Note: this is still very much in draft stage.
We quote:
"Due to its opaque and tenebrous nature, the world of Hardcore Techno has always been hard to explore and apprehend. Information can be difficult to come by, there is very little documentation available.
Yes, there are some well-known artists, labels, even festivals by now. But there is also a vast world beyond that, of hundreds of more artists, labels, and events; a true uncharted ocean of sound-waves; an uncharted cavernous underground."
This is part of a larger effort to retrieve, organize, and archive information about this subculture of music and its era. (see: "The 90s Underground Hardcore Techno Resources and Information Archive" https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/p/90s-underground-hardcore-techno.html )
For now, the main part of the encyclopedia is a compendium of labels, artists, and styles; which is also in the stage of being built, and getting continuously expanded and amend.
If you want to add more information to The 90s Gabberpedia, or have any comments, remarks, suggestions... feel free to reach out to us!
Index (so far!)
1. Styles
2. Labels
3. Artists
AcidcoreHardcore out of France (before Frenchcore)
Bundled with the short description of the respective style is a list of up to 10 tracks as listening examples; and we quote:
"this is aimed at newcomers to hardcore techno, or newcomers to that specific style.
it should give them a quick overview of that genre, and a good idea how it actually sounds like.
these are not complete or exhaustive; there is much (much!) more stuff out there to be found.
these might not be the best tracks of the genre, or important artists might even be missing, due to the reduced amount of entries in these listings."
Speedcore
As the name says, this genre is defined by Speed. In the 90s, Hardcore and Gabber began to push the BPMs of there tracks further and further; while this at first ran along with the general gabber concept, it eventually led to a scene and genre of its own.
Unlike its gabber roots, there is less focus on "dancefloor" friendly elements such as (sampled) female vocals or MCs, bouncy drums, rave stabs...
Tracks are often devoid of melodies and employ metal guitar riffs, screams, industrial noises, horror samples. BPMs range from 300-500 bpm to speeds without limit.
While, after the millenium, "Speedcore" often meant just high speed drill drums and noises, this genre was still more grounded and complex in the 90s, with tracks exhibiting intricate and varied designs.
One of the toughest genres of Hardcore Techno.
1. Bakalla - True Force https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-h3f5M15uM
2. Seveso - ABC Alarm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HeBkJrNnIM
3. Gangstar Toons Industry - Mistick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLqjc-o2XOo
4. UK Skullfuck - Nuclear Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epaQk1Jt4dQ
5. The Berzerker - Evil Worlds Beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U3au_gTLxs
6. Sonic Overkill - Born In Hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZ9d4SLYd4
7. Amiga Shock Force - Violent Geisha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4YxlyJKmU
8. D.O.A. - Ya Mutha Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzPsJ9vudM
9. Quindoor - Full Energy Flash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKTZ0UiOMY
10. Low Entropy - Adrenaline Junkie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFe66oUEH94
Acidcore
Acidcore takes Acid music to a Hardcore level.
303-like bassline modulation and thundering bassdrums are the foundation for this genre.
While actual acid music was already seen as somewhat atonal and abrasive upon its advent (todays listeners might perceive it differently), with Acidcore, the prominent basslines frequently get distorted, manipulated, EQd, and burnt beyond recognition.
The tracks often have a hypnotic, monotonous, entrancing, repetitive quality; there are tracks that literally drone on for 10 minutes and more, with nothing but manipulation of the same loops of bass sounds, percussion, and a drum.
This makes them ideal for long sets in festivals or underground settings.
Despite the generally minimalistic setting of most tracks (303+drums+maybe one or two synths), there is a lot of variety in the genre. Ranging from ~150 BPM "Dancefloor" smashers to 200+ BPM aural assaults, or slow and calm tracks on the other side of the filtered spectrum.
Indeed, together with , Acidcore is one of the few Harfcore genres that often uses non-distorted, Techno-like drums.
Some Acidcore artists push the distortion so hard that their tracks bleed into the genre of Noisecore; the results are then some of the most extreme and blood-thirsty Tracks of the whole Hardcore circuit.
1. Choose - Slowgan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7G95sKW2OI
2. Agro - Bullen Raus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PbliuMl1Xc
3.Speed Nova - Acid Instinct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYs7v8PYRLs
4. Zekt - The Last Dawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spROjj5di2E
5. 100% Acidiferous - Worldisorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svN1SyO_Nh0
6. Fields Of Defacement - Bang-Bang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1kS5XFY98
7. Brixton - Track 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh3RZGuf6No
8. Biochip C - R*d Light District https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XHVEXShtO0
9. Machines - Acid Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoiYRdlXesE
10. Cellblock X - Acid Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V5MYMnhAzE
Doomcore
Doomcore is defined by slower BPMs and a dark, "doomed" atmosphere.
While most Hardcore genres are not so keen on melodic elements (above the use of simple juno synth riffs), Doomcore tracks almost always feature composition of synths, choirs, strings...
The words "melody" and "harmonic" should be put in quotes though, as these elements usually border on the atonal, disharmonic, and unsettling.
In fact, there is a strong affinity to Horror movie themes and sounds, and tracks often feature tropes such as demonic possession, insanity, hauntings...
There is a tendency towards minimal sound design, and some tracks run the "drum+percussion+synth" formula from start to finish.
Divergency to this exist too, though.
Generally, it can be said that the mood, attitude, sentiment of a track is more defining to the Doomcore sound than elements such as "overly distorted drums"
Contrary to common perception, the Doomcore sound and scene was already well-established in the 90s, with many artists and labels being dedicated to this very sound and its crowd.
