hardcore

a.k.a Abject Real name: Barry Drooger A Dutch Hardstyle producer, started producing from the age of 11, together with his best mate Scope. Mostly trance, but from the age of 17 he started first producing hardstyle under the name of Drone. When he turned 18 in 2005, he changed his name into Abject, releasing one of the biggest hits together with Headhunterz: Scantraxx Rootz and End of my Existence. In 2007 he changed his name to "Frontliner".

DJ Slam is Declan Smith. Larger than life Declan began DJ'ing in 1992. A year later, he became resident at United Dance playing the Hardcore scene's toughest Dancefloor killer anthems, alongside those like Slipmatt and Vibes as well as owning Vinyl Rhythm record shop in Chelmsford, Essex which he set up in '93. In 1994, he started to collect studio equipment, and through watching other producers, such as Ruff Driverz' Bradley Carter, he slowly taught himself how to use his new toys.

The Rhythmic State are a 5 member Scottish Happy Hardcore Act. They Are Rab (Dancer), Nick Williams (Keyboards & MC), Amanda Gent (Vocals), Kev (Dancer) and Andy Cocozza (Keyboards). The Rhythmic State was started in December 1992. It consisted of Nick Williams and Andy Cocozza. They created a demo tape of Rhythmic State music and past it to Tom Wilson to play of his Steppin Out show on Radio Forth.

New Politics: David and Soren had been writing songs together for over three years (for respective solo albums that have yet to see the light of day) when they realized that they had unintentionally started a band. The pair had experimented with every imaginable style of music (every imaginable style) and suddenly recognized that the combination of their musical sensibilities, as witnessed on the 300 songs theyd penned together, created something new and interesting.

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