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Since the mid 90s, Maikol, aka Detachment 1, has been attending raves and clubs in Northern Italy and Switzerland, getting closer to the world of electronic music and the sound of Early Hardcore. During this period, he learned to use the first music software, developing his technical skills.
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During the 2000s, he performed at various local events in the Province of Turin (F**k the Chic, WSP, Club Underground, etc.), also participating in the radio show "Sensoria" and releasing several EPs focused on techno and electro. However, his passion for Hardcore music never waned.
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In recent years, Detachment 1 has decided to focus on Early Hardcore productions, releasing his tracks on various labels such as Gabberhead, Never Sleep, Hardcore Classic, and Grauton. He continues to create music that reflects the essence of early Hardcore.
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Faniac (Fabian van der lee, 1989) came in contact with the Hardcore /Gabber scene late 90's. At the age of 8 he joined the 'hype' and collected several Thunderdome CD's, merchandise and off course he had a fitted Australian. When the scene went dead after the millenium it went out of his system, but somewhere the feeling was still there. When Fabian visited his fist small Hardcore party in a little town near Amsterdam, he began to feel his 'hardcore heart' pumping again. After his first big party in 2006 (Sensation Black), Fabian knew immediately what his calling was.
In April 2008 Fabian joined the Strength of Unity crew (known for there concept 'Ouwe Stijl is Botergeil'). His true passion for the scene, PR skills and several important contacts in the scene were a reason to ask Fabian.
Originally Fabian began on stage as MC, but after a short while he felt like he had to do something else that fits better for him. In 2012 he did his first DJ set on 'Cataclysm', a Hardstyle party. Through the years Fabian had experimented with a lot of styles & subgenres, but eventually he chose what suits him best: Early Hardcore.
Faniac's style is energetic, wild, passionate & well balanced. a true purist! His sets always contain a large segment of rare tunes that you usually don't hear on the dancefloor. including new, fresh tracks to spice things up!
Faniac played at big parties such as: (Ouwe Stijl is Botergeil, Play Festival, Defqon.1, Decade, Hardcore Classics, Hellraiser, Hellbound, Together We Are Hardcore, Ghosttown, This is Madness, Night Of The Ravers)
Ferra aka Andrea Ferraresi, born in 1996, has shown appreciation for hardcore music since he was a child thanks to his older brother. A real passion that is cultivated only by listening, until he decides with his first savings to buy a pair of turntables at 17, after a magical reunion party in Piacenza called "Area Indoor" and to start slowly mixing in his garage, all thanks to DJ Simon. Artcore as a keyword, his idols are Ruffneck, Predator and Promo.
He starts producing and setting up a small home studio. In 2015 the first public party in a small discobar in Brescia to make himself known. The turning point took place in 2019 where he was called to open the dance at "Disciples of Chaos 2" for "No New Style!!! Records” and in the same year his first track in their third compilation “The Hell’s Gate”. The NNS stage is excellent, so much so that Gigi La Mendola, founder of the well-known underground movement, gives it great trust by first including it on the staff and then as co-organizer. Thanks to that they’ll make great parties, vinyl records and called several times by the known Florida Club. In 2021 it was released on vinyl on Mokum 233/A with " MF Streets" and with Rave Instinct subsequently, both digitally, in CD and vinyl compilations, also ripping off a collaboration with Painbringer himself and Greensequence with "Run To". First appearance in Holland thanks to Rave Instinct in 2022 at “Early Heroes” and taking part of the “30th Anniversary Mokum Party” in Florence.
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2024 will open with one of his songs on the third album of the "Hardcore Classic" saga.
FORMEK
Formek established a strong link with music in his first years of life. At 13 years he started mixing techno. He loves english rave movement which developed in 1993. Then he arrives to the hardcore.
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From 2001 to2003 he played mainly in Switzerland and in the same period he released two vinyls on IMFTB Records, Swiss label.
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After many experiences with other music genres, such as psytrance and big beat, he restarted with hardcore sound. He joined Mokum Records and Cenobite Records, during managing Overdrive Records and Fucking Hardcore LTD with Daniele Scaccia. He studied Electronic Music at Conservatorio Licinio Refice of Frosinone where he learned mixing and mastering techniques. He played at D-Boy Invasion in Switzerland, at Geneva Lake Parade, Cenobite 20 years party, Mokum Records parties, O.S.I.B., Pademonium, Galaxydrome etc.