1. The Mover - Gatecrusher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5LDbKDUwhY
2. Aftermath - The Aftermath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Cvj3t7mOU
3. Fifth Era - Zombie Raver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgSQew0tHMA
4. Current 909 - The Lockdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zttXZgPLe2Q
5. Miro - Purple Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKbCf8gXmk
6. The Horrorist - Into The Moonbeam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6s27QoNaN8
7. Freez-E-Style - Enter The Gates Of Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLhYfjWyJk
8. FFM Shadow Orchestra - D.N. Acid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs7YFn9M93c
9. Superpower - In The Midnight Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzS4zrkNss
10. Dr. Macabre - Poltergeist https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/poltergeist
Oldschool
There are various definitions for the term "Oldschool". The most common one refers to the very first Hardcore tracks; i.e. those that are already quite distinct from the other Techno releases of the era, yet are still tied to their Techno roots.
A broader definition would be "all hardcore tracks from the 90s"; and some even use a fluid definition that more or less means "any hardcore style that is older than contemporary ones".
We use the original definition here: the earliest bona fide hardcore tracks, from the early 90s.
You will find lots of Industrial and "metallic" sounds in these tracks, "rave signals", bleeps, acid lines, and the sonic architecture is generally more cold, "dry", technoid, and less melodic, than in later Gabber tracks.
1. Lenny Dee - Hammer Head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2_0EBc9F7s
2. Darrien Kelly & Scott Brown - Geleihoofd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLudCLnOC0
3. Neophyte - Communicate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvVOLObNf10
4. Hardsequencer - Brain Crash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tepFCfObUMA
5. Program 1 - Shoot Dis MF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fP316Q1Ow
6. Euromasters - Alles Naar De Kl*te https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE32aoIDjvY
7. Asylum - Mescalum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZbmhWRXXHU
8. Glitch - Heavy Mental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYWR8aCruTY
9. Rex Anthony - For You Marlene (Extended Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VF0sVoUZM
10. Final Analyzis - El Punto Final (Power Mix) (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUXVaCM-tQ
Extreme Hardcore (also known as "Terror")
By the mid 90s, a diversification of the Hardcore genre took place. Some producers adopted more happy sounds, pop vocals, and cheerful melodies, and the "rage" of former hardcore sounds transformed into more of an "euphoric energy"; this was especially true for the mass-market and TV, radio, heavy rotation aimed releases that earned quite a few hardcore producers a 'gold record' award by the music and entertainment industry. And, on the other side of things, producers began to push the aggression to a higher level, creating tracks that were more and more brutal, ferocious, vicious, grim, merciless; this usually happened on the more underground side of things and "lesser known labels" - "lesser known" at least compared to the mainstream Hardcore audience, because, after all, this very extreme sound has and had plenty of followers around the world as well!
This style is somewhat "in between" the traditional gabber style, and the emerging speedcore scene; too fast and heavy for party gabber, not speedy enough yet for the latter thing. yet, this all falls in a grey area of steady evolving styles; thus, many people would have called these tracks just gabber (or speedcore), too.
Somewhen after the turn of the millenium, some of the big, commercial promoters began to use the word "terror" to describe this style in their marketing texts; likely to differentiate it from the then new "hardcore" genres such as mainstyle, newstyle, "millenium hardcore"...
this "exchange of terms" caught on, and the name is now often used on the internet, too.
but in the actual 90s, this term was very rarely used in relationship to this genre.
1. Delta 9 - Atomizer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_r3IM7pUtQ
2. Doa - Ya Mutha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vReoi1B5k8E
3. Uvc vs. Narotic - Industrial Strength https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUnrt9riomQ
4. Nasenbluten - Machete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KauJdx464Q8
5. E-de Cologne - Kill for J*sus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-dStM2j1k
6. Noize Creator - Gangzta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrI8m7F_Sto
7. Stickhead - Check This Mutha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9jxAp225U
8. DJ Freak - Made In Leeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEz8HGphws
9. Amiga Shock Force - House Full Of Gangstaz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk5BKU3HinA
10. S37 - Frontal Attack Posse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WslmrB45Uug
Bundled with the short description of the respective style is a list of up to 10 tracks as listening examples; and we quote:
"this is aimed at newcomers to hardcore techno, or newcomers to that specific style.
it should give them a quick overview of that genre, and a good idea how it actually sounds like.
these are not complete or exhaustive; there is much (much!) more stuff out there to be found.
these might not be the best tracks of the genre, or important artists might even be missing, due to the reduced amount of entries in these listings."
Speedcore
As the name says, this genre is defined by Speed. In the 90s, Hardcore and Gabber began to push the BPMs of there tracks further and further; while this at first ran along with the general gabber concept, it eventually led to a scene and genre of its own.
Unlike its gabber roots, there is less focus on "dancefloor" friendly elements such as (sampled) female vocals or MCs, bouncy drums, rave stabs...
Tracks are often devoid of melodies and employ metal guitar riffs, screams, industrial noises, horror samples. BPMs range from 300-500 bpm to speeds without limit.
While, after the millenium, "Speedcore" often meant just high speed drill drums and noises, this genre was still more grounded and complex in the 90s, with tracks exhibiting intricate and varied designs.
One of the toughest genres of Hardcore Techno.
