The Hardcore Overdogs: Putting a Face to the Music: The Legendary Producers of the 90s

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Putting a Face to the Music: The Legendary Producers of the 90s

In the 1990s, Techno and Hardcore were usually considered to be "faceless", even anonymous music. People went to the club, banged their heads to the music, but what music was it?
The DJs dropped a thread of tracks, often the tunes remained unknown to the dancin' crowd (some still seek favorite pieces from past parties - to this day!), and even if they knew them, and the records - the projects and releases were often anonymous, hidden behind myriads of akas, fake / enigmatic projects, only now and then a real name peaked.

So the sounds of these producers were in the spotlight (literally - in the flashing spotlights of a 1000 strobes), but the actual human person usually stayed behind, in the shadows - a grey eminence.

Thus, let's look at actual pictures from these past days of the mystical 90s, and you'll see that in many cases, not just the music was wild, but the style, looks, and (anti-fashion) as well.

Note: all these have been pulled from discogs, and sometimes the picture quality is not as good as today's super-flashy internet imaginary. Try to take that into consideration.

Also, if someone is on here who objects to have his past picture posted, please let us know!

1. Oliver Chesler

NY-Based Producer of tracks like: "Flesh Is The Fever", "Extreme Terror (Remix)",