Hardcore Breakz Vol. 1 - 10 by Craig Scott (2022-2023)

If you are a regular to this site, you know I do love my music slightly faster, and harder. I do love everything with a decent bass, melody, and all the other bits that make a track stand out from the standard top 40 tunes. I am mainly a Hardcore Techno fanatic, but I can appreciate other styles too. And sometimes you rediscover genres you've forgot even existed, and it lights up a spark deep down inside of you. Thanks to Craig Scott, my Hardcore Breaks/Rave Breaks light has been lit, and something inside of me has arisen. And now, I am fully emerged into this largely underrated style!

Craig Scott's first mix was uploaded roughly 6 months ago, and I found it by accident. I was already following his Soundcloud channel, as I fell in love with his Hardcore Techno mixes. This new series, which he called 'Hardcore Breakz', was an instant hit! Not the success it should have been, but it was a hit in my eyes. I think I've played his first mix at least 100 times. And as of right now, I am listening to it. I am so in love with the concept of this mix series, and even though it isn't new and others have done it, Craig seems to have perfected it, and only chosen the finest tracks coming out of the scene. The finest of the finest. The crème de la crème, as the French would say!

Once I discovered this series, I started frantically look at Craig's page nearly every week, to see if he'd posted some new stuff. After the initial mix, it became my drug. I was an addict for Hardcore Breakz, and to this day I am hyped up to see new mixes emerge. He is my dealer, and I'm the junkie, waiting for new stuff!

I became addicted, and the craving was there. I've listened to all his mixes over and over, and only a week ago did the tenth instalment emerge. And I thought I would do this series justice by not writing a review of each mix Craig has done, but a combined review of all ten mixes!

Normally I am not a fan boy of anything. I don't always freak out. I've been disappointed in the past on many occasions, when you assume your 'hero' is awesome, and then you meet them, and they aren't as cool as you'd expect them to be. And I don't know Craig Scott nor have I ever met him, but his mix series does things to me. Unexpected things. Makes me feel extremely good, powerful, and energetic. He might be a very pleasant man, but it is the thing he's created I am excited about. Like a teenage girl am I sitting here, listening to his mixes. My heart skips a beat when I hear these freakishly good tunes.

Before I turn into a George Michael song, let me show you the tracks used for all mixes:

Hardcore Breakz 1

Z-Neo - Dope Enuff

Dystance - Rewindz

Z-Neo - Never Been To Berlin

Vinyltrixta - Make It Hardcore

Z-Neo - The Next Generation

Zensation - All Night Long

Z-Neo - High As A Kite

The Prodigy - Rip Up The Sound System (Paul Cronin Mix)

Z-Neo - Keanu Raves

Beardy - The Race

The House Crew - We Are Hardcore (Pete Cannon Mix)

Dragon Fly - Visions Of Rage (HWND Mix)

Gareth Monks - Power Plate

DJ H - Break Em

DJ Nexus - Techwaxer

BufoBufo - Golden Frog (Crashead Mix)

Crashead - Voidwalker

DJ Flow - Let's Go (Boizo Edit)

Z-Neo - For Your Love

Hardcore Breakz 2

DJ H - Beginnings

Yolk - Music 4 Da People (Nicky Allen Mix)

Nightmare & UFO - Fever

Lennie De Ice - We Are IE (Remix)

DJ X Cess - Music Is Moving

DJ Ham - Most Uplifting (New Decade Mix)

Amaretto - Itch

Matty B - Let's Go Crazy

Nayim & Luffy - Reach Out

Radicall - In The Shade

DJ Seduction - Surrender Yourself

Uplift - Brutal (Refix)

Settle Down - E's Restrictions

Pete Cannon - Amphetamine

Radicall - In The Air

Blame - Music Takes Me Higher (Blame Remix)

Amaretto - Black Gap

Beardy - Future Time

Blame - Check It Out (Blame Shadow Mix)

Hardcore Breakz 3

Liquid Crystal - Radiate (Sub Foundation Mix)

M27 Hardcore Junglist - Playing Games

Dave Skywalker - Asmodeus

Innercore - Rush MF

Paul Cronin - Lemme Come Again

Haze n Fader - Only You

Liquid Crystal - The Power Within (Jedi Mix)