1. Bakalla - True Force https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-h3f5M15uM
2. Seveso - ABC Alarm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HeBkJrNnIM
3. Gangstar Toons Industry - Mistick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLqjc-o2XOo
4. UK Skullfuck - Nuclear Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epaQk1Jt4dQ
5. The Berzerker - Evil Worlds Beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U3au_gTLxs
6. Sonic Overkill - Born In Hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZ9d4SLYd4
7. Amiga Shock Force - Violent Geisha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4YxlyJKmU
8. D.O.A. - Ya Mutha Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzPsJ9vudM
9. Quindoor - Full Energy Flash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKTZ0UiOMY
10. Low Entropy - Adrenaline Junkie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFe66oUEH94
Acidcore
Acidcore takes Acid music to a Hardcore level.
303-like bassline modulation and thundering bassdrums are the foundation for this genre.
While actual acid music was already seen as somewhat atonal and abrasive upon its advent (todays listeners might perceive it differently), with Acidcore, the prominent basslines frequently get distorted, manipulated, EQd, and burnt beyond recognition.
The tracks often have a hypnotic, monotonous, entrancing, repetitive quality; there are tracks that literally drone on for 10 minutes and more, with nothing but manipulation of the same loops of bass sounds, percussion, and a drum.
This makes them ideal for long sets in festivals or underground settings.
Despite the generally minimalistic setting of most tracks (303+drums+maybe one or two synths), there is a lot of variety in the genre. Ranging from ~150 BPM "Dancefloor" smashers to 200+ BPM aural assaults, or slow and calm tracks on the other side of the filtered spectrum.
Indeed, together with , Acidcore is one of the few Harfcore genres that often uses non-distorted, Techno-like drums.
Some Acidcore artists push the distortion so hard that their tracks bleed into the genre of Noisecore; the results are then some of the most extreme and blood-thirsty Tracks of the whole Hardcore circuit.
1. Choose - Slowgan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7G95sKW2OI
2. Agro - Bullen Raus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PbliuMl1Xc
3.Speed Nova - Acid Instinct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYs7v8PYRLs
4. Zekt - The Last Dawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spROjj5di2E
5. 100% Acidiferous - Worldisorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svN1SyO_Nh0
6. Fields Of Defacement - Bang-Bang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1kS5XFY98
7. Brixton - Track 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh3RZGuf6No
8. Biochip C - R*d Light District https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XHVEXShtO0
9. Machines - Acid Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoiYRdlXesE
10. Cellblock X - Acid Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V5MYMnhAzE
Doomcore
Doomcore is defined by slower BPMs and a dark, "doomed" atmosphere.
While most Hardcore genres are not so keen on melodic elements (above the use of simple juno synth riffs), Doomcore tracks almost always feature composition of synths, choirs, strings...
The words "melody" and "harmonic" should be put in quotes though, as these elements usually border on the atonal, disharmonic, and unsettling.
In fact, there is a strong affinity to Horror movie themes and sounds, and tracks often feature tropes such as demonic possession, insanity, hauntings...
There is a tendency towards minimal sound design, and some tracks run the "drum+percussion+synth" formula from start to finish.
Divergency to this exist too, though.
Generally, it can be said that the mood, attitude, sentiment of a track is more defining to the Doomcore sound than elements such as "overly distorted drums"
Contrary to common perception, the Doomcore sound and scene was already well-established in the 90s, with many artists and labels being dedicated to this very sound and its crowd.
1. The Mover - Gatecrusher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5LDbKDUwhY
2. Aftermath - The Aftermath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Cvj3t7mOU
3. Fifth Era - Zombie Raver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgSQew0tHMA
4. Current 909 - The Lockdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zttXZgPLe2Q
5. Miro - Purple Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKbCf8gXmk
6. The Horrorist - Into The Moonbeam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6s27QoNaN8
7. Freez-E-Style - Enter The Gates Of Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLhYfjWyJk
8. FFM Shadow Orchestra - D.N. Acid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs7YFn9M93c
9. Superpower - In The Midnight Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzS4zrkNss
10. Dr. Macabre - Poltergeist https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/poltergeist
Oldschool
There are various definitions for the term "Oldschool". The most common one refers to the very first Hardcore tracks; i.e. those that are already quite distinct from the other Techno releases of the era, yet are still tied to their Techno roots.
A broader definition would be "all hardcore tracks from the 90s"; and some even use a fluid definition that more or less means "any hardcore style that is older than contemporary ones".
We use the original definition here: the earliest bona fide hardcore tracks, from the early 90s.
You will find lots of Industrial and "metallic" sounds in these tracks, "rave signals", bleeps, acid lines, and the sonic architecture is generally more cold, "dry", technoid, and less melodic, than in later Gabber tracks.
2. Darrien Kelly & Scott Brown - Geleihoofd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLudCLnOC0
3. Neophyte - Communicate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvVOLObNf10
4. Hardsequencer - Brain Crash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tepFCfObUMA
5. Program 1 - Shoot Dis MF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fP316Q1Ow
6. Euromasters - Alles Naar De Kl*te https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE32aoIDjvY
7. Asylum - Mescalum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZbmhWRXXHU
8. Glitch - Heavy Mental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYWR8aCruTY
9. Rex Anthony - For You Marlene (Extended Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VF0sVoUZM
10. Final Analyzis - El Punto Final (Power Mix) (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUXVaCM-tQ
Extreme Hardcore (also known as "Terror")
By the mid 90s, a diversification of the Hardcore genre took place. Some producers adopted more happy sounds, pop vocals, and cheerful melodies, and the "rage" of former hardcore sounds transformed into more of an "euphoric energy"; this was especially true for the mass-market and TV, radio, heavy rotation aimed releases that earned quite a few hardcore producers a 'gold record' award by the music and entertainment industry. And, on the other side of things, producers began to push the aggression to a higher level, creating tracks that were more and more brutal, ferocious, vicious, grim, merciless; this usually happened on the more underground side of things and "lesser known labels" - "lesser known" at least compared to the mainstream Hardcore audience, because, after all, this very extreme sound has and had plenty of followers around the world as well!
