thunderdome - the essentials, 92-99/gabba C/D, S&D

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is all i've been listening to this weekend (except for wu and associates.) i downloaded it (4 cds! it was exhausting, lemme tell ya) because it came up in a search for certain peeps i know already: pilldriver, inferno bros., miro, etc. it's gabba, i guess (obviously since it's got stuff like "slaves to the rave" and "mind of a lunatic"), and it's also got the pcp/cold rush gloomcore shit like "pitch-hiker". but at the same time there's shit that's almost...dainty...at least compared to real hakkuh gabba. electro flavors, more "thoughtful" rhythm programming than i'm used to in gabba...hell, ectomorph is on it! what is thunderdome? (a club, i assume, of course.) is this representative of a certain sound-scene now (although obviously the subtle 92-99 makes me realize that it spans a pretty broad time in rave culture)?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 29 September 2002 14:17 (twenty-three years ago)

also, gabba: C/D, s&d, etc. tell me stuff about modern gabba too, because the pcp schtuff was the last time i really paid any attention.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 29 September 2002 14:18 (twenty-three years ago)

i know nothing about gabba, though most of my favourite music claims to take influence from it; see tigerbeat6 especially Knifehandchop (his 'Hooked On Ebonics' 7" and 'Respect To All the Haters' are pretty essential) and planet mu et al. was it kid 606 who said: (paraphrased) 'we wanna make intelligent gabba and goofy drum n bass' as some kind of opposites statement of intent? like gabba is traditionally stooopid and d n b is supposed to be inteeligent...well, you get the gist.

― _sF_, Sunday, 29 September 2002 16:10 (twenty-three years ago)

what is thunderdome? (a club, i assume, of course.)
It's not a club, it's a "concept" from ID&T, which includes compilations, raves all over Europe, shops, clothing, etc. As a matter of fact, there's a Thunderdome rave in two weeks in Amsterdam.

Hardcore is still going strong, although not as the "music for millions" it was in 1994. As far as the "scene" goes, it is more or less split between the early/mid 90s old school hardcore sound and the modern hardstyle sound. Although these differ quite a lot, there's a big overlap in DJs, producers and audience. I haven't really followed everything, but a dose of hardstyle now and then (in the form of livesets) is pretty satisfactory.

― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 29 September 2002 19:48 (twenty-three years ago)

simon r to come out of his shell and thread!!!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 29 September 2002 20:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Search pretty much all of the Bloody Fist catalogue.

― OCP (OCP), Monday, 30 September 2002 10:30 (twenty-three years ago)

tracklisting?

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 30 September 2002 10:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Thunderdome, The essential collection 1992-1999, CD 1
1 We Have Arrived - Mescalinum United
2 Test - Overdub
3 English Muffin - Blood Of A English Muffin
4 Rexanthony - For You Marlene
6 Source Code - I'm Not A Number
7 Dano - Something Big
8 Ace The Space - 9 Is a Classic
9 DJ Rob - Boys Interface
10 Joe Inferno - Hysteria
11 Thunderball - Bonzai Channel One
12 Hard Attack - Way aah
13 Kuadra - La Onda
14 Wedlock - World of The LSD User
15 Nightraver - So
16 Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth
17 Final Analyzis - El Punto Final
18 Citrus - Fascination
19 Lenny Dee - Fuckin' Hostile
20 DJ Buzz Fuzz - D-Leria
21 DJ Dano - Welcome To The Thunderdome
22 The Prophet - Dominatin

Thunderdome, The essential collection 1992-1999, CD2
1 Hardsequenser - Braincrash
2 Predator - Mind Of A Lunatic
3 Pilldriver - Pitch-Hiker
4 Technohead - The Passion (Mokum Mix)
5 Smash! - Korrekte Atmosphere
6 Joyrider - The Deadline (NY Mix)
7 Manga Corps - The Hunter
8 Inferno Bros - Slaves To The Rave
9 Vanugenth The 5th - Here We Go Again
10 French Connenction - French Connection
11 Darien Kelly & Scott Brown - Geleihoofd
12 DJ Buzz Fuzz - Frequencies
13 Baba Nation - Jesus Words
14 3 Steps Ahead - Drop It
15 Dr Macabre - Poltergeist
16 Diss reaction - Jiieehaa
17 Bertocucci Feranzano - XTC Love
18 Turbulence - Six Million Ways To Die
19 Chosen Few - Name Of The DJ's
20 Tony Salmonelli - Hey!
21 Technohead Number - One Contender
22 50% of The Dreamteam - Thundertheme