Kefford - No More

Settle Down - Seen

Z-Neo - Reese You

Pete Cannon - Just A Dream

Borai - Kinda Dangerous

Crashead - Shafted

The Hypnotist - Hardcore You Know The Score (Innercore Mix)

Crashead - Everything

Z-Neo - So Easy

Gareth Monks - The Manix Stampede

Dave Skywalker - The Track With The Long Note

Hardcore Breakz 4

Shades Of Rhythm - Summer Of 89 (Blame & Boizo Edit)

Rave 2 The Grave - Liquid Is Liquid

Kathy Brown - You Give Good Love (Disaffected Mix)

Degrees Of Motion & North Base - Shine On

Rave 2 The Grave - NRG

Jimmy J & Cru-L-T - DJs In Full Effect (Liquid Mix)

Private Caller - Backwards

2 Bad Mice - Bombscare (Radio Killaz Mix)

Blame - Music Takes You (Boy Raver Mix)

Solardo - Enough

Techno Age - Movin On (Nicky Allen Mix)

Shades Of Rhythm - Sweet Sensations (Origin8a & Propa Mix)

Infekto - Everything Hardcore

DJ X-Cess - Gypsy Woman

MKII - This Is

The Prodigy - Android (Afterlife Mix)

Pillz - Hardcore Bass

Adelphi Music Factory - Area 39

Sekret Chadow - The Love Bug (Remix)

Ratpack - Searchin For My Rizzla

Hardcore Breakz 5

Lennie De Ice - We Are IE (Solo & Blades Mix)

Justin Jay & Denham Audio - Swarm

L Major - Raving Cru

Rave 2 The Grave - Papua New Guinea

Swankout - Whooo!

Underheadz - The Theme

Dismantle - Street Knowledge

Mr Frog - Almax

Rave 2 The Grave - Zero B

Adam Vyt - Bad Boy

Origina8a & Propa - Channels (Warehouse Mix)

Digital Purpose - He Didn't Do It On Purpose

Swankout - Planet Rising

L Major - The Future

Suga 7 - Rave Party

Doc Zee - Don Of All Dons

Jack & Play - Notion (Boizo Edit)

The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital (Crone Mix)

Denham Audio - Feel The Panic

Emeli Sande - Heaven i(Pyramid Mix)

Hardcore Breakz 6

Shadow Child - In Your Arms

Andy Wilson - I Need Somebody (Nefti Mix)

Clarke & East - My House Is Your House

JT Company - Don't Deal With Us (Dusky Mix)

4AM Kru - Pianos Raining Down

DJ X-Cess - You Got The Love

DJ Pooch - Dig This

Resin - Set Me Free

Darren Styles, Dougal & Gammer - Take Me Away

Case 82 - In The Rain

Clarke & East - Drop That

Cut & Paste - Give Into The Rhythm

Rave 2 The Grave - Give A Little Love

Rasco & Jonay - Addicted

Bop & Subwave - Rave I Didn't Know Was The End

Swankout - Brinin 92 Lovely

Dusky - E-Dawn

Rave 2 The Grave - My Sound

Z-Neo - 89 Voyage

Hardcore Breakz 7

Polo Lilli - I Won't Let You Go

Lucas - City Lights

E Zee Possee - Everything Starts With An E (Disaffected Mix)

Prism BRK - Area 8

Dexta & Crypicz - Together (Danny Scrilla Mix)

Beagle - Original Control

D Vibe - Power Within

MKII - Tango

Sub Fusion - Psychotic Bleeps

Amaretto - Untitled 1

New Decade - Be Ambient

DJ Seduction - Unstoppable

Z-Neo - The Presence Of Evil

Rebel MC - Get Ready

Polo Lilli - Loneliness

Nolige & Decepter - Junglism

Warrior One - Fyah (Bojcot Mix)

Benton & Bluetoof - Set Pace

Shy FX - Light Up

Hardcore Breakz 8

Awesome 3 - Don't Go (Hyper On Experience Mix)

