Sy's Mix –Sy & Unknown Here Comes The Music 5:16 –Stealth Flower Needs The Rain (Brisk Mix) 5:41 –Elevate (2) Virtual Dreams (99 Remix) 4:55 –Vinyltrixta Come Again 4:00 –Slippery Project Something Like Dis (Slipmatt Mix) 4:22 –Sy & Unknown Distant Love (Sy & Unknown Remix) 4:00 –Sy & Demo Movin On 5:13 –Bang! Give Me A Reason (Ham Mix) 4:27 –Sy & Unknown What Is A DJ? (Remix) 5:03 –Class Of 94 Lift You One Stage Higher 4:43 –Ham*, Demo* & Justin Time Here I Am (Remix) 3:59 –Sy & Demo Sensation (Remix) 5:04 –DJ Seduction Leaving The World Behind (Ham Mix) 4:22 –Sy & Unknown Head In The Clouds 5:03 –Codeine* Natural High (Sy & Unknown Mix) 3:37 –Brisk & Trixxy Euro Love 4:45
Once again Sharkey wins the day imo, this time B2B with fellow freeform hardcore DJ CLSM, and once again making for a unique blend of trax that really show the versatility of the late 90's early '00's "Anything goes" hardcore styles. Sharkey's with Billy Bunting influenced by the 93-99 hard trance sound, (M-Zone & Mark EG), make him.the progenitor of Trancecore, so it's hardly surprising that when Hixxy & Darren Styles mashed up the millenial "Huge Trance" vibe with traditional hardcore traits, Sharkey was the Commander Tom to their Ferry Corsten.
I hear Bonkers has started anew, we'll have to check out how they reinvent this series (hopefully with the "Nu Old Skool/Rave" sound thats causing sonic shockwaves).
Tracklist:
0:00 01 - Helix - U R Everything (CubeHard Remix)
4:16 02 - Sharkey , Arkitech & Susi Ankah - Dual Illumination
8:38 03 - Darwin Featuring Justin - SOS (Save Our Souls)
12:16 04 - Cortez & York - Give It All (Max Factor Remix)
16:18 05 - DJ Entity - Spice
22:09 06 - D - D3A (CubeHard Remix)
24:19 07 - Ponder & Wizbit - New Zealand Story (CLSM Remix)
27:09 08 - CubeHard - Music Of The Primes
30:36 09 - DJ Wink - Over Me
34:37 10 - Sharkey & A.M.S - Motion Maker
39:22 11 - Ethos & A.M.S - Nose Bleed (Ethos & Stormtrooper Remix)
42:40 12 - Marc Smith & Arkitech - Rock 'N' Roll
45:59 13 - Ethos - Music (Kevin Energy Remix)
49:56 14 - Nu Foundation - In Kontrol
51:11 15 - Arkitech - Tranzport
54:23 16 - CubeHard - Dark & Light (Setting Sun)
57:40 17 - Rampant & Gammer - Enigma
1:01:13 18 - Human Resource - Dominator (Brisk & Ham Remix)
1:05:35 19 - CLSM , MC Sharkey & Kadi - Hit The Beat
1:07:34 20 - CLSM - Drive Away (Faster Mix)
1:12:25 21 - Marc Smith & Gammer - One With The Beat
1:16:01 22 - Sharkey - Bang Like A Mother
One of the most banging of all the Bonkers series up to this point. As usual the from Sharkey + Marc Smith's blazing selection of freeform hardcore, throwing everything into the mix along with the kitchrn sink.
CD 2: Sharkey And Marc Smith 1:19:45
Sharkey– Ascending Angels (Inst) 6:06
Cube::Hard– Hold The Beat 3:17
Carbon Based– Anger Ball (Kevin Energy Remix) 5:21
Oli G v Ephexis– Spatial Inversion 5:30
Arkitech v Double Decka– Life Is A Construct 4:15
Sharkey v Arkitech– Never Say Die 4:58
Ephexis– Intensify 3:58
Cube::Hard v CLSM– See You On The Other Side 2:10
Ethos v A.M.S.*– Pump It Up 2:45
Fergus Mayhem– Take Control 3:14
Ham*– Count Of Three 2:03
Sean Apollo– Raise It Up (Kevin Energy Remix) 5:25
Ham*– Working Up A Sweat 4:54
A.M.S.* v Kevin Energy– Go Insane 4:13
Kevin Energy v K Complex– Suck My Rock 4:26
Sharkey v Stormtrooper (3)– Lazerbeam Addict 4:12
Sharkey– Pumpin' Religion 4:46
Marc Smith v Sharkey– Bring On The Noise 4:56
Dreadhed– Take The Blame 3:16
Top quality old skool, hardcore before it went all overtly happy...
Since 1992 Just Another Label are proud to have worked with a multitude of gifted and talented artists who have helped us establish this and many other labels in order to contribute to the legacy of JAL.
