Massive #12

MASSIVE MAGAZINE • ISSUE #12 INTERVIEWS TERRE THAEMLITZ JASON BENTLEY HARDFLOOR UNION JACK DUBSHACK ADAM X ARTICLES DIANA DETROIT MATT MASSIVE MARK VERBOS DOORMOUSE BRAIN KARP DJ RACKME TRON MUSIC REVIEWS

massive magazine numba twelve Jungle Massive UK Hardcore Respects "Oh no, here we go again" Jungle Massive in full effect. Hold up, ease up, and get ready for the new year of '96. We know who will be running 'tings. Enough of the jibberish. Wit' dis installment I bring a you a bit more in the record review department, and we get to have a little tea time wit' Scott from Dubshack, Chicago. '96 will bring a lot of changes, so keep your eyes open and your ears prone. I got some big tings planed. I can be reached with Email at: [email protected] and by phone at: 414.225.9949. Look for a website soon for strictly 'Jungle Massive' Alright, all things clear. Now roll the beats... Record Reviews I bought most of these records, so there aren't any real bad reviews. Essence of Aura "So This Is Love" (Omni Trio Remix) Moving Shadow Music, UK Omni Trio remixes it up with a sensual track. Good drum and bass combinations that Omni Trio is so well know for accompanied by a nice dark soothing bassline, with some 'lovey dovey' female vocals. Deep atmospheric vibe is definitely picked up on this track because of the soothing synths. One of London's top tunes of the nine-tine. Adam F "Enchanted" (Nookie Remix) Section 5 Records, UK The first side is the original mix by Adam F which I personally feel is boring as hell (Surprisingly). But side two makes this record well worth the eight duckets. Nookie remixes this otherwise boring track into a nice intelligent drum and bass track. Shows that a good remix can make utter crap into gold. Various Artists "The Deep E.P." Sm:)e Communications, USA Sm:)e is into the drum and bass ting with big intentions. This compilation is all-american, and good; something seldom said about American jungle these days. The comp features the following artists: Jamie Myerson, Code X, DJ Dara, and The Shooter. I would classify all the tracks as straight drum and bass, but with a twist. A lot of the stuff has a very hip-hop feel to it. So if you are into the metered hard-steppin' stuff pick it up. Trace "Have You Know/West Coast Flavor" Sm:)e Communications, USA This is the follow up 10" that at first really disappoined me. But after a few listens this mellow drum and bass re-creation of west coast hip-hop had my head bobbing. Nothing very special though. PFM "The Western Tune" Good Looking Records, UK Good Looking comes through once again with a nice intelligent drum and bass selection. Both songs have nice synthy intros that lead into some very intricate breaks in the fashion that has made Good Looking one of the most respected pulchritudinous drum and bass labels around. "The Western Tune" is by far one of the most beautiful tracks of 95. In otherwords, unless yer caned, you should have this record. Simon 'Bassline' Smith "Intent" Rogue Trooper Records, UK Side one is called "Jungle" and is a wicked firing of what I called "riot breaks" or in other words; really hard Amens. The second side is called "Zanzibar" and is nice straight jungle track that is nothing really special. Give it a listen, and you make the decision. DJ Levi "Majestic Intelligence/Nema, Child of Void" Spotlight Records, UK I have only seen two releases as of today from this label, and I can certainly say that this label is in for some big tings. Both sides of this record are very atmospheric drum and bass tracks. Very spacey with some nice synth intros to aid in the mixing, and the ease ups. Respects. DJ Atom "Energy Sauce" Auralsense, UK It is good to see some of the darkside coming back. I believe this is the first release off this label. Big ups to this one. This release contains two remixes of "Energy Sauce". First mix starts out with a arousing female vocal singing a nice dark melody. Side two starts out with a nice slow break that eventually turns into a nice dark synth to bring in the hard darkside beats. Certainly check this one out. Various Artists "The Sounds of NYC" Jungle Sky Records, USA Jungle Sky comes through with a nice release. Featured on this four track EP are: S.O.U.R.S, T-Power vs MK Ultra, Columbus' Kingsize, NYC's Emerald Cricket, and Jason Jinx. All the tracks are nicely done, and come from all spectrums of the drum & bass scene. It's all here. Pick this one up, there is something for everyone. Monochrome "Fuzzy Logic" 21/22 Corporation, USA The American's have been coming out in full force. Columbus, Ohio's Monochrome brings us up to date