Laurent Hô – Hardcore III

though not immediately speed and hard, this mix sets a genuine hardcore mood, with raw sounds and industrial techno hardcore. Then it really gets nasty by the last third of CD1. CD2 is more technoish and hardcore techno but overall less brutal and more mental but both mixes are really great and have a unity of mood throughout. My fave part is of course the last third of the first mix, speedcore to kick your ass!!!

Missed the opportunity to grab a cheap copy on vinted and the current listings are too high... a shame for such a great mix!

The mixing skill of these two CDs is outstanding. And what a tracklist ! This is part of my favorites Hardcore mixes by far.

Great mix!!! You can get the full correct
tracklist and labels here.

https://www.gabbatracklistworld.com/index.php?explore=view&trackid=1748

Skullblower-Untitled it's the right one ? i have all vinyl's of this artist ,the track not exist

One day, late 1995 early 1996 (I don't have the exact moment in mind), I have listened to and recorded (on tape) a mix from Laurent Ho on Radio FG, a local radio from Paris which was underground at that time. The guy on the radio just annouced a mix recorded at home and broacasted an hour (first hour of the first CD). It was not yet a CD or planned to be CD apparently ...
Around 15 years later, looking for more DJ sets from Laurent Ho, I found this one and instantly recognize what I was cherishing ever since.
It is a progressive yet straight forward industrial hardcore mix. One of the best one of that style I have ever heard. The first CD has an amazing selection and build up as a monster (it is devastating!) ... but the second one lost a bit of the energy and what was making the first one so good. Anyway it is still a "must have" for all hardcore lovers and more ...

It was Saturday afternoon, late November 2007. I hear the lid of my letterbox slamming and I rush down to see what the postie has brought with him today. Thinking I would find a particular CD I was waiting for, to my surprise it turns out to be ‘Hardcore III’ which I had only bought 4 days before from Israel. That was quite fast and instantly I slam disc 1 in my HIFI. While being awed by the mixing skill which has a live feel, I realise that there’s no happy Dutch gabber tracks here, but Hard Techno-Hardcore crossovers from obscure UK and French labels mainly.

After having listened to all release I sat back and asked myself: What if I had heard this in 1996? Back in 1996 I was only served with Arcade compilations like Thunderdome and Earthquake in the record shops. This surely would have changed my perception of Hardcore, and that Hardcore wasn’t just distorted 909’s with chipmunk vocals, shameless sampling and larger than life piano riffs.

This double mix CD is what real Hardcore is in my humble opinion, and a credit goes again to the mixing skill. The raw, unpolished sound continues to add that live feel. Too bad I wasn’t exposed to this release before, but it’s never late to try “new” sounds. Only drawback with this release is that it’s quite rare but it’s worth the money, trust me.

Edit 2019 - after a decade, CD is abundant and humanly priced, so there's no reason not to get it :)