It is Sunday, and I will only be doing one review. Why one, you might ask? Well, as the mix is 2 hours and 19 minutes long, it's longer than my usual mixes I listen to, and it might just be enough for you all to listen to today. It's a mix dedicated to Hardcore music from around 2007, which is now 17 years ago (can you believe it?). I only stumbled upon this by accident, and I'm happy that I did so, as I'm in awe of music released during the noughties, and this mix shows why the year 2007 was a fantastic year for Hardcore music in general.
It also shows the difference in current day Hardcore and what was made back in the day. I know there will always be an evolution happening, but the current Hardcore could not sound any more different. My personal believe is that the year 2007 was a very important year, as it had some of the finest Hardcore anthems of all time, and once you look at the tracklist, you will know immediately what I mean by stating that fact.
The mix was made by Broken Balance and uploaded back in 2023, and the tracklist is a thing of beauty. So many tracks I do love, and adore. And I think that the year 2007 was one of those years I spent the most on buying compilations. If it's not the number one, it is in the top three years of years I spent the most money on music. Why? Because Hardcore proved itself to be a powerful genre of music, and it was super well developed. Quality over quantity, but that goes out of the window, as we are about to listen to 50 songs in a 2 hour and 19 minute long mix. Quantity remains though, the songs are just fucking epic.
Promo - Running Against The Rules (D-Passion Remix)
Tommyknocker - Death By Stereo
Meccano Twins - Domin-Hated
Prowler - World In Chaos
Tommyknocker & Sunbeam - Twisted World (The Viper Mashup Mix)
Masters Of Ceremony - Bottoms Up
Meccano Twins - Tendrils Of Agony
Art Of Fighters - Redemption
Nosferatu - Outshine Any Competition
G-Town Madness & The Viper - Come As One (Project Hardcore 2007 Anthem)
Tha Playah - Blast Tha Crowd
Kasparov - Lobster Logic
Weapon X - Back To Life
Art Of Fighters - Do Or Die
DJ D - Gloria
Ophidian & Ruffneck - So Many Sacrifices
Nosferatu - The Flames Of Your Righteous Anger
Placid K - Are You Aware
Dione - Freak Show
Kasparov & MC Raw - We Will Dominate
Art Of Fighters - Vulcano Action
The Wishmaster & Impulse Factory - To The Ground
Tommyknocker - Hurricane
DNME - 1D (Back Off)
Bulldozer Project - Arise (Na-Goyah Remix)
Predator - Demon Pit
Kasparov - Intrusion
Men Of Steel - The Future Is Ours (Panic & Tha Playah Remix)
Dione - Never Lost His Hardcore
Mad Dog - Crime After Crime
Amnesys - Slash Com
Too Fast For Mellow - We Gonna Get This Place (Dione Remix)
Re-Style - Take Ya Down
Tommyknocker - Learn From The Pain
Re-Style - Co-Kane
Amnesys - My Motherfuckin' Name
Promo - The Tablet
Nosferatu - System_5601
Mad Dog & Noize Suppressor - Fire
Lenny Dee - The Dreamer (Promo Remix)
Outblast & Predator & MC Ruffian - The Hunt (Dominator 2007 Anthem)
The Stunned Guys - Raise Cain (Masters Of Hardcore 2007 Anthem)
Predator & Angerfist - Silent Notes
3 Steps Ahead - Drop It (Tommyknocker & The Stunned Guys Remix)
Neophyte - Back In My Brain Again
Tha Playah - I Call Tha Shots
Lenny Dee & Randy & The Sickest Squad - Boomshakalaka
Dione - Highway 666 (SRB Remix)
Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing (Lekkah Doorgahstuitert Door Partyraiser)
Delta 9 - No More Regrets (Unexist Remix)
This is certainly an amazing looking tracklist. A throwback to a fantastic year. It might have been the peak of Millennium Hardcore, but that's a personal decision for you to make. What are your views on 2007 Hardcore? Is it the best, or not, and why? And do you actually like Millennium Hardcore?
Broken Balance made a very cool mix, with a lot of memorable anthems from a fantastic and epic year. So many great names are in this mix, and the list is insane to look at. It immediately took me back 17 years, when I was still young, fresh, and when I had no grey hair. Gosh, that's a long time ago.
Would I stay in the present day and listen to the current sound emanating out of the scene, or go back to 2007? I think you know the answer to that. 2007 all the way, baby!
There are too many great anthems to mention, but the one that stands out the most, is one of the best remixes of an all time classic ever made. 'Drop It' by 3 Steps Ahead was already a legendary track, but Tommyknocker & The Stunned Guys made it even better than the original. And it remained true to the original, showing homage to the legend that is 3 Steps Ahead.
A solid mix to listen to. Toward the end it might go a bit silly, and it might contain the records I appreciated the least, but it is still 2+ hours of Hardcore classics. Wouldn't want to miss that opportunity, going back in time and acknowledge the awesome sound that we listened to back then!
I miss the good ol' days.
DJ: Broken Balance
Genre/Style: Hardcore, Millennium Hardcore
Mix Info: Top 50: Evolution Of Hardcore (2007)
Length Mix: 02:19:49
Tracks: 50 (fifty)
Download/Listen (via Soundcloud): STREAM HERE
File Size: unknown
File Type: unknown
Audio: Stereo
Sample Rate: unknown
Release Year: 2023
More Information: Broken Balance - Soundcloud Channel