I’m sure most people will have noticed this already, but I thought it’s worth drawing attention to what I think is one of the most exciting mix compilation-type things to have been released for an age.
Actually, shame on me – I should have mentioned volume 2 of Crush on Hardcore some time ago, but completely forgot, to be honest. Volume 2 is particularly notable for anyone who actually reads TYFTH regularly (well, that’s me, at least), as it includes two tracks by Buzzmasta, Lenny (quite a favourite of mine) and Shoreline – albeit the Orbit1 remix. Excitingly, I’m downloading the first of the four CDs as we speak, so I’ll give them all a listen before too long.
On to the actual topic in hand, volume 3 – and, well…the focus has obviously shifted towards freeform this time around, with four CDs mixed by Shanty, Invader, Addictive DJs and a timely mix from that man Entity. All four sets look great, but Shanty’s in particular has me salivating embarrassingly every time I look at the tracklist – not only for the remix of Cyrez & Annti S’s Never, but also the use of some old classics among the brand new tunes. It’s something I think DJs should do much more often (I know, I know, I didn’t last time, but it was my intention, honestly), and here Shanty uses perennial set-opener Tigris somewhere in the middle, as well as Cyclone at the end.
The mixes won’t be released until the 24th March, but all four will be free to download. As you’ve probably noticed from the photo up there, a physical version also exists, in very limited numbers. The design has quite a no-frills appeal, I reckon, and although the postage might be fairly hefty from the UK to Japan, I’m more than happy to be supporting this kind of ambitious project. I’ll do a bit of lazy copy/pasting of tracklists next, but click the ‘Read the rest of this entry’ down below, will you? This post is going to swamp the whole site otherwise.
CD1 MIXED BY ADDICTIVE DJs (Leigh Outrage/Eufeion, Denile & E-Vade)
1. Weaver & Impact ‘All My Life (Haze 90s Mix)’
2. X-Virus featuring Taz & Ant ‘Angel of Darkness (Eufeion Remix)’
3. SMS ‘Right Now’
4. E-Vade & Sirus ‘Beat Rocker’
5. Simon Apex & Weaver ‘Rockin’ All Da Clubz’
6. Eufeion, Deddley & CJ Ezy ‘Sexual Overload’
7. SMS featuring Donna Grassie ‘Your The 1 4 Me’
8. Fade & Simon Apex ‘Falling (Weaver & Apex Remix)’
9. Fracus & Orbit1 featuring Lisa Abbott ‘In Your Arms (Al Storm Remix)’
10. Sirus & E-Vade ‘Hypnodrive’
11. Eufeion ‘Phatt Beat’
12. SMS featuring Mel & MC Teejay ‘Passion & Energy’
13. Reese & Vicky Fee ‘In My Dreams (Sunrize Remix)’
14. Tuff & Ruff ‘Stronger Than Before’
15. Leigh Outrage & Denile ‘Mirage Of Life’
16. Father & Digital Anarchy ‘Killervibe (Alternative Mix)’
17. Digital Anarchy ‘Emergence Day’
18. Tazz v Digital Anarchy ‘Search For Evolution’
19. Voycey & Douglas ‘Hardcore Terrorist (Original Mix)’
CD2 MIXED BY INVADER
1. StrifeII ‘Crush On Hardcore 3 Intro’
2. Twisted Freq ‘Sin Cells’
3. Invader featuring Indigo ‘Indecision (DJ Fury Remix)’
4. Grimsoul ‘Some More’
5. Lost Soul ‘Come And Get It’
6. Invader & Shanty ‘Danse Macabre (Level13 Remix)’
7. Micken ‘Secret Moon’
8. Darwin ‘Passion Is Obsession’
9. Shanty, Tazz & Devastate ‘DDR (A.M.S. Remix)’
10. Northern Alliance ‘Infinity (Exclusive COH3 Mix)’
11. Roza Smart & Karl Future ‘Rising’
12. StrifeII featuring Indigo & Pearl Blue ‘Apocalypse’
13. Level 13 ‘Exaltation Reborn (Shanty & Invader Remix)’
14. Invader & Fracus featuring MC Friction ‘Underground Hardcore’
15. Adam J ‘Raw Noize’
16. Sean Apollo ‘Noise Design (AC Slater Remix)’
17. Freestyle ‘Replicant’
18. Nightforce ‘Metaphysical Redemption’
19. Alek Száhala ‘Iron Squid’
20. Invader ‘End Of A New Era’
CD3 MIXED BY ENTITY
1. Entity ‘Fallout (The Acolyte’s Slamming Remix)’
2. Kid Hattrixx ‘Crazy Mental Bonkin’ Future’
3. SMS ‘Another Nite (Breakbeat Mix)’
4. Frequential ‘Absolution (Ionosphere Remix)’
5. Entity ‘Move As One’
6. Entity ‘Touch The Stars (Album Mix)’
7. Chwhynny ‘My Love (Darwin Remix)’
8. Mark Brown featuring Sarah Cracknell ‘The Journey Continues (DeejayBee & D-ice Remix)’
9. SMS vs Entity ‘Lost in Balham’
10. Himbo & Deanne ‘Looking Into Your Eyes (The BIG Mix)’
11. DJ Cruze & DJ Breaks ‘Phatt Track’
12. Brain Blessed featuring Kelly C ‘Unrequited (Ponder Remix)’
13. CLSM ‘Hardscape’
14. Entity featuring Hattrixx ‘Parasite (VIP Mix)’
15. Firefly ‘Transmission (Exclusive COH Mix)’
16. Lost Soul ‘Artificial Universe’
17. Lee UHF & Devastate ‘Warped Disturbance’
18. Tabz ‘Turntable Destruction’
CD4 MIXED BY SHANTY
1. Invader & Shanty ‘2 DJs 1 Beat’
2. Fracus ‘Fresh Beats’
3. AC Slater & Daywalker ‘Passion (The Panacea Remix)’
4. Twisted Freq ‘G0LD3N 5F34R’
5. Cyrez & Substanced ‘Afraid’
6. Lost Soul ‘Adversary (Insane Version)’
7. C.O.A. ‘Toxic Injection (Shanty Remix)’
8. Twisted Freq ‘Innocence (A.M.S. Remix)’
9. Micken ‘Possessed (Shanty Remix)’
10. Epyx & Cyrez ‘Twisted Faith’
11. Substanced & Horzí ‘Superior Pressure’
12. Cyrez & Antti S ‘Never (Shanty Remix)’
13. K.I.A. ‘Rock The Bass’
14. Nightforce ‘Zero Gravity’
15. Defnoyz ‘Free Of Form’
16. Grimsoul ‘Bad Boy’
17. Alek Száhala ‘Tigris’
18. Devastate, Invader & Freestyle ‘Trigger Finger’
19. Contraption ‘Higher, Forever (Darwin & Ant Johnson’s Atomic Robokid Remix)’
20. Drew Derivative ‘Music’
21. The Mexican & Girdler Synthetic ‘Energize (Cube::Hard Remix)’
22. Sam One ‘Parasonic’
23. Carbon Based ‘Cyclone’