Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Definition of a hardcore tape


This is the last proper hardcore tape I bought before moving on from the world of insane gabber kicks.  And as far as a hardcore tape goes, it's pretty darn good.  Side A is my pick.  To me it's the classic Geoff Da Chef sound - hard ass beats at around 180-190 bpms that make you wanna move.  Classic samples abound, referencing oldskool hip-hop, acid house, Dutch gabber, English jungle, movies, reggae, rare groove and more.  Side A is yet another chapter in the sound Geoff brought in "The Second Serve" and "Just Desserts".  It may be hard, but ultimately it's party music.

Things take a harder twist on Side B, where the beats slip over the 200 bpm mark and well into nosebleed territory, including some, erm, classics like "Shaftman", "Necronomicon" and the one that goes "Sex, sex, sex is the law, law, law when a guy gets a girl on the floor, floor, floor".  Without the benefit of nostalgia it's all too easy to pass the whole side off as aggressive noise.  It's a challenging listen without question, but the reward comes in realising 200 bpm hardcore is less about "aggression" and more about "release".  It's the style that takes the antiestablishmentarianism of rave to its logical (and final) conclusion.  The ultimate "fuck you" to society.

Download Geoff Da Chef "666 - Definition of a Hardcore Tape" Side A
Download Geoff Da Chef "666 - Definition of a Hardcore Tape" Side B
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4 comments:

  1. The one that goes "sex sex sex..."? Kotzaak 0 by Acardipane and Lenny Dee, I believe.

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  2. FUcking sick!
    Been searching for this for years.
    Thank you very much you little champion.
    K.

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  3. Hey that's awesome, I remember listening to cool Speedcore tunes like Black Lung and this tune that sounds like a gate opening. Dark music but heaps good!

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  4. Tracklist
    Side A
    01 - Delta 9 - Phreaked
    02 - French Connection - French Connection
    03 - Cyclopede - Bad Motherfucker
    04 - Myrmidon - No Choice
    05 - Ectomorph - Heartbeat
    06 - Myrmidon - No Response
    07 - Keng - Low Motherfucker
    08 - Brainiac - The Rhyme Goes On
    09 - Roger - Blonde Gabber Beer
    10 - Short Circuit - Kick Some Ass
    11 - Wicked On Wax - 44 Mag
    12 - Evil Maniax - Rotterdam Bitch!
    13 - Psyche Out - Getting Crazy
    14 - Undercover Movement - Stop In The Name
    15 - Wasting Program - Jazz Sacrilege

    Side B
    16 - Delta 9 - Phreaked
    17 - The Prophet - Pump Up The Volume
    18 - The Controllers - In Control, In Effect
    19 - Mutoïd - The Necronomicon
    20 - The Drunk Team - Hallo, Daar Zijn We Weer
    21 - The Shaftmen - Shaftmen (Delta Nine Remix)
    22 - Delta 9 - Real Hardcore
    23 - D.O.A. - Chemical Warfare
    24 - Delta 9 - The Hate Tank
    25 - De Klootzaaken - Dominee Dimitri (Ach Man)
    26 - Delta 9 - The One And Only
    27 - Delta 9 - Who Not Into...
    28 - Delta 9 - B Side Intro
    29 - Delta 9 - Hardcore Chicago (Remix)
    30 - Leathernecks - Schaiiissseee

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