This style is somewhat "in between" the traditional gabber style, and the emerging speedcore scene; too fast and heavy for party gabber, not speedy enough yet for the latter thing. yet, this all falls in a grey area of steady evolving styles; thus, many people would have called these tracks just gabber (or speedcore), too.
Somewhen after the turn of the millenium, some of the big, commercial promoters began to use the word "terror" to describe this style in their marketing texts; likely to differentiate it from the then new "hardcore" genres such as mainstyle, newstyle, "millenium hardcore"...
this "exchange of terms" caught on, and the name is now often used on the internet, too.
but in the actual 90s, this term was very rarely used in relationship to this genre.
1. Delta 9 - Atomizer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_r3IM7pUtQ
2. Doa - Ya Mutha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vReoi1B5k8E
3. Uvc vs. Narotic - Industrial Strength https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUnrt9riomQ
4. Nasenbluten - Machete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KauJdx464Q8
5. E-de Cologne - Kill for J*sus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-dStM2j1k
6. Noize Creator - Gangzta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrI8m7F_Sto
7. Stickhead - Check This Mutha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9jxAp225U
8. DJ Freak - Made In Leeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEz8HGphws
9. Amiga Shock Force - House Full Of Gangstaz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk5BKU3HinA
10. S37 - Frontal Attack Posse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WslmrB45Uug
Experimental Hardcore
Experimental is a genre that encompasses artists who try to break away from the rules and standard sounds / tropes of hardcore and gabber.
There is often an inspiritual (sic) crossover with avantgarde art and music in general; spanning from industrial and noise to frühe elektronische musik, berliner schule, or contemporay classical. To give examples, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ligeti and Stockhausen are valid influences on this genre.
Tracks in this setting usually bust all scales (even the tonal ones), so you can find everything here, from slow distorted tracks, highspeed ones, arrhythms, or just sheer noise.
This is one of the most obscure genres of Hardcore, and records, tracks, explanations are often hard to find (while the artists decline to comment).
1. Taciturne - Phenprocoumon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqPwXxDvIl0
2. Somatic Responses - Wherever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZmsHiJTjw
3. Headcleaner - All Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGGMAnDtK-A
4. Mouse - Vlad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7es7a9e4L8M
5. Erase Head - Dome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLprxp9-NA
6. Eradicator - Titan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwafK_mTAmc
7. Cyberchrist - Information Revolution (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJKGzWUeosI
8. Lorenz attractor - Dissonance And Disorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2Rr67vs6U
9. The Mover - Changing Platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFakkMXHfiM
10. Noface - Love or Kill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53bmQOAqtDw
Breakcore
Bored with the typical 909 gabber drums, breakcore artists employ breakbeats and more complicated rhythms in their tracks.
The roots of the genre go back to the very beginning of the 90s, and there is a strong affinity to the whole punk thing and attitude here.
Just like speedcore, breakcore ditched the "club friendly" sounds of the techno parents in exchange for guitars, noise, and chaos.
Breakcore tracks can range from darker jungle sounds to "wall of noise" breakbeats from start to finish.
Unlike the post-millenium "breakcore", there was little influence of IDM in the 90s, and artists generally shunned pop culture and pop samples.
1. Patric Catani - Still Wanna Win (I Can't Lose) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysRs1E_-25c
2. Christoph de Babalon - Residuum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW-MPWVwyVE
3. DJ Scud & Christoph Fringeli - Bodysnatcher - bodysnatcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ArxhH3SYI
4. Somatic Responses - The Stalker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG5pZTmT2RA
5. Alec Empire - We All Die https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llVf0ZnBBmc
6. Atari Teenage Riot - Raverbashing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BiufWpfiKw
7. DJ Scud - Mash The Place Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPrl0wVmOFk
8. Bazooka - Lethal Breaxx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxuBRTScEvk
9. Amiga Shock Force - Keep Your Enemies Close https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ha_PFUefhc
10. Eradicator - Streptocock Gee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBk9DSyS-ug
Hardcore out of France (before Frenchcore)
Somewhen after the millenium, a style called "Frenchcore" became the most popular form of Hardcore around.
But even before the advent of "Frenchcore", la grande nation was a true Hardcore power house.
There is no "one size fits all" definition for this style, as artists happened extremely experimental, sometimes even dropping beats to switch to full-on noise, or distortion them to the point that they *became* full-on noise.
This scene was definitely "one of a kind" and led to some of the boldest and most "out-there" hardcore productions.
It was also very fruitful, as it had a huge influence on the later evolution of styles such as industrial hardcore, speedcore, breakcore, or - frenchcore!
9. Taciturne - Avarie de Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1571KFY-UQ
10. EPC - Autoplasie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NznkTzB80yQ
Tracker Hardcore
In the beginning, the Hardcore Techno scene had heavy ties to the tracker / mod / demo-scene.
A lot of Hardcore tracks made it from being created on trackers to being released on vinyl or CD and became "hits" - like the output of Hardsequencer, Neophyte, Nasenbluten or Cybermouse showed.