DJ since 1994. This journey into the world of music began thanks to the great passion for electronics born in the club where his parents worked. Listening to the first hardcore techno music from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, he took his first steps at some private parties. He knows Hardcore Gabber music thanks to friends who frequent the very famous Number One club in Brescia, where DJs Claudio Lancinhouse and Stunned Guys were residents at the time.
His love for hard music grows and he finds himself playing in some clubs in his city and surrounding areas as well as parties. At 16 he met DJ Piccolo Kimico who included him in various Regiamania events. In 2000 he abandoned the Hardcore scene to dedicate himself to more Techno and Trance sounds. This allows him to perform in various clubs, afterhours and unauthorized parties in Italy, Switzerland, Croatia and Slovenia.
He begins to take his first steps in music production with an Amiga 1200 and learns the basics for the future. In 2007, thanks to the meeting with DJ Lysa, he returned to the Italian Hardcore Gabber scene. He first became a resident DJ at Dorian Gray, also signed by Regiamania. This allows him to find his own Sound and play the consoles of Italian Hard music clubs and festivals. In 2008, thanks to the meeting with D.o.m. and X- mind, his attention converged on Frenchcore, tekno and Hardfloor music. In that period he played in various parties and Festivals until 2009 when he became resident DJ of the Q club in Fidenza, a very famous place where you could breathe an air of freedom and Rave music. After the Q Club closed in 2013, together with DJ Lysa he founded the digital Last Strength Records specializing in Frenchcore, Industrial and Tekno Tribe sounds. A year later he founded Technomaniac records, a label specializing in Techno Hardtechno House electronic and Trance sounds. At the same time he continued his career in the hardcore world and founded the Gabber Nation parties together with DJ Lysa.
Again with DJ Lysa he founded the parties Aaretek, R-evolution, outbreak, Lysatek and together with Hunterwolf Offlimits Afterhours. In 2021 he founded Hardcore Classic Records together with DJ Lysa. He has played in many clubs and festivals in Italy and abroad. He has produced songs for labels such as Mokum, Avanti Records, Paranoiax Audiocore, Dark production Digital plague, Digital Last Strength, Technomaniac and Hardcore Classic. He has more than 150 releases published worldwide. His style is a mix of hard music and melody. Impossible to sit still during one of his sets, they are a guarantee of research into the world of electronic music that will amaze you together with a highly refined technique. This is the past, what is to come will be full of music, which comes from the heart. He has never traded his music passion for business.
You can listen to him during his 4,5,6, 10 hours sets. He's ready to take the Origin Hardcore sound into the future. Remembers, I'm a fucking Hardcore I'm a fucking Gabber.
LENZ
Guido Testone aka dj LENZ was born in Italy in 1984. He started to listen to electronic music, mostly hardcore, when he was 14. At age of 16 he produced his first tracks and started to organize his first hardcore parties called "100% Area Indoor" with his friends.
In 2004 he moved from hardcore to another genre: psy trance. With some friends he founded the DJ crew "Brain Drain Project" and organized many parties in the North of Italy. In 2008 he played his first psy live set, first in Italy and then in Germany, France and Holland.
In 2012 he decided to organize an hardcore party again with his old friends and from that moment he started playing hardcore music again.From 2015 he started to perform his live set in Netherlands, releasing several new productions for labels such as: Rave instinct, Mokum, Rec among others succeeding to engrave LP and digital burning. He has performed on the best parties as: Decade, Hellbound, Ground zero, this is madness and Osib
Dj LYSA as an artist was born in 1998 as an integral part of the "NRG19" trio and with it he began his journey in electronic music playing in the most famous Club of Northern Italy. (Number One- Ecu-Gheodrome-EvolutionPlanet-Shock-Florida-Adrenaline-Cenerentola-Exodus ... etc.)
Subsequently the group melts and Lysa officially becomes Dj Resident of Dorian Gray (Regiamania) and plays at the biggest Italian events. (E-mission-SunBeat-Q-Dance-Spring Break-SnowBeat-Fusion-E-Made in Italy-E-motions... etc.)
Member of the D.L.S. crew (Digital Last Strength) and creator of the R-Evolution, Areatek, Lysatek, Outbreak and Gabber Nation parties. Producer on various labels including MOKUM RECORDS, HANDKCUF RECORDS,AUDIOKORE, DIGITAL PLAGUE, DarkProductions, ParanoiaxRecords and Avanti Records. Founder together with Leonardo Gipponi "Italian Terrorist" of the D.L.S. Records, Technomania and HARDCORE CLASSIC ,new personal record label where to find the latest productions. Known and esteemed by all for its charisma and its simplicity, as well as for its MiX that "SpaCCano the TimPaNi" !!!
So all that remains is to say: "Hei LYSA PomPa Sta CaSSa" !!!
KAALI
Italian DJ and producer, active in the music scene since 2003. He started his career in the underground scene, getting noticed in some free parties in northern Italy.
With time, his talent led him to become a reference point at the best Italian parties, with performances that have also seen him perform in the rest of Europe.
With an innate passion for the oldschool sound and scratching, Kaali offers energetic sets that explore the roots of the hardcore/gabber and industrial/terror scene, sometimes even drawing on trance sounds and giving the audience a refined, authentic and adrenaline-filled experience.
Recognised for his unique style, Kaali continues to leave a deep mark on the music scene with performances that fuse technique, history and innovation.โ
PECKERHEAD'92 - Daniel Rønhave - born 1990. Mokum Records, Cenobite records, Cyndium, Madness Industry, SygNok, KØBENHARDCORE.
Back from the very roots of Gabber music, Rotterdam, he's now in Copenhagen to demolish your nerves! He is your main man for unadulterated energy in the studio and on stage. On the dancefloor he spans wide, from the early nineties hardcore genre, to his own powerful productions and to a more extreme concept "fast and hard". With tireless energy and a good understanding of the genre's standards, his productions is always worth listening to.
PECKERHEAD
NOT A NORMAL DAY SINCE 1992
Spyro ( Davide Raimondo ) an old school Italian DJ, who became passionate about hardcore music in 1999 thanks to the Number One nightclub where he went to dance this type of music for the first time.
In the year 2020 during the pandemic he finally decides to start producing and playing their own music.
To date he has produced more than 30 tracks available on all the most important portals in the world.
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Slugnoid is a DJ and producer from Perugia, Italy. He is part of Mokum Records Crew.
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Slugnoid Is one of the last supporters of the old sound, characterizes his DJ sets with a strong old style stamp and the exclusive use of the vinyl, enriching all with extensive knowledge of scratches.
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His productions are a mix between classic and innovative with big hip-hop influences; between the use of synth typically of the 80s / 90s and experimental sounds...a unique sound distinguishes it!
The Bastard Bros are two DJs in the world of hardcore oldschool. With an overwhelming passion for music and an innate talent for rocking the crowds, our goal is to bring the unique energy and atmosphere of hardcore oldschool to every event we perform at. With years of experience behind and a unique musical repertoire, the Bastard Bros promise to keep you dancing till dawn and leave you with indelible memories of unforgettable nights. Come and discover our unique sound and get ready for an unprecedented musical experience!
DJ, producer and No Pizza Records owner since 2006 (with his brother ‘’D-Leria’’ in the beginning) Started his career in the 2000's as ''The Twins Artcore'' producing Hardcore
Gabber on Mokum Records mainly and playing in various big events like Pandemonium, Ground Zero, Q-Base, Shadowland Rave and more...
Currently still produces for Mokum, Cenobite records, Cyndium and recently released on Ruffneck Records! Among other projects he produces hardcore-tekno as ‘’Alarma Ravers’’ (from 2023 with RHZ) and Acid-Techno as Atomic Bassline on ‘’No Pizza Rave'' also hosting various artists such as: Marc Acardipane / Gabber Eleganza / Ingler/ D-Leria / Doris Norton / Domenico Crisci / Cosimo Damiano / Somatic Responses / Jaquarius / Armaguet Nad...
In May 2022 was in Berlin for the No Pizza Rave showcase x Hoer!
T.O.T.A.
He became interested in electronic music as a child back in back in 1992 thanks to his brother who owned cassette tapes of the genre of progressive dance. Soon after, he became hooked on hardcore music after listening to some tracks from cassettes passed by older friends and thanks to a record store near his home where he gradually learned to mix to then in turn discover the whole movement related to it thanks also to older friends, the Number One disco, the Gheodrome and the various Swiss events.
In 1999 he began the real gavetta playing in small parties, often self-organized, proposing millennium, early hardcore and terror industrial and then step by step getting to the slightly more substantial parties playing alongside artists of caliber. Co-founder and member of the Craft Lab Project crew and founder of the record label Salami Bread & Industrial Music where he has been has been producing for a few years.