I missed out on the 90s party scene (born 86) but it was the same in the early noughties. Go out and have fun and not worry about that “perfect picture” for social media. Take me back!
Bang on this is.. I feel like it’s social media or nothing now whereas before our lives were a mix of the two. social media was an add on and not the main thing
today they photoshop and filter a life into fake selfies. back before smartphones you lived it knowing you might not be telling anybody. People today would die if they didnt tell everybody they know they did something. If you dont post it on social media.....did it really happen??!!!??!
@@DjCotts Awesome man, 2004 was a seriously good time to be alive living in Birmingham uk for hardcore, home of AIR home of HTID :) good luck with the vinyl hunt!
Im so sorry you missed the scene bro. I mean I only caught the tinest tail end of it going to local shows of like 30 hardcore hardcorefanatics, plus a couple major shows on the west coast. But it was definitely the most beautiful happening mate. HHC ain't dead tho. expose as many people as you can. if we all put in our part we can spread HHC even further than the Wuhan flu.
I know, the world has gone into quarantine and I seem to have come out of it. So much more to come over the next few months. Thanks for sticking with us Steven.
ohh the memories, thank you for this. If only we could go back in time, i would happily spend the rest of my life wasted listening to happy hardcore at The Sanctuary
I was solid crying for like 80% of this mix. Good HHC sets make me cry hysterically. But like in a good way you know. God bless you music wizard and thank ye I love you marry me maybe?
Ahh this takes me right back to my raving days.... Westfest, the Hardcore weekender 05-09.... mad times, awesome people, awesome atmosphere...... hands down to you geeze, your a top Dj with a badass setup!! 👍😀😀😀😍
epic tunes dude would you be cool enough to make a playlsit of all your what happy hardcore and what hardcore used to be mixs? :) can only sem to find mix matched one on the channel
That room just needs to be sound proofed, anti wife locks on the door and a fridge full of Beers in the corner.... As an old skool raver from the very early 90's and still a dnb soldier really enjoyed watching this. Thanks !
Eyyy you are speaking my language Black Sheep, but the wife can come in and rave too, she loves it hehe :D Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it.
I'm a 40 year old sensible self employed plumber and this came up on RUclips, been bouncing around I'm my vito like I'm 17 back in the day in my D reg white nova Sr 😎😎fuckin smashin it hard wi these
thanks for all the mixes. great while making homework. yes i haven't lived in the time area from this music but I would like to. love the harder styles longer than today.
97 was when I first went to a rave in Doncaster ( Warehouse ) and Retford ( Uprising ) the memories from those days and the music back then were epic! Thanks for this 👌🤯👌
How hard are decks? I’m a musician I play guitar and piano but I have such a hard on for hardcore and want to learn!buying some decks soon! Welcome any advice or suggestions!
It's just sense of rhythm and knowing your tracks well enough to know where they mix well. From there on it's just your taste of what fits together and makes a cool story. If you're already a musician, I doubt you'll have it hard with decks. I love oldschool Technics decks myself, but there are a few good options. I still want the gold LTD version after a friend of mine got a pair for crazy cheap decades ago xD
Decks are hard to learn. Been using them since 1996. But as said if you are a musician you’ll get it quicker than most. Definitely recommend learning too beatmatch on vinyl before buying anything with a sync button. It definitely gives me an advantage over most djs these days. 👍 good luck 😉
Cool thanks for the Replies and and advice! I have a good sense of rhythm I guess it’s the same with any instrument practice makes prefect! I use a lot of midi for drums in the music I make already. I am working on a dance song but it’s not up to standard so going to try decks!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE MIXES!!! Absolutely love this "what hardcore used to be" series. So much good music.... glad I was able to live through this era.
