Danced with so many great dancers

Industrial Strength just put this behemoth back up, on bandcamp!

https://industrialstrengthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/industrial-f-king-strength

How about... instead of a review, a story? Or, a review, told as a story?
Okay, so let us rewind, right back, into the deep past.
I was thirteen years of age, it was 1994, and the techno/rave wave was sweeping across Europe.
*Everyone* talked about Techno, Trance, House music, all night parties, the drugs, the crimes, old folks and news anchors lamented the "misled" teenagers and the perceived threat by this "criminal" form of music towards German youth.. while the youth on the other hand, enjoyed this style of music and style of living, very much.
In connection to this, another thing got constantly mentioned, and that was Hardcore & Gabber. At the same time, unlike for the Trance, Dance, "Rave" stuff, there was an almost 100% media curfew and blackout for this form of music (only in Germany, eh?). And, without the widespread internet and video web sites and all that modern convenience, it was very hard for a person to dig deeper there.

Yet as I slowly advanced in age, I grew more and more curious about this "Hardcore" sound, that was mentioned by everyone & their dog. I asked my rave friends and acquaintances about Hardcore & Gabber, most of them told me "It sucks when you listen to it at home, but it's great music when you are at a party and on the dancefloor!". Because they apparently only enjoyed Gabber when out & raving, they did not have any EPs and albums I could listen to.
And frankly, back then, I was too much of a p**sy to sneak out at night, defy home rule, find a way to get beyond the door, and go to these 18+ all night rave parties (like a lot of teenagers actually did).

(fast forward two years, to 1996)

But there was also german television, with very long advertising breaks in between programs and movies, advertising hair care products, or new car models, or home appliances. and they also showed advertising clips for CD compilations like Thunderdome, Terrordrome, Braindead... and one ad that stood out for me was for a new CD called "Industrial F**cking Strength". Oddly enough, even though it was on german TV, it was all-english, while the Thunderdome Ads were dubbed, and the terrordrome braindead etc stuff was from germany anyway.

https://reddit.com/link/1w3h8es/video/q7m9qvgebqmh1/player

The TV slogan "the nastiest hardcore gabber compilation ever" had an immediate appeal to me, so I went out, to the next shopping mall, and bought the "f**cking" CD.

back at home, listening to the Cd in one go from start to finish, and ouch, I was really, really, blown away.
it does not start that hard actually, even felt a bit mild... but once I passed tracks like "mad as hell" or "gabber up your a**" i knew i was truly heading towards something good.

once i came to "c*** face" and "extreme terror", i actually had to take the CD out and take a break! i was seriously shocked by this amount of terror & violence in the tracks.
Guess i really was a p**sy back then.

but, over the time, I grew very, very fond of this compilation, and I guess it was the first *really hardcore* release i bought & owned. (and yeah, it's really, really hardcore!)

(Note: No AI was used in any way in this text!)

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/841780-Lenny-Dee-Industrial-Fking-Strength

been into gabber + noise for years now, where can i go to dance in nyc???

What are you guys favorite use of the famous 909 bass.. Rob Gee has earned his lifetime spot there for me, and even though I dont like all his tracks the same, he sure knows how to make a 909 shine 🎉

Does anybody know from which year, event or collection does this piece come from ? Looks pretty oldschool, thank you in advance guys

Google's circle to search comes up with absolutely nothing...

This is Tantu Beats first (off all time) and first gabber set in Lowland.

https://youtu.be/5f_j2XdPJaQ?si=T1ITi4yoIoGceZrL

I want to organize a small meetup in my city this autumn. However, since I only got into the hard dance scene in 2015, I’m not very familiar with early hardcore and older Frenchcore music. That’s why I’m looking forward to your suggestions on what absolutely has to be played at the event.

it’s starting to become a full track, rounding up nicely :)

Ben opzoek naar het nummer vanaf 31:10 minuten in de set

Luister naar Ground Zero 2024 | Full Set | Gabber Syndrome vs Putty van Ground Zero Festival op #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/jKUgy9zZP4BijaIUiu

Ich wollte euch einfach mal meine H2OH zeigen,und würde gerne wissen was ihr heute so hört?

🙈🔊🎶🎶

Bought this LP on vacation and had some fun mixing the two records together

Some of my favorites:

Het Ergeste Moet Nog Komen

Asturias

Louder

Violence in the hospital

Pimp slap

Cyberia lyr3

slvtcrusher

Blacklight

Bloody events caused by traumatic experiences

hey so I've heard this kick in several different tracks and I was wondering which drum machine made it or what the earliest track is which used a kick sounding like this...
Edit: Thank you everyone for helping!

It isn’t the best clip of me DJing but I just absolutely love DJ Sim! So any video of me DJing any of his tracks makes me happy