But a lot of it never made it to a physical release, and was instead created, distributed and enjoyed in the digital mod scene - spread on BBS systems, the early internet, or just diskettes.
It's a hidden treasure of sound still unknown to many people. A lot of stuff from the tracker scene can definitely be compared in production, creativity, and most important, fun, to the "big" or official releases.
1. Daxx - American Bum Bum
2. Epidemic - Cpu-Hardcore
3. Starfox - Feel the Music
4. Daxx - Hard Effects
5. Zabba - Mission Hardcore
Industrial Hardcore
Industrial Hardcore has become a really big genre now, but its roots lie in the Hardcore Techno scene of the 90s, when artists moved away from the hoovers, synths and rave stabs - plus rap and pop samples - that defined the more "dance friendly" Gabber music which began dominating the Hardcore raves and music chain store CD compilations. They explored disturbing and surreal noize, metallic, shrill and industrial sounds with pounding, deep drums and generally full-on distortion.
While Industrial Hardcore is now usally associated with "slower" speeds in music, the Industrial Hardcore of the mid-90s was usually still quite fast and frantic.
This sound also had a huge influence on the Frenchcore, Speedcore and Breakcore genres that grew bigger and bigger after the 90s ended.
1. Laura Grabb - Facing Life In Prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYir0uM4yB0
2. Taciturne - Haematopan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J-TGMJ2yuc
3. Caustic Window - The Garden Of Linmiri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tdyj8LgoY
4. Mouse - hAlloween https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30sfie15hBU
5. Richard Devine - Refractor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em0My2AF9MA
6. Ingler - Erratum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQgYhIAmJg
7. E-de Cologne - E-de Cologne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4prLa-BEk
8. Delta 9 - Mortified https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v28Irc2-Pl4
9. Somatic Responses - Cyclotron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BTpDBpx6ZM
10. Gringo - Slayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXBWxTo648Y
Ravecore (sometimes called Trancecore)
A (tiniest) niche genre that falls in between Happy Hardcore, Oldschool and Gabber. Hardtrance melodies meet insane speed and distortion.
Unlike the UK, in some European countries, such as Germany, "Rave" didn't mean breakbeat and artcore tunes, but the style that is now called Oldschool Hardtrance.
And while Hardtrance didn't seem to play a big role in the Dutch Gabber scene, Gabber actually played a very big role in German "Rave" culture in that time; all the big DJs like Marusha or Hardsequencer (who even started as a Hardcore producer) dropped Gabber tracks in their sets.
But while their was an influence of Gabber in Rave productions, there were not many real, "pure" crossovers.
Still, such tracks do exist, and this style has its own fans by now.
A more wide-spread term for this genre is "Trancecore", but that term is much more vague; often it is used for any kind of "Hardcore" that has a hypnotic / "trance-y" feel, for example some forms of Acidcore.
1. RMB - There's Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4srlWvyxhZg
2. Hardsequencer - Sound Vibrations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTezEGC18ns
3. Raver's Nature - Return Of Fame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNKPSegSPYQ
4. Speedloader - Kick Some Ass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47KHJUKZ33o
5. 3 Steps Ahead - Hardcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_C37Nx8X0M
6. Members Of Mayday - The Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aamdc-Yf3WE
7. Razor - Rave Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rejdNcLQbf8
8. Nip Collective - Warp 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17qn0TpJ6k
9. Undercover Anarchist - Rave Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDElxe-BdK0
10. Aurora Borealis - Pillow Lava (Lenny Dee Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOy8Kp1jy0Y
Futuristic Broken Hardcore
This here is more like a place-holder: There was a style in harsh electronic music that existed in the 90s and beyond, that focused more on atmosphere than pure speed and distortion: using beats in between Electro, Hardcore and Breakcore, combined with sci-fi like synths and spaced out melodies. One of the pioneers of that sound was Aphex Twin, and it was later brought to further mastery by the likes of Senical and especially the Somatic Responses.
A sub-set of Experimental Hardcore, it's definitely a very niche genre; but it exists!
As the tracks in this style are very distinct and easily recognizable, and in the used soundstructure, above from the abovementioned things, there is little overlap with elements that are common in other styles of hardcore (such as rapping, shouting, guitars...).
1. Somatic Responses - The Stalker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPvPkGJTmM
2. Senical - Salza in the Middle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M110vd8gRUM
3. Frozen - Out of the light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIt080wmGmo
4. Somatic Responses - The Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiTHFT9FvCY
5. Aphex Twin - Isopropophlex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TuK2dxBA0
6. Vdd Energise - Don't Open The Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5KWedeRdeI
7. Somatic Responses - The World Unseen pt. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krdw1HQC1K4
8. The Joker - Houla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mArDwe9pxGY
9. Lory D - Effetto M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vVa9OFslns
10. Senical - Blized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbfF5yZL3JM
Chipcore
One of the "smallest" genres, really. But it is valid to be included, because of its unique sound that can not be found elsewhere in the carousel of genres.
A crossover of Chiptune music and Hardcore.
You can find Sawtooth Arps here, wild vibrato, hollow squaresounds, kling, klangs, and bells, powered by distorted and frantic break- or hardcore beats.
enjoy!
01. Warlock - Hardcore Killa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u83j9PLsP4g
02. Mephisto - Hardcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9yK0plQGLw
03. Wacek - Satanic Hardcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8UwdXkD180
Artcore (or Ruffneck-Style)
Trainspotters will cry out that "artcore" originally referred to breakbeat hardcore stuff out of UK, and that it was not commonly used for the style we describe here, until after the 90s.