Billy Daniel Bunter - 92 Breakbeat Underground

9Trane - Bad Habit

Mary Droppinz - Let Me Love You

Sub X - What You Do To Me

Michael Ange - Catch Me Ravin

DJ Max - Your Love (Nicky Allen Mix)

Dakota - Crush On You

Dissy - Manic Panic

MKII - Rhythm Is Moving

Dave Karma - The Love

Sekret Chadow - I Wanna Sing

Gav Ley - Feel Me

Johnny B - Take Me Away

Plump DJs - Dreamland (Pirate Jams Mix)

Digital Bse & Andy Vibes - Home

MKII - Get Funky

Fonso - Smooth Operator

Bassraver - Party Freak

Smart Systems - The Tingler (Zhute Mix)

Blame - Music Takes You (Fear-E Mix)

Denham Audio - Keep On

Multiply & Ivory - Back In The 90's

Hardcore Breakz 9

Warrior One - Fyah

Jem 77 - Never Felt This Way (DJ Producer Mix)

DJ Jedi - Acid Test

Pillz - Listen To The Sample

DMS - Vengeance (Kingsize Mix)

Plastic Solution - Droppin Clangers

Billy Daniel Bunter & Sanxion - Show Me

Shar-Pei & Systec - Mystic Sunrise

Peejay - Hard Groovin

Unknown - Unknown

Paranoid Androidz - Need U

The DJ Producer - Want Some More

Mata - Next Rave

T99 - Anasthasia (Damage Inc Mix)

Z-Neo - When You Need Me

Inner City - Good Life (Remix)

DJ Rave In Peace - Let's Do It

Unknown - Unknown

Shades Of Rhythm - Sound Of Eden (House Crew Mix)

Hardcore Breakz 10

Tony Oldskool - The Energizer

Sense - The Drop

Stanton Warriors - Voodoo Magic Man

Kitchen Sink Ravers - I Want You

Force Unknown - I Want You

Chiqui - Loving You

Specimen A & Rasco - Yesterday

Billy Daniel Bunter & Liquid - Dove Removal Machine

Flat Earth Mafia - CeCe Grooves

Adam Vyt - Feel My Soul

Josh B - Nobody Else

ROP - Me & You

2 Bad Mice - Gone Too Soon

Case 82 - I Just Wanna

Stanton Warriors - PNG

Jem 77 - Climb The Tree

True Blood - Another Jam

Josh B - The Jam

Deekline & Firestarter Soundsystem - Pickle Head

Chase & Status - Count On Me

If you click on the tabs above, it will show you the tracklist for each mix in this series. It took me forever to compose them all, so be grateful that I did. And if you aren't, don't worry: the track lists are also added to each mix by Craig himself!

These mixes are the dopest things on the internet right now. You cannot find anything on the internet as cool as these Hardcore Breakz mixes, trust me. And I would never say in public that I'm in love with something, but today's the day: I am in love with the Hardcore Breakz mix series, made by Craig Scott!

The tracks are all solid as a rock. The finest breakbeat anthems money can buy. Hardcore Breaks/Rave Breaks, give it a name, but it needs to stay true to the style. And all these records do exactly that. I get the early vibes throughout each mix. Like I am teleported back to the 90s, when Hardcore dominated the world and its Mother!

These mixes are to be treasured for life, and protected. They are fyah, as some of the track titles suggest. I am sitting here, fully in awe of each mix, and they are full of energetic anthems. If I close my eyes, I am back on the dancefloor, raving the night away. Sadly not in the UK, where most of these songs dominated everything. The Netherlands had a different approach to Hardcore. But I can just picture myself at those legendary events, dancing until the sun came up. Dance like no one was watching, and no one cared.

I don't want to spoil anything, but I do urge you to give this mix series a go. I've added a Soundcloud player below, which includes a few other mixes he's done (also oldskool mixes), but the Hardcore Breakz mixes are in there too. Seriously, such an underrated series. If there's anything you need to spend your precious time on doing right now, it is listen to this series, and relive the golden years! Go back in time!

Credit goes to Craig Scott, for making this awesome mix series! Keep up the good work! Hopefully we can write another blog in 6 months, when the next 10 are done...... (wishful thinking)...

Hardcore Breakz for life!