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Charco
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 Posted - 2004/11/21 : 22:53:00
I've heard a few tunes by critical mass....anyone know where I can get any CD's? Where are they based? -I'm guessing U.S.A??
Their tune "Happy Generation" is a proper uplifting tune....need to hear more. Ideas where I can buy this?....suppose I should have really looked before asking...hooray for bein lazy.
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Mortis
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 Posted - 2004/11/21 : 23:43:20
I thought they where from Holland, my fav tune is Burnin' Love (the version that Stu Allan used to play, think it was the Ham Remix)
Just found this on Discogs.com....
Critical Mass was a dutch Rave/Happy Hardcore group from the Mid-Nineties.
Critical Mass was formed in 1994 by 2 Gabbaproducers, Ed Bout and Dave Hasselaar.
ID&T records (the centre of hardcore at that time) wanted a live act for gabbaparties.
At the beginning both producers where the act by themselves but not much later they integrated the singer
Ludmilla Odijk and the rapper Danny Haenraets alias MC Energy.
At the end of 1995 they got a hit with "Dancin' Together".
In 1996 3 big hits followed: "Burnin' Love", "Believe In The Future" and "Happy Generation".
They wanted to have success in whole Europe but that failed because ID&T was an underground gabba label in those years and had no professional marketing strategies. But they had big popularity at raves and gabba parties.
In 1997 another single followed called "Together In Dreams". The Summer of 1997 was the highlight of gabba music
but in the autumn of that year it fell down.
In 1999 the group tried again with a trance single called "In Your Eyes", it became a clubhit.
"In Your Eyes" and "Together in Dreams" (both being eurotrance tracks, and not happy hardcore) were picked up by Byte Records. Byte Records is one of the major Belgian labels that brought around 2 Unlimited, Sylver, D-Devils, and many others. But even Byte failed to make Critical Mass succeed.
When hardcore began to live again in the underground Ed and Dave decided to quit with it and go back to their roots.
Critical Mass - "I Your Eyes" ("In Your Eyes") was released in Spain by Virtual Records in 2003.
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mark-ireland
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Posted - 2004/11/22 : 00:16:52
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my fav tune is Burnin' Love
I agree its a proper tune.
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whispering
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Posted - 2004/11/22 : 10:07:14
Lots of info about Critical Mass -> http://www.danceartistinfo.com/critical.htm
That text in discogs was ripped of from there.
Anyway try to find the CD singles second hand. But note that there are other bands called Critical Mass, so check from the link i gave that they have that single before you buy it (unless you can see the cover). Also dont pay too much for them, as they arent that rare. I've seen people ask 40$ for Burnin Love, and i paid like 0.80€ for it :)
Anyway, you can probably find them second hand from http://www.amazon.de
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Charco
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Posted - 2004/11/22 : 13:07:25
Thanks Mortis and Whispering....greatly appreciated. cheers!! 
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Posted - 2004/11/22 : 16:22:56
I've got the CD single of 'Burnin love' for sale.
8 mixes - top stuff!
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Charco
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Posted - 2004/11/22 : 23:17:27
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Originally posted by djDMS:
I've got the CD single of 'Burnin love' for sale.
8 mixes - top stuff!
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Arguably one of the best
How mus=ch would you be asking for it? Could you get a samply of it up so I could hear it?
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Go Here: http://www.ionosphere.co.uk or here: http://www.sbthq.net . Happy? You should be!! And of course: My tunes: http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=230636&T=6580
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Posted - 2004/11/22 : 23:22:10
happy generation is a crazy fun song hehe, definatly one of my favorites
that one and belive in the future.
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Charco
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Posted - 2004/11/23 : 00:22:01
quote:
Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
happy generation is a crazy fun song hehe, definatly one of my favorites
that one and belive in the future.
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Totally agree with that!! 
Heard "Happy Generation" on the radio on this site a few days ago...absolutely sweet tune!!! I love that kind of uplifting hardcore!!
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26 and 6 = 1.
Unity and Peace
Go Here: http://www.ionosphere.co.uk or here: http://www.sbthq.net . Happy? You should be!! And of course: My tunes: http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=230636&T=6580
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Mental Case
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Posted - 2004/11/23 : 23:16:54
I think I've heard some better versions of happy generation, I mean the original.. it doesn't sound that great Its still kinda fun but it sounds a bit too much effort into the vocals.. wheras the other version I heard sounded more.. fast and chipmonkey on vocals. Plus the whole tune was slightly better.
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silver
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Posted - 2004/11/24 : 03:21:58
Didn't they have some tracks on the hardcore cheedar vs hardcore terror from rumour records?
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Posted - 2004/11/24 : 05:41:00
this is the version im chatting about
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Knightmare
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Posted - 2004/12/15 : 12:16:04
doesn't work.
anyway, my fave is "can't stop" followed by "happy generation" and "burnin' love (the prophet mix)"
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