Yet, most people nowadays use the term, and I have not heard an alternative one yet.
"Artcore" refers to a style that was prominent on Ruffneck Records and the labels related to it - such as the sublabel Ruffex, the succesor "Gangzta", or labels run by artists that had ties with ruffneck records one way or the other.
It has it's similarities to mid 90s gabber in general - but it builds on it, and a defining thing is that "artcore" tracks usually feature much better production values, drop any sense of pop / cheesiness, introduce futuristic or dark elements like "otherworld choirs", and generally ran heavily along with scifi and horror tropes of that era.
Oh, and let us not forget those heavy filter sweeps on the Juno!
1. Ectomorph - The Beginning Of The End https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO4JGgZkd1I
2. Lockjaw - The Point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSrRblFvmc
3. Phoenix - Dominate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQbEtHn2RtU
4. Wedlock - Ruffneck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGf6E120o1o
5. Tellurian - Guyver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcF8n1FJs44
8. Leviathan - Yes... No... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDzTRi9V6JI
9. Predator - The Strongest Gang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAIFsweYsXU
10. Knightvision - Knight Of Visions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-g4VnePIfo
"Thunderdome-Style"
Once again, a style without a name. And as the Thunderdome franchise was the most prominent "Mäzen" of it, why not relate the name to them, too.
To be exact, I'm talking about a style that was featured almost exclusive on ID&T compilation series such as Thunderdome, Earthquake, and those compilations that tried to copy-cat it.
A common theme was a fast, "bouncy" 909 hardcore drum, distorted percussion, and riffs made up of Juno hoover type sounds - and these riffs were sometimes twice or quadruple times the speed of the rest of the track!
Optional elements were samples taken out of 70s, 80s pop, rock and disco hits, or hip hop samples.
Due to the popularity of the whole Thunderdome thing in the 90s, in many cases this was what those who were outside the scene associated with hardcore / gabber music; as this was all they knew, as the other styles were often kept very underground. So, amongst the general populance, this music was seen as synonymous with the term "Gabber" itself.
1. The Prophet - Allright Now Here We Go!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-7A6uVcrc
2. DJ Isaac - Bad Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yvPWVSgEAk
3. 3 Steps Ahead - In The Name of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IsKS5PWe_k
Experimental is a genre that encompasses artists who try to break away from the rules and standard sounds / tropes of hardcore and gabber.
There is often an inspiritual (sic) crossover with avantgarde art and music in general; spanning from industrial and noise to frühe elektronische musik, berliner schule, or contemporay classical. To give examples, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ligeti and Stockhausen are valid influences on this genre.
Tracks in this setting usually bust all scales (even the tonal ones), so you can find everything here, from slow distorted tracks, highspeed ones, arrhythms, or just sheer noise.
This is one of the most obscure genres of Hardcore, and records, tracks, explanations are often hard to find (while the artists decline to comment).
1. Taciturne - Phenprocoumon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqPwXxDvIl0
2. Somatic Responses - Wherever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZmsHiJTjw
3. Headcleaner - All Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGGMAnDtK-A
4. Mouse - Vlad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7es7a9e4L8M
5. Erase Head - Dome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLprxp9-NA
6. Eradicator - Titan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwafK_mTAmc
7. Cyberchrist - Information Revolution (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJKGzWUeosI
8. Lorenz attractor - Dissonance And Disorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2Rr67vs6U
9. The Mover - Changing Platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFakkMXHfiM
10. Noface - Love or Kill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53bmQOAqtDw
Breakcore
Bored with the typical 909 gabber drums, breakcore artists employ breakbeats and more complicated rhythms in their tracks.
The roots of the genre go back to the very beginning of the 90s, and there is a strong affinity to the whole punk thing and attitude here.
Just like speedcore, breakcore ditched the "club friendly" sounds of the techno parents in exchange for guitars, noise, and chaos.
Breakcore tracks can range from darker jungle sounds to "wall of noise" breakbeats from start to finish.
Unlike the post-millenium "breakcore", there was little influence of IDM in the 90s, and artists generally shunned pop culture and pop samples.
1. Patric Catani - Still Wanna Win (I Can't Lose) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysRs1E_-25c
2. Christoph de Babalon - Residuum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW-MPWVwyVE
3. DJ Scud & Christoph Fringeli - Bodysnatcher - bodysnatcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ArxhH3SYI
4. Somatic Responses - The Stalker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG5pZTmT2RA
5. Alec Empire - We All Die https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llVf0ZnBBmc
6. Atari Teenage Riot - Raverbashing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BiufWpfiKw
7. DJ Scud - Mash The Place Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPrl0wVmOFk
8. Bazooka - Lethal Breaxx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxuBRTScEvk
9. Amiga Shock Force - Keep Your Enemies Close https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ha_PFUefhc
10. Eradicator - Streptocock Gee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBk9DSyS-ug
Hardcore out of France (before Frenchcore)
Somewhen after the millenium, a style called "Frenchcore" became the most popular form of Hardcore around.
But even before the advent of "Frenchcore", la grande nation was a true Hardcore power house.
There is no "one size fits all" definition for this style, as artists happened extremely experimental, sometimes even dropping beats to switch to full-on noise, or distortion them to the point that they *became* full-on noise.
This scene was definitely "one of a kind" and led to some of the boldest and most "out-there" hardcore productions.
It was also very fruitful, as it had a huge influence on the later evolution of styles such as industrial hardcore, speedcore, breakcore, or - frenchcore!
