Bonkers Vol.13: Hardcore Horror Show/Mixed By Hixxy Sharkey Scott Brown and Dougal
£4.89
- Scott Brown - E-Creation ‘94
- Scott Brown - Detonated
- Jimmy J & Cru-l-t - Take Me Away (Slipmatt’s Banging remix)
- DJ Seduction - Sample Mania
- Dougal & M Skeedale - Take Me Up
- Kevin Energy - Hardcore Fever
- Kevin Energy - Wham Bam
- Helix - Get It Right
- Sy & Unknown - Critical Heights (Hixxy remix)
- The Time Span - Shout Now (Hixxy)
- Scott Brown - Do What You Like
- I2U - Euro Core
- Force & Styles - All Systems Go
- I2U - Euro Stomp
- Brisk - On & On
- Visa - All I Need (Original mix)
- Demo - I’ve Got A Feeling
- Vinylgroover - Virtual Dreams
- Bang The Future - Body Slam
- Brisk - Airhead
- Scott Brown - Andromeda
- Hixxy & UFO - Welcome
- Scott Brown - Turn Up The Music
Best Hardcore Mix to Date: Dougal Disk - I m going to focus on the Dougal Disk here, as it s this that I purchased the cd for. Well it s been a few years since Bonkers 13 was released, and I still find that the Dougal CD is the best hardcore CD I ve heard to this day. The Brisk and Kevin Energy CDs on Hardcore Heaven 1 (the one with cartoon artwork of a wierd helmet) are on par in my opinion.The CD really gets you in a euphoric state of mind, a hardcore paradise if you will. The aptly named Heaven on Earth is my favourite track on a mix that builds up beautifully. I think the tune selection is great, they all have mad, clean sounding euphoric riffs, along with some screeching synths in Xtreme and Get Hype. After the insane beginning the mix goes into a brief lull, Right Here, Still the One and The Theme are not my favourite tunes. Yet it soon picks up again with some more pounding euphoric hardcore, and as you enter the later stages of the mix you get some really emotional riffs in Night Flight, Close Your Eyes (which begins with an awesome pounding hardstyle bassline) and Substance. These three tunes, in my mind, really reflect the later stages of a messy night out drawing to a close. Drifting Away, the last tune is again not one of my favourites, but it s ok and I know a lot of hardcore heads love it. All in all I d say if you were new to hardcore, or trying to get your mates into hardcore, then this is definitely the cd to start with. I d reccoment buying the compilation just for this cd. If you like getting messy at home with friends, girlfriends or whatever, then wack this on for an awesome experience that would even rival being at a rave. As for the other CD s I cannot say as I ve hardly listened to them. I m not a fan of Old School which is why I ve not bothered with Hixxy. Scott Brown is one of my least favourite hardcore DJs while the freeform sound of Sharky I only like on occasion.
Bonkers 13 - Hardcore Horror Show - Bonkers 13 carries on the value for money tradition of the Bonkers series with four discs of hardcore for the price of one.The artwork (one of the series important features) for the cover box is as imaginative as ever, this time themed on horror movies.CD1 is named as Hixxy s Old Skool Killa Kuts, which basically means Oldskool mix. There are quite a few good oldschool hardcore tunes on this that haven t been featured on the CDs before, including some great bouncy techno. It s not the best oldschool mix ever but it s still worth a listen. Some people have criticised the inclusion of oldschool tracks because they believe it detracts from the cutting edge sound of Bonkers... but I think it just completes the package, something for everyone.CD2 (Sharkey mix) is as you might expect - fast paced and technologically advanced sounding. Since the early days of the compilation Sharkey has mixed a faster, harder and more experimental side of hardcore which has always been important to show just how big the differences within a single style of music can be. Anybody looking for rougher analogue grit might be dissapointed though, as the mix is smoother than others. CD3 (Scott Brown mix) is Scott Brown s 5th mix of the series. As usual he dishes up a selection of uplifting UK hardcore (though darker at times), before adding even more diversity to the compilation through adding no less than 6 aggressive, bassy Dutch-style hardcore tracks (known in the uk as gabber) - for those who can take it! The only critiscism of this mix is the sheer amount of tracks by Scott Brown - if this disc was on it s own for sale you certainly wouldn t buy it for its variety of artists. CD 4 (Dougal s Mix) - DJ Dougal returns to the Bonkers series! As per usual the style is cheese, not pushing any high tempos and certainly not pushing any barriers. The track selection includes enough charty vocal tracks to make up for Hixxy ducking out of doing a similar mix, and helps keep the competition up for cheesy compilations like Clubland Xtreme Hardcore.Overview - What you re after depends on how much you like Bonkers. It s got a bit of everything - Oldskool, frantic trance, uplifting tunes and even some European tunes. If you want to sample everything hardcore has to offer, definately buy a Bonkers comp - but perhaps not this one. Truthfully, there are better CDs in the compilation. Personally I reccomend Bonkers 9 for the sheer innovation of the tracks and Scott Brown s brilliant debut.
Hardcore is the best - Being new to this type of music i have only just started to mix it with a mate but god damn this stuff gets u going.The beats are as smooth as you want and scott brown has set a new boundary in hardcore the best cd is scott browns (kicks ass) but maybe a bit of DJ SY on bonkers would be better as well but oh well its a great album nontheless except for only one thing, some of the music can sound the same and can become quite repetitive but that is all sereiously reccomended
Disappointing.. - Well. I wasn t expecting a miracle, neither was I expecting tunes of the calibre that Hixxy and Scott Brown were producing some few years ago, but I was disappointed at Bonkers 13. Hixxy s mix, the first CD, is everything you d expect from him, stomping old school hardcore. The second CD [Sharkey s] isn t bad, it s got some good tunes on it like K-Complex - Adagio, Robbie Long - Kill Bill, The third CD by Scott Brown.. Well it s rubbish, in my opinion. Hardcore isn t meant to be trancey! The only decent track on Scott s mix is his new tune, Taking Drugs? , which rocks. The fourth CD [Dougal s], is on a par with Sharkey s.I d say it was worth paying 11 quid for this CD just for Hixxy s mix. You may as well buy an old hardcore CD and Scott Brown s new single.
Disappointing.. - Well. I wasn t expecting a miracle, neither was I expecting tunes of the calibre that Hixxy and Scott Brown were producing some few years ago, but I was disappointed at Bonkers 13. Hixxy s mix, the first CD, is everything you d expect from him, stomping old school hardcore. The second CD [Sharkey s] isn t bad, it s got some good tunes on it like K-Complex - Adagio, Robbie Long - Kill Bill, The thirds CD by Scott Brown.. Weeeell it s rubbish, in my opinion. Hardcore isn t meant to be trancey! The only decent track on Scott s mix is his new tune, Taking Drugs? , which kicks arse. The fourth CD [Dougal s], is on a par with Sharkey s.I d say it was worth paying 11 quid for this CD just for Hixxy s mix. You may as well buy an old hardcore CD and Scott Brown s new single.