Various - Happy Hardcore Foundation
Label:
Catalog#:
VWX018-2
Format:
CD, Mixed
Country:
US
Released:
1998
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Gabber,
Happy Hardcore
Tracklist
| 1 | Gordon Tennant - | Mortal Combat | 5:28 | |
| 2 | Alchemist* - | Freedom | 1:46 | |
| Vocals [Featuring] - Lisa* | ||||
| 3 | Scott Brown - | 20mm | 4:38 | |
| 4 | Bananaman - | Welcome To The Future | 2:11 | |
| 5 | Billy Bunter* , D-Zyne & Rob Vanden - | Let Yourself Go | 4:16 | |
| 6 | Vinyl Groover* - | Global Sounds | 2:13 | |
| 7 | Stu J* & John Doe* - | Time To Start Pumpin' | 3:54 | |
| 8 | Dougal & Mickey Skeedal* - | New Generation | 3:16 | |
| 9 | Stu J & UFO* - | This Beat Kicks | 4:46 | |
| Vocals - Donna Grassie | ||||
| 10 | DJ Fade & X-Cess* - | Ready To Fly | 3:23 | |
| Vocals - Carmen (3) | ||||
| 11 | Jack Speed - | You Got It | 4:28 | |
| 12 | Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - | Let The Rhythm Unwind | 3:36 | |
| 13 | M-trax - | Forever & A Day | 1:13 | |
| Vocals - Michelle Hutcheson | ||||
| 14 | Bass Generator - | In Control | 4:48 | |
| 15 | Technotrance - | Raise The Titanic | 0:41 | |
| 16 | DJ Hixxy* & Bananaman - | Time For Change | 5:40 | |
Credits
DJ Mix -
DJ Brisk*
Notes
Previously released in the UK as part of the Ready To Fly album on the Alpha Projects label. All artists part of the "Core Foundation" collective.
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To this day I am unsure if I like this because it actually is good or its a nostalgiac artifact. The sequencing between acidic, aggressive UK Hard House and uplifting Happy Hardcore (perhaps two of the most reviled genres to exist amongst the electronic chinstroking community, myself included) works very well. BPM levels are typically fast and bouncy. Brisk is an excellent mixer, transitions are smooth and the track selection features melodic, though cheesy, 'choons' that complement one another. Here's to guilty pleasures!