oh my! i can't believe it has been 30 years already.
but back in the mid 90s, i discovered the sound of gabber.... hardcore... techno... the whole rave thing.
and was immediately hooked in the distorted beats, the low bass frequencies, the power & "friendly" aggression of the sound... the vibe.. the movement!
i jumped from the more "mellow" thunderdome stuff to more underground stuff like mokum or ruffneck... jumped from there to industrial strength, shockwave recordings... and finally get entangled in the whole spectrum... fischkopf... digital hardcore recordings... epiteth... drop bass network...
and fell in love with it! a love that lasts to this day, and will probably exist in 3,000 years too... because ya know what they say.. hardcore will never ever die!
i quickly decided that i needed to became a producr, dj, author, promoter etc, too, and the rest is history.
i don't really like bragging on ego stuff, but here are what some might consider to be laurels:
i produced over 3000 tracks in 30 years.
played all over the place... tresor, nordcore, the hague, the ****parade (hello, technoviking!)
my waves got picked up by most of the major music magazines and publications....
i ran a real radio show, started 3 labels, started a zine with articles that have been read 5 million times... ah well. i need to stop now!
but the thing that makes me happy the most is to see that - after so many "dry years" - the whole gabber thing has become a major part of worldwide music culture once more!
so, this is a little "look back in time", with some of the tunes i wrote in these years.
maybe someone out there... can still dig it?
because... ya know... what they say.. hardcore will never ever die!
30 Years On Gabber
Tracks from 1996-2026
Oldschool, Gabber, Midtempo, Fast Hardcore, Techno, Ravecore...
Rarities, Exclusives, and classics
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/30-years-on-gabber
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