Really digging transcend - domination at the moment jay. The breakdown into fast acid hoover section is the most impressive thing i've ever heard in production for some time. Amazing track :)
_Jay_
Ahh mate, Domination is sick. I bought it a few weeks ago myself, and along with Ice Cream by Douglas, and Think Again by A.B & SynthWulf - I've had it on repeat constantly.
Some of the Freeform around at the moment is just sensational. And having been to a few events with lots of Freeform lately - it's really stepped up my interest in it. So good.
Where abouts in the UK are you mate? Do you get out to raves much?
Phobz
Yeah mate as soon as I heard that track I stuck it in my basket and had a big smiley face - freeform seems like the most work goes into the music for me. Always sounds so technical. Amazing stuff.
I'm in Warrington it's smack bang in the middle of Manchester / Liverpool. I've only been to about 5 or 6 raves roughly. Furthest i've travelled is to birmingham for NEC arena and the Carling Academy there. I only seem to get out on NYE's - my friends around here are not really into raving :(
_Jay_
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
Yeah mate as soon as I heard that track I stuck it in my basket and had a big smiley face - freeform seems like the most work goes into the music for me. Always sounds so technical. Amazing stuff.
It does all sound so good and polished, doesn't it? Sounds incredible on big systems at raves.
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
I'm in Warrington it's smack bang in the middle of Manchester / Liverpool. I've only been to about 5 or 6 raves roughly. Furthest i've travelled is to birmingham for NEC arena and the Carling Academy there. I only seem to get out on NYE's - my friends around here are not really into raving :(
Only a couple of my mate-mates are into raving, and even they rarely come with me. I just meet up with the guys on here, or other raving mates I've met before - or just go on my own. :-) If you ever fancied coming down to one of these amazing London events that are flying about at the moment - you'd be more than welcome to join us for beers and ravings :-) You should.
Phobz
It's crazy when I listen to some of the early day freeform to what's being produced now. Music boundaries keep getting pushed beyond anything I ever thought would happen.
That does sound cool to do mate - I won't be far of getting my driving license so it would make things so much easier getting there (and probably cheaper). Currently out of action (jobless) but may have a job on the horizon soon so hopefully all goes well and I can get down to some London events and have a good time with everyone :)
I always see jacek coming to london on facebook. Now that is a hardcore raver travelling all that way!
Mortis
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
I'm in Warrington it's smack bang in the middle of Manchester / Liverpool. I've only been to about 5 or 6 raves roughly. Furthest i've travelled is to birmingham for NEC arena and the Carling Academy there. I only seem to get out on NYE's - my friends around here are not really into raving :(
If you travel to Liverpool Chris Big Worm puts on a night in Birkenhead called Horizon. It's mostly gabber but you get UKH too. He gets some really big names to play too. In Manchester you have TLI which is also a good night.
_Jay_
I'm the same as you then mate, not a million miles away from being able to drive as well :-)
I was just thinking earlier - if you can spare just a few quid, me and a load of guys from the forum and some of my mates are going to be going to Stomp in Leeds on April 12th, Less than a tenner to get in, and not a million miles away from you :-)
Yeah, always had a soft spot for that one. Got to be pushing five or six years old now, that one.
Mate, Serenade is unreal. Had the pleasure of hearing that at a rave before - was amazing. That's my upload actually :-) Stuck it up a few weeks ago when I realised it wasn't on YouTube at all!
lol @ that bootleg. It's pretty bloody addictive!
Phobz
Haha cool I didn't even notice hehe - I bought 3 of his tracks in one pop, awesome stuff :D
It is quite addictive, I especially like the final break when it comes in he does a little twist on the riff.
I think It's Al Storm and Kutski. They had funny names on the HU4 mix too. Slutski and Al Porn I think
Phobz
It's not, it's someone completely different. Check his pics.
Warnman
Simply to show Breakbeat and Hardcore the way it's raveable:
Damn, I love stuff like this one.
_Jay_
Oh. My. Biscuits.
Bought this today. Don't actually think I'd heard it before?! The man is unbelievable. I mean, truly unbelievable.