Yeah, I really got into it around 2001. But I'm going back through the 90's catalogues to try and find some belters and I'll do an actual 'old skool' 90's mix :)
@@DjCotts Thanks for these mixes, great stuff, I do miss those days. Here's a list of my '90s favourites to get you going: Bang The Future - Body Slam.mp3 Bang! - Cloudy Daze.mp3 Bang! - Sailaway.mp3 Bang! - Shooting Star.mp3 Billy Bunter, D-Zyne, Supreme - Outside World.mp3 Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Stars.mp3 Darren Styles - Satellite (Update).mp3 Diss Reaction - Jiiieehaaaa.mp3 DJ Brisk + Rebel Alliance - Floor Friction.mp3 DJ Demo - I've Got A Feeling.mp3 DJ Hixxy - Discoland.mp3 DJ Hixxy - Together Forever.mp3 DJ Paul Elstak - Luv U More.mp3 DJ Paul Elstak - Rainbow In The Sky.mp3 DJ Seduction - Imagination.mp3 DJ Seduction And Eruption - Bust The New Jam.mp3 Dougal & Eruption - Party Time.mp3 Dougal & Hixxy - Get Into Love.mp3 Dougal & Hopscotch - Steam Train.mp3 Dr Who - Love Of My Life.mp3 Dune - Hardcore Vibes.mp3 Fade & Alchemist - Keep On Trying.mp3 Fat Controller - In Complete Darkness (Slipmatt Remix).mp3 Force & Styles - FunFair (original).mp3 Force & Styles - FunFair (vocal).mp3 Force & Styles - Funfair.mp3 Force & Styles - Heart Of Gold.mp3 Force & Styles - Pacific Sun.mp3 Force & Styles - Shining Down.mp3 Force & Styles - Wonderland.mp3 Force & Styles feat. Junior - Pretty Green Eyes.mp3 Happy Tunes - Rushing On Pink Champagne.mp3 Highlander - Hold Me Now.mp3 Hixxy & Bananaman - Together Forever.mp3 Hixxy & Sharkey - Return to Toytown.mp3 Hixxy & Sharkey - Toytown.mp3 Hixxy - In And Out Of Love (HTiD 3).mp3 Hixxy - Wanting To Get High.mp3 Jimmy J & Cru L T - Take Me Away (Slipmatt Mix).mp3 Liquid - Sweet Harmony.mp3 Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Life Force Generator.mp3 Scott Brown - Now Is The Time.mp3 Seduction - Runaway.mp3 Slipmatt - Heart Of Gold.mp3 Slipmatt - SMD 5-2a (remix).mp3 Styles & Breeze - You're My Angel (Extended Edit).mp3 Surilla - Better Off.mp3 TechnoHead - I Want To Be A Hippy.mp3 Tiny Tot - Discoland.mp3 Triple J - Follow The Sun.mp3 Triple J - Have It All (Remix).mp3 Triple J - Here I Am.mp3 Vibes & Wishdokta - Rave Is A Mystery.mp3
I like this SHIT SOOO MUCH... i Started to listen to Ravine and you for round about 15 years and iam so happy that you stay by happy hardcore... ravine does this not more so often like in the good old days, but you do... soo you have one more supporter now... go on with this nice stuff, dude!!!!!!
Listened to helter skelter tape packs religiously on the school bus in late 90's 🤣 first dip into electronic music. Have gone full circle thanks to you now, and will deffo put together a hardcore crate for the inevitable big post-covid house party over the usual techno/house/dnb 🚀 hi from Manchester UK 🙌🚨
Hey Eddie! Those tape packs back in the 90's were the bomb. I can't wait to do some 90's sets. Glad I could bring back some old memories. Thanks so much.
Why 4 depreciated ye don't know whit happy hardcore dance music is really coz this is ma fave decade Cotts I will share this in all ma media pages coz I also have a good section aff vinyl. Any mixes I hope ti share wif ye Kid coz yer keeping me pma up mate stay safe
I love it!!! Reminds me when I heard Heart Of Gold for the first time, that was the turning point for me that brought me in to the world of Happy Hardcore! You're videos always make me smile. Contributed! #HHC4Life
Epic tunes honestly some absolute bangers in there that I forgot even exsisted and I dont know how cos they are such bangers! So glad I found you man! 😂🎶💃
Cheers Denise! I forgot about so many of them too until I went digging. I have a ton more of these videos to come, so I won't stop digging for old gems :)
Use of vinyl, use of crossfader. No waveforms, no hot cues, no senseless use of effects and no sync button. Its night and day compared to the current gen
@@reapanomin899 U have to consider that this is not Early Rave from the ´90 it iz Bonkers/UK & Makina/Spanish Happy Hardcore from ´00 - ´15 But best German Happy Rave is Mark/Oh - Droste Hörst du mich / Dr.Droste - Mark oh hörst du mich Scooter - Hyper Hyper & Move ur Ass Blümchen was more the Görly Sound xD
Mixing ability’s spot on mate! Most of the Tunes are questionable! Too cheesey for me, and it’s that Hixxy/bonkers cheese that ruined the scene! Any techno/hard techno mixes?
Hey David, thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it! I do love the cheese though, I got into rave around 2001 so this is the era that I love. I'll be going back further though at some point soon. I have some old hard trance mixes on the channel, but not hard techno. Hmm maybe I should do one soon. Cheers :)
Even though it may sound cheesy, you can't deny that at times it puts a smile on your face😃 It may never happen again, but listening to music like this at somewhat 100db where you can feel the bass in your chest and those synth lines cause shivers through your entire body as the MDMA kicks in, it was like God had ripped you from the grips of time and launched you into heaven itself. Great time to be alive. Even though I'm in lockdown with nowhere to physically go, I still have those memories 😃
@@DjCotts Yes! I almost feel guilty that my main source for Happy HC back then was the Happy2bHardcore series from Anabolic Frolic under Moonshine records. It was a darker time, before RUclips and streaming.