Happy Jack Productions was launched in 1995 by Billy "Daniel" Bunter with administration by Stage One as a bouncy, happy hardcore imprint. As the label name suggests, you'll be feasting your ears on some happy, uplifting and energising foot stompers. Featuring artists such as DJ Hixxy, Highlife & Style and of course Billy “Daniel” Bunter himself.
1.
Different Vibe - Can You Feel It 05:34
2.
Different Vibe - My Dance 05:46
3.
Highlife & Style - Give It To Me 04:55
4.
Highlife & Style - Bits and Bobs 05:06
5.
DJ Hixxy - Jackattack 06:01
6.
Love Nation - Alright 05:06
7.
Billy “Daniel” Bunter & J.D.S. - Come Alive 05:41
8.
Billy “Daniel” Bunter & J.D.S. - Voyage 06:17
9.
The Style Concept - Follow Me 05:55
10.
The Style Concept - The Tick 05:37
11.
Ballistic - Kiss It 05:35
12.
Ballistic - Elysium 05:25
13.
The Haze & Ballistic - Tubular Breakdown (Original Mix) 05:26
14.
The Haze & Ballistic - Tubular Breakdown (Tekno Warrior Mix) 04:15
15.
The Haze & Ballistic - Operata 05:43
16.
The Saint - The Saint Goes Marching 05:16
17.
The Saint - Closed Counter 05:50
18.
The Saint - The Saint Goes Marching (Helix Remix) 05:27
19.
Ballistic - Kiss It (Psychangle Remix) 05:49
20.
Billy “Daniel” Bunter & J.D.S. - Come Alive (BDB & Sparky 2008 Remix) 04:57
21.
Billy “Daniel” Bunter & J.D.S. - Come Alive (Remix) 05:19
*Different Vibe, Highlife & Style, Love Nation, DJ Hixxy, Billy “Daniel” Bunter & J.D.S., The Style Concept, Ballistic, The Saint, The Haze....*
One of the rare pioneers who basically owned and perfected the Freeform hardcore sound, amidst the mid-90's 2nd wave. This one of a kind album sets this truth in stone, raging bpms, breaks, phat basslines, experimentation, ecclecticism...Everything the original hardcore of the Rave Era was famous for.
Death By Stereo 7:27
Even Angels Fade Away 7:05
Distant Dreams 7:02
The Awakening 7:41
Hard Life 6:51
Product Of Society 4:15
E-Nuff 5:52
Painkiller 5:35
You Complete Me 7:31
Forever Flying 7:17
Product Of Society (Hardcore Society Mix) 8:38
Funk D'Hardcore 4:07
After all the gloomy tedious "hardstyle" mixes, this a return to the traditional Scott Brown you know and love with the additionsl trancy freeform bangery of Marc Smith...
Easily my favourite Mix in this volume, Sharkey just steals the show.
Sharkey's Mix:-
2-1 Johnny Go Mental– Acid Rain 6:48
2-2 DJ Fury– De-Sensitize (98 Remix) 4:25
2-3 DJ Energy*– The Hustler 5:21
2-4 DJ Marc Smith*– Encounters 6:44
2-5 Brisk & Trixxy– Back To The Top (Remix) 4:39
2-6 DJ Energy*– Future Dimensions Pt. 2 4:37
2-7 Helix & Tekno Dred– Mindless Pleasure 4:28
2-8 DJ Energy*– The King Of Rock 4:48
2-9 DJ Slam– The Bell 4:37
2-10 DJ Eclipse*– Light Cycle 3:54
2-11 Sharkey– Death By Stereo 5:34
2-12 DJ Marc Smith*– Gotta Hold On 5:33
2-13 DJ Marc Smith*– On Two Turntables 4:22
2-14 Sharkey– Hard Life 5:02
2-15 Sharkey– Product Of Society 3:50
At this point each successive Bonkers was just going from strength, & I had Hixxy's mix from Bonkers X which was my fave...Until this came out which I bought my Bro for his B'day but had to test drive it 1st...Wow! I didn't want to give it him...So I bought him a new copy, and kept this major landmark volume in the Bonkers saga...