with his twist of the riddims. Fuzzy Logic is perfect example of how American producers are changing the rules of how jungle is done. American drum and bass is well represented here. The word 'experimentalism' is one word that stands out with this release...while the word 'cheesey' is no where to be found. Big up yer chest goes out to the entire Ele Mental Crew. You guys are doing so much for the midwest. Keep it up. Omni Trio "Beyond The Fundamental" Moving Shadow Music, UK Another release from one of the pioneers of drum and bass. Two very good uplifting steppin' tracks that are sure to get ya laid. A solid, unforgettable bassline is added to ensure you get the calls for the rewinds. If that is not enough for you, then stick yer dorkin' porkin' in the florkin' morkin' and fellaciate all over the neighbor's diabetic granny they store in the kiddie pool you pissed in accidentally one night when you were drunk off yer ass. Ruff, buy it. DJ Peshay "Psychosis/Represent" Metalheadz 95, UK This is a wicked release from a respectable label. A solid vocal atmospheric drum and bass track. Impressive smooth synth lines and break downs. Metalheadz definitely running tings into the 96. Undercover Agent & The Kriminal "World Mash Up" Suburban Base, UK It's about time that the boys at London's Suburban Base got back into the habit of releasing good tracks. For sometime it has been nutn' but crappy remixes from one of the best and longest lasting labels around. The track that stands out on this rekkid is "World Mash Up". A great heavy bassline that is sure to shake you, and your neighbors house brings in a hard hitting series of breaks. Certainly for the headstrong junglist. Reviews Continued Worship, Dan Efex, The Trance Prophet bootie action, means pure satisfaction

UK Hardcore Mix Tapes Phantom 45 "Sneak Attack" Chicago, Il (Jungle Town) Chi-Town's own 45 is doing it again, wit style. Unbelievable smooth mixes make this tape great for the listening and the hustling. Slip this one in when pickin up the chicks. Sure to make a rudeboy out of any little dork with a sub in his trunk. Great selection of bad ass tracks makes it all the better. Probably one of the best mixtapes to this date that I have received. Take my word for it, well worth the duckets. Jetboy "Harshing Your Mellow" Houston, Tx Oh My Gosh, Jetboy drops some serious science on us wit' installment of selections. My ears were turned onto this one, because for one, the mixing is really nicely done. The selection goes from drum and bass to reggae, then to atmospheric/experimental, and back again. Certainly a good investment for your party, and tape collection. Contact: 713.664.0329 DJ Snuggles and DJ Siak "Silk Cut" Chicago, Il Take a line, on one end put Phantom 45, on the other, stick these guys, and drop Dieselboy in the middle. That is the best way I can describe it. Mixes are clean and crisp. The nice steppin' new school drum and bass in a full effect mixed tag-team style by two of Chi-towns Intelligence Agents. Respect to "Strictly Jungle Crew". "Silk Cut #2" soon out, this will be a two tape mix of great tracks. Give them a ring if your interested. Contact: 847.733.8240 (Snuggles) 312.842.5320 (Siak) Respects to Danny Watts DJ Casper "The Jazzstep" Chicago, Il & Boston, Mass This is one wicked tape. DJ Casper smoothly mixes the jazzy futuristic drum and bass in proper style. Some of the newest music is on this tape. Featured are labels such as Metalheadz, Good Looking, Moving Shadow, and Creative Source. For those who like melodic tracks with rolling basslines, this tape is for you. Take a listen and I am sure you will enjoy the entrancing headswings 'The Jazzstep' brings on. Contact: 847.869.1594 or [email protected] Dieselboy "Supreme 95" Pittsburgh, PA Ahhh, She-it! Dieselboy brings us, once again, a tape that contains unsurpassed mixing and a list of chewns no one can complain about. If you are looking to get on the intelligent tip of tings -- my advice, let Dieselboy take ya to school. Big up. Contact: 818.293.5293 Compact Discs "White space is your friend" - Cody 43d Various Artists "This Is Jungle Sky Music" Jungle Sky Music, US This CD includes four songs from Soul Slinger, the four other American artists that I described on the LP version, DJ X-Plorer, and Look Jerk Sound System. By far my favorite track is DJ X-Plorer's "The Death of Laura Palmer". A great drum and bass track with the overtones of Darkside which I miss ohh so much. Definitely for those who want to catch up with the American tip on jungle. The Soulslinger also include two pre-released songs of his own, and two unreleased. Definitely