90's Mokum Records (2025)

Martin van Zeelandt / TCD
Jun 28
4 min read

Saturday evening. It is hot, and clammy. And today, a lot of people have gone raving. It is that time of the year again: temperatures are going up, and people leave their houses to go to these wonderful places, and they let themselves go. It's party time, and we've deserved it. I hope all these people rave safely, and stay lubricated (=hydrated). For more it would be an amazing thing to do, raving, but I'm getting old, more miserable, and cannot tolerate people anymore. Phones down, hands in the air, and stomp your feet. That's my motto. Don't need a video of the DJ: there will be an afterparty video on YouTube within a week! Just enjoy yourselves.

So, instead of going out, I'm sitting at home, thinking of the good ol' days. The 90s. They were fantastic years. And I still regard them as the best years of Dance music. Of course, Gabber/Hardcore came out of nowhere and dominated my life since 1993, but Dance music in general was so damn good. For today's mix, we will focus on Gabber/Hardcore, and this small Indie label from Amsterdam... you might have heard of it: Mokum Records.

Of course, I am kidding. Who doesn't know Mokum? I always liked the music from both Rotterdam and Amsterdam, but over the last few years have I discovered within myself that the music from Amsterdam had the most influence on me, growing up. And J.O.E.'s latest mix, which is solely focussed on Mokum, has got all the big tracks in here, which I truly adored as a kid/teenager, and now as a 40+ year old man, I still adore.

And they are still going strong. No rest for the wicked, eh? Neither does J.O.E. rest, as he keeps on releasing awesome mixes on Soundcloud. But what's in store today? What did he use for his Mokum mix?

1. DJ Chosen Few feat MC Lunatic - F**king Hardcore #7

2. DJ Chosen Few - Name Of My DJ

3. DJ Chosen Few - All You Motherf**kers

4. DJ Chosen Few & DJ Pila - The Break

5. Party Animals - Used & Abused (Amnesia Mix)

6. Annihilator - I’ll Show You My Gun

7. Technohead - Mary Jane

8. Annihilator - Realm of Darkness

9. Tellurian - Guyver

10. Tellurian - Hardcore Junkies

11. DJ Chosen Few - Danica

12. Technohead - Stay Down With The Hardcore

13. Technohead - The Passion #1

14. The Outside Agency - Hardcore Headz

15. Scott Brown’s Annihilator - Annihilator

16. Tellurian - I Won’t Stop Rocking

17. Wicked XXX - True Born Junglist

18. Tellurian - F**ked Up Motherf**kers

19. Tellurian - Bloody F**king Hardcore

20. Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy

21. DJ Chosen Few - Bring That Beat Back

22. Ceasefire - Who’s Afraid of the Noise

23. Tellurian - Get Raw

24. Scott Browns Annihilator - Out of Focus

25. Rob Gee & Ralphie Dee - Sex, Drugs & Gabba House

26. Annihilator - Mind War

27. Omar Santana - Mad Creator

28. Tellurian - Don’t Stop

29. Tellurian - The Sound of the Underground

30. DJ Chosen Few - Kold Dayz

31. DJ Chosen Few - Name of my DJ (Buzz Fuzz Remix)

32. Walter One - Hardcore Suckers

33. The Original Gabber - Headbanger

34. Party Animals - E.H.B.O.

35. DJ Dano & Liza N Eliaz feat Fear Factory - Manic Cure

36. Cyanide vs Maniac of Noise - Edge of Panic

37. Walter One - Speedjack

38. DJ Dano & Liza N Eliaz - Energy Boost

39. DJ Chosen Few - Paradize Outro

My youth in a nutshell. Christ, how many of us have danced/raved with these tunes being played at max volume? And how many of us would consider at least one of these to be the best Hardcore record of all time? Yes, you would state 'Name Of The DJ' to be the best, if not one of the greatest Hardcore anthems of all time. I do underline that statement.

Of course with a mix that contains 39 records, there will be multiple excellent records, and during the 90s one of the records that dominated and penetrated my eardrums the most, was 'Guyver' by Tellurian. 'Used & Abused' was also a big hit. I don't need to mention 'I Wanna Be A Hippy', that's too obvious. But to me, going back to the Earthquake CDs, 'Who's Afraid Of The Noise' by Ceasefire. Completely forgot this one even existed. How good is that track?

J.O.E. made a fabulous mix with some serious Hardcore bangers. Mokum Records surely was one of the greatest labels in the Netherlands during the 90s, and is still loved and appreciated by many. This mix will surely be on repeat for the upcoming days. Not being helped that the temperatures are going to be high, and this being blasted at me... but you only live once, enjoy it as much as you can. And this mix, I highly enjoyed it!