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DjZelous
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 Posted - 2016/11/09 : 13:21:17
Ive got a few Hard House records from the 90's and they are slammers! Distored kicks and all
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DJ Sketchy
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Posted - 2016/11/09 : 13:44:39
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I used to love Hard House! There was a real boom for it in Bristol. Lots of clubs playing it. I got a few bookings playing Hard House too! Wotsee used to book me and my brother Compulsion to DJ it. Hixxy once said, after hearing one of our sets, he had never heard anything like it before! :)
We had a very big following in Bournemouth as well. I knew a few people from Southampton and Portsmouth who where very big on Hard House, even more so than Hardcore and there seems to be some ties to the Hampshire scene. Southampton also had Brisk who played Hard House under Stimulant DJ and well known clubs such as the Opera House used to host Slinky which was at it's peak around the time I was leaving school.
We have had some minor following for DnB as well and by 2005 everyone went all UK Hardcore mad. The local 'chavs' where going nuts over Darren Styles and Raverbaby and Hardcore over took Hard House at the local events.
I had also been to a few dingy underground clubs which where more geared towards Hard House and Hardstyle as well. Later Dubstep took off and local events started following that instead and a lot of big clubs have closed down or reformed as smaller bars A lot of student haunts seem to be common in Bournemouth now, a lot of these trendy places that play either mainstream or live music and a few of these 'Hipsters' hanging around who go to either Bournemouth University or Arts University Bournemouth and some of the graduates who remain in the local area along with the local 'middle class kids' of London commuters with little or know interest in real EDM.
Yeah the Bristol scene died off too. Then Hardcore took over. Now it's mostly D&B nights and big events like Cream most popular in Bristol. Hardcore still has a good presence in Bristol though. Just it's not a big as it once was.
Bristol was said to be a big player in the rave scene early on. My guess is it has followed the recent UK trendy of smaller bars against big clubs?
Bristol still is a big player for Hardcore. Just not as big as it was, as Hardcore used to be HUGE down here. Yeah lots of trendy bars!
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Smoogie
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Posted - 2016/11/09 : 14:07:52
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Bristol still is a big player for Hardcore. Just not as big as it was, as Hardcore used to be HUGE down here. Yeah lots of trendy bars!
I was one of the first people of my age group to discover Hardcore and then all these chavs started copying me lol
I have actually got hold of some Old Skool sets from some Bristol area DJs. I think Vinyl Junkie was a Bristolian?
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DJ Sketchy
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Posted - 2016/11/09 : 14:17:51
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Originally posted by Smoogie:
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Originally posted by DJ Sketchy:
Bristol still is a big player for Hardcore. Just not as big as it was, as Hardcore used to be HUGE down here. Yeah lots of trendy bars!
I was one of the first people of my age group to discover Hardcore and then all these chavs started copying me lol
I have actually got hold of some Old Skool sets from some Bristol area DJs. I think Vinyl Junkie was a Bristolian?
Yeah Vinyljunkie lives in Bristol! I miss those years when Hardcore had its resurgence... I hope it happens again!
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Smoogie
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Posted - 2016/11/09 : 14:30:55
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Originally posted by DJ Sketchy:
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Originally posted by Smoogie:
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Originally posted by DJ Sketchy:
Bristol still is a big player for Hardcore. Just not as big as it was, as Hardcore used to be HUGE down here. Yeah lots of trendy bars!
I was one of the first people of my age group to discover Hardcore and then all these chavs started copying me lol
I have actually got hold of some Old Skool sets from some Bristol area DJs. I think Vinyl Junkie was a Bristolian?
Yeah Vinyljunkie lives in Bristol! I miss those years when Hardcore had its resurgence... I hope it happens again!
Vinyl Junkie plays tunes like 'Sub Love - and then some' which was a tune from a Bristol artist.
I am not sure if there would be a resurgence of Hardcore. There is still interest in it as I even see a few more people posting here than I have seen for a long time
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djgraemeb
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Posted - 2016/11/09 : 22:46:34
I loved the hard house stuff from the 2000s, most of it that I liked was from hardcore producers. Stimulant DJs were awesome and the stuff on Billy Bunters label, Honey Pot Hard, was really good.
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Cyrax
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Posted - 2016/11/11 : 09:30:00
Old monotonous Hard House yes please, the stuff that Andy Farley used to play which was 10 minutes of what sounded like something stuck in a loop, you could not listen to this stuff sober though.
Not massively into any new Hard House or UK Hardcore barring the odd track, I just come on her for the banter!
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Captain Triceps
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Posted - 2016/11/11 : 11:34:06
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I just come on her for the banter!
Wa-hey!
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Smoogie
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Posted - 2016/11/11 : 22:05:15
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Old monotonous Hard House yes please, the stuff that Andy Farley used to play which was 10 minutes of what sounded like something stuck in a loop, you could not listen to this stuff sober though.
Not massively into any new Hard House or UK Hardcore barring the odd track, I just come on her for the banter!
Bot Hard House and Hardcore are has been styles and living in the shadow of what was once 
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