Happy Hardcore Compilation

The ''album art'' is a slightly modified snapshot from an Indonesian kids show. For own entertainment I'll throw in these these types of pictures from now on, meant to be descriptive of a musical genres stereotypical visual expression.

Happy hardcore is essentially fast, hard 4/4 beat electronic dance music with an upbeat attitude popular in the 90’s rave scene, eventually going in and out of mainstream popularity the same decade.

It's by many thought of as lame/gay, uncreative low quality trash falsefully proclaiming itself to be hardcore techno played by loudmouthed narcissistic DJs with broken English that only dumb, drugged out pubertal european wigger teens with dyed blonde hair listen to. As with all music that was really popular, the higher up it gets, the harder it falls. Still it's always moronic to judge music depending on how difficult it was to create or it's fanbase rather than the aesthetic experience it generates, or thinking that depth equals to wanting to sit alone and be angsty. In happy hardcores defense I think it has a depth in the sense that it's often the most intense and accurate musical expression of bliss and positive energy; That it can still the music of choice on big festive events and locations like carnies, despite being a dinosaur for the mainstream, shows the lasting strength of that expression the genre provides.

I'll let the tracks speak for themselves this time. Enjoy

Dj Dougal and Mickey Skeedale – Emerald
(03:54, from Happy Hardcore 5 CD 1)

Dj Paul Elstak – Pump This Party
(04:17, from Happy Hardcore 1 CD 1)

DJ Seduction – Samplemania
(03:33, from Hardcore Flashback 2)

Dj Dougal and Mickey Skeedale – Pump It Up
(06:23, from Hardcore Flashback 3)

TKM – Time Out
(04:48, from Bonkers 5: Anarchy In The Universe CD 3 (Dougals Mix)

Update:

Dj Vinylgroover & Dj Quatro - Calypso Summer
(03:38, from Bonkers CD 1 (Hixxys Mix)

Dougal & Gammer - Get Hype [Scott Brown Remix]
(03:53, from Hardcore Flashback 4)

Eruption feat Katherine Wood - Let the Music
(05:38, from Happy Hardcore 4 CD2)

Hixxy - I'm ready
(03:37, from Happy 2B Hardcore Vol. 7)

N.U.K.E - Nana
(03:12, from History of Dance 5: The Happy Hardcore Edition)