I have to say, I disagree with the review written before me. The Bonkers set isn't all about vocals, just because a track doesn't have them does not mean it's bad. In fact, many of my favorite sets are completely free of obnoxious vocals, however, at the right time and place, vocals can be extremely good for a track.

Now, onto the review.

The first disc, Hixxy's mix, is pretty similar to Bonkers 9, except now, he's playing the B-sides of the records. Not a bad thing, though. "Jam The Nightclub (Remix)" is an excellent track, quite catchy, but overall it is not Hixxy's best mix when compared to other Bonkers discs.

Now, the second disc is really a new thing: The first song on Bonkers 9 (Crazy Styles) gave you a taste of this, but the first three tracks on Bonkers X each demo this new style: breakbeats. Personally, I think the first three songs are some of the best in this set, as they're ground-breaking for this style. Most are by DJ Ham, who's obviously porting over some of his Kniteforce influences. The rest of the mix has a bunch of great tracks, especially those produced by DJ Fade. If you've heard of "Ishkur's Guide To Electronic Music," then this set will have many familiar songs, as he uses most of these to describe the sound of freeform.

In other words, Sharkey's mix is good.

Scott Brown starts doing, with this set, what would become his "thing." Start of with a bunch of happy (vocal, in this case) anthems, and end with gabber. It becomes pretty familiar, and in my opinion, it works. At least, in the right setting. Usually, I end up turning this set off after Back & Forth (one of Scott Brown's rare collaborations with the more mainstream happy hardcore producers) or turning it on at Back & Forth, since that's the transition track from Happy to Gabber.

Overall, though, both sides contain a number of wonderful tracks. "Art of Fighters - Earthquake" is one of my favorite gabber tunes, and it has some cool sampled vocals which really compliment the track.

Overall, this is probably one of the better Bonkers CDs. Get it.

i own bonkers 8-11 and this is probably the best one out.
hixxy's mix - starts off with a great hardcore intro which mixes well into the 2nd track. his track selections are great with fast hardcore beats to rave to in particular tracks such as come into my dream & hardcore. thres not a song in this mix tats not worth listening to! well done hixxy
sharkey's mix - ive listened to it probably twice. dosent have much lyrics if any.
scott browns mix - starts off ok but really kicks in at track2 (commence) which is a great fast/hard track. hes next few tracks are greate and mixes consistently with hardcore beats. he ends up with gabba which is kind of a let down.
in all the cd is great, a must have in the bonkers collection!