- City of Diamonds , BE
- Joined on April 3, 2005
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I was Born in 1988 .
I got into the Gabber scene in 1999.
I first listened early rave. After a few years I decided to focus on terrorcore and speedcore.
I started producing in 2001.
Then I got into the 2000s frenchcore and UKcore as we called it.
I got to play regularly at parties since 2006.
I discovered tekno, hardfloor in late 2000s, I listened some breakcore.
In 2008, I had a short period of listening death metal, followed by acid techno. Then started my journey into the world of psychedelic trance.
I started first with full on but quickly delved into the more advanced hypnosys provided by dark and forest psy.
I returned to hardcore in the early 2010s.
I listened and produced a slower type of hardcore with lots of industrial and psychedelic influences.
After 2012 my Dj appearances became very rare.
In the late 2010s, I shortly returned to producing faster hardcore with an experimental orientation.
Around early 2020s I decided to minimize time spent producing. I still collect and explore lots of sounds.
Ever since I got into hardcore gabber in 1999, music obviously had a permanent presence in my life. Ive always continued searching new, experimental sounds, reflecting my mindset and other experiences at the time.
One thing Ive always opposed, is music that is too predictable, commoditized.
As with every life story, the lockdown of 2020 is a turning point in life.
After being very little active, almost zero, in the world of DJing during the 2010s, things started to change.
Late 2010s, I noticed the emergence of a harder sound in techno and "neorave", where lots of oldschool samples and influences were heard.
I started getting into collecting vinyl once more.
A few early hardcore releases, a few industrial techno records.
In the early 2020s, I became a regular visitor at Warrecords Antwerp.
I got inspired to once more become more active in the world of music.
The lockdown allowed me to save money to buy turntables again.
Inspired by talks with music enthusiasts, I delved into my old HD's.
Collected my old music, and in 2023-2024 my first EP, featuring old tracks, got released on Speedcore World Wide.
I got into the Gabber scene in 1999.
I first listened early rave. After a few years I decided to focus on terrorcore and speedcore.
I started producing in 2001.
Then I got into the 2000s frenchcore and UKcore as we called it.
I got to play regularly at parties since 2006.
I discovered tekno, hardfloor in late 2000s, I listened some breakcore.
In 2008, I had a short period of listening death metal, followed by acid techno. Then started my journey into the world of psychedelic trance.
I started first with full on but quickly delved into the more advanced hypnosys provided by dark and forest psy.
I returned to hardcore in the early 2010s.
I listened and produced a slower type of hardcore with lots of industrial and psychedelic influences.
After 2012 my Dj appearances became very rare.
In the late 2010s, I shortly returned to producing faster hardcore with an experimental orientation.
Around early 2020s I decided to minimize time spent producing. I still collect and explore lots of sounds.
Ever since I got into hardcore gabber in 1999, music obviously had a permanent presence in my life. Ive always continued searching new, experimental sounds, reflecting my mindset and other experiences at the time.
One thing Ive always opposed, is music that is too predictable, commoditized.
As with every life story, the lockdown of 2020 is a turning point in life.
After being very little active, almost zero, in the world of DJing during the 2010s, things started to change.
Late 2010s, I noticed the emergence of a harder sound in techno and "neorave", where lots of oldschool samples and influences were heard.
I started getting into collecting vinyl once more.
A few early hardcore releases, a few industrial techno records.
In the early 2020s, I became a regular visitor at Warrecords Antwerp.
I got inspired to once more become more active in the world of music.
The lockdown allowed me to save money to buy turntables again.
Inspired by talks with music enthusiasts, I delved into my old HD's.
Collected my old music, and in 2023-2024 my first EP, featuring old tracks, got released on Speedcore World Wide.
Recent Activity
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Cheesy? I think so.
Well produced? Actually, I think so as well. Yeah, it's happy, cheesy, cartoonesque. But once you get over that, it's actually a nice idea and well produced. So, in conclusion: underrated track / EP ! |
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"Noise Must Live" has some samples in the beginning and end of the track which are taken from both the original American version as well as from the Russian dub of the 1998 movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".
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Patrick Moerland is mostly known for the amount of artwork he did for all types of house / hardcore releases in the 90s.
Musicalwise, he was not the most prolific hardcore artist of the 90s, yet the output he did was quite good! Compared to many other... See full review |
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Drumadix was a collective of DJ's, Live-Acts, who organized parties in the Brussels area mostly, active in the early to late 2000s.
The styles were drum n bass, hardcore (frenchcore / uk core style) and breakcore. One of the locations they did the... See full review |
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The best Rotator release imo!
