Originally published as a chapter in the The unofficial Planet Core Productions guidebook:
https://pcplegendsintheirlife.blogspot.com/2024/07/planet-core-productions-guidebook.html
Note: the rating means "compared to other PCP releases".
Thus, if a record has "only" 49 or 31 percent here, this does not mean it's bad; compared with other Hardcore or Techno EPs they would be 88 or 94 or higher; the percentage just "seems lower" for the sake of rating these PCP records in a way that seems sensible, and to have a bit of comparison with the other releases.
Kotz 0 - Leathernecks - Test Attack
"Zero" is an odd catalogue number, so i guess it somehow predates the creation of the label (maybe a "test" release, as the name says)?
The classic "at war" is on here, a diss track against a huge german 90s label.
Rough gabber-terror-stuff.
71 / 100
Kotz 1 - Stickhead - Slaughterhouse E.P.
The later kotzaak by miro releases usually get much more love, but I think these early one's have their merits, too.
Proto-Speedcore-Terror, still very much tied to the gabber sound.
41 / 100
Kotz 2 - Stickhead - World's Hardest Kotzaak
Things are building up now. With tracks like "check dis mutha down" or the eponymous "kotzaak", miro is arriving at his trademark death metal inspired ultra-violent, ultra-somber sound.
72 / 100
Kotz 3 - Dogge Team - We Came To Hool
Apart from the test attack, this is the only release by marc on kotzaak.
A very unusual "terror" release; it's a bit as if his earlier pcp music got the ultra-speed, ultra-distortion treatment.
38 / 100
Kotz 4 - Jack Lucifer - I Am Living Death
This is essentially the starting point at which miro began introducing icy, tenebrous, "gothic" synth sounds to his tracks.
A track to look out for is "95 knights", one of his best works, that led to quite a few remixes later.
70 / 100
Kotz 5 - Stickhead - Gimme Death E.P.
Stickhead is at work again. More dutch-Gabber-influenced "terror" this time, yet fierce as hell.
52 / 100
Kotz 666 - Jack Lucifer - 96 Knights
The big one's coming! 96 knights is probably the epitome of the "hardcore terror" sound and scene.
One of the most beloved pcp outputs ever.
While the majority would go for the "into the death" mix, i actually think the flip side is even one tiny notch better.
666 / 100
Kotz 7 - Stickhead & Don Demon - Once Upon A Time In Frankfurt
Another legendary release.
Some of the most intricate, serpentine, monumental compositions in hardcore - with very high "production values".
Should be the right thing for any terror-head's frightened heart.
100 / 100 (a perfect release!)
Kotz 8 - The Kotzaak Klan - Powerstation Kotzaak
After the complex kotz 7, this is slightly more reduced, direct, a "straight rush to the brain". It could even be that these tracks were "live produced".
Adrenaline- inducing hardcore overdose.
88 / 100
Kotz 9 - Bold Bob - Dive Into Steel
Bolb bob is at it now. More monotonous, more hypnotic, but still quite grand.
69 / 100
Kotz 10 - Jack Lucifer - Console From Hell
I think this was released *after* the end of pcp?
A very out-of-the-ordinary combination of death metal and hardcore - with "synthesized" guitars, growling vocals, and devoid of "gabber" drums.
41 / 100
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