You’ve introduced me, a 20 year old American guy, to Happy Hardcore last year. Cant believe I had never heard this type of music! I love how dedicated and talented you and Ravine are! Please don’t stop uploading!
I always felt sorry for americans not having this music. There's so many amazing genres out there: happy hard, uk hard, aussie hard, j-core, french-core, nightcore, hardstyle, rawstyle, freeform, gabber, you've also got the likes of dj s3rl who is basically a genre all by himself, also HTID and Xtreme HTID are basically their own genre too
Another amazing mix. Glad you could bring us along for the journey once again. As I always say, it's nice to have the newest tracks, but you can never forget the great one either. "Best and newest" is how I roll.
...Back to Bonkers... Happy Hardcore was post Dead in ´00 but then came the Bonkers Boiz Hixxy, Sharkey & the Spanish Makina Boiz and put Happy Rave to a Higher & Epic Next Level Bonkers ´96 -´09 Makina ´99 - ´06
Carl Cox you are my one favourite person you are like the merlin of hardcore .you are great please don't stop..making magic.love you man maybe you should be known as the master of hardcore always love you man and in a disipal.😊
Fuck, I remember going to raves every weekend. 7 pm until 7 am. Crushing it on the dance floor! Best mixes to dance to was happy hardcore! eye opener, U R My Phantasy, You're my angel, Elysium, so many good tracks!! Love your music man. Keep it up!
This is uk hardcore, not happyhardcore. Do a vinyl set from 95-97 when is was decent. Twisted vinyl,evolution records, screwdriver records, proper labels with banging tunes.
I can't wait for the next hardcore rave after the lockdown. There is a sense of community in a rave. It one big family. If you have never been or experienced it you have no clue what I'm going on about. 2020 has tested us all young and old and it's only just beginning hard times await us. Young and old. Stay safe people. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Xx
Aww man.. the memories of the parties i used to go to.. Time to get back into raving. Need to bring back the underground parties.. where the cops would shut us down... and we would go find another spot to party.. lol fucking phila hated us.. every weekend they were looking for us.. abandon buildings.. churches.. like gods basement.. those were the times.
Wauw! i can remember watchin' those gyus playing with their vinyl! fantastic mix! ( and yes, i am over 40, and a real id%t fan. not the typical gabber, but enyoing the beat on the side)
They still sound too much like modern HH. Need to go back further, starting at Fat Controller in complete darkness, through slipmatts remix of higher love (his early mix in 94 not the later one) and in to some of brisks early stuff, like eye opener and insomniak. Basically, best happy hardcore was before force and styles became big.
I would respectfully disagree. While the 93-97 hardcore was very influential and laid the groundwork, I think the 2002-2008(ish) (AKA midskool era) was the most diverse and well-produced happy hardcore. The biggest labels (NG/BB, Essential Platinum, Evolution, Raverbaby, and the Nu Energy Collective) all had a very distinct sound that all seemed to work in the broader genre. I love spinning the midskool era tunes more than any other.
@@randomeffekt5013 I agree with you. I did miss the 90's era, but I'm going to have fun digging through some of the really old stuff. Between the years you mentioned were the best imo, so much diversity.
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In the 90's people lived their life. Today they show the life they would like to have on Instagram. It's all fake.
My feelings exactly. We went out to have fun with friends not flex at a table with bottle service!
I missed out on the 90s party scene (born 86) but it was the same in the early noughties. Go out and have fun and not worry about that “perfect picture” for social media. Take me back!
Bang on this is.. I feel like it’s social media or nothing now whereas before our lives were a mix of the two. social media was an add on and not the main thing
And now they meaningless comments on RUclips.
today they photoshop and filter a life into fake selfies. back before smartphones you lived it knowing you might not be telling anybody. People today would die if they didnt tell everybody they know they did something.
If you dont post it on social media.....did it really happen??!!!??!
so many mixed emotions when listening to the old bangers, take me back to the glory days!
Yeah man, I totally agree. I'm going to keep digging for more. Be back with more bangers soon :)
@@DjCotts Awesome man, 2004 was a seriously good time to be alive living in Birmingham uk for hardcore, home of AIR home of HTID :) good luck with the vinyl hunt!
@@greggreg7400 went to htid 7 ravers choice at air. Awesome venue.
@@AD-FISHING best club Haha sweat box
Air was the best venue I've ever been to even went when it was Godskitchen R.I.P Air nightclub Digbeth Birmingham DJ Cotts keep spinnin you legend!
ah the good times, we were happy and we didn't know
oh i member
Amen to that. I remember happy moments, especially at raves ( raves, not festivals
Such a great era of music, I have such good memories of it.
deep and true :)
@Jonny 5 is alive And we were all so skinny People thought our mums were not feeding us. speed. Base. Es were all the norm
What do you mean "used to be"?
