Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Off-Charts: Hardcore Animals

Hardcore Techno and Gabber House bring out the animal in you!
Because:
You stomp like a bull on the dancefloor, howl like a dog, roar like a lion... and paddle your arms around like a penguin or other walking, earth-bound, non-flight bird thingy.

No wonder there are many animal themed tracks and releases within this style, too.

Here are some of them (also includes tracks of other genres, as usual)

1. Animal Intelligence - The Object of Rave
2. Kotzaak - Like a Raging Bull (compilation)
3. Erase Head - Pussy Cat
4. Cannibal DJ - Dog will Hunt
5. The Prodigy - Run with the Wolves


6. Biochip C - Cranefly Warriors - Massive Toad Activity
7. Whaleekomittee - Save The Whales
8. Hecate - Hate Cats EP
9. The Outside Agency - ...ants
10. Phoenix - Who's In Control ?!


11. The Outside Agency - Metal Slug
12. Rat of Doom - Before The Breakdown
13. Rolando - Knights of the Jaguar
14. Darius G - ... like an Animal
15. Fischkopf compilation - Otaku: Slick but not Streamlined


16. Gangstar Toons Industries - Camel
17. Cobra Killers - Cobra Z
18. Dominion - Unicorn evils
19. Scorpion - Second Bite
20. Thomas Ehlers - Elephant Junk Attack


21. Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo - The Bird
22. The Falcon - Tear you apart
23. Party Animals - Hou Op
24. Mouse - T4
25. Raver's Nature - Monkey


26. DJ Mongoose - Rip Shit Up
27. DJ Waxweazle - Hardcore Power
28. E-de Cologne - No Dolphins Allowed
29. GTO - The Bullfrog
30. Ramirez - El Gallinero


31. Pink Potassium - Radioactive Goldfish

We're running a new feature: "Off-lists"

Paper fanzines were filled with charts; some DJs turned there charts into lists such "10 favorite Dutch Gabber tracks".

Features in zines often also have additional lists such as "9 anime related Hardcore tracks".

We wanna build on both these currents; but, with these "Off-Lists" we will focus on themes and motifs that are more out-there, abstract, off-the-center. Exploring aspects and ideas that are rarely highlighted when people talk, think, or write about Hardcore.

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