Tag: happy hardcore

Sublight: “Absolut Happy Hardcore” Classic DJ set

  • November 1, 1996

Brimming with jungle breaks and piano – these are the happy hardcore anthems of old.

Sublight: “Advances on the Happy Gabber Front” Classic DJ set

  • September 27, 1996

Side B. Finish with a smile.

Sublight: “Live @ Narcottage (Side B)” Classic DJ set

  • May 19, 1996

Every year we went to the Narcottage for the Victoria Day long weekend. Eventually it became elaborate: generator, full sound system, plenty of DJ’s and a full on party atmosphere. In the middle of this long run of epic events, I managed to play a record-breaking 19.5h set, and capture much of it on tape.

Sublight: “Live @ Narcottage (Side H)” Classic DJ set

  • May 19, 1996

Every year we went to the Narcottage for the Victoria Day long weekend. Eventually it became elaborate: generator, full sound system, plenty of DJ’s and a full on party atmosphere. In the middle of this long run of epic events, I managed to play a record-breaking 19.5h set, and capture much of it on tape.

Sublight: “Open the Dopamine Floodgates” Classic DJ set

  • April 20, 1996

Side B – Let the good times flood.

Sublight: “Happy Hardbore” Classic DJ set

  • March 4, 1996

My only issue with the resurgence of happy hardcore in 1996 in Toronto was that the style as a whole was getting too 4-beat oriented, and unfortunately a bit too cheesy. This set of mostly United Dance tracks reinforces this; it’s not til late in the mix you get a decent variety of jungle breaks in there, and the sound is a bit too ‘toytown’ for me, but at the time it still got people jumping…