Plus System - Na Na Na:
C.Kay
The B-Side to Commence. Very underplayed. Other than Scott himself, Styles played it a few times i remember, pretty sure Breeze did as well.
Everything from that era of EVO was gold, to be fair
Hard2Get
quote:Originally posted by _Jay_:
Oh. My. Biscuits.
Bought this today. Don't actually think I'd heard it before?! The man is unbelievable. I mean, truly unbelievable.
Plus System - Na Na Na:
It was in a Cloudskipper set that was uploaded and you asked for it to be ID'd.
_Jay_
quote:Originally posted by C.Kay:
The B-Side to Commence. Very underplayed. Other than Scott himself, Styles played it a few times i remember, pretty sure Breeze did as well.
Everything from that era of EVO was gold, to be fair
Agreed man. Just unparalleled.
quote:Originally posted by Hard2Get:
It was in a Cloudskipper set that was uploaded and you asked for it to be ID'd.
Just had to check! So I did! Idiot.
Phobz
keep forgetting the words to that track :P
kathryn
wong
not a big fan of na na na, either way it's another one you missed out on unmixed from the hardwired albums
Didn't even know this tune existed till a min ago thanks to Slipmatt's FB page.
I have it on Masters @ Work 2. Wasn't aware of it existing anywhere else.
Slipmatt believes the copy he has just found may be the only copy in the world.
_Jay_
quote:Originally posted by wong:
not a big fan of na na na, either way it's another one you missed out on unmixed from the hardwired albums
Been looking at the tracklist for the Hardwired albums today. I've missed out on LOADS of tunage I could have had earlier. Christ knows why I never bought any of them! I will buy them in the near future though.
kathryn
quote:Originally posted by _Jay_:
quote:Originally posted by wong:
not a big fan of na na na, either way it's another one you missed out on unmixed from the hardwired albums
Been looking at the tracklist for the Hardwired albums today. I've missed out on LOADS of tunage I could have had earlier. Christ knows why I never bought any of them! I will buy them in the near future though.
Jay a tune for you you might like at 53.00 onwards>>
quote:Originally posted by wong:
not a big fan of na na na, either way it's another one you missed out on unmixed from the hardwired albums
Been looking at the tracklist for the Hardwired albums today. I've missed out on LOADS of tunage I could have had earlier. Christ knows why I never bought any of them! I will buy them in the near future though.
Jay a tune for you you might like at 53.00 onwards>>
But nah, seriously. Really, really beautiful track! Thanks a lot for that :-)
should of gone to specsavers
thought you would like it
Phobz
Quest - Images of you
Lovely song :)
_Jay_
Gorgeous track!
Here's mine, uploaded earlier by yours truly (Matt pointed out that it wasn't on YouTube - which is criminal!). A magnificent piece from The Legend.
Hardcore Authority - Hollow Soul:
Phobz
What a track Jay! Damn some good tunes especially around that time! Especially love Ghosts - what a tune! Out of all the hardcore tunes I just can't seem to get enough of JHAL -Without you... just because I grew up as a kid waiting for hardcore hour on stu allan key 103 sets when I was younger. That song captured me as soon as I heard it fell in love with hardcore. Along with Charlie Lownoise & Mental Theo - Wonderful days (Trance Remix) and my fav song ever Fade - Freedom (Frantic remix). If it wasn't for Stu Allan maybe I would of been into POP!!! NOOOO!!! HAHA. Thankfully not. I knew from about the age of 8 I was a weird one. I wouldn't like any music - then I heard Wanna be an hippy on tv music channel. I knew that was the sounds needed for me :D Then not long after I heard the best album ever on a tv ad. Straight town and got my hands on Moondance the album. WOW!!! So much magical happy hardcore on the force & styles disc. Truly one of the best cd's ever released!
How did you get into hardcore Jay - that was basically it for me, I kind of had an addiction for fast music but at the time I didn't know what it actually was. So there search was horrible. I listened to stuff like barbie girl thinking it was the bees kness cause it was quick. HAHA god i'm sad!!!