Oh shit just realised I'm old
This isnt old the real ol stuff is on the old bonkers mixes now thats old school
hahaha we are all in that boat I think. I'm going to go older soon.
Same bro hahha
What is old?!? Close to 40 and still rockin hardcore :)
age is not a number ;) keep it up!
Im young and only recently discovered happpy hardcore but man its brilliant
Banton DnB the best happy hardcore is the pre 1995 stuff with breakbeats
Vexa first song i heard was liquid crystal you got me, i think thats around 93, youre right though
95 nd 98 some really old bangers. Theres alot better rarer vinyl than there. Scottbrown track is a fav tho
Im so sorry you missed the scene bro. I mean I only caught the tinest tail end of it going to local shows of like 30 hardcore hardcorefanatics, plus a couple major shows on the west coast. But it was definitely the most beautiful happening mate. HHC ain't dead tho. expose as many people as you can. if we all put in our part we can spread HHC even further than the Wuhan flu.
waitll you try out acid house that shit will fuck you up for like a week it's so good.
Good to see DJ Cotts Never lost his hardcore!!
Great mix, loving the new content 🤙
Edit: Dropping UFO & Marley - Connections, you belter!
I could never man, so glad to still be here. Thanks to you for still being here too :)
Frequent COTTS streaming?!! Quarantine stress levels going down
I know, the world has gone into quarantine and I seem to have come out of it. So much more to come over the next few months. Thanks for sticking with us Steven.
Been a huuuuge fan since I was 13. I’m 23 now. Love your mixes!!!
A! Thanks so much, I can't believe how fast time has flown. Thanks for watching for over a decade, that's amazing :)
@@DjCotts I still reminisce about how I wanted to be a hardcore DJ like you and Ravine but became a hip hop DJ 😂
ohh the memories, thank you for this. If only we could go back in time, i would happily spend the rest of my life wasted listening to happy hardcore at The Sanctuary
The left speaker shaking is always a good sign of a banger!!! :D
Yesss, it's sketchy as hell. I need to fix that better.
I was solid crying for like 80% of this mix. Good HHC sets make me cry hysterically. But like in a good way you know. God bless you music wizard and thank ye I love you marry me maybe?
Aww thanks Pink bull, glad you enjoyed the mix! There are many more to come in the future to bring back those nostalgic vibez :DDD Much love
GET THIS MAN A FESTIVAL!
Ahh this takes me right back to my raving days.... Westfest, the Hardcore weekender 05-09.... mad times, awesome people, awesome atmosphere...... hands down to you geeze, your a top Dj with a badass setup!! 👍😀😀😀😍
Maaan I would have loved to checkout westfest during those times. So jealous. Thanks so much for watching mate, appreciate the kind words :D
epic tunes dude would you be cool enough to make a playlsit of all your what happy hardcore and what hardcore used to be mixs? :) can only sem to find mix matched one on the channel
Thanks Paul! there is one on my channel already :D ruclips.net/p/PLV2av0l5zTBGB4RLVSD0384ta1wB2nCyp
@@DjCotts Thank you my man, sorry to be a PITA but would it be possible to invert the list order ... the way it plays means its entirely backwards :)
Paul Webster you can make your own playlist in the order you’d like on your personal channel :)
That room just needs to be sound proofed, anti wife locks on the door and a fridge full of Beers in the corner....
As an old skool raver from the very early 90's and still a dnb soldier really enjoyed watching this. Thanks !
Eyyy you are speaking my language Black Sheep, but the wife can come in and rave too, she loves it hehe :D Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it.
@@DjCotts No worries buddy. Subbed and watching. Be good ; )
Unbelievable 90's ✌💊💊💊✌ can't remember wtf I did for ten years 😂 but still remember the tunes, New sub mate respect keep them tunes flowing
I love this guy so much enthusiasm in his mix’s, playlist he always picks is incredible
This is still quite new tho. Go back to the days of Bonkers
Been here since the 10min mixes were still a thing. Thank you for always taking me back to my youth.
HAZRDOne, you legend. Thanks so much. I'm glad we can go on a nostalgia trip together.
I'm a 40 year old sensible self employed plumber and this came up on RUclips, been bouncing around I'm my vito like I'm 17 back in the day in my D reg white nova Sr 😎😎fuckin smashin it hard wi these
thanks for all the mixes. great while making homework. yes i haven't lived in the time area from this music but I would like to. love the harder styles longer than today.
I've thumbed it up before started watching
Harderinc, thanks for bringing the thumbs up squad! :D
Going to the Rhythm Station in Aldershot back in 1995/6 with Dj Sy playing the last set, now that's what Happy Hardcore used to be! 😜
97 was when I first went to a rave in Doncaster ( Warehouse ) and Retford ( Uprising ) the memories from those days and the music back then were epic! Thanks for this 👌🤯👌
Anytime mate, I'll be doing some older 90's mixes soon too. Can't wait. Glad it helped bring back some good memories!