Thunderdome, The essential collection 1992-1999, CD3
1 DJ Arjuna & Beyonder - Shoot That Motherfuck
2 The Horrorist - Flesh Is The Fever
3 D-Boy - OK, Allright (D-Boy '96 Mix)
4 Neophyte vs. Stunned Guys - Get This Motherfucker
5 Pino D'ambini - Up & Down-Ballz
6 Rotterdam Terror Corps - The Horror
7 Dark Raver & DJ Vince - Intelligent Hardcore
8 Leviathan - Yes, No
9 Nosferatu - The Future
10 Tschabos - Gib Mir Die Bass
11 Darien Kelly & The Stunned Guys - Party Rico
12 Ectomorph - Heartbeat
13 Bodylotion - Always Hardcore
14 Pino D'ambini feat. Boy & Da Vinci - Do It Again
15 Rotterdam Terror Corps - You're Dealing With….
16 Wayward - Hardcore Hijacked Me
17 Rotterdam Terror Corps - Hardcore Slam
18 X-Factor - The Underground
19 Masters Of Ceremony - Hardcore To Da Bone
20 DJ Buzz Fuzz - Jealousy Is a M.F.

Thunderdome, The essential collection 1992-1999, CD4
1 E-man - Bass Machine
2 The Masochist - Killing Scum (DJ Promo Meets ……)
3 Razzle Dazzle Trax - Rattlebrain (DJ Isaac Remix)
4 The Horrorist - Can You Hear The Sound
5 The Headbanger - Sweet Dreams (You Bastard)
6 The Stunned Guys & DJ Paul - Thrillseeka
7 Pilldriver - Apocalypse Never
8 The Masochist - No Newstyle
9 DJ Promo - Broaden Our Minds
10 G-Town Madness feat. Attic & Stylz - Bring The Pain
11 Miro - The Shining
12 3 Steps Ahead - Cloud 9
13 Darien Kelly feat. The Unknown…… - The Peolpe Want More
14 G-Town Madness feat. Attic & Stylz - The Legacy Continues
15 DJ Promo & X-ess - Vicious Circle
16 Men Of Steel - Pain
17 Mad-E-Fact - The Hustle
18 DJ Promo - Emotions Over Anger
19 Neophyte - The Real Hardcore
20 Neophyte & The Stunned Guys - Army Of Hardcore

― stevo (stevo), Monday, 30 September 2002 10:57 (twenty-three years ago)

i have very few of these

the mescalinium united 'we have arrived' is ok, but that ep 9well, the r&s vers, not the industrial strength) has far better tracks on there (the mover presents frontal sickness - illuminated (best track of the 90s) and trip commandos energy tanks, neither of which are on this cd sadly)

ace the space 9 is a classic is excellent, but which mix i wonder, the 12 i've got has 6 mixes on, all very good

jones & stephenson(!) surprised to see this on here. this was a bonzai 12" and although its grimly hedonist dystopia kind of fits here, i'm still surprised by its inclusion (more of a steroid trance tune than the pcp utilitarian mania

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 30 September 2002 11:03 (twenty-three years ago)

oh, blood of an english muffin is pretty good as well

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 30 September 2002 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Dutch second-hand stores are awash with thousands of dirt cheap 'Thunderdome' comps and similar 'Hardcore' cds. Usually in appalling condition.

Of the tracks I recognise Source Code's and French Connection's are a touch slower than the nose-bleed chaos of Stunned Guys, and everything the chilling hand of Marc Acardipane touched ie Turbulence, Inferno Bros, Pilldriver, are dark brooding masterpieces. Problem I have with these ID&T comps is all tracks are edited to fit.

― stevo (stevo), Monday, 30 September 2002 11:23 (twenty-three years ago)

emerging from my shell...

Marc Acardipane has been finally accepted back into the fold of "serious techno" -- Tresor are releasing "Frontal Frustration", an album by The Mover, in November-- the label's A&R Marc Snow told me "these tracks almost made me cry"!

that thunderdome line-up looks like it's got a lot of classics but also like you'd have to wade through a fair amount of by-rote gabber.

i wonder if that is really the same Ectomorph...

― simon r, Monday, 30 September 2002 12:58 (twenty-three years ago)

hehehe...

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 30 September 2002 13:15 (twenty-three years ago)

if only they got this to one CD i'd prob get it.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 30 September 2002 13:49 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

Voll der scheiss!!! Masters of Hardcore ist viel besser!!!

― Derda, Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

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