_Jay_
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
What a track Jay! Damn some good tunes especially around that time! Especially love Ghosts - what a tune! Out of all the hardcore tunes I just can't seem to get enough of JHAL -Without you... just because I grew up as a kid waiting for hardcore hour on stu allan key 103 sets when I was younger. That song captured me as soon as I heard it fell in love with hardcore. Along with Charlie Lownoise & Mental Theo - Wonderful days (Trance Remix) and my fav song ever Fade - Freedom (Frantic remix). If it wasn't for Stu Allan maybe I would of been into POP!!! NOOOO!!! HAHA. Thankfully not. I knew from about the age of 8 I was a weird one. I wouldn't like any music - then I heard Wanna be an hippy on tv music channel. I knew that was the sounds needed for me :D Then not long after I heard the best album ever on a tv ad. Straight town and got my hands on Moondance the album. WOW!!! So much magical happy hardcore on the force & styles disc. Truly one of the best cd's ever released!
How did you get into hardcore Jay - that was basically it for me, I kind of had an addiction for fast music but at the time I didn't know what it actually was. So there search was horrible. I listened to stuff like barbie girl thinking it was the bees kness cause it was quick. HAHA god i'm sad!!!
Ahh mate, it's an unreal tune - and I basically only really found out about it since The Legend uploaded some more back catalogue stuff recently. It's so fcuking good. Like, ludicrously good.
But yeah, Hardcore initiations. At 8 you knew - well, at least knew you didn't like normal stuff. That's mad - I don't ever recall anything as clear cut as that, not that early, anyway. My musical background is pretty mixed (in terms of embarrassment levels lol). My parents didn't really pass on any of their preferences to me, really. We used to go to Cornwall every year, and they used to have Wet Wet Wet, Simply Red and Gloria Estefan on repeat (year after year, literally). You'd think that'd be enough to make me hate them (the music, not my parents lol) but I actually really like all three of those artists/groups to this day.
In terms of my own personal development. God I started out listening to some real shit. I'll see your Barbie Girl and raise you a Robbie Williams. Used to love his stuff. Still actually do (completely indefensible, I know). His new stuff is dog shit, but I like the old stuff. I used to listen to a lot of Michael Jackson. We're talking like early secondary school years - like 1999/2000. Then, I started getting into a mixture of pop-punk/ska (New Found Glory, Jimmy Eat World, Get Up Kids, Less Than Jake, Blink etc. etc.), and I also started listening to some Trance. Just loads of shit thefted from Lime-wire. My mum's best mate's son is five years older than me, and he used to take me and my mate's to gigs in mid-week in London - like Blink and New Found etc. I think he found out I had Dancin' In The Rain on a shit CD I'd made myself (not having any idea what the fcuk it was, or what Happy Hardcore was). So he leant me his copy of Vibes' mix on Bonkers 6. And that was IT. Fcuk me. That's where my love affair with Night Driving started, and, more importantly, Hardcore in general.
I think that was 2003, very roughly. Then he leant me his entire Bonkers collection over the next few years and I started to realise that this was it. Nothing compared. At all. Used to go round to his and get pissed up and listen to him mix. I used to make him play Still The One and Every Time I Close My Eyes relentlessly. It was those big sexy fcuking vocal numbers that really pulled me in. Ahh it was a magical, magical time.
My only regret is not getting involved in the community element earlier. I went to raves with him and basically only him. Chatted to people at raves, but never met regulars or made raving mates. And I certainly didn't look online! It wasn't until 2008 I joined on here - and then fell in love with Deano (DMS) whilst I was out in Vietnam (using this site a lot) during 2010. Then we met up for a rave when I got back, and thus began a series of awesome raves and friend-making experiences with guys from on here and other rave-regulars over the last 18 months. Truly been such good fun to become friends with all these different people. And that's why I wish I'd done that MUCH earlier.
Blimey, you only wanted to know how I got into it. Given you my fcuking life story there!!
_Jay_
Hardcore Authority - Definition Of A Badboy:
jimmyhypa
Been listening to this clip over the last couple of day's after hearing Cruze and Darts play it.
