Dj Sy & Unknown with MC Storm @ Slammin' Vinyl on Friday the 12th of November 1999.

Dj Sy & Unknown @ Slammin' Vinyl (12-11-1999)

There’s not many DJs who would be as amazing playing happy hardcore as they were gabber or 90s jungle, or piano house or hip hop but Stu Allan could (and did) it all. He would go from playing jungle at Quest in Wolverhampton to playing hard gabber at Doncaster Warehouse with ease and he had fans in every genre. He will be very missed.

As a bit of a genre hopper myself, the loss of this legend makes me realise there’s not many people like him left, dance music is so compartmentalised these days and you rarely find people into different styles of rave music. As a kid in the late 90s I didn’t even know he had a weekly radio show in Manchester, I’m only just listening to them now and realising how great he was on the radio too, always pushing new music whatever the style.

My Dad died a year ago this week from cancer and Stu’s passing has brought a lot of tears to my eyes the last few days, reading tributes from people like Carl Cox, Slipmatt, Grooverider, Brisk, they all loved and respected Stu so much and it brings home how much of a father figure he was in dance music, I’m not sure there’s another like him out there.

This week all I’ve listened to is Stu Allan sets, all his radio shows are on YouTube and soundcloud and I’ve been hammering them. Stu Allan you have my total respect...this mix is for you.

Thumpa - My Stu Allan Tribute

Force & Styles happy hardcore set recorded live at Helter Skelter event 'Progression', held at the Sanctuary in Milton Keynes, on 31 December 1997.

Helter Skelter - 31 December 1997

Force & Styles @ Helter Skelter 'Progression' on 31 December 1997

Another trance mix from the archives. This one was recorded way back in November 2011. Some great vocals and a few stompers! 

1. MEM - Forza
2. First State Feat. Sarah Howells – Reverie
3. Nic Chagall Feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn – This Moment
4. Max Graham Feat. Neev Kennedy – Sun In The Winter (Estiva Remix)
5. Deal - Shine (Dankann & Antillas Remix)
6. John O'Callaghan & Timmy & Tommy – Talk To Me (Orjan Nilsen Trance Mix)
7. MDX - Drive Out (Marc Simz Remix)
8. Lange Vs. Gareth Emery – Another You Another Me (Solis & Sean Truby Remix)
9. Nadia Ali - Rapture (Gareth Emery Remix)
10. Markus Schulz & Jochen Miller – Rotunda
11. tyDi Feat. Audrey Gallagher – You Walk Away

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Force & Styles @ Helter Skelter 30 - Nightlife - 29/05/1999

1. DJ Stompy - I Believe 
2. DJ Kaos - Don’t Go
3. Sy & Demo - Devotion (Eruption Remix)
4. DJ Vinylgroover- Time
5. Voodoo Posse feat. Jocelyn Brown - Love Is (Fade & Bananaman Remix)
6. DJ Vinylgroover - My Guardian Angel
7. Waxman - Heaven (On A Jungle Tip)
8. Sy & Demo - Sensation 
9. DJ Daydream - Falling Over The Moon
10. Silk Cuts 6 - Soul Of An Angel
11. Silk Cuts 8 - Forgiven
12. Go Mental - Jump To This
13. Bang - Shooting Star (Ham’s Mix)
14. V.G.T. #1 - My Little Fantasy
15. Scott Brown & Gillian Tennant - Everytime I Close My Eyes 
16. Sub-Ace & Aura - My Dreams

Classic Happy Hardcore Gems Vol.2 - Vinyl Only Mix

1. Sy & Unknown - I Feel On Fire (Stu Allan Remix)
2. Darren Styles Vs Ultrabeat - Sure Feels Good (Styles & Recon Remix)
3. Asa & S1 - Makin’ Me Wanna Dance (Sy & Unknown Remix)
4. DeejayBee - Summer Aurora 
5. Sy & Unknown - Bring Me Round To Love (Scott Brown’s Evolution Remix)
6. Stargazer - Ultimate High
7. Brisk & Fade - Stay Here Forever
8. Scott Brown & Brisk - Chase
9. Project X - Liberation 
10. Fade & Menis - Guardcore
11. Da Edge - I Believe 
12. DJ Kurt - Rock Ya Hardcore 
13. DJ Kambel - No More Jokin’ (Sy & Unknown Remix)
14. Paradise - See The Light (Sy & Unknown Remix)
15. Duncan Oatham - Ready?
16. Scott Brown - Do It Like We Do
17. Oli G - Miasma 
18. DeejayBee & Compulsion - The Outlaw 
19. Scott Brown - Turn Up The Music 
20. Interstate - Lost Generation (Original Mix)
21. Dave Elyzium - No Limits (Original Mix)

