD DJ's have been announced they are Sy, Brisk & Kevin Energy. The CD is due in February 2005 and is a triple CD. |
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
|
|
| 2004/12/20 |
| The CLSM Santa |
|
The crazy hardcore group CLSM have put on the net a little Christmas present for everyone. CLSM's previous album hardcore material is available for free as a download. We are told this download / CD is free to copy, give away on CD, distribute to friends, make your own copies etc.
Edit 2004/12/21: We have sent too much traffic to CLSM's server and they can't handle it. Link removed.
The download includes artwork and all the tracks with the tracks join together (audio wise). |
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/16 |
| Rave those beats |
|
The crew behind the hardcore label Rave N' Beats Japan have shortened their label name to the much simpler "Ravin Beatz Japan"
Rave goes Ravin Beatz
|
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/14 |
| Live shows this week on HappyHardcore.com radio |
|
If you haven't already joined the biggest hardcore dance radio station in the world there is no better time than with a live show! This weeks live shows on HappyHardcore.com radio looks:
CPX Radio broadcasting from Sydney, Australia and featuring the DJing talents of DJ's Weaver (Raver Baby), Carlo, Suae, Tom-E + special weekly guests.
Wednesday 15th December 2004:
7:00pm - 10:00pm Sydney (Wednesday night)
5:00pm - 8:00pm Tokyo (Wednesday evening)
8:00am - 11:00am England (Wednesday morning)
12:00am - 3:00am Los Angeles (Wednesday night)
3:00am - 6:00am New York (Very Wednesday night)
This shows timezone should be suitable for listeners in Australia, Tokyo and England.
Next we turn our attention to hardcore North America, for the North American Hardcore Movement with DJ's Milo, Comet, Apollo and Virus. This weeks show features a special 2 hour session from The Blizzard Boyz from Blizzard Records!
1st hour - Comet
2nd & 3rd hour - The Blizzard Boyz
4th hour - Apollo
The fun starts:
Wednesday 15th December 2004:
USA PST - Los Angeles, San Francisco:
3:00pm (Wednesday)
USA EST - New York, Toronto:
6:00pm (Wednesday)
UK GMT - England, Scotland:
11:00pm (Wednesday)
Japan - Tokyo, Osaka:
8:00am (Thursday)
Australia - Sydney, Brisbane:
10:00am (Thursday)
Germany - Berlin:
12:00am (Midnight Thursday)
Rangoon - ??
5:30am (Thursday morning)
This shows timezone should be suitable for listeners in Australia, Tokyo and North America. |
|
| Click to discuss this resource |
|
| 2004/12/14 |
| Pre-order: M-Project - The threshold of consciousness |
|
At HappyHardcore.com we have pulled all stops in the last few months to try and get some Japanese hardcore out to the world, stuff that would never normally make it from the Japanese homeland with amazing popularity. This time we have managed again to secure a limited amount of the new album from M-Project entitled The threshold of consciousness (tracklist). If your a listener of HappyHardcore.com radio you should know the name M-Project. This new album is DJ mixed and contains back to back self produced tracks.
Hold onto your shorts we have also secured more of the unmixed Hardcore Junkieee CD (tracklist), the last time we did a pre-order on this sucker we sold out under 12 hours! We have in a larger amount of limited stock this time around but again if you want one make sure to order ASAP.
Both items are on pre-order until December 27th 2004 or until sold out so order now.
M-Project - The threshold of consciousness
|
|
|
| 2004/12/13 |
| Where's DJ Demand? |
|
Ever wondered what happened to hardcore producer and DJ Demand? We have spotted Demand on a new release on AATW. Interesting fact is that AATW (a commerical dance label) are promoting him as a hardcore DJ, further evidence AATW is pushing hardcore. Demand is releasing the track under the name Escape together with vocalist Marie, who also sang on AATW cover version of Paradise & Dreams. The debut single on the new group is called Flying Away. Good luck Demand!
DJ Demand in demand
|
|
|
|
|
| 2004/12/11 |
| Go ballistic one more time |
|
Ballistic Bootlegs have announced their next coming track, expect it in all good hardcore stores shortly.
BOOTS002
A: Anonymous - Moving 2004
AA: Anonymous - Ready To Fly
|
|
|
| 2004/12/07 |
| Hardcore Heaven + Bonkers 14 |
|
News from Resist is that they will be taking over the Hardcore Heaven CD series and distribution. The next CD in the series will not be any particular number as Resist have chosen to restart the series. The first of the new hardcore heaven CD series from Resist will be released February 2005.