This just came out yesterday. I had no expectation that it would be good based on the title and the first few seconds....then the kick came in and i was like "godDAMN Joey" (in a good way).
quote:Originally posted by MaidenV:
This just came out yesterday. I had no expectation that it would be good based on the title and the first few seconds....then the kick came in and i was like "godDAMN Joey" (in a good way).
Yeah, I saw that too man. Probably wouldn't buy it, but that'd be a good one to hear at 5am on the dancefloor when you need a slap in the mushki! "MUST STOMP MORE".
_Jay_
So much energy and momentum. Loving this at the moment.
Nick 235 & NarKotiK - The Chant:
DJ Hellfury
whenever I see Nick 235 I have to think on this:
_Jay_
Not sure I've ever heard that, actually mate. It's good, though! Could do with a bit more momentum, but it's still a good tune.
I must really go through the entire Nu Energy back-catalogue one day - pick up some classics.
DJ Hellfury
quote:Originally posted by _Jay_:
I must really go through the entire Nu Energy back-catalogue one day - pick up some classics.
I spend an hour browsing through when I purchased my 37 tracks, you should get the NUNRG100 release, it's a must have!
Phobz
Cool Jay it's great hardcore only music that makes have a tingle inside lol. I never really had a thing for pop music when I was younger but I had heard all that stuff. Overheard Celine Dion and Michael Jackson because my mum was addicted and we had no choice in the matter :)
Ohhh James Venus - Night Driving! What a track, I had a James Venus tune on Absolute Hardcore 3 - wicked cd.
Yeah man I get that community thing. I used to run a site with jacek and scott bounce ages ago but life changed so much and didn't have access to internet no more and money bleh. I couldn't run it longer but I really regret it now because it was pretty wicked and the amount of work we all put into it. Kind of pisses me off now :(((
I never really knew what hardcore was until the internet was getting affordable lol. I just managed to listen to it through stu allen on key 103 lol.
I've heard about your love for DMS actually lol - seen some emoticons made haha made me chuckle ^^
Oh and I had to throw this tune on here: I noticed you posted a comment on this one Jay. Can listen to this song over and over. Amazing :)
Edit: Fixed link
jimmyhypa
quote:
you should get the NUNRG100 release, it's a must have!
Agreed, well worth the money.
Phobz
Quality isn't great but damn what a beautiful track! Totally uplifting :)
_Jay_
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
Yeah man I get that community thing. I used to run a site with jacek and scott bounce ages ago but life changed so much and didn't have access to internet no more and money bleh. I couldn't run it longer but I really regret it now because it was pretty wicked and the amount of work we all put into it. Kind of pisses me off now :(((
I didn't know that! What was it called? Shame you had to stop.
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
I've heard about your love for DMS actually lol - seen some emoticons made haha made me chuckle ^^
lol! Yeah, he's a decent bloke (5/10 [on a good day])! We haven't had a beer since November, so be good to see him in April for Stomp, in Leeds.
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
Oh and I had to throw this tune on here: I noticed you posted a comment on this one Jay. Can listen to this song over and over. Amazing :)
Ahh mate, yes. Love that track!
quote:Originally posted by jimmyhypa:
quote:
you should get the NUNRG100 release, it's a must have!
Agreed, well worth the money.
I remember it being released when I was out in Asia. I vaguely had it in my mind that I bought the download version of it. I bought My Rave which was out a similar time. Maybe I didn't buy 100 after all. No way to check my order history now, since HardBeats Store is defunct. Maybe I've got an e-mail receipt!
But yeah, I may well buy that again then :-)
Phobz
It was a site called hhcaddictz we used to put all our own mixes and productions up and some other bits :)
Yeah matey that rave looks good, leeds is only an hour tops from me so i'm going to try to get there if possible. I will let you know sooner the date though it be nice to meet everyone.
jimmyhypa
Been listening to this on Vinyljunkies Breakbeat Warfare 2 mix off his soundcloud for the last couple of days.