How hard are decks? I’m a musician I play guitar and piano but I have such a hard on for hardcore and want to learn!buying some decks soon! Welcome any advice or suggestions!
It's just sense of rhythm and knowing your tracks well enough to know where they mix well. From there on it's just your taste of what fits together and makes a cool story. If you're already a musician, I doubt you'll have it hard with decks.
I love oldschool Technics decks myself, but there are a few good options. I still want the gold LTD version after a friend of mine got a pair for crazy cheap decades ago xD
Decks are hard to learn. Been using them since 1996. But as said if you are a musician you’ll get it quicker than most. Definitely recommend learning too beatmatch on vinyl before buying anything with a sync button. It definitely gives me an advantage over most djs these days. 👍 good luck 😉
Totally agree, Vinyl just beds down the basics
Agree with Esa below Ben, Sense of rhythm is really what you need. The rest will come just with practice.
Cool thanks for the Replies and and advice! I have a good sense of rhythm I guess it’s the same with any instrument practice makes prefect! I use a lot of midi for drums in the music I make already. I am working on a dance song but it’s not up to standard so going to try decks!
You're the best for just listing the songs in the description! You wouldn't believe how many people don't do that and it's so annoying!
Ah you have to give credit to the artists who are the real talent here. Thanks for watching :)
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE MIXES!!! Absolutely love this "what hardcore used to be" series. So much good music.... glad I was able to live through this era.
Yeah I have to keep going with this. I'm loving going through all the old tracks so much. Another one in two weeks :)
@@DjCotts Thank you so much! These have been some of my favorite mixes. Any chance that you could put them on SoundCloud? Thanks again!
My new favourite channel. OMG! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🥴
Eyyy great to have you here! Thanks so much!
Thank you for continuing on with this series Cotts!! These are the best. Appreciate all you do.
Anytime mutinysyg! I really appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching :) New one coming real soon.
Sure miss the old days! Much love from Tennessee!
I sure do too justin, much love from Australia. I hope you are well :)
this to me is new school hardcore :D I was 96' era. its funny to me to hear people refer to these tracks as 'old school' :D
Yeah, I really got into it around 2001. But I'm going back through the 90's catalogues to try and find some belters and I'll do an actual 'old skool' 90's mix :)
@@DjCotts cool, i look forward to it :)
@@DjCotts would love to hear that!! This is new stuff ha I feel old..
@@DjCotts Thanks for these mixes, great stuff, I do miss those days. Here's a list of my '90s favourites to get you going:
Bang The Future - Body Slam.mp3
Bang! - Cloudy Daze.mp3
Bang! - Sailaway.mp3
Bang! - Shooting Star.mp3
Billy Bunter, D-Zyne, Supreme - Outside World.mp3
Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Stars.mp3
Darren Styles - Satellite (Update).mp3
Diss Reaction - Jiiieehaaaa.mp3
DJ Brisk + Rebel Alliance - Floor Friction.mp3
DJ Demo - I've Got A Feeling.mp3
DJ Hixxy - Discoland.mp3
DJ Hixxy - Together Forever.mp3
DJ Paul Elstak - Luv U More.mp3
DJ Paul Elstak - Rainbow In The Sky.mp3
DJ Seduction - Imagination.mp3
DJ Seduction And Eruption - Bust The New Jam.mp3
Dougal & Eruption - Party Time.mp3
Dougal & Hixxy - Get Into Love.mp3
Dougal & Hopscotch - Steam Train.mp3
Dr Who - Love Of My Life.mp3
Dune - Hardcore Vibes.mp3
Fade & Alchemist - Keep On Trying.mp3
Fat Controller - In Complete Darkness (Slipmatt Remix).mp3
Force & Styles - FunFair (original).mp3
Force & Styles - FunFair (vocal).mp3
Force & Styles - Funfair.mp3
Force & Styles - Heart Of Gold.mp3
Force & Styles - Pacific Sun.mp3
Force & Styles - Shining Down.mp3
Force & Styles - Wonderland.mp3
Force & Styles feat. Junior - Pretty Green Eyes.mp3
Happy Tunes - Rushing On Pink Champagne.mp3
Highlander - Hold Me Now.mp3
Hixxy & Bananaman - Together Forever.mp3
Hixxy & Sharkey - Return to Toytown.mp3
Hixxy & Sharkey - Toytown.mp3
Hixxy - In And Out Of Love (HTiD 3).mp3
Hixxy - Wanting To Get High.mp3
Jimmy J & Cru L T - Take Me Away (Slipmatt Mix).mp3
Liquid - Sweet Harmony.mp3
Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Life Force Generator.mp3
Scott Brown - Now Is The Time.mp3
Seduction - Runaway.mp3
Slipmatt - Heart Of Gold.mp3
Slipmatt - SMD 5-2a (remix).mp3
Styles & Breeze - You're My Angel (Extended Edit).mp3
Surilla - Better Off.mp3
TechnoHead - I Want To Be A Hippy.mp3
Tiny Tot - Discoland.mp3
Triple J - Follow The Sun.mp3
Triple J - Have It All (Remix).mp3
Triple J - Here I Am.mp3
Vibes & Wishdokta - Rave Is A Mystery.mp3
I like this SHIT SOOO MUCH... i Started to listen to Ravine and you for round about 15 years and iam so happy that you stay by happy hardcore... ravine does this not more so often like in the good old days, but you do... soo you have one more supporter now... go on with this nice stuff, dude!!!!!!
