In 2011 this [tumblr] was mostly used for posting one track a night from my collection of “happy hardcore”, a late-90s British rave genre known for 180+bpm 4/4 kickdrums and incredibly cheesy vocals
thank you soundcloud algorithm i definitely needed to hear a happy hardcore remix of bedrock
lemme hear it
ask and ye shall receive
This is actually a fairly informed pastiche of over a decade of trends in happy hardcore (“hard trance” was the attempt to create a less luvvy anthemy branch that DJ Muppetfucker called “Kenneth”)
TIL there was a person who went by “DJ Muppetfucker” and seems to have no connection with Homestuck in either direction
thank you soundcloud algorithm i definitely needed to hear a happy hardcore remix of bedrock
lemme hear it
ask and ye shall receive
This is actually a fairly informed pastiche of over a decade of trends in happy hardcore (“hard trance” was the attempt to create a less luvvy anthemy branch that DJ Muppetfucker called “Kenneth”)
Listening to the Caramella Girls Caramelldansen and it’s taking me back to the late ‘90s listening to MP3’s of this Rotterdam bullshit cause it was 1999 and that was what you could get for happy 160+ bpm music
One of the first happycore songs I ever downloaded. I never really understood the Dutch or Spanish scenes. From Badtz’s hotline server, if that means anything to anyone. I was Paperthin.
One of my least favourite categories of music is rock songs about how great rock music is and we’re playing the best rock music now everyone wants our rock music yeah. Another is raps about how great and cool the rapper is and how many albums he’s selling etc. Booooring.
yo the tautology crew is in the house to say: the tautology crew is in the house today
Yo, MC Quine in the house to say, “Yo, MC Quine in the house to say,
surely MC Quine is in the house to say, the same sentence but in a quoted way
Honestly all the "happy hardcore” I loved in later adolescence was basically “I’m sure on MDMA right now”, the 160+ bpm song with childhood cartoon samples
I wasn’t able to record my set at Candyball 11 in NYC, so here are the same tracks used in a studio mix. Enjoy!
1. Like It Loud - Gammer & Alex Prospect Remix - Alex Prospect & Becci 2. Dreams Of Reality - Sash Dee & Alex BassJunkie 3. Suma Ov Love - Teenage Twins 4. Good Time - Nobody 5. I Dont Want Nobody Else - Original Mix - Aural Kaos 6. Call Me - Original Mix - Modulate feat Jay Jacob 7. Sincerely Yours - Prospect & Pinnacle 8. Higher (Pulse Remix) - Electrux 9. The Key, The Secret (Fracus Remix) - Urban Cookie Collective 10. You Gotta Know (2012 VIP Mix) - Haze 11. Other Things (Kicks Mix) - Firefly 12. I Will Wait - Fracus & Darwin Remix - CLSM 13. Keep It Comin’ - Original Mix - Fracus & Darwin 14. Eye Opener - DJ Brisk and Trixxy 15. Part Of Me (Joey Riot & Tom Revolution Remix) - Nobody 16. Sunshine On A Cloudy Day - Eufeion Remix - Bang 17. Heaven On Earth - Dougal & Gammer feat Jenna 18. Rush - Adam J & Freestyle 19. Dont Stop - Original Mix - Fracus & Darwin 20. I Just Do It Like This - Original Mix - Chris Unknown 21. Set You Free Again - Anon 22. Can’t Hold Us - Spree 23. Airhead (S3RL Remix) (Spree edit) - DJ Brisk 24. Stay With Me - Greg Peaks Funked In The Sun Remix - AB 25. When The Sun Comes Down - Hardcore Mix - Lady Dubbz 26. Love Of My Life - Brisk Mix - Northern Lights 27. When love takes over - Nock off nigel
thinking about how I grew up on a North American happy hardcore listserv that unstatedly took Anabolic Frolic’s Toronto “Hullabaloo” parties as bullshit
Like yeah unspoken, that’s why we’re all here and why people in upstate NY and Ohio are particularly key, but still