will find a space in my CD collection. Possible in yours. Respects... ROLLIN' THE SOLID JUNGLE VIBE OVER THE POND TO US... SCOTT MANION - DUBSHACK DISTRIBUTIONS What is Dubshack, who is involved, and why are you doing it? Scott: Dubshack is a mailorder distributor of jungle/ drum and bass records, tapes, magazines, clothing and accessories. We cater to the true junglist and junglettes providing upfront records to the djs and tapes, magazines and clothing to the masses. We have developed a mailing list that will soon top 1000 junglists across the US, Canada and abroad. We are also involved with people overseas in Britain to develop a record label that will help to spread awareness of US artists making jungle music. This label will also feature up and coming UK artists. the first release on DUBSHACK records will be by Jason Mouse from Boston. We also do a US scene report for PRESTIGE UK an international magazine that reports on the jungle scene. We started dubshack in late '94 to help get people involved in the jungle style of music. We had travelled many times to london in 92 and 93 and saw the jungle scene emerge out of the rave/hardcore scene. London's '88 "Summer of Love" had been pushing the limits of the music as bands like Happy Mondays and Prodigy lead the way. By '92 the clubs and ravers were rushing off their heads and the music was reaching- a then dizzying- 140-150 BPM. The scene in '93 progressed even further and the music got a bit dark. It was still considered "hardcore" at that time and the phrase "urban hardcore jungle" was being used by the early mc's like Moose at clubs like ROAST. The headlining djs at that time Grooverider, Fabio, Mickey Finn, Kenny Ken, Bukem, Dr S Gachet, Phantasy Jumping Jack Frost, Ron and many more playing the larger one-offs and the clubs were all playing breakbeat. By the summer of 93 the darker more sinister sound had become popular as ravers were searching for a new direction in the music. Many people we have spoken to see this as the time where "urban hardcore jungle" really began to catch on. At that time in London urban hardcore jungle was more a rallying cry than a musical style. Slowly the MC's became more prominent in the music and a very heavy Ragga and Dancehall influence began to separate the "jungle" style from the "hardcore"style. When we returned to london in early 94 "jungle" music was the most exciting thing on the scene. Clubs like Paradise began hosting A.W.O.L. (a way of life) and a YMCA hall near Russell square became the sight of a sunday night rammed with producers, djs, promoters, and anyone else involved in the jungle scene called Thunder and Joy. The MC's began to emerge as a regular part of the music and the sound began to take off. We came back to the states and realized that there were very few people who had even heard of this style of music and we decided that we wanted to get people involved in it. Our goals with dubshack have always been to spread the music to people and get more people involved in the sound. Where did you get the inspiration to do DUBSHACK, or from who did you get the inspiration to do it? ironically it was upon reading a column in massive mag that we hooked up with the Chicago Hardcore Authority and Junga Vibes, 2 of the most innovative all jungle fanzines on the chicago scene. CHA, started in '93, is still to my knowledge the first all jungle fanzine ever printed in the US. In those early days it was great to find anyone who even knew what you were talking about when you mentioned jungle. The idea for DUBSHACK was born over a few STRONGBOWS

DUB SHACK with JJ JELLYBEAN, writer and producer of the CHA fanzine and DJ SNUGGLES. The goal was to start a company to distribute tapes of jungle djs to the massives. The money would be put toward the printing and distribution of CHA fanzine. The resulting exposure would increase awareness of the style and propel the fanzine and djs involved. With many of those early goals realized, it continues to be our love of the jungle style of music that keeps us involved in DUBSHACK some 2 years later.. Where do you see the american breakbeat scene heading in the new year? Breakbeat/jungle music are entering a very difficult stage of development here in the states. No longer is jungle music "new" in the sense that it has been around in london since at least 93. It has garnered cover stories in DJ magazine in dec. 94, MIXMAG in july 94, URB summer 95 (issue # 44) and most recently URB # 46 (goldie) not to mention excellent coverage by san francisco's XLR8R, orlando's JUNGLIZED and many other mags including MASSIVE. Music is by