Cheers Malte! Appreciate you sticking with me for over a decade, that's seriously amazing man.
Love your mixes Cotts :)
I hope you, your family and friends are doing well during these tough and unusual times.
Thanks admiraltee, we are doing really good here thanks. Appreciate the well wishes. Same to you also :)
Listened to helter skelter tape packs religiously on the school bus in late 90's 🤣 first dip into electronic music. Have gone full circle thanks to you now, and will deffo put together a hardcore crate for the inevitable big post-covid house party over the usual techno/house/dnb 🚀 hi from Manchester UK 🙌🚨
Hey Eddie! Those tape packs back in the 90's were the bomb. I can't wait to do some 90's sets. Glad I could bring back some old memories. Thanks so much.
Stupid RUclips on slow upload speed!
@@DjCotts Such a solid awesome mix!!! thank you!!! I love watching your performance, dancing and enjoying the MUSIC!!!! Wewt!!... I'm dancing along!
Why 4 depreciated ye don't know whit happy hardcore dance music is really coz this is ma fave decade Cotts I will share this in all ma media pages coz I also have a good section aff vinyl. Any mixes I hope ti share wif ye Kid coz yer keeping me pma up mate stay safe
Eyyy David, appreciate it mate! It's my fave decade too. Gotta love it :)
Brings me back to my rave days, Phat pants, Snug Bags and Bucket hats, Happy 2b Hardcore
chapter 3 by Anabolic Frolic was an all time fav
So good, I wore the most fluro phatties back in the day. Good times :D
I love it!!! Reminds me when I heard Heart Of Gold for the first time, that was the turning point for me that brought me in to the world of Happy Hardcore!
You're videos always make me smile.
Contributed!
#HHC4Life
HHC4Life indeed, so glad I can bring a smile to your face, that warms my heart :) Many more classics to come :)
Would love to see a s3rl mix, if that's something you'd be interested in cotts :)
Jacob, I sure can. I'll just have to round up my favourite s3rl of all time.
Epic tunes honestly some absolute bangers in there that I forgot even exsisted and I dont know how cos they are such bangers! So glad I found you man! 😂🎶💃
Cheers Denise! I forgot about so many of them too until I went digging. I have a ton more of these videos to come, so I won't stop digging for old gems :)
10 years later still bumping your mixes, you've got amazing talent only wish I had gotten around to bringing you over to Toronto!
Cassius, thanks so much for watching over the last decade, that's so good to hear. Hopefully I'll be over in Toronto sometime soon :)
Use of vinyl, use of crossfader. No waveforms, no hot cues, no senseless use of effects and no sync button. Its night and day compared to the current gen
It's just nice to go back to basics sometimes hey :)
Finally found your door to the left! Been wondering where it is for ages!!!!!!
haha yess Mathew, I escaped the old room and finally got one with a door :D
@@DjCotts Haha awesome mix buddy!
I’m a jungle man but I remember when it was hardcore and all sort of mixed together.
Respect to you man your energy is infectious!
Quality set cotts respect dude from Kid dynamite 👏👏 ndcradio.co.uk
Cheers man, respect straight back at you. Thanks :)
Scott Brown - Turn up the music 🙌
I trust it was turned up :) what a banger of a track
Minne was 10 inch white 1
@@DjCotts King of the Beatz - Dj Scott Brown Best track by that Artist
Where is “Herz and Herz” or “nur geträumt”
from “Blümchen” 😉 check it out!
international war das aber heart to heart ;) aber definitiv ebenfalls nice stuff!!
Ah,those bangers from Blümchen.We might have to wait for awhile before DJ Cotts does a 90s happy hardcore mix.
@@reapanomin899 Coming up soon! :D
@@reapanomin899 U have to consider that this is not Early Rave from the ´90
it iz Bonkers/UK & Makina/Spanish Happy Hardcore from ´00 - ´15
But best German Happy Rave is Mark/Oh - Droste Hörst du mich / Dr.Droste - Mark oh hörst du mich
Scooter - Hyper Hyper & Move ur Ass
Blümchen was more the Görly Sound xD
Fucking great dude so glad RUclips showed me you shit. Bad the freak ass
:D Cheers Tyler, appreciate it! Thanks for stopping by :D
This is like being back at the big raves in Scotland... best days of my life 💙
Me too (but for me it was Sydney hehe)
Rezerection lad?
ian Cowley yeah mate... Rez, Judgement Day, Fantazia
Holy shit the divided timeline scrubbing is the best feature I think I've ever seen ever
How good is it! I'll be using it every video from now on. Sooo good.