Hard2Get
'Concrete Jungle Mix' haha, i like it. Reminds me of when someone from South America came into the chat some years ago and was using a translator to speak. He called Jungle 'tropical music'.
jimmyhypa
I imagine a tropical rave would be like this.
DJ Hellfury
quote:Originally posted by jimmyhypa:
I imagine a tropical rave would be like this.
HTID In the Sun 2014 - Hawaii
DJ Hellfury
Marc Smith - Encounters
_Jay_
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
It was a site called hhcaddictz we used to put all our own mixes and productions up and some other bits :)
Yeah matey that rave looks good, leeds is only an hour tops from me so i'm going to try to get there if possible. I will let you know sooner the date though it be nice to meet everyone.
The name definitely rings a bell, but I can't really remember. What year did you call it a day?
Yeah, quality man! That'd be brilliant if you could make it :-) Add me on facefcuk innit :-)
Hixxy & Bananaman - Forever Together (Evolve Remix)
AWWW YEAH
1st tune on Bonkers 3, top track.
First top tune of the best hardcore album*
fixed
kathryn
_Jay_
MASSIVE tune Kathryn!! First Gabber track I ever bought. :-)
kathryn
quote:Originally posted by _Jay_:
MASSIVE tune Kathryn!! First Gabber track I ever bought. :-)
_Jay_
Every time I hear this tune it takes me back to two occasions on the dancefloor. One at I Love Hard Beats and one at Hardcore Underground. The track is beautiful in its own right, but on the dancefloor it's got monstrous quantities of energy, as well as that emotionally-charged breakdown and build. Utterly fcuking perfect - and two of the most special moments of my raving life, so far. Will be hard to beat.
jD-KiD - Unforgettable:
skarr
quote:Originally posted by _Jay_:
Every time I hear this tune it takes me back to two occasions on the dancefloor. One at I Love Hard Beats and one at Hardcore Underground. The track is beautiful in its own right, but on the dancefloor it's got monstrous quantities of energy, as well as that emotionally-charged breakdown and build. Utterly fcuking perfect - and two of the most special moments of my raving life, so far. Will be hard to beat.
jD-KiD - Unforgettable:
wow, what an absolutely amazing tune
Phobz
quote:Originally posted by _Jay_:
The name definitely rings a bell, but I can't really remember. What year did you call it a day?
Yeah, quality man! That'd be brilliant if you could make it :-) Add me on facefcuk innit :-)
I think it was either late 2006 or in 2007. I can't really remember it's quite a while back now.
I've just added you on facebook :)
_Jay_
Nice one man, got ya :-)
jimmyhypa
What a tune... another vinyl I'm going to be dusting off.
kathryn
Been listening to good old Bouncy Techno this morning and this is 1 of my fave's
1995
_Jay_
JB-C - Journey To The Cosmos:
_Jay_
Blaze - Til The Day:
DJ D-Luc-D
I got this album in the post yesterday, and while I've known about and listened to this track for ages, now that I own it it's my track of the day :P
Some other really good stuff on there too by DJ Shimamura, TANUKI, kors k etc., from quite a while ago :P
piumaki
quote:Originally posted by Phobz:
Cool Jay it's great hardcore only music that makes have a tingle inside lol. I never really had a thing for pop music when I was younger but I had heard all that stuff. Overheard Celine Dion and Michael Jackson because my mum was addicted and we had no choice in the matter :)
Ohhh James Venus - Night Driving! What a track, I had a James Venus tune on Absolute Hardcore 3 - wicked cd.
Yeah man I get that community thing. I used to run a site with jacek and scott bounce ages ago but life changed so much and didn't have access to internet no more and money bleh. I couldn't run it longer but I really regret it now because it was pretty wicked and the amount of work we all put into it. Kind of pisses me off now :(((
I never really knew what hardcore was until the internet was getting affordable lol. I just managed to listen to it through stu allen on key 103 lol.
I've heard about your love for DMS actually lol - seen some emoticons made haha made me chuckle ^^
Oh and I had to throw this tune on here: I noticed you posted a comment on this one Jay. Can listen to this song over and over. Amazing :)
Edit: Fixed link
What a beautiful tune!