nature evolving constantly and we have watched many different influences come into the music. There have never been more people involved in the promotion of jungle music, fanzines, distribution etc. than right now. I have to believe that there will be an even greater exposure of jungle music to the massives in the 96. I am not sure if this exposure will take place in the rave scene or in the club scene. Goldies tour with Bjork late in 95 was the first real exposure to a mass audience of true jungle/drum and bass. With plans in the works for a tour by Roni Size (V recordings, Full Cycle, Dope Dragon) as well as Suburban Base artists planned for 96 there will be much more "above ground" exposure to the style this year. There has been so much major label interest in jungle artists that i'm fairly confident that 96 will see a lot of people exposed to the style. What's the state of the Chicago breakbeat scene? Groups like CHA, RIPE productions, JUNGLE TING, JUNGLE VIBES, DUBSHACK have all been involved in moving the scene forward since 94 and earlier. UP Tempo Dance, Pistol Shock, Milk Crew, Dub Society Recordings have also been around for some time. There have been many recent groups that are really helping roll the beats including Heart and Soul Productions, Deadly Dragon Sound System and Zero Nation. All these groups are still involved in the music. Most notable is the work of DJ SNUGGLES, DJ SLAK, and DJ CASPER and their friday night 11-12:30 STRICTLY JUNGLE SHOW on WNUR 893. They set a high standard and put out an excellent show each week, a mix of the newest intelligent drum and bass. I have a lot of respect for all these groups and what they are doing for the scene. Chicago has gone through quite a bit of changes. As early as 93 RIPE was putting together shows with overseas Breakbeat djs. The chicago jungle dj talent continues to grow and ironically there seems to be more respect (and dj work) for chicago jungle djs in other cities than here in CHI. Two years ago there were BIG full on rave productions here featuring UK jungle headliners. Now the scene has gone even more underground. Smaller events with all jungle line-ups are dropped for those that know. It is interesting that no other promoters in Chicago have added jungle to their productions (aside from perhaps a 1 hour set by a local dj) It doesn't surprise me though. The rave community has not embraced jungle here in the states the way they have in the UK and other parts of the world. Why do you think that many of the ravers have rejected jungle here? It's funny because i have heard so many people complain about why they do not like the music everything from "i can't dance to it" to "i hate the mc's" to" there is nothing musical about jungle" to "junglists are stuck up and don't practice PLUR" to "junglists are all a bunch of glass smoking thugs" to "what do you mean there's no nitrous." Many people have said they feel jungle was being forced on them. I'm sure there is a bit of truth to many of those comments. I think that the UK rave scene embraced jungle because it GREW out of the hardcore scene. Here in Chicago, and to a certain extent the midwest, the rave scenes are dominated by house, trance, techno, and gabber. Jungle seemed to come out of left field with no attachment to any other style of music on the scene. Consequently you had the trance d,j putting everyone in a solid groove, relinquish the decks to the jungle dj who proceeded to kick the crap out of the system with mashed up drum and bass. In many cases we saw the ravers not willing to make that transition and have a seat only to spring into action once a new dj dropped the 4-4 kick. It seems as though RIPE has been keepin' it low as of late. Are there things planned in the future? RIPE Productions has done more than any other promoter to big up jungle. Back in 92 RIPE was putting together large scale productions with breakbeat artists and their commitment to jungle has always been there. Roger has been working on a number of projects and behind the scenes with other promotion companies. We do hope to know that he is busy working on the next Psychosis show and that one should be big. As i'm sure you know, it hasn't been easy putting on big productions in the city of Chicago lately.. As a person that has been to many scenes (London, Toronto, Orlando) where do you see breakbeat really making a difference? Jungle is Urban Style Music and i think it will always have support in larger cities across the country. In North America, Toronto has got the most progressive and committed jungle scene we've seen outside of london town. Syroos and