Voodoo Magic is a track that keeps going on and on. Just a chaotic mass of beats straight in your face, 7 minutes, rather long for a hardcore / breakcore track! One of the best in the genre and a milestone in the 2000s era! |
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Excellent release. There is a higher emphasis on melody, ambient, atmosphere than in many other techno tracks in this period.
The production is definitely techno, but there is much melodic content, albeit programmed percussively. A1. Introduces the... See full review |
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Thunderdome is iconic in the hardcore scene.
Thunderdome is so iconic that it often becomes a name to refer to the genre itself, and it is the most known compilation. In retrospect, in the late 2010s and 2020s, we see that Thunderdome, ID&T, hardcore... See full review |
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It gives you a big smile and goosebumps (kiekenvel / kippenvel in Dutch)
Nuff said, really. |
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There is a DVD series about all the DJ's of the Dreamteam.
In the episode about Gizmo, one can see the Mogwai named Gizmo from the Gremlins-movie in his home. See at 0:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lknnvjG5KU |
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My favourite track is Vitrine.
It has the most "minimal"-like approach. Because there is a lot of emphasis on percussive elements, and on reverb, which give these percussive sounds a more "spacey" vibe. Meanwhile, the kick continues... The other... See full review |
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Someone who offered this cd for sale in the marketplaced noted that this release has an "extra cardboard cover" but "misses the jewelcase backcover". I have another copy of this item which has the same characteristics, so I suspect this happened to...
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A Belgian label, started and active since late 90s into early 2000s. Very unknown, and all of its releases typically ended up in the clearance bins.
Yet if one actually listens to the releases, they are stylistically in the categories hard house,... See full review |
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According to discogs, the 2005 repress came in a black sleeve with a S37 sticker on it. If my memory serves me correct mine was bought in the mid to late 2000s, so I guess it was the repress, yet I believe I had a Strike sleeve, with the logo multiple...
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Excellent release. Old school terror & speedcore by Angernoizer.
"This Is Terror" has got that old school gabber kick, "Shut The Fuck Up" and "Jump the Fuck Up" have a type of kick we also hear in some Noisekick releases. (TIT 005, HardDrugz... See full review |
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Pyramid has got to be one of Radium's hardest tracks. No mercy is shown, just a bouncy Radium kick with some distorted weird sounds accompanying it!
As heard also on Harder Than U CD 2 mixed by Drokz.. |
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One of my favo rekz, one of the best in the NAPALM series (the entire series is good). This one is one of the more guitar-oriented releases, whereas the others are more industrial sounding.
All tracks around 200-220 BPM. Excellent to mix, even in a... See full review |
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My personal preference is more towards the "dark" hardcore.
Mutante however, chooses the opposite approach. While his hardcore is certainly fast, he prefers to keep it lighthearted and humorous. It sounds very similar to the Speedfreak's style. Most... See full review |
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The red figure in the logo is actually based off of a statue found in Mexico, of the Aztec god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli.
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One of my favo records ever. Kovert focuses on music that is qua structure undeniably Drum n Bass, but the techniques are hardcore, there is influence of noise and industrial.
A broken rhythm, with lots of distortion. Too hard for the average Drum n... See full review |
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One of the fastest and hardest releases on the Epileptik label.
All 3 tracks are in the Ron D Core Acid Speedcore style. A track is 290, B1 is 250, B2 is 220. While I priorly was mostly a fan of A and B1, Ive got to say that B2 is increasingly also... See full review |
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Stygma's side is my favourite.
Excellent 2010s hardcore. The BPM's started to rise, away from the slow 2000s. Stigma's A2 has excellent guitar sampling in the breakdown with some drums as well. Of course I like that! |
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Murder International is my favourite here.
3/4 Millenium Hardcore, with that typical Italian edge to it. The Main melody is goosebumps inducing. A tiny bit faster than the Dutch hardcore of the time as well. |
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Looking back at it, my judgment needs to be revised.
Initially I heard of Liquid Blasted his releases on PKG ( Panical Mechanical) , DC (Back in USSR), NF (In-factorial). The sound on those releases sounds more "clean". In comparison this release,... See full review |
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This release comes from Russia.
Tsunami is one of the best hardcore tracks I ever heard. A slow broken beat intro, suddenly erupting into a genuine tsunami of sounds. Nefureitu has a very psychedelic feel to it, lots of reverb on the synth fx sounds... See full review |
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Venetian Snares is undoubtedly a versatile artist.
While his name is often connected to the "Breakcore" tag, that name alone tells not that much. Venetian Snares is mostly known for hypersonic "breakbeat" music, but he combined those sounds with... See full review |
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Very forward thinking release.