Phobz
@piamuki
Love the synth sounds in that song so nice and the arpy plucky sounds. Really enjoy listening to unique sounds.
This is a wicked track. The original is pretty nice too. Break in this is godly.
kathryn
Good afternoon HappyHardcore.com people
Here's 1 for today been on replay
oh and a cheeky 1 here>
_Jay_
Auscore - Here We Go (Andy Dee TranceKore Remix):
Phobz
quote:Originally posted by kathryn:
Good afternoon HappyHardcore.com people
Here's 1 for today been on replay
very nice!
quote:Originally posted by kathryn:
oh and a cheeky 1 here>
This seems to have died :(
@jay
Wicked track mate - Andy Dee is an awesome producer. He keeps on impressing!
That's because for some reason, people insist on embedding videos.
DJ Hellfury
quote:Originally posted by Hard2Get:
That's because for some reason, people insist on embedding videos.
It's the more comfortable way because you need one mausclick less or / and don't need another tab. If forum could handle drag&drop you would need only one mouseclick. Not pointing out that (all) users are lazy but they tend to be, which cause trouble in such threads, til silver fix this issue with advanced quick reply or auto-convert embedded vids into links in overview.
Hard2Get
Surely it's much easier to copy and paste a link than it is to copy and paste a link, edit out the first part and then add the youtube code thing? :P
DJ Hellfury
quote:Originally posted by Hard2Get:
Surely it's much easier to copy and paste a link than it is to copy and paste a link, edit out the first part and then add the youtube code thing? :P
Youtube embedded method:
0) start at youtube tab
1) Click on adress bar
2) Doubleclick on last part from youtube link (if it's something like "gJ1Mz7kGVf0" without any -)
3,4) Strg+C
5) Switch to hhc.com tab
6,7) Strg+V
8,9) Doubeclick on copied part (if it's something like "gJ1Mz7kGVf0" without any -)
10) click on
11) post new reply
Url + Name Method:
0) Start at youtube tab
1) Click on adress bar
2,3) Strg+A
4,5) Strg+C
6) Switch to hhc.com tab
7,8) Strg+V
9) Pos 1
10,11) [Alt Gr] + 8
12,13,14,15) url=
16) [Alt Gr] + 9
17) Switch to youtube tab
18) Mark tune name with Left-Mouseclick
19,20) Strg+C
21) Switch to hhc.com tab
22) Left-Mouseclick right after ]
23,24) Strg+V
25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33) [Alt Gr] + 8, [Shift] + 7, url, [Alt Gr] + 9 ..... for [/url]
34) post new reply
Ok, it's more than I thought
Edit:
Url method:
0) Start at youtube tab
1) Click on adress bar
2,3) Strg+A
4,5) Strg+C
6) Switch to hhc.com tab
7,8) Strg+V
9,10) 2x Enter
11-?? (Depending on how much you want to type for tune description)) typing File name
12 or ??) post new reply
Ofc. you dont need steps 9,10,11 but people tend to not click on links without description!
Other users tend to use youtube method because:
1) they don't give a damn about forum ("if it lags -> new thread")
2) They don't need to click on click and wait before
2.1) another tab comes in and
2.2) load video
Another reason why I badly want World Heavyweight Freeform.
Warnman
quote:Originally posted by Josephson_Junction:
Another reason why I badly want World Heavyweight Freeform.
That's my personal most loved modern Freeform track! <3 <3 <3
don_simon3000
i know this comes way too late, but i just found it today...
should have been the track of "8th april 2013"
maybe someone with time and talent could nightcore this one? :P
DJ Hellfury
quote:Originally posted by don_simon3000:
maybe someone with time and talent could nightcorethis one? :P
That line hurts.
don_simon3000
why?
DJ Hellfury
quote:Originally posted by don_simon3000:
why?
because nightcore is just timestreched / pitched up, chipmunk music
_Jay_
I always forget just how much I like this track. Which is nice in a way, because I'm always really happy whenever I see it in a folder on my laptop and think "Oooooohhhh yeah, actually - I do fancy a quick spin with Gordon & Gams!!!"
1995 