Delirium Crews both run massive events. There are several jungle radio shows, record labels and excellent jungle dj talent that have been involved in the scene forever. Their scene has gone through all the growing pains and is stronger than ever. Any junglist that can't make it to london should fill the tank and road trip to T.O. you will not regret it. Unity is very important to jungle. The only way any scene works is if the energy is concentrated not fragmented. The jungle community is small in every city at this point but the raw energy and love for this music among junglists across the entire US is amazing...and encouraging. Chicago is an excellent city for jungle and it is sure to blow up here. I can't wait for the day i hear a booming fatassed Terrorist bassline coming out of someones trunk instead of that B96 "heart throb" bullshit you so often hear. 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to people with ruff systems "here, mate, let HYPE show you what that sub was made for." What do you say to people who complain they can't dance to breakbeat? When many people first hear jungle their inclination is to try and dance to the speed of the drums. And unless you're on crystal, you will find this very difficult. Jungle runs at anywhere from 160 to 175BPM, the bassline will always be running at half the speed of the drums, around 80 BPM. Once you find that bassline you start to listen to jungle in a completely new way. This is the key to why junglists are so obsessed with this style of music and they can't understand why YOU are not equally obsessed. The bassline replaces the 4-4 kick drum as the guide to the rhythm. Instead of the pounding BOOM BOOM BOOM, jungle offers a rolling bass tone. The "rush" of the music comes from the complicated breakbeat patterns that the artist drops over the bass. How that beat is chopped up and put together is what junglists jump-up. Simple ting... You dance to the bassline, you listen to the drums. Why is getting the newest dubplates such a big deal to breakbeat djs? The excitement of dropping the newest records among jungle djs is at the heart of the jungle scene. This style has always been about the immediacy of the music. In its infancy, jungle chewns were produced in djs bedrooms, recorded onto DATs, cut onto dubplates and played before an audience within hours of being conceived. DJs in the UK use dubs to differentiate themselves from other djs. If everyone had access to the same records then it would get a bit boring, especially since many top djs spin out 6 or 7 nights a week. Here in the states, djs use white labels and promos in the same way as dubs. The idea is the same. Having the newest record separates you from your fellow dj. The crowd at a jungle show is very involved in what the dj is dropping. There is nothing like being at an event where the crowd is completely into the style. The electricity on the dancefloor is unbelievable when the crowd reacts to a dj dropping a BOMB for the first time. How many of you remember the rush you got when you heard "ARSONIST VIP REMIX" dropped for the first time? It seems that even if the song is good and a year old, people shun you if you spin it? In my observations i think many jungle djs run through records so fast that the crowd doesn't get a chance to identify a track. There have been excellent jungle tunes that have only been dropped once here in chicago. I am talking about absolute stormers in the UK. There is so much pressure put on the djs to keep current. By the same token I recently attended a show in CHI where the dj was getting wheel after wheel by dropping chewns that were almost 3 years old. I think the djs put a lot of pressure on themselves. I know the audience will give the dj full respect and brock out for a GOOD chewn whether it is 3 days old or 3 years old. Explain to me why you like Jungle... Once you get JUNGLE FEVER you cannot shake it. we have listened to this style for so long that we rarely try to listen to any other. There is also a deep passion for this music. That is difficult to explain. There is something very sexy about the music. It covers a whole range of emotions from aggressive and angry DJ SS BLACK for example to bouncy and happy WARP FACTOR 9 "THE HAWAIIAN TUNE". What advice can you give to a new-comer to selecting? Jungle is in it's infancy in the states and things are only going to get bigger. although there are limited jobs for junglist djs right now, there is so much energy bubbling under that this style will be the BOMB soon. It is just too big and too important not to get big here. We see jungle expanding into both raves