All of the 4 tracks have original rhythms. This makes it not only original to listen, but also interesting and fun to mix! There are a lot of percussive elements, yet the tracks have also a very ambient feel to them!... See full review |
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Orion is one of those perfect tracks. When it's finished, you only want to listen it again. It's a track that simply leaves you speechless. Its lack of vocals only adds to its mysterious nature.
You end up wondering what just happened. That's how... See full review |
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"Germany creation"? My man, this is Belgian! I know there have been some historical "disagreements" on the borders but still. ;)
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A1 is not entirely the same "Hiwatt" as we find on "Magma As Peak 002".
Here we find a reworked version. I prefer the one on XPDIGI here. The tempo is a bit slower, the bassdrum is much deeper and has that more "bouncy" effect on it. Somewhere in the... See full review |
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Interesting viewpoint, going against the grain in speedcoreland.
I think Tron is as far away as one could be from people like No Name and Taciturne, yet still remain in the same speedcore / hardcore music category. But I think the Fischkopf people and... See full review |
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When I initially heard the record, I didnt like it too much.
At a much later time, years later, I started to appreciate it more. And especially the track I initially liked the least: B1, once in my youthful search for fast core, the slowest track was... See full review |
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This is an interesting album. The style of all tracks is monotone minimal techno. Slow, hypnotic, repetitive.
But, something original about Paul Birken's work is that you can hear a lot of funny, funky sample usage. There is a sense of happiness and... See full review |
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When I initially heard this release, I didn't like it.
Now that I look back on it, this is perhaps no less than one of the most experimental hardcore releases I know off. Joshua's previously released NRTX 05 is far more "straightforward". That one is... See full review |
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"This Is The Life" captures my attention here.
A typical track of early 2000s Dutch mainstyle, especially on the Megarave label and its sublabels. 150-ish BPM. Lots of Pinhead vocals and some reverb-laden synths create an anthem-like, but still... See full review |
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Powerful tracks!
Drum N Bass of the type that is experimental and dreamy at the same time! Quite original breakbeat rhythms, very hyperactive, yet at the same, both tracks are guided by dreamy, reverb-laden synths.. A journey into sound.. The artwork... See full review |
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'91 is truly encapsulating what Rave and House music is all about.
Succinctly produced. '91 is the magic of sound influencing the body. Instigating goose bumps and hypnotizing the mind, bringing you memories of... THE ZONE. Electro-acoustic shamanism. |
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By no means it is the only X-mas-themed gabber release I dig.
But if I had to choose only one, this would be my pick. Because, it has that typical Shockwave-style (originators of terror and speedcore) with a Christmas theme. It just has that little... See full review |
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Aquatic Wave is my favourite track here. Chill out vibes, of the imaginative dreamy type.
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When played at 33 instead of 45, I discovered that Picture Systa sounds like a downtempo industrial doomy track, which is also quite nice. The track works at both speeds, brutality ensured either way!
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6Bal utilized influences of many styles. One can recognize sounds from psytrance, hardcore, hardtechno, goa, acid,.. all utilized in 4 tracks of a unique mixture crafted by 6bal.
A rare record, a good, unique release on the french label Chapati,... See full review |
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People seem to complain about bad mastering and editing. But its Uptempo so I dont see what else one ought to expect?
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I found this release a bit disappointing. When I think of Psychik Genocide, I expect some 200 BPM Frenchcore madness.
The CD was probably released to offer some Dutch style tracks to the label and its mostly French freetekno audience. I imagine the CD... See full review |
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Vostok 5. Excellent example of what GOA trance is at its best.
Goosebumps inducing melodic madness. A journey through sound. |
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What an amazing compilation. one acid banger after another. All legendary tunes that certainly earned their place in any classic list.
An unknown gem! Grab it while you can! |
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This is one of my favo releases. Two typical full on tracks, 2000s style by goa-era veterans Total Eclipse. It's happy without being too cheesy.
When you're in the mood for some bouncy full on, this does the job excellently. This is a genre one... See full review |
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Snooisnoiz is a more ambient IDM Vibe
Beuken is the more straightforward, hence its name translates to "Banging", although it has a melody that isnt any bit as merciless as its hard, distorted beat! I prefer the tracks Ghetto Funk Acid and Lord Of The... See full review |
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Quite a lot in the same vein as Mortician. But with less horror samples, and an even dirtier, slimy sound. Deliciously distorted and downtuned guitars, especially the bass. Pushing the limits of dirty, guttural, distorted-bass grind & death metal.
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Excellent, interesting concept album. Laurent Hô explores music in all its directions. Slow, faster, harder, more ambient, structured, more experimental.
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The mood on these tracks seems to be one of dreamy ambient and hyperactive percussion, both working together resulting in hypnotic sounds truly stimulating your imagination. Whether listening on your own or in a gathering, intense experiences are...
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