Mixing ability’s spot on mate! Most of the Tunes are questionable! Too cheesey for me, and it’s that Hixxy/bonkers cheese that ruined the scene! Any techno/hard techno mixes?
Hey David, thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it! I do love the cheese though, I got into rave around 2001 so this is the era that I love. I'll be going back further though at some point soon. I have some old hard trance mixes on the channel, but not hard techno. Hmm maybe I should do one soon. Cheers :)
Even though it may sound cheesy, you can't deny that at times it puts a smile on your face😃
It may never happen again, but listening to music like this at somewhat 100db where you can feel the bass in your chest and those synth lines cause shivers through your entire body as the MDMA kicks in, it was like God had ripped you from the grips of time and launched you into heaven itself. Great time to be alive.
Even though I'm in lockdown with nowhere to physically go, I still have those memories 😃
High school and college years all over again, musically speaking. Recognized a few artists in this track list. 😁🎶
Cheers squish3r, same for me here. Scott Brown killed it during those years.
@@DjCotts Yes! I almost feel guilty that my main source for Happy HC back then was the Happy2bHardcore series from Anabolic Frolic under Moonshine records. It was a darker time, before RUclips and streaming.
Ładnie idzie zapraszam do mnie klubowe nuty
ZASUBSKRYBUJ CODZIENNIE NOWOŚCI :)
Banging mate some right classics
Eyy Gravypot thanks :D
Fucking love these mixes ;)
Many more on the way! Cheers :D
@@DjCotts Can't wait!!!
No scott brown now is the time or raver baby gutted but decent mix and setup respect
Raver baby in the next mix! Coming up!
BONKERS 1,2,3 WOW :-) GOOD TUNES MAN :-)
Love bringing back the bonkers days.
Frisky and Hujib, Belive (Breeze and Styles remix), what a fucking legend of a track
Yes, everything Breeze and Styles touched turned to gold during the mid 2000's. Believe is a huge tune. :)
@@DjCotts you should do a Breeze and Styles mix, there's so many huge tunes they done, would be a proper bit of nostalgia 🕺🙂
sick thanks man !!!
@DjCotts, hey please do electric fox mix
Hey Shon, it's a bit out of my wheelhouse, but I'll certainly showcase some of the electric fox hardcore at some point.
Bro keep em comin! Bangin tunes dem rude boi funny as f watching you raving out! Hope your neighbours downstairs were out!!
Also dark room and strobes maaaannn
hahaha yesss luckily they were! thanks so much man!
❤ No #1 ❤ Like no other ❤
:) Thank You!
On the ones and two's you know the score hardcore....!
Cheers :D really appreciate it
You’ve introduced me, a 20 year old American guy, to Happy Hardcore last year. Cant believe I had never heard this type of music! I love how dedicated and talented you and Ravine are! Please don’t stop uploading!
I always felt sorry for americans not having this music. There's so many amazing genres out there: happy hard, uk hard, aussie hard, j-core, french-core, nightcore, hardstyle, rawstyle, freeform, gabber, you've also got the likes of dj s3rl who is basically a genre all by himself, also HTID and Xtreme HTID are basically their own genre too
Search bonkers compilation, & happy hardcore from Jimmy j & cru lt & enjoy
@@djfilta8157 damn bro 13yrs and I hadn't even heard of them. Hard-core has such incredible depth to it. Amazing thank you
David Orr Yeah I discovered Gabber as well lol The shits mad! Wish I could have gone to a thunderdome back in the day!
djfilta 81 Thanks man Ill check them out!
love this guy. #nohomo. not that there is anything wrong with that. :)
Ey David, Love to too man! :D
Not exactly happy hardcore though; this is predominantly UK hardcore as was rebranded circa 2001-2002.
Well played sir!!! Yes yes from the UK 🇬🇧
Eyy ant, thanks so much! Cheers from Australia.
big ups dj cotts
Hello dj.coxx. i love you're style man you a a real hardcore magithion. And i wish i could be you're hardcore disciple.love you man.😊
AMAZING WORK! YOU TRAVEL ME TO HEAVEN MAN DJCOTTS! KEEP IT UP! FULL SUPPORT FROM GREECE!
Another amazing mix. Glad you could bring us along for the journey once again.
As I always say, it's nice to have the newest tracks, but you can never forget the great one either. "Best and newest" is how I roll.
Thanks so much Awal, keep up the super snagging!
AWal how's you doing bit like the Wearhouse in Donny
Check this all best to you and your bro .
