Germany’s early dark hardtechno-producer, DJ and live-performer HardtraX (Rudi Holzgreve) joined forces with one of the style’s hottest newcomers from Australia to create a smashing industrial hardcore and dark hardtechno four-tracker called “On The Floor”. Melbourne-based DJ and producer Satyriasis (Rob Clark) brings some fresh blood into the more obscure, harder side of the electronic scene and together with HardtraX he comes up with new, creative ideas to blow your minds and speakers. The sinister type of dark hardtechno-sound from the original version of “On The Floor” is turned into twisted, hardcore-influenced tunes with an industrial touch in three banging remixes the EP comes with.

Exclusive to The Harder View, this free release promises to impress with four straight-forward, bone-crushing tunes containing aggressive beats paired with distorted percussions, gloomy synth-sounds and a hard-shaking rhythm. The complete package comes with high-resolution artwork, the original version of the track, a stunning reconstruction by Satyriasis and two additional versions created by HardtraX – all free of charge for you!

We would like to send out a big thanks to Rudi and Rob for the tracks, and we hope you enjoy the release!

Tracklist:
1. HardtraX vs Satyriasis – On The Floor
2. HardtraX vs Satyriasis – On The Floor (Satyriasis Rework)
3. HardtraX vs Satyriasis – On The Floor (HardtraX Core To The Floor Mix)
4. HardtraX vs Satyriasis – On The Floor (HardtraX Woofer-Destroying Edit)

For more info & tracks check out:
HardtraX @ Soundcloud – www.soundcloud.com/hardtrax
Satyriasis @ Soundcloud – www.soundcloud.com/satyriasismusic

Advanced Dealers (Emanuele De Bon) is one of the rising names in the hardcore scene, due to his cool blend of mainstream hardcore and the older trancecore sound. His latest release is Trancecore 2.0, through the Cenobite Records label. It’s a top notch release, which is a big step up in production quality from his previous release. You can really hear how much Emanuele has progressed with his musical knowledge and production skill since his last release through the Cenobite label.

Destroy is a powerful mainstream hardcore track with influences of trancecore especially in the melody. The vocal work is some of the best vocal work I have heard since the early Enzyme darkcore days. It’s violently powerful, and anger provoking lyrics create a great atmosphere and is what hardcore should be all about – creating a sense of power for the listener. Great pace and rhythm, big pouding kicks, great use of synths and melodies, cool vocals – I can’t ask for much more in hardcore.

Hero is a track I have been waiting to be released for a couple of years now. I heard Emanuele playing it at the Cenobite “Machines in Motion” party on a Youtube video and have always wanted to hear a full version of the untitled track. Well we now have Hero, and it’s a great track with psychedelic synth work and great kicks. I love the pauses in the kick patterns. Advanced Dealers really knows how to create an atmospheric trance based melody and they just seem to work so well with his brand of hardcore. It’s a very well made track.

Stalker is the darkest track of the release, and really reminds me of the old artcore sound made for a new era of hardcore fans. This is hardcore at it’s finest! I love the windy synths in this track and the way the track builds up to the melodies. Great FX work and great kicks make this one of the better tracks (production-wise) of the release.

Overall, this release is a must have for all hardcore fans in my opinion. Fans of the old artcore and trancecore sounds from labels like Ruffneck, H2oh, Mokum, Bionic and Cenobite will get just as much out of this release as fans of the newer mainstream style from labels like Masters of Hardcore and Traxtorm. It’s powerful yet uplifting in the best sense of the word. We suggest you check it out!

For more info check out Advaced Dealers on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Noizehead-Advanced-Dealers
To purchase this release please visit the Cenobite Records site: http://www.cenobiterecords.com/

Matt Green (Matthew Green) is a hardcore producer/performer based in the UK. Matt has released tracks on many of the leading and most respected labels in the scene including Corrupt, Epileptik Productions, Strike, Provoke, Pendeho, Bloodshed Unlimited, Motormouth, Rebelscum, Hong Kong Violence and The Third Movement. In 2002 and 2004, Matt released solo artist albums with Epileptik Productions. Matt has played at many of the leading hardcore events in Europe inlcuding Club r_AW, Ground Zero, Nightmare Outdoor, Raving Nightmare, Earthquake, Mysteryland, Defqon.1, Dominator and Masters of Hardcore.

We would like to thank Matt for the interview, The Harder View really appreciates it! Special thanks to Al Twisted for conducting the interview.

Al: Hi Matt, how are you and how was your weekend?
Matt Green: Yes mate was wicked, was in Germany for some speedy fucked up party, drinks and potato wedges with Tripped beforehand!