1. Auto-Psy - If https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjJ0sgPaWgs
2. No Name - Y-droid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk8O1pPGQF0
3. Gangstar Toons Industry - GTI 005 B1 Untitled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWUuHQWJzhA
4. TR & Klaus Kombat - Garde A Vue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-luucFWGs
5. Hasshelloff - This Time Is War... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vXLf9P7oB4
6. Joel Giraldou - Untitled (A1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjpDo1Prq5Y
7. Ingler - Trek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKTP4l2Gebk
8. XKV8 - Force Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9RUIoUBew9. Taciturne - Avarie de Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1571KFY-UQ
10. EPC - Autoplasie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NznkTzB80yQ
Tracker Hardcore
In the beginning, the Hardcore Techno scene had heavy ties to the tracker / mod / demo-scene.
A lot of Hardcore tracks made it from being created on trackers to being released on vinyl or CD and became "hits" - like the output of Hardsequencer, Neophyte, Nasenbluten or Cybermouse showed.
But a lot of it never made it to a physical release, and was instead created, distributed and enjoyed in the digital mod scene - spread on BBS systems, the early internet, or just diskettes.
It's a hidden treasure of sound still unknown to many people. A lot of stuff from the tracker scene can definitely be compared in production, creativity, and most important, fun, to the "big" or official releases.
1. Daxx - American Bum Bum
2. Epidemic - Cpu-Hardcore
3. Starfox - Feel the Music
4. Daxx - Hard Effects
5. Zabba - Mission Hardcore
Industrial Hardcore
Industrial Hardcore has become a really big genre now, but its roots lie in the Hardcore Techno scene of the 90s, when artists moved away from the hoovers, synths and rave stabs - plus rap and pop samples - that defined the more "dance friendly" Gabber music which began dominating the Hardcore raves and music chain store CD compilations. They explored disturbing and surreal noize, metallic, shrill and industrial sounds with pounding, deep drums and generally full-on distortion.
While Industrial Hardcore is now usally associated with "slower" speeds in music, the Industrial Hardcore of the mid-90s was usually still quite fast and frantic.
This sound also had a huge influence on the Frenchcore, Speedcore and Breakcore genres that grew bigger and bigger after the 90s ended.
1. Laura Grabb - Facing Life In Prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYir0uM4yB0
2. Taciturne - Haematopan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J-TGMJ2yuc
3. Caustic Window - The Garden Of Linmiri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tdyj8LgoY
4. Mouse - hAlloween https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30sfie15hBU
5. Richard Devine - Refractor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em0My2AF9MA
6. Ingler - Erratum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQgYhIAmJg
7. E-de Cologne - E-de Cologne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4prLa-BEk
8. Delta 9 - Mortified https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v28Irc2-Pl4
9. Somatic Responses - Cyclotron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BTpDBpx6ZM
10. Gringo - Slayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXBWxTo648Y
Ravecore (sometimes called Trancecore)
A (tiniest) niche genre that falls in between Happy Hardcore, Oldschool and Gabber. Hardtrance melodies meet insane speed and distortion.
Unlike the UK, in some European countries, such as Germany, "Rave" didn't mean breakbeat and artcore tunes, but the style that is now called Oldschool Hardtrance.
And while Hardtrance didn't seem to play a big role in the Dutch Gabber scene, Gabber actually played a very big role in German "Rave" culture in that time; all the big DJs like Marusha or Hardsequencer (who even started as a Hardcore producer) dropped Gabber tracks in their sets.
But while their was an influence of Gabber in Rave productions, there were not many real, "pure" crossovers.
Still, such tracks do exist, and this style has its own fans by now.
A more wide-spread term for this genre is "Trancecore", but that term is much more vague; often it is used for any kind of "Hardcore" that has a hypnotic / "trance-y" feel, for example some forms of Acidcore.
1. RMB - There's Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4srlWvyxhZg
2. Hardsequencer - Sound Vibrations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTezEGC18ns
3. Raver's Nature - Return Of Fame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNKPSegSPYQ
4. Speedloader - Kick Some Ass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47KHJUKZ33o
5. 3 Steps Ahead - Hardcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_C37Nx8X0M
6. Members Of Mayday - The Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aamdc-Yf3WE
7. Razor - Rave Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rejdNcLQbf8
8. Nip Collective - Warp 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17qn0TpJ6k
9. Undercover Anarchist - Rave Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDElxe-BdK0
10. Aurora Borealis - Pillow Lava (Lenny Dee Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOy8Kp1jy0Y
Futuristic Broken Hardcore
This here is more like a place-holder: There was a style in harsh electronic music that existed in the 90s and beyond, that focused more on atmosphere than pure speed and distortion: using beats in between Electro, Hardcore and Breakcore, combined with sci-fi like synths and spaced out melodies. One of the pioneers of that sound was Aphex Twin, and it was later brought to further mastery by the likes of Senical and especially the Somatic Responses.
A sub-set of Experimental Hardcore, it's definitely a very niche genre; but it exists!
As the tracks in this style are very distinct and easily recognizable, and in the used soundstructure, above from the abovementioned things, there is little overlap with elements that are common in other styles of hardcore (such as rapping, shouting, guitars...).
