This isn’t new, by any stretch of the imagination, but for some reason I completely forgot to post about it back when it was released. Shame on me, because Hardcore Syndrome is quite possibly the best Hardcore Tano*C release yet.

I must admit that I usually feel a sharp pain in my wallet upon buying a Tano*C CD, as aside from the occasional Technorch/Alabaster tune I’m usually paying out 1500-ish yen for a single Betwixt & Between track. This release, however, has got plenty to keep NRG/Freeform fans happy, even without including any Betwixt tunes. How is that possible, you cry? Well, this one includes Hase’s absolutely excellent ‘intelligent NRG’ track, Meditation, alongside some typical kenta-v.ez madness and some nice tunes from Alabaster and Technetium. Even the ‘happier’ efforts are a bit harder than normal here, with DJ Champ and RED ALiCE’s Warp Attacker joined by umbrella’s Optical Force. Finally, we get some extremely hard schranz-esque hard NRG courtesy of Beserk+Haste. If the synths sound a little familar, then you might have picked up on the fact that this is actually one of Betwixt & Between’s pseudonyms – used mainly for experimental/harder tracks. This is one of the more listenable B+H tunes, and definitely worth checking out, as is the whole CD.

• 01.Joshka / Cascading Emotions
• 02.源屋 feat.野宮あゆみ / BLUE SKY (ORIGINAL MIX)
• 03.DJ SHIMAMURA / DOCUMENTAL (DIGITAL REMASTER MIX)
• 04.DJ CHAMP vs REDALiCE / Warp Attacker
• 05.EVOL / BRIGHT FUTURE (M-Project Remix)
• 06.DX PASTA / Perky Pat (320000msec Mix)
• 07.Thanatos / Lovely Lovely Lovely (Cutie Mix)
• 08.テクネチウム / Tc-ma_007
• 09.Next Tribe / August 31
• 10.umbrella / Optical Force
• 11.HASE / Meditation
• 12.Alabaster / Forgotten Ancient
• 13.Berserk+Haste / Quicksand
• 14.kenta-v.ez. / rE-LibErAtioN pLus+
• 15.t+pazolite / Ofcourse you Need and nEed and neEd and neeD and NEED ME?