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Hey kids!Do you like Gabba??..My first encounter with Gabba was the Thunderdome compilations and they bugged the tits offa me and strayed well into novelty territory (gabba versions of the theme to 'Bonanza' and so forth). Although recently I seem to be downloading nothing but Gabba tracks at the moment especially anything by The Horrorist. So Gabba--a furious fuck-you roar of rave raucousness of fascistic death metal for monged basket-cases??I quite like Gabba. I like to bang my head to it. Mind how you go though there is quite a lot of shit gabba out there too.

― Michael Bourke, Friday, 16 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic of course. I could never quite keep up with it although I sort of was there when it was born (being a dutch raver at the time 91-92). Strange how closed off it remained to other influences throughout the years (unlike say jungle). Anyway when it's good it really is amazing.

― Omar, Friday, 16 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I say classic - though i have given up on the genre cos it hasn't progressed very much since it's fruition. Probably the first type of electronic music I ever got into... Now I'm more into Warp Records/Rephlex style stuff.

― Charlie Frame, Friday, 16 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It does one particular thing and it does it very very well. Is that thing worth doing? I would argue yes. In some ways it's the ultimate dance music. Which is not to say I ever listen much to it. But, classic.

― Tom, Monday, 19 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

absolutely classic the technohead compilations where a great introduction .,. but "i wanna be a hippy" was pritty bad.. simon reynolds book energy flash has a good chapter on gabba ..

― jk, Tuesday, 8 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

english muffin was pretty good. and lenny dee did some ok stuff.

didn't paul elstak go really commercial or something. knowledge really sketchy here.

― gareth, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah Elstak went pretty commercial around 96? 97? Made some very popular happy-rave tunes with female singer. Then disappeared from radar. Odds are good that he's a trance dj now. But I'm not sure.

― Omar, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six years pass...

Classic!

― scott seward, Friday, 30 November 2007 08:29 (seventeen years ago)

High time we had a revival.

― the next grozart, Friday, 30 November 2007 09:05 (seventeen years ago)

Is there even anyone out there still making it (proper Gabba I mean, not hardcore techno)? I used to live for this stuff when I was 16.

― the next grozart, Friday, 30 November 2007 09:06 (seventeen years ago)

SHAFTMAN

― El Tomboto, Friday, 30 November 2007 09:10 (seventeen years ago)

fuckin A scott I only do this for like nobody

― El Tomboto, Friday, 30 November 2007 09:11 (seventeen years ago)

check one email once in a one time

― El Tomboto, Friday, 30 November 2007 09:11 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

CLASSICK

― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 7 August 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

can we just post gabba youtubes here?

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:17 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWbTtkjdAGQ

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:19 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrS_RZyzoOY

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:20 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUAIytJU4m4

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:21 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK8vOnwLWB8

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7A_zTeFwo

― Alex in SF, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:25 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UANBvBoqRcw

― Alex in SF, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:27 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZqnydWxEA

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago)

^^^seriously might be favorite gabba track of all time.

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:29 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYpSg17JgSU

― Michael B, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:31 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2dFQxJl4Og

― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyIag9aTdQM

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago)

Gabba is so CLASSIC! I like that a lot of it's elements have been adopted by the breakcore acts like DJ Donna Summer, Ladyscraper etc. Mixing it up with other extreme techno genres keeps it fresh and startling, rather than just turning into white noise after a while. I've been enjoying this totally mad mix by DJ Rainbow Ejaculation which combines Breakcore, Gabba, Happy Hardcore and that kind of thing, with everything speeded up as fast as possible and nothing sticking around for longer than about 25 seconds.

― everything, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago)

wait, sorry, i lied:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbsmXyjyTd0

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago)

marc acardipane, have and then eat my mutant, post-apocalyptic babies.

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcSvrMDtBM&feature=related

any bang face participants here?

― Crackle Box, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

although last time i went it was all "look how i can move from dubstep into breakcore" omg

― Crackle Box, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:39 (fifteen years ago)

intense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LwQ3IaPcTs&feature=related

― Crackle Box, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago)

i got kicked out of bangface once for impersonating someone on ket.

― Crackle Box, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:35 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE0YB6zWeag

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKxzzxpALw

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpefnE7UadA

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:43 (fifteen years ago)

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VdTz3be3Pc

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:45 (fifteen years ago)

forgot how totally tastelessly awesome that was.