and clubs with promoters concentrating on smaller all-jungle line ups. Although we do not dj, we would suggest to the newcomer to LISTEN to a lot of jungle to get familiar with the style you really enjoy intelligent, hard step, jump-up, darkside, jazz. This will save you a lot of $$$ on records you will not spin out later. As a distributor, are there any labels and artists catching you eyes? Roni Size and the Full Cycle crew are doing excellent work. L-Double at Flex Records Danny Breaks at Droppin' Science, Dextrous at Subversive and DUBSHACK records. Sub Base USA is also doing a lot. They are in the process of putting together a compilation of US jungle artists. Dubshack carries the more obscure labels that may not make it to the states. New labels to watch include: spotlight,dope dragon, low key, pharaoh,headless, phat trax, no sell out, easy, dread. Last but not least, how important is it for every Junglist to make sure they visit London Town! Our advice to all junglist is to make the trip to london town. Jungle is a style that was conceived there and the scene is unbelievable. There are jungle clubs running 7 nights per week. Everyone that we've spoken to after their trip to london has a better understanding of the jungle style and respect for the music. And shit, the flights are cheaper now than what we paid in '92. MASSIVE RESPECT GOES OUT TO ALL THOSE TRUE JUNGLISTS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED AND HELPED US ALONG THE WAY. WE LIVE AS ONE FAMILY! SHOUTS: JJ Jellybean big up, mate, Junglized Infozine, Jungle Nut Productions, Ripe crew, The 893, 2 Tuff, Konkrete Jungle, Gamall @XLR8R, 119 Junglists, Atmoshere Jay, Jungle Ting, Dex, Fusion Productions, Hard Science Crew, "THE MC" Rogue, Delirium, E-Bloc, D'bo and Lee, Triple D and Prestige Crew, DJ Dread, Sue B, Blackeye, Jeffee, Junglette leslee, KOTJ, Syrous Crew setting standards, PH45, Massive Mag, URB, AK, DDSS, Ash, U-Buzzin, Dett, Snugs, Casper, Slak, H&S, Sense, all those i missed, The Lady Kay THE DETAILS: DUBSHACK STRICTLY JUNGLE/ DRUM AND BASS Distribution Dubshack P.O. Box 8106 Wilmette, Illinois 60091 voice mail 0101-708-604-1983 e-mail [email protected] Stock lists of records, mix tapes, accessories, clothing, Exclusive US distributor of PRESTIGE magazine UK. Full on jungle coverage of the UK scene. To get your event added to our voice mail list of upcoming JUNGLE events leave all info on 708-604-1983 and a # were we can contact you. 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Hello to one and all. Phil here, or as some people like to say, Phil of Free Art!! Happy 1996 and all that. Thank God 1995 is over!! Let's make 1996 a year to remember. Lots of you rave-types out there are relatively new to this thing we call "the Rave scene". Now, there's more to rave music than acid, house, jungle and trance. There's the harder side of things. Fast beats and all around energy. Basically, it's called hardcore. Now if you've picked up this fine piece of toilet reading before, you've read one of it's views on hardcore (actually the part of hardcore known as gabber). Gabber, for the most part is (or at least should be), cold and negative. Music that pushes the usual dance music to a higher level (to hell). It's music to let our aggressions out. Fine. I'll accept that. In fact, I'll agree that some of the hardcore is created solely for that. However, they seem to put down the less evil sounding stuff. Slagging it off as cheezie and just plain old... BLAH!!!. It's that stuff which has a happy lively bouncy feel that many people don't realize is out there. It's called Happy Hardcore. So...what's wrong with happy hardcore?? Why do some people put it down? What the heck is wrong with a little cheese in the mix?? After all, a little cheese never hurt anybody. With so much of today's "rave" music being so damn serious, its nice to know that some people out there still have a sense of humor. A lot of people say that things ain't the way they used to be... maybe its because everybody got to serious with the whole rave bit. Nothing is wrong with being serious, but c'mon... have a little fun. Get wacky!! Get wild!! Most of the music at parties goes between 130- 150 bpm. For those who can't stand the pace of any music at least 158 beats per minute... c'mon, live a little. Now, as for happy hardcore being "music of the past", well, acid first came about in the 80's and you're saying that happy hardcore is passe'??? Geeeez!!! Gimmie a break!! Progress shmogress!!! Nobody seems to say shit when a Roland 303 or 909 is being used (and those machines have been around for a while). As