Sunday. A day to relax. But most of you lot won't be relaxing, you will probably be watching a football match, as it's on TV right now. I'm not one of those people who enjoys a game, I'd much rather do a million other things, and one of them is reviewing a mix. Hence why you are now reading this review, even though my own country is playing a game. But I'd much rather listen to this mix, as the focus of this mix is on one of the greatest UK Hardcore labels out there. Well, two of the greatest labels: Blatant Beats and Next Generation Records. You might have heard of them?
It's yet another smashing mix by the people who run the History Of Happy Hardcore account on Soundcloud. It was live recorded on Twitch only a few days ago, and if you are familiar with their mixes, you know they are ridiculously long. This one is 5 hours and 49 minutes long! Long as hell, but worth it. We all love both labels, and we are always eager to hear more. This mix is an appreciation mix, and has got so many anthems in it. Some would say too many, but I wouldn't agree.
They've done this before, and this mix can also be found on Soundcloud. If you are curious, you can check it out on Soundcloud. But maybe focus on their latest mix first, as it's a glorious one. And it makes me wonder what has happened to the label. So much potential, so much was released over the years. Their records became instant classics. And now it's not here anymore. 7 years ago was the last album release, and 13 years ago their last single release.
It is a shame, because this was one of the coolest labels out there. Do you agree or disagree?
Let me show you what's in store:
Fade & Dair - Burnin' NRG
Fade - Start The Party
Brisk & Fade feat Kelly - New Sensation
Brisk & Fade - Radio Rockin'
Double Dutch - Here Comes The noise
Fade & Menis - Guardcore
Fade - Fly With you
Brisk & Fade - Stay Here Forever
Double Dutch - Droptop
Brisk & Ham - Taste The Rainbow
DJ Ham - Pay Attention
Frisky & Hujib - Partycrasher
Frisky & Hujib - Ruff Rugged & Raw
Brisk & Vagabond feat DMO - In Control
Vagabond - Wilde Style
Euphoria feat MC Wotsee - Echo Of Heaven
Euphoria - Future Is Now
Vagabond - Enter Heaven
Euphoria feat MC Casper - Forbidden Fruit
Vagabond feat MC Wotsee - Axis Mundi
Euphoria feat MC Casper - Eternal Summer
Brisk & Vagabond - The Time Has Come
Vagabond feat Tais - Dance For Me
Vagabond - World Of Unknown
Euphoria - Eternal Heights
Double Dutch - Turn Out The Light
Brisk & Vagabond - Innocent
Human Resource - Dominator (Brisk & Ham Remix)
DJ Ham - Dancefloor Is Open
DJ Ham - Screams Your Heart Out
Vagabond - Poisonous
Eclipse - Making Love Forever (Ham Remix)
Fracus feat Lisa Abbott - Mirage (Brisk & Ham Remix)
Eclipse - Things You Do (Ham Remix)
Euphoria - Holding Out
Euphoria - Drunk With Love
Brisk & Vagabond vs DMO - Never Be Alone
Brisk & Ham - Sunrize
Brisk & Darwin - Make You Mine
DJ Ham - Love U Tonight
Euphoria - Restore My Heart
Fracus feat Ali - Guiding Lights
Double Dutch - Worlds Collide (Brisk & Fracus Mix)
Brisk & Fracus - Nothing In Our Way
Euphoria feat Tess & MC Wotsee - Final Goodbye
Brisk & Vagabond - My Obsession
Brisk & Fracus - Clear Blue Skies
Double Dutch - Killer
Ham vs S.O.U.L. - Run To You
Brisk & Ham - Angel Eyes (Re-Con Remix)
Brisk & Vagabond - Hit The Deck (Ham Remix)
Brisk & Stormtrooper - Rubix Cubix
Vagabond - Addiction, Temptation
Brisk & Ham - Fuck With My DJ
Brisk & Ham - Step 2 Da Flaw
Brisk & Stormtrooper - Rudeboy Sounds
Brisk & Vagabond - Lift Me Up
Brisk & Vagabond - Hardcore Never Dies
Impact - My Style
Brisk & Vagabond - Dance With Me
Deeadhed - On Fire (Hixxy Remix)
Euphoria feat MC Casper - Hardcore Overdose
Dreadhed - Pussy Like Bitches
Brisk & Vagabond - Funky Joint
Brisk & Vagabond - Clubfucker
Brisk & Vagabond - Punchdrunk
Brisk & Ham feat MC Whizzkid - Crazy Love (Scott Brown Remix)
Brisk & Fade - Skillz & Stylez
Double Dutch - Delicious
Frisky & Hujib - Never Stop
Double Dutch - Movin' On
This is a tracklist I wasn't ready for. My God, the amount of classics in here is insane! I had to look on Discogs again to figure out how many records these labels had released, and it a lot! A lot, a lot! And a handful of them made it into this mix. And yes, it glorious.
It goes from your well known UKHC classics to some European Hardcore, the style we like in the Netherlands. And that put my under pressure to determine a favourite record. As I've got one for each style, I have two for this mix. 'Punchdrunk' is my favourite Hardcore anthem, 'Ruff Rugged & Raw' my favourite UKHC anthem.
But this mix has got more than just these two anthems. 71 in total. Nearly 6 hours of UKHC's finest anthems. And even to this day do they do a lot of damage. Did they know, when they created these labels, that they would be so influential? So impactful? So important to us all? I doubt it, but that's exactly what these two labels had become. Well respected, and truly missed labels.
A wonderful glimpse back in time, when UKHC dominated my life, and most of the people in the UK. And I'm glad to have discovered these labels before they stopped. Well, did they stop? Who knows?
DJ: History of Happy Hardcore
Genre/Style: UK Hardcore, Happy Hardcore, Gabber, Hardcore
Mix Info: Saturday Seshions 'Next Generation Vs Blatant Beats 2' - HDSN
Length Mix: 05:49:12
Tracks: 71 (seventy-one)
Download/Listen (via Soundcloud): CLICK HERE
File Size: 798 MB
File Type: mp3
Audio: Stereo
Bit Rate: 320kbps
Release Year: 2024
More Information: History of Happy Hardcore - Soundcloud Channel
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