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:45 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7BvMDPjwow

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:47 (fifteen years ago)

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I had sex with my ex girlfriend to this song once.

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:48 (fifteen years ago)

oh. oh yeah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-ABxa_Zwc

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago)

gabba tubthumping.... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

― Crackle Box, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago)

verging on breakcore/jungle here, but jeez, i could just post this whole comp, really:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwj3voDbyY

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 7 August 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago)

i love it all. i have no critical standards when it comes to this stuff.

― scott seward, Saturday, 8 August 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago)

everything: THANK YOU

― Matos W.K., Saturday, 8 August 2009 04:57 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwtX2MNnQE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHCUp325YQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMwOqd1mrws

― naus, Saturday, 8 August 2009 07:57 (fifteen years ago)

That Hard Creation track is one of the all time greatest hardcore tracks ever.

― Siegbran, Saturday, 8 August 2009 11:52 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

Where can I find those Thunderdome comps?

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Jbm8ZaHVE

― no-nonsense, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 08:39 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc25T2xCsVA

― no-nonsense, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 08:43 (fifteen years ago)

nine months pass...

i found out yesterday that I (and nearly everyone else i know) have been mispronouncing "gabba" for 10+ years. lol

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 26 July 2010 18:48 (fifteen years ago)

it's pronounced shar-day

― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 26 July 2010 18:51 (fifteen years ago)

strongo - i've always loved that abba gabba track

― village idiot (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2010 19:39 (fifteen years ago)

cannot stop listening to this. it's like dr. luke and marc acardipane made a record together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb5ZFQ3nU1s

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Thursday, 29 July 2010 14:15 (fifteen years ago)

LISTENING AND DANCING TO MUSIC IS AWESOME

― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Thursday, 29 July 2010 14:39 (fifteen years ago)

i don't think there's ever been a tune to beat this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWGNsM1dP8g

― village idiot (dog latin), Sunday, 1 August 2010 03:44 (fifteen years ago)

how do we pronounce it?

― andrew m., Sunday, 1 August 2010 04:44 (fifteen years ago)

I think it's officially pronounced a bit like "harbour".

― village idiot (dog latin), Sunday, 1 August 2010 11:46 (fifteen years ago)

like this?

http://fabulesslyfrugal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Gerber-Baby-Food.jpg

― kkvgz, Sunday, 1 August 2010 11:52 (fifteen years ago)

The Hard Creation track above, but the 10x beter Stunned Guys remix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFNmy5-ve34

― Siegbran, Sunday, 1 August 2010 12:18 (fifteen years ago)

i remember reading about this in Spin and then seeing the MTV News report on gabba in 1996/1997 and being like O_O and it was probably the only time I actually HEARD this music until the YouTube age.

It's so funny to think that there could be a teeming subculture that a suburban teen can be exposed to, like, exactly once when now MTV does a story on Deerhunter or whatever and kids in Montana are like "UGH WE FUCKING KNOW, LATE PASS!"

― just to guetta rep (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 1 August 2010 12:22 (fifteen years ago)

Correct pronunciation of gabber at 0:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i7uu8zWnsk&feature=fvst

― Siegbran, Sunday, 1 August 2010 12:23 (fifteen years ago)

^^^otm^^^

my dutchy teammate pronounces it "ckhaabaar" with the first syllable similar to "chutzpah" in yiddish with the deep throaty loogy hocking sound.

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 1 August 2010 12:34 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcT0RxXqEDY

Had to post this somewhere.

― errant flynn, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:21 (thirteen years ago)

think I spent most of 1993 listening to gabba and playing sega genesis, made for a good sonic the hedgehog soundtrack

― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:37 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLhYfjWyJk

― phuturephase, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:21 (thirteen years ago)

man, the netherlands

― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:50 (thirteen years ago)

o hai

http://gabber.od.ua/

― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

lenny dee is a god in holland. i just wish he was a god here. fuck a dubstep.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 21:16 (thirteen years ago)

Times are ripe for a gabba revival.

― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 22:52 (thirteen years ago)

five months pass...

Right - I'm on a nostalgia trip and wanna hear some gabba. Proper banging stuff. Can we list some classic tracks? Is there any new stuff coming out that's worth checking out?

― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 11:31 (thirteen years ago)

three years pass...

still waiting around for a gabba revival. is footwork doing all the errrr... legwork in this field? is anyone still making gabba and hardcore techno (that's any good?)

― canoon fooder (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 17:26 (nine years ago)

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