for gabber getting soft... let it!!! There's always going to be people out there down with the speed, death, noise, and scarecore. Until Napalm, Delta 9 and the Leathernecks start putting out trendy acid/ progressive/ goo trance trax glorified by DJ, Mixmag and any other trendy music mag, remixed by Dave Clark, Josh Wink or Joey Beltram, I don't think hardcore heads have anything to fear. Speed and hardness will be here forever.... It's not that it's getting soft, it's just evolving... As for the happier hardcore being too commercial... that may be true in Europe, but we're not in Europe. You have a better chance of hearing Green Velvet's Flash on the radio (at least in Chicago) than hearing Rainbow in the Sky by DJ Paul Elstak. Maybe if it was commercial, the music would be easier to get... but it's not and getting the toons can be a bitch. The biggest thing I've noticed about the hardcore stuff.... the ladies love it. In fact most of the toons with sung vocals seem to be the most well liked. It gives a toon a hook (something that many of today's ravee toons lack). It gives listeners something to remember after the party. Of course a toon with somebody screaming bloody death to you would be quite memorable, but I digress. Case in point: a friend of mine who wasn't into hardcore heard the song 'Wonderful' by Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo. That song made her realize that not all hardcore is death and speed. It gave her a new perspective on hardcore. As for a popular song being sampled and put in a toon, is that really a problem?? Personally, it's kinda funny to hear something that totally doesn't belong at an event. Not all happy hardcore has cheezie samples, some just have a nice bouncy feeling to it. And what's wrong with a little bounce? A lot of toons have no (dreaded) 303 acidic squelches...thank God!!! After so many parties with hours and hours of nothing but acid, ain't you glad to hear a piano,or better yet a vocal? Now some of you out there are probably saying, "Oh no, not another type of music.". Well, you're right and wrong. Forget the label 'happy hardcore 'if you want, and enjoy the music for music's sake. It's all good. I don't know about some DJ's out there, but when I spin, I try to throw in the happy toons, the hard toons and anything else. I try to keep everyone on their toes. I love to surprise everyone. As it's been said a billion times, VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE. I'm not trying to say that happy hardcore is the only music that should be played at events, it's just a small part of what should be played. That's enuff about that- here's some toons on the happy tip that I highly recommend: 1) DJ Paul Elstak-Rainbow in the Sky/ Luv U More (Rotterdamn Rec.)- 2 toons that the ladies will dig. 2) Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo- Stars/ Wonderful Days (Master Maximum)- Although the second toon is old, both have killer vocals. Wonderful Days I'm told is one of those cuts that people are looking for. For the most part, Charly & Mental put out slammin' toons. Their label Master Maximum rarely dissapoints. 3) Highlander-Hold Me Now (I'm Sorry) (Inferno)-A huge chunk of Chicago's 'Hard to Say I'm Sorry' used in this song. It kinda depresses this girl Amber... 4) Jimmy J & Cru-L-T 6 Days (Brisk Remix)- UK happy hardcore at it's best. Catchy vocals and pianos. A classic. There's another version of this song by the group Rave Nation (out of Holland I think) and is called 'Going Crazy'. I want that record. 4).Vibes & Wishdokta Rave Is A Mystery- More UK happy hardcore at it's best. Better known as the Madonna choon. 5).Members of Shockwave Gabberdisco EP's 1 & 2- These two EPs prove that it can be fast as hell, without sounding like hell. Besides, samples of disco... who could ask for anything more. (The second EP is the better one...) 6) I gotta couple of white labels from Pengo, BZRK and Waxweazle Records (all from Holland). They all kick ass, but I have no idea what the titles of the songs are. One last thing... CALL AND BUG THE PROMOTERS!!! DEMAND HAPPY HARDCORE AT EVENTS!! Massive respect is due to all those pushing the happy bouncy toonage. Big up to the shops who get in the toons. No respect to Chicago's shop with #1 customer service. Thanks to all the promoters who support the cause. Hullo to the chick babes.. CALL AND BUG FREE ART!!, Inc. at (312) 509-4931. No mix tapes yet, the tape deck's busted. 1996 is our year!! Any labels wishing to send me stuff, send it to: Phil P. 525 W. Monroe, Ste 2400 Chicago Il, 60661

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