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Various - United Dance Vol 5 - 06-Oct-08 05:33 AM
There are some CDs that you will always look back at fondly as they started your love for music and this is one of mine! I remember my mates at school lending me this when I was 14 and it started a love for fast kickdrum music that has lasted 12 years so far.

Back in 96, before happy hardcore went down the pan completely, this CD was a strong representation of everything that was good about cheesy hardcore. The Slipmatt mix in particular is just perfect, the anthems of 96 all rolled into one energetic mix complete with a bit of simple scratching and the unreleased Hixxy remix of Funfair, which unfortunately never saw the light of day. Surrender by Eruption is a personal favourite, the riff in the middle of the track will still sound great in 20 years. Party People by Slipmatt & Eruption is another perfect hardcore track, complete with interesting Slipmatt percussion and recognisable stabs.

The rest of the mixes are also loaded with personal favourites, I could honestly talk about them all day but I wont! In short, this represents completely the sound of happy hardcore, when it was innocent party music without the trance presets of the 2000s. Just amazing.

Caretaker, The - 14-Sep-08 10:59 AM
Jesus Christ, where do I start?

Over the last few years Ive become completely and dangerously submerged in The Caretakers music. If youre the kind of person who loves music that makes you feel uncomfortable then you will love this guy. Its beyond music, its a soundscape of dark and light that can fill your heart with dread and happiness at the same time.

Inspired by the ballroom scenes from The Shining, his source was originally faint ballroom music with crackly effects, creepy yet elegant, always tinged with sorrow. However now The Caretaker has progressed to creating a beautiful yet disturbing soundtrack, including a 72 track album of some of the scariest music I have ever heard.

I cannot gush enough praise for this producer. I discovered him purely by accident whilst looking for hardcore artists signed to the same label, and I fell in love with his music instantly.

There is so much more you could talk about with this stuff, the introduction of warmer, almost tearful sounds with his album Deleted Scenes/Forgotten Dreams, the 72 track album introducing the aspect of memory loss and an imaginary past or his newer music. Stop reading this and check him out for yourself. One word - amazing.

D.J. Producer, The* & Clarkee* - Helter Skelter The Annual 1995-1996 (The Technodrome) - 11-Jul-08 01:52 PM
Nearly 15 years after this CD was released we have computer mixing software that mixes bullshit scouse house CDs for idiots; all the same tempo and all perfectly sequenced in a way that seems to glue together all the shite music in the world into one big This Is What I Call Garage Scouse House Trance Pop Drivel ever Part 10 million, and how the youth of today suck it up. Meh!

Back in 1995 (or maybe it was 96?) there was a geezer called DJ Producer who one day probably turned up at some studio with a box of new records and blended them together with skill and panache. The result is this album. The mix isnt perfect at all but thats why I love it, every kick, every little scratch and even every little mistake is literally music to my ears. If you have this CD then you know what Im talking about, if you have no idea what the fuck I am rambling about then go and buy or download this CD and play it all the way through from start to finish. The Clarkee mix has good tracks but you cant compare it to Producers man!

I do not see DJs as celebrities at all but I admire skill, and Producers mix is as slick as they come. Absolutely bad to the bone.

Various - The Rehydration Of Violence - 11-Jul-08 01:06 PM
I cant believe no one has commented on this LP yet! I got it in the Summer of 98 after hearing nearly every track on the LP played at Helter Skelter in June that year (Human Nature if anyone cares, Producer, Clarkee and Scorpio cained this LP).

Although not all tracks are classics, the majority of them still sound absolutely fantastic 10 years on. The remix of Running Man is still my favourite, a 5 minute intro with a brilliant sample of a preacher saying how he sought redemption, followed by intricate percussion and, ultimately, a cavernous kickdrum that goes right through your body evertime.

Then theres the brilliant DJ Producer Takes Deathchant To The Butchers, a perfect homage to Deathchants back catalogue as well as classic hip hop samples galore. Awesome shit!

I would be here all day if I described all the tracks as buzz my tits off when listening to most of them but rest assured the rest of the LP delivers big time. This LP will go down in history as a nice big pizza slice of UK hardcore techno, a landmark where the UK stood up and said yeah we make good music too!. Like Spinal Tap all the way, this shit gets 11 out of 10.

Hangars Liquides - 17-Jun-08 04:51 AM
Hangars Liquides is a legendary label. Over the last 10 years it has spawned some of the most abstract hardcore & speedcore records ever know to man. Some brilliant producers have appeared on this label over the years, from the sheer brutality of XKV8 to the brillance of Neurocore to the craziness of La Pestes soundscapes, its all here.

Always a label that pushed things forward, there is a lot of ground covered on Hangars, from straight forward 4/4 speedcore to breakcore to abstract sounds and loads (and loads) of weirdness.

One of the best labels around if youre a hardcore fan who loves to test their mind and ears.

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