Classic UK Hardcore - Vinyl Only Mix

M-Zone  - Pleasuredome Fantasy Island NYE

Tracklist

1 - Infextious - Amigos (Breeze & Styles Hardcore Mix)
2 - Darren Styles Feat Francis Hill - Come Running 
3 - Arkane Silver - Broken Hearted (Supreme & Sunset Regime Remix)
4 - Hixxy, Dougal & Gammer - Phaze 2 Phaze 
5 - Darren Styles - Flashlight 
6 - Breeze & Lost Witness - Rise Again 
7 - Paul EP & Smithy - All I Wanna Do (Hixxy Remix) 
8 - Azora - Tell You A Secret (Breeze Remix)
9 - Re-Con, Ramos & Punch Feat Deanne - Lost In Love
10 - Ramos, Mob & Protocol Feat Drew - Guiding Star (Hands Up Mix)
11 - Armin Van Buuren - In and Out Of Love (Hixxy, Sy & Unknown Remix)
12 - Breeze Vs Barley Feat Taya - Falling (Breeze Remix)
13 - Hixxy & Chris Unknown - Konfusion
14 - Styles & Breeze Feat Re-Con - Love Stick Crazy
15 - Ramos, Mob & Protocol - Signs
16 - Agnes - Release Me (Squad-E Remix)
17 - Hixxy, Ramos & Punch - You’re Gonna Love Me
18 - Sy & Chris Unknown Feat Lou Lou - Right Here (Squad-E Remix) 
19 - Hixxy, Ramos & Protocol - Open You Eyes 
20 - Paradise - See The Light (Sy & Unknown 2007 Remix)

HTID Memories Part 3 mixed by Ramos & Protocol

Wasn't sure what to upload this week so just went for the oldest mix I haven't uploaded..... which is no bad thing because its a (not so) long awaited follow up to a mix I did which was just happy hardcore from the tail end of the nineties/early 2000's basically when it was dead, there were still some good tracks around but they were very random and obscure which is why I find it interesting anyway, enjoy !

Track Listing:

01. Sub Ace & Aura - My Dreams
02. Demolition Man & Mister P - Ultrahappy
03. Silk Cuts Vol 10 - Side A (Moon & Back)
04. DJ Switchback - Prisoner
05. Trixxy - Hold On
06. DJ Stompy - Hold Me Now
07. V.G.T. - Vol 1 (My Little Fantasy)
08. DJ Stompy - In My Dreams
09. Oceania - Taking Me Higher (Daydream Mix)
10. DJ Stompy - All Out Of Love (Naughty But Nice Mix)
11. The McKenzie Brothers - All That I Want
12. DJ Stompy - Test Of Time (Euro Mix)
13. DJ Stompy - Who I Am
14. The Bandits - Happy Generation
15. DJ Hixxy - Wanting To Get High 2001
16. DJ Stompy - Forever Hardcore (MPR Exclusive Remix)
17. Ruffage - Paradise
18. DJ Storm - Ravers Choice 8.5 (Imagination)
19. DJ Wak'd - Come Rescue Me
20. DJ Storm Feat Herman & Spinback - The Piano Track
21. Hooligans Of The New Skool Vol 5 - Music So Wonderful
22. Storm & Herman - Key To Your Heart
23. D-Minus & Tipsy - Leave Me Waiting (D-Minus & Storm Remix)
24. Force & Styles - Sunshine


DJ A.K. - Last Of The Happy Hardcore Vol 2 Mix 31.05.25

Hixxy @ Fantazia - Showtime (27/01/2007)

I like to play many styles such as Trance, Techno & Oldskool but my passion is Hardcore. 

I've played at Traks, Molly Sweeney's as well as other venues and been lucky to be on the same lineup as the likes of Scott Brown, QFX, CLSM, Nu Foundation (RIP), Tizer and many others. 

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