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Cencore
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 Posted - 2022/09/04 : 05:26:15
Personally I think it was from a whole generation of ravers turning 18 at this time and getting into club music like Trance & House instead.
A lot of guys I used to dj with stopped buying Hardcore at this time and went to Hard House & Trance. Because of this, the record stores stopped ordering lots of Hardcore Records from the UK & Netherlands because there was no longer a huge demand like back in 1995 -1998.
I am only talking from my experience in Sydney Australia so it could have been different in other countries. But I know for a fact Australia was one of the largest buyers of UK Happy Hardcore music outside of the UK back in the mid 90s. If not the largest.
So to have that customer base suddenly shrink wouldn't have been any help to the UK Hardcore scene which was struggling at that time..
Not only that, a lot of Raves at this time stopped having Hardcore all night in the main room. Hard House & Trance Progressive type stuff was played a lot more. Also we no longer had Hardcore djs touring here much either in 99/2000.
One of my funniest memories was record stores trying to get me to convert to Hard House & Trance and I basically told them if you don't get Hardcore I simply won't buy:).
Eventually they relented and would call me when they had ordered a few Evolution Records tracks or Infinity Records tunes. Pretty sure Cover Up was then too which was all Trance Bootlegs and Edits at a Hardcore Tempo.
But the amount of tunes available was very few.
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Posted - 2023/08/27 : 19:27:46
I actually got into hardcore properly in 1999! A guy from school got bonkers 6 and i heard that and i then bought bonkers 7 later that year, my first bonkers cd! (dougals mix is my fav) and the rest is history, i obviously own all the bonkers cds plus hundreds other, and i like and listen to all types of hardcore, though happy hardcore is my favorite style, don't listen to or buy as much now as don't have as much time and obviously not as much released these days, but like been said heard its died how many times over the years and its still here, HARDCORE WILL NEVER DIE!
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Posted - 2023/08/27 : 19:29:50
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Originally posted by Samination:
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Originally posted by Sparkz_LuckyStrike:
Hixxy was even out of ideas come bonkers 5 in 1998 as his mix consisted of makina released songs.
Here's Hixxy's tracklists for his 4, 5 and 6th Bonkers mixes
Bonkers 4:
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Slashing Fun Kids*? Imagination 5:07
Los Bonitos? The Lights 4:10
Sequel Base*? The Third Chapter 3:05
O.M.G.*? Different Outlooks 5:22
The Saints? Fire 4:56
Sub-Ace & Aura? A Guiding Light 2:12
O.M.G.*? 14th Dream 4:58
Bananaman & Blitz (2)? The Quickening 1:51
Q-Tex? Equazion Pt. 9 4:03
2 Without Heads? U & Me (Scott Brown Mix) 2:23
Visa? Don't Go Away 4:03
Devil Licious*? By My Side 5:30
O.M.G.*? The One 4:24
Q-Tex? The Power Of Love (Scott Brown '98 Remix) 3:40
Unique? Distant Skies 3:20
Devil Licious*? Better Days
Bonkers 5:
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Hixxy & UFO? Eternity Has Passed 4:43
Elevate (2)? Virtual Dreams (Euro Mix) 4:08
O.M.G.*? Definition Of Hardcore 5:30
Quest (6)? Reach For Love 6:21
Hixxy & UFO? Back In Business 4:00
Hixxy & Sunset Regime? New Day Dawning 5:05
Vinylgroover & Ed C*? Bright Eyes (Select Remix) 4:21
Hixxy & Sunset Regime? Legends 5:37
Elevate (2)? Together Again 4:10
Sy & Unknown? Listen To The Ace (Hixxy Remix) 4:21
Hixxy & Sunset Regime? Desire 4:10
Sy & Unknown? Scratchin' (Remix) 4:54
Triple J? Follow The Sun (Hixxy & Sunset Regime Remix) 6:00
Scott Brown? Hardcore Vibes 4:10
Scott Brown? Rockin' Strong 4:43
Scott Brown? Liberation 4:08
Bonkers 6:
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Innovate? Captured 5:11
TKM? Sitar 5:16
Dougal & Mickey Skeedale? Revival 4:08
Force & The Evolution*? Perfect Dreams (DB7 Back For 99 Mix) 4:21
Innovate? Higher Ground 5:16
DJ Seduction? Holding On (Vinylgroover Remix) 3:45
Eumovator? Funk Rave Brother 3:23
Dougal & TKM? The Chant 5:56
Breeze*? I Feel U 3:35
Ramos? Sunshine (Dougal & Skeedale Mix) 3:01
Brisk & Trixxy? Eye Opener (Remix) 4:09
Mickey Skeedale & Doctor Who*? Emotion 4:42
Stealth? See Me Climb (Brisk's Electro Flava Mix) 4:39
Eumovator? Musical Life 4:19
Bang!? Hyperspace (Brisk Mix) 2:42
The Projek? Rhythm On Time 5:51
Euphony? Space Invader (Scott Brown Remix) 4:08
Quest (6)? Yin Yang 4:25
Neither of this mixes (all from 1998) had Makina. The only 3 outliers are the 3 first tracks on Bonkers 4 which are german hard trance, which spanish dj's tend to play faster with their makina sets. The track closest to being Makina-ish was Vinylgroover's The Rave Theme, which was on DJ Vibes' Bonkers 5 mix
Hixxy didn't mix bonkers 6, thats dougals mix, and vibes mixed bonkers 6 FYI
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