Nicely done 👍
...Back to Bonkers...
Happy Hardcore was post Dead in ´00 but then came the Bonkers Boiz Hixxy, Sharkey & the Spanish Makina Boiz and put Happy Rave to a Higher & Epic Next Level
Bonkers ´96 -´09
Makina ´99 - ´06
Carl Cox you are my one favourite person you are like the merlin of hardcore .you are great please don't stop..making magic.love you man maybe you should be known as the master of hardcore always love you man and in a disipal.😊
I love your mixes! I am so happy that you are still uploading on RUclips.
Fuck, I remember going to raves every weekend. 7 pm until 7 am. Crushing it on the dance floor! Best mixes to dance to was happy hardcore! eye opener, U R My Phantasy, You're my angel, Elysium, so many good tracks!! Love your music man. Keep it up!
This is uk hardcore, not happyhardcore. Do a vinyl set from 95-97 when is was decent. Twisted vinyl,evolution records, screwdriver records, proper labels with banging tunes.
Godlike stuff man thanks
Cheers D-tor, really appreciate it man.
You have great minerals where u r from very energetic performance lol 😂
Nice mixing matee
Nice set up too
Cool 90s
Now with Digital equipment you can now mix this headset free.
Very true. I love not being able to see the wavforms though, it makes you pay attention.
@@DjCotts Very True..
2 or 3 as too late for me I prefer pre 95, fungos I'm old
Yeah I'm going back trying to source 90's vinyl now to play the real classic era.
I can't wait for the next hardcore rave after the lockdown. There is a sense of community in a rave. It one big family. If you have never been or experienced it you have no clue what I'm going on about. 2020 has tested us all young and old and it's only just beginning hard times await us. Young and old. Stay safe people. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Xx
Krezip hahahaha half an hour in. Go Jacqueline! ps. listening since 2007 on and off. But still putting a smile on my face! Thnx Cotts (and Ravine)
Aww man.. the memories of the parties i used to go to.. Time to get back into raving. Need to bring back the underground parties.. where the cops would shut us down... and we would go find another spot to party.. lol fucking phila hated us.. every weekend they were looking for us.. abandon buildings.. churches.. like gods basement.. those were the times.
Wauw! i can remember watchin' those gyus playing with their vinyl! fantastic mix! ( and yes, i am over 40, and a real id%t fan. not the typical gabber, but enyoing the beat on the side)
What I learned from this: Breeze and Styles do some bomb ass remixes
mduffrules, oh yeah. Everything they touched turned to gold.
OMG... I just found an oldie I have never been able to find hidden in this amazing mix...
Thank you...
P.L.U.R :) Keep up the great beats :)
Will do Jonathan, cheers for watching :)
That transition from Turn Up The Music (makes me watery-eyed from euphoria, that one does!) to Freedom was silky smooth lol.
This!!! So many familiar tunes from the happy2bhardcore series. Started listening to these beats in 99. Never gotten old even if we do
Perfectly selected and mixed to perfection 😆 pure htid selection! Really enjoyed this mix 👏 I will be running to it wile on lockdown
Glad I found this channel dude 👍 many memories from back in the day. Keep the rave alive 💚👌👏👏👏
Love your energy. The fast mixing. The TUNES! thanks man takes me back.
Who the hell is down voting this!! This is an incredible mix and and incredible track list!!
This is fairly new stuff well most of it play some 90s german hard trance or some 90s stuff 👌👌 good mixing though man
Oh man this brings back some brilliant memories. I'm toying with the idea of buying some DDJs and these choons are genuinely swaying me.
They still sound too much like modern HH. Need to go back further, starting at Fat Controller in complete darkness, through slipmatts remix of higher love (his early mix in 94 not the later one) and in to some of brisks early stuff, like eye opener and insomniak.
Basically, best happy hardcore was before force and styles became big.
I would respectfully disagree. While the 93-97 hardcore was very influential and laid the groundwork, I think the 2002-2008(ish) (AKA midskool era) was the most diverse and well-produced happy hardcore. The biggest labels (NG/BB, Essential Platinum, Evolution, Raverbaby, and the Nu Energy Collective) all had a very distinct sound that all seemed to work in the broader genre. I love spinning the midskool era tunes more than any other.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll be doing a 90's mix soon and really going back to the early incarnations of the genre.
@@randomeffekt5013 I agree with you. I did miss the 90's era, but I'm going to have fun digging through some of the really old stuff. Between the years you mentioned were the best imo, so much diversity.
Nowhere near what Happy Hardcore used to sound like. Happy Hardcore stopped being Happy Hardcore long before these tunes
Cotts. What a dude. Bangin yet again.
Cheers Colin, more bangers to come soon!
I believe in you cottsie!
Bagleys kings cross , the sanctuary, Shepton mallet Hardcore till I die .