(X's coming too but I've gotta reformat it)
Hixxy's Mix
Adam Harris– Heavens Above (Hixxy Remix) 5:35
Eclipse (9) Feat. Melvinia– 24-7 (Breeze & Styles Remix) 4:48
Re-Con & Fluxx– Free Again 4:59
Gammer & G Spencer– Steam 5:18
Darren Styles– Takin Me Higher 4:10
DJ Weaver– Falling In (Hixxy Remix) 5:15
Breeze & Styles*– The Craft 5:21
Dougal & Gammer Feat. Stefan B*– Fall From The Stars 4:37
Hixxy & Darren Styles– Takin' Over Me 3:52
UFO Feat Elaine– Far Away 5:59
DJ Impact & In Effect– Close Your Eyes 5:53
Ultrabeat– Feelin' Fine (Darren Styles Remix) 4:38
Breeze & Styles*– Drop The Beats 4:20
DJ Kambel– No More Jokin' (Sy & Unknown Remix) 4:37
Re-Con– Rok Da Crowd 3:58
2 Players (2)– Close Your Eyes (Hixxy & Spacey Remix) 6:21
Sharkey's Mix
K Complex– Cyberspace! (Bonkers Mix) 3:48
Gammer– The Power Within 5:03
Chris C & Kevin Energy– Forward To The Past (Kevin Energy's Freeform Edit) 2:42
Desire (4) & Deviance (2)– Voice Of The Abyss 4:00
CLSM– John Peel Is Not Enough (Fergus Mayhem Remix) 4:46
Marc Smith– Gravity 3:40
CLSM & Sharkey– Wicked MC 5:07
Brisk & Ham– Sounds Legit 4:53
CLSM– Hardstyle 3:08
Brisk & Ham– Get Down 5:47
Blizzard Boys– Rock The Jam 4:08
Lee UHF– Let's Fight! (Devastate's Vocal Overkill Remix) 3:45
DJ Impact & Exert– Phat As F**k! 4:30
Marc Smith & Sharkey– Utopia 4:09
Scott Majestik– Sirens 2:52
Devastate– Crowd Noise 4:33
Sharkey– Funk D'Hardcore (K-Komplex Special Bonkers Edit) 5:37
Robbie Long & AMS– Feeling Good 3:48
Scott Brown's Mix
Plus System– Prince Of Darkness 3:30
Brisk & Ham– Taste The Rainbow 3:29
Scott Brown– Let The Beat Drop 2:01
Scott Brown– Definition Of A Bad Boy (Hardcorevolution Remix) 3:29
Dougal & Gammer– Stomp 4:40
Hyperbass & Scott Brown– We're Droppin' This 2:56
DJ Storm* & Euphony– Blinded 3:42
Sy & Unknown– Keep The Crowd Jumping 2:12
Plus System– Darkness 2:59
Brisk & Ham– Angel Eyes 3:51
Plus System– Blue Anthem 3:06
Scott Brown– Come On (Sy & Unknown Remix) 2:11
Scott Brown– Fly With You 3:28
Gammer– Kickin' Hard 1:49
Evil Activities– Dedicated (To Those Who Tried To Hold Me Down) 3:15
DJ Dione– Pain Till I Die 2:46
Evil Activities– To You Who Doubt Me 2:44
Dr. Z-Vago– My Destiny 2:22
Scott Brown Feat. DJ Neophyte– Self Destruction 4:21
Hixxy's Old Skool Killer Kutz Mix:
1.1 Q-Tex– E-Creation '94 2:18
1.2 Scott Brown– Detonated 2:16
1.3 Jimmy J & Cru-L-T– Take Me Away (Slipmatt's Banging Remix)
2:05
1.4 DJ Seduction– Samplemania 2:28
1.5 Dougal & Mickey Skeedale– Take Me On Up 0:45
1.6 Kevin Energy– Hardcore Fever 1:40
1.7 Kevin Energy– Wham Bam 2:14
1.8 Helix– Get It Right 3:21
1.9 Sy & Unknown– Critical Heights (Hixxy Remix)
3:21
1.10 The Time Span*– Shout Now (Hixxy & Sharkey Remix)
4:39
1.11 Scott Brown– Do What Ya Like (The Rez Anthem) 1:29
1.12 I2U– Euro Core 2:03
1.13 Force & Styles– All Systems Go 2:14
1.14 I2U– Euro Stomp 2:24
1.15 Brisk & Ham– On & On 3:43
1.16 Visa– All I Need (Original Mix) 3:22
1.17 Demo*– I've Got A Feeling 4:08
1.18 Vinylgroover– Virtual Dreams 3:54
1.19 Bang The Future– Body Slam 2:25
1.20 Brisk & Trixxy– Eyeopener 2:02
1.21 Scott Brown– Andromeda 2:25
1.22 Hixxy & UFO– Welcome 2:47
1.23 Scott Brown– Turn Up The Music 4:25
As this album was parallel to my conversion to Rave, also among the only rock/metal albums I bought as a Raver + Nirvana "Nevermind" & Offspring Smash. Metallica tunes were pretty raver savvy tho, like the way Prodigy was vice versa...Not so much for pilling your tits off though. Come to think of it, "Enter Sandman" brings flashbacks from a major bad acid trip. And depending on how fucked the electric guitars are even does thar "3-D sound" thing E's do. But you underground electronica works because you need varied range & layers.
Tracklist
Enter Sandman 5:29
Sad But True 5:24
Holier Than Thou 3:47
The Unforgiven 6:26
Wherever I May Roam 6:42
Don't Tread On Me 3:59
Through The Never 4:01
Nothing Else Matters 6:29
Of Wolf And Man 4:16
The God That Failed 5:05
My Friend Of Misery 6:47
The Struggle Within 3:51
Thats it except for Ozric's, Prodigy's Punky trax.