In other Resist news Bonkers 14 is scheduled for release end of April 2005. No word on the other DJ's mixing Bonkers 14, expect two discs to be Hixxy & Sharkey. |
|
|
| 2004/12/07 |
| This week HappyHardcore.com radio live to air shows |
|
This Wednesday night / Thursday morning depending where you are in the world we once again open the flood gates on HappyHardcore.com radio and release some wicked live to air shows.
First up CPX Radio.
CPX Radio broadcasting from Sydney, Australia and featuring the DJing talents of DJ's Weaver (Raver Baby), Carlo, Suae, Tom-E + special weekly guests. This week CPX Radio is exclusivly broadcast on HappyHardcore.com!
Wednesday 8th December 2004:
7:00pm - 10:00pm Sydney (Wednesday night)
5:00pm - 8:00pm Tokyo (Wednesday evening)
8:00am - 11:00am England (Wednesday morning)
12:00am - 3:00am Los Angeles (Wednesday night)
3:00am - 6:00am New York (Very Wednesday night)
This shows timezone should be suitable for listeners in Australia, Tokyo and England.
Next we turn our attention to hardcore North America, for the North American Hardcore Movement with DJ's Virus, Comet, Milo, and Apollo. This weeks show features a special 2 hour session from Ac Slater and the pitchup up crew.
1st hour - Virus
2nd & 3rd hour - AC Slater & The Pitched up crew
4th hour - Milo
The fun starts:
Wednesday 8th December 2004:
USA PST - Los Angeles, San Francisco:
3:00pm (Wednesday)
USA EST - New York, Toronto:
6:00pm (Wednesday)
UK GMT - England, Scotland:
11:00pm (Wednesday)
Japan - Tokyo, Osaka:
8:00am (Thursday)
Australia - Sydney, Brisbane:
10:00am (Thursday)
Germany - Berlin:
12:00am (Midnight Thursday)
This shows timezone should be suitable for listeners in Australia, Tokyo and North America.
Keep it locked! |
|
|
| 2004/12/07 |
| Frisky & Hujib believe it |
|
A new promo track by Frisky and Hujib has hit the net for everyone's to checkout. No release date or label yet.
Audio (Streaming MP3):
Frisky & Hujib - Believe |
|
|
| 2004/12/06 |
| Order: Limited blue MasterWax slipmat sets |
|
HappyHardcore.com and MasterWax records are giving you the chance to pickup an extremely limited blue edition MasterWax slipmat set (2 mats). As you can see the artwork below on the slipmat is amazing, what's more is that this artwork was commissioned for this slipmat design, yes that's right, this is not a scan of someone else work, it is not a rip off of someone else's work it is artwork drawn by a Japanese manga artist especially for these mats. MasterWax records have only made 25 sets of this rare blue edition collectors item and you can only buy it from HappyHardcore.com direct.
MasterWax went all out for these slipmat's quality wise. The slipmat's themselves are a baby soft material that caress the vinyl while offering exactly the right degree of slip and control. Manufactured with a mix of synthetic and natural fiber blends to create a super soft but resilient fabric with just the right amount of give. Unlike the mass produced "scouring pad" slipmats these slipmats were printed using the very latest techniques which leave no tactile print on the surface of the slipmat - the slipmats are as soft and smooth on the surface as they were prior to the print because the inks are transferred deep into the fibers, rather like a rug or carpet. The slipmat's have no plastic feel or appearance, these are the real deal!
We are selling a set (2 mats) including world wide shipping for 3,800 Japanese Yen which is axp. 19 UK Pounds / USD$37.20 / 27.70 Euro / CAD $44.40 / AUD $47.70.
These slipmat's look so good we did not want to sell them! Due to the limited nature this offer we are only offering them for sale for 5 days, we are sure we will sell out before that so if you want a set please order as soon as possible. Orders finish December 10th 2004 or when stock runs out so click the graphic or click here to order.
Please note: A set includes 2 slipmats.
Artwork + Real photo - absolutely no color difference after print!
|
|
|
| 2004/12/02 |
| Live shows over for this week |
|
Thanks to everyone that tuned into the live shows this week, we actually peaked at over 700 listeners for the time slot and managed to break our server listener counter in the process. The counter will be back up shortly.
Update 2004/12/03:: The radio listener counter is back working again. |
|
|
NEWS ARCHIVE