Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
Hixxy ascended to the elite class of happy hardcore DJs in the late '90s, mixing several entries in React's Bonkers series, releasing his tracks on his own Essential label, and spinning at many of the U.K.'s biggest happy hardcore events. Hixxy is perhaps best-known for his "Toytown" single, one of happy hardcore's most popular anthems. ~ Jason... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
One of the leading producer/DJ/MCs in the hardcore techno scene of the 1990s, Sharkey helmed four volumes of the successful compilation series Now We're Totally Bonkers! (with major mate Hixxy) and made the move to a solo career in 1998 with HardLife. Born in West Germany, Sharkey entered the British rave scene as a combination DJ and MC during... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
An early chart hero during the early-'90s rave explosion and the leader of the growing happy hardcore nation later in the decade, Slipmatt changed the course of hardcore techno towards a serious artist-oriented direction -- more in line with earlier dance styles like house, techno and drum'n'bass, all of which endured a period of critical rebuke... [+] Read More