1. Somatic Responses - The Stalker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPvPkGJTmM
2. Senical - Salza in the Middle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M110vd8gRUM
3. Frozen - Out of the light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIt080wmGmo
4. Somatic Responses - The Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiTHFT9FvCY
5. Aphex Twin - Isopropophlex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TuK2dxBA0
6. Vdd Energise - Don't Open The Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5KWedeRdeI
7. Somatic Responses - The World Unseen pt. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krdw1HQC1K4
8. The Joker - Houla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mArDwe9pxGY
9. Lory D - Effetto M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vVa9OFslns
10. Senical - Blized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbfF5yZL3JM
Chipcore
One of the "smallest" genres, really. But it is valid to be included, because of its unique sound that can not be found elsewhere in the carousel of genres.
A crossover of Chiptune music and Hardcore.
You can find Sawtooth Arps here, wild vibrato, hollow squaresounds, kling, klangs, and bells, powered by distorted and frantic break- or hardcore beats.
enjoy!
01. Warlock - Hardcore Killa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u83j9PLsP4g
02. Mephisto - Hardcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9yK0plQGLw
03. Wacek - Satanic Hardcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8UwdXkD180
Artcore (or Ruffneck-Style)
Trainspotters will cry out that "artcore" originally referred to breakbeat hardcore stuff out of UK, and that it was not commonly used for the style we describe here, until after the 90s.
Yet, most people nowadays use the term, and I have not heard an alternative one yet.
"Artcore" refers to a style that was prominent on Ruffneck Records and the labels related to it - such as the sublabel Ruffex, the succesor "Gangzta", or labels run by artists that had ties with ruffneck records one way or the other.
It has it's similarities to mid 90s gabber in general - but it builds on it, and a defining thing is that "artcore" tracks usually feature much better production values, drop any sense of pop / cheesiness, introduce futuristic or dark elements like "otherworld choirs", and generally ran heavily along with scifi and horror tropes of that era.
Oh, and let us not forget those heavy filter sweeps on the Juno!
1. Ectomorph - The Beginning Of The End https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO4JGgZkd1I
2. Lockjaw - The Point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSrRblFvmc
3. Phoenix - Dominate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQbEtHn2RtU
4. Wedlock - Ruffneck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGf6E120o1o
5. Tellurian - Guyver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcF8n1FJs44
6. Omar Santana - Ready To Brain Bash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7yswNCvA9c
7. Cyanide - Dark Knight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDdrj0SH5eo8. Leviathan - Yes... No... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDzTRi9V6JI
9. Predator - The Strongest Gang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAIFsweYsXU
10. Knightvision - Knight Of Visions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-g4VnePIfo
"Thunderdome-Style"
Once again, a style without a name. And as the Thunderdome franchise was the most prominent "Mäzen" of it, why not relate the name to them, too.
To be exact, I'm talking about a style that was featured almost exclusive on ID&T compilation series such as Thunderdome, Earthquake, and those compilations that tried to copy-cat it.
A common theme was a fast, "bouncy" 909 hardcore drum, distorted percussion, and riffs made up of Juno hoover type sounds - and these riffs were sometimes twice or quadruple times the speed of the rest of the track!
Optional elements were samples taken out of 70s, 80s pop, rock and disco hits, or hip hop samples.
Due to the popularity of the whole Thunderdome thing in the 90s, in many cases this was what those who were outside the scene associated with hardcore / gabber music; as this was all they knew, as the other styles were often kept very underground. So, amongst the general populance, this music was seen as synonymous with the term "Gabber" itself.
1. The Prophet - Allright Now Here We Go!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-7A6uVcrc
2. DJ Isaac - Bad Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yvPWVSgEAk
3. 3 Steps Ahead - In The Name of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IsKS5PWe_k
4. Dj Delirium & Buzz Fuzz - Immortality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e480MT3an5Y
5. DJ Weirdo & Dr. Phil Omanski - Young Birds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugNGKgnfdr0
6. Critical Mass - Believe in the future (Dj Weirdo & Dj Sim Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Rik2Hw-YI
7. Dj Delirium & Guitar Rob - The Way That We Rocked It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KufOKQBNmbs
8. Bertocucci Feranzano - XTC Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG3AaZWfn2w
8. Bertocucci Feranzano - XTC Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG3AaZWfn2w
9. Renata Riccardi - Return Of A Looney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3g9yGnTibg
10. Distortion & Mc Raw Vs Bass-D & King Matthew - Raveworld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsj6Cod1Hs
10. Distortion & Mc Raw Vs Bass-D & King Matthew - Raveworld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsj6Cod1Hs
A list of labels associated with the 90s Hardcore Techno underground scene. (To be amended)
For now, these link to one of our other publications - The Hardcore Primer.
We will change this in the future.
Blut
Nordcore
Praxis
Kotzaak Unltd.
Things To Come
Senical Label Family
Narcotic Network Recordings
Digital Hardcore Recordings
Hangars Liquides
Ambush
Tranceform
Speedcore Records
Sounds Never Seen
The Audio / Visual Irritant
War Records
Countdown FFM
Narcotic Network Recordings
Gangstar Toons Industry
Mono Tone
Anticore Records
Spite
K-Ni-Bal Records
Underground Futuristic Organisation
Nordcore
Praxis
Kotzaak Unltd.
Things To Come
Senical Label Family
Narcotic Network Recordings
Digital Hardcore Recordings
Hangars Liquides
Ambush
Tranceform
Speedcore Records
Sounds Never Seen
The Audio / Visual Irritant
War Records
Countdown FFM
Narcotic Network Recordings
Gangstar Toons Industry
Mono Tone
Anticore Records
Spite
K-Ni-Bal Records
Underground Futuristic Organisation
A list of artists associated with the 90s Hardcore Techno underground scene. (To be amended)
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