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Diplo & DJ Fresh
Earthquake (LNY TNZ &
Yellow Claw Remix)
Free DL
8.0
A little tip-off here.
Rotterdam trap
superstars Yellow Claw
team up with jump act
LNY TNZ to deliver a
remix of this hit, with
a distinct hardstyle
?avour. And it's free!
Frequencerz
Rockstar
Fusion
8.0
Rawstyle beats here
with great use of a
strong rap sample,
combining twisted,
Antolini & Montorsi
Bad Kids
Hard Progress Recordings
sinister beats and
haunting melodies to
devastating effect.
Open Source
Selection
Gearbox Digital
7.0
Gearbox are always
breaking new talent
on the scene, and
this new hard techy
monster from Open
Source has all the
makings of a solid hard
dance release, fusing
multiple genres into a
dark moody track.
8.0
Italian hard trance legends Luca
Antolini & Andrea Montorsi have
been really pushing the tougher
electro sounds on their label this
year. This new release takes their
stance to the next level with some
seriously dirty hard drops mixed up
with an old school-sounding trance
breakdown reminiscent of the late
'90s releases, all fused together
with hard-hitting snares and
pitched-up vocal snippets.
Dark By Design
Alone (DJ Husband Remix)
CDR
7.5
Fast and furious hard dance here
from the UK's leader of the darker
sounds Dark By Design, remixed
by Australian act DJ Husband. This
remix keeps the DBD power ethos
running throughout, with loads of
energy and pitched vocals. I think
DJ Husband tried to match the DBD
style a bit too much here, though,
instead of letting his own unique
sound shine through. He still
delivers a solid remix, nonetheless.
Miss K8
Breathless
Masters Of Hardcore
FRACUS & DARWIN HARDCORE UNDERGROUND
01. FRACUS & DARWIN FEAT POISON RAIN ‘About To Fly’ Hardcore Underground
“Original vocals and plenty of melodies; we’ve always loved writing really
musical tracks.”
02. RAMOS, MOB & SC@R FEAT BECCI ‘Find U’ RSR Recordings
“A great collaboration packed with musicality, catchy original vocals and
pounding beats.”
03. KLUBFILLER ‘Your Own Groove’ Klubbed Up
“De?nitely a track for the summer. Tough beats, hooky uplifting pianos and
vocal licks.”
04. AL STORM & EUPHONY ‘Mind Over Matter (CLSM Remix)’ KULT
“A tremendously powerful breakbeat remix. Haunting vocals, big riffs, heavy
basslines.”
05. A.B. ‘This’ Stamina Records
“A superbly progressive and energetic track with furious beats and musicality
?nely balanced.”
06. FRACUS & DARWIN ‘Free From Form’ Hardcore Underground
“Probably our summer anthem, and a fusion of catchy riffs and melodic
breakdowns.”
07.
BRISK & REBEL ALLIANCE ‘Floor Friction’ Stormtrooper
“Rave music at its most energetic, with frantic beats, rap samples and ?zzy
bass ?lls.”
08. SKINNY ‘Drop Now’ Hardcore Underground
“A perfect blend of tough beats and melodic breakdowns, all energetically
programmed.”
9.0
Fast-rising star in the European
hardcore scene, Miss K8 is back with
a brutal EP on Masters Of Hardcore.
Don't be fooled by her innocent
looks, this little lady packs a punch
when it comes to beats. Tearing
up speakers with distortion and
high energy melodies at 170+ bpm,
'Breathless' will quite literally
leave you as the title suggests! A
must-have for the harder dance
music fan.
Phil TY
A Kay A (Da Tweekaz Remix)
Titanic
9.5
This quirky hardstyler turned into
somewhat of a cult classic back
in 2009, but slowly faded into
the back of DJs' minds. So how
excited I was to see a refresh of
this for 2013 by the kings of quirky,
Norwegian production duo Da
Tweekaz! Keeping all the charm of
the original, but with an even more
pumped kick and bass mid intro,
epic melody and fresh '2013 kick'
for the climax, this is everything
this rem ix had to be!
Ruthless & Dr Phunk
09. JAZAKID ‘Make It Werk’ Aural Adrenaline
Drop It
10. FRACUS & DARWIN ‘The Good Inside’ Hardcore Underground
8.5
Big collaboration here from these
two leaders of the Belgium jump
scene, featuring uplifting triplet
“An eclectic and intricately put-together track with plenty of ravey and
electro elements.”
“One of our more popular breakbeat tracks, it’s modern sounding with some
retro elements.”
Dirtyworkz Bounce
Audiofreq feat
MC Shureshock
Speekaz Kikk
Dirty Workz
10
melodies in the ?rst break before
dropping with some seriously
heavy jump kicks and well arranged
screeches. It leads into a big
melodic-?lled breakdown before
dropping again with pure power
— and no melodies in sight. Nice
refreshing arrangement made for
the harder ?oors.
Subkilla
The Aussie hardstyler who has
been taking the Euro scene by
storm is back with this brutal
fusion of underground styles
ahead of his forthcoming
album. Combining elements
of reggae and hardstyle may
sound a little left of ?eld, but
using the 'hype' elements from
both genres actually makes
perfect sense. Judging by
the dance?oor reactions, this
melting pot of diversity is a
winner all round.
Urban Slayer
Subground
9.0
2013 has seen hardstyle and
house become very resemblant in
the sounds and productions used
between the genres, sometimes
only really differing in the bpms
and mixdowns of the track.
Activator's Subground label sits
tightly in the middle, creating
perfect DJ tools to jump between
these genres in your sets, and this
new release is perfect with handsin-the-air chord melodies and nasty
drops.
TNT
Tarantula
Titanic
10
No strangers to this page, the
Italian duo of Technoboy & Tuneboy
are back with another dance?oor
killer. With recent releases being
supported by a range of DJs from
Tiesto to Headhunterz, these
guys have never been hotter.
Their latest offering, building
on the momentum of 'Contrast'
and 'Skinner', has the EDMstyle arrangement of hands-up
melodies, roof-raising builds and
dance?oor destroying drops.
Tranz-Linquants vs Onex
& Trax
One More
Bionic Digital
7.0
South Wales representing here
for this killer fast-paced kick and
bass-led stomper using the classic
Dye Witness ‘Only If I Had One
More' vocal rap to devastating
effect. There seems to be less focus
on the main melody and more on
the drops, which makes this a great
track to break up your sets with a
full-on dance?oor monster.
Zany & B Front
Redeeming Light (Dream Village
2013 Anthem)
Fusion
8.0
Dark and dirty rawstyle beats from
the head of Fusion Records and
king of the darkness, Zany, along
with one of Fusion's brightest
stars B Front — joining forces for
this evil masterpiece. It features a
horror movie fairytale-type vocal
in the main breakdown with plenty
of spooky sounds before dropping
in with an almighty powerful dark
melody.
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