Al: You have been doing this Hardcore thing for some time now, how did it all start?
Matt Green: I have to give massive respect to Traffik for this, one of those perfect old school answers to this question. In 93/94 I was well into pirate station Energy FM as it was prominant in the Croydon area. Was looking for Jungle and instead heard this nasty punk shit coming out, was hooked. The idea that we played together and made tunes together later on is one of those precious moments Have to give Public Enemy respect too, their style influenced me massively.

Al: Apart from The Hardcore in recent years you also started to produce and release Dubstep, have you found your material well recieved? Also is their a style you prefer and what other Dubstep artists / labels would you recommend to a Hardcore Head?
Matt Green: Its an odd one with Dubstep, the style I originally liked almost doesnt exist anymore, crazy how the scene exploded and to be honest, became so gheigh at times. Love deep, depressing down tempo shit to balance out the Core shit, dont connect the two and maybe this is a problem. First 3 in 2007 went down very well, hard to keep up with a changing scene other than just doing what you feel.

Al: You ran your famous Corrupt Records label from 1998 to 2007 and featured the likes of Traffik, Deathmachine, Drokz and Fracture 4 but the label ceased and you started two new label projects. Can you tell us all about these and why the change?
Matt Green: Yeah, I was getting a stupid amount of demos ranging from Doom to Splitter, didnt suit my personal style. Also from 2004 I took the tempo down (which was bad timing for me cos that was Europe kind of accepted breaks), I like to hear the tail of kickdrums, power shit!

Al: When not busy producing, playing live and doing music stuff how do you relax?
Matt Green: I love my films, nerdy sample spotters will have probably clocked that. Like travelling and one of the best things about what I do is going places for free and more to the point, being welcomed by the natives and given a very untouristic experience.

Al: In the last few months you relocated from the UK to live in, Poland, how are you enjoying living there now? Also can you tell us where why the move?
Matt Green: Yeah, I moved around a bit in the last 10 years, Italy, Vienna and now Warsaw. I love Poland and most people dont know jack shit about the place. Just like to experience different places and London wasnt cutting it for me with its fucking rent and bullshit. Cant deny the music and creativity that comes out of UK, we certainly originate a fair bit. Thankfully flights and shit are easy and cheap enough from PL and it doesnt make any real difference in terms of travel times.

Al: I have had the pleasure of seeing you play live many times, and you always rock the place, your also a skilled Dj. Lately you have been mainly doing Dj sets, do you prefer these or is there another reason?
Matt Green: The laptop thing really started to bug me for multiple reasons, one being that my back hurt after cos always lower than decks. Others being, the excess baggage thing in the past, power convertors for EU and of course the fact that you are flying around with a sensitive piece of equipment. I love the flexibility of DJing and nothing has changed as I still play my own shit. Not crazy about the nerdy staring into the screen pics of me over the years lol.

Al: You have played some pretty big gigs over the years such as Dominator, Defqon, Mysteryland, Ground Zero to name some of the festivals. Do you prefer the bigger events or small ones? Also which countries do you enjoy playing in the most?
Matt Green: I love Belgium for the down to earth way they do things but of course NL has its massive gigs that just cant be fucked with. I like hitting new countries and seeing new generations being exposed to the music, they have the freshness and energy like in late 80s/early 90s. UK of course is always mad and it is so cool to have people who actually understand the humour in my music.

Al: Who are some of your favourite artists? In terms of producers, live artists, Djs and general influences on your own music?
Matt Green: Well, obviously artists that have been on Corrupt are the first choices. There are some people out there who ignite my interest but it seems in some genres people come and go quickly. I still love 90s Hardcore, from the faster DOA/Nasenbluten shit to the French dark, moody shit! Would be VERY happy if certain styles made a comeback… although Frenchcore still does exist… in some form.

Al: In terms of music and new releases what else can we expect in 2012 from Matt Green?
Matt Green:Just more mate, got a fucking notebook full of things to sample, shit to do and tunes to make. More collabs with dudes and steady progression forward. Am feeling the noisy, nasty punky shit at the mo.

Al: Anything else you’d like to add?
Matt Green: Yeah, with the world changing at a fucking rapid rate and music becoming something that simply doesnt exist in physical form, the general public have to remember that it isnt about money but if they simply just download everything illegally then at some point all these artists that they love and big up so much are gonna suffer. Not being a greedy prick cos there is fuck all money in Core compared to other scenes but the way some people act on the net sometimes….. Saying that though, also some seriously passionate people out there, dedication is their thing, cheers for the support!

For more info & tracks check out Matt Green on facebook: www.facebook.com/corruptmatt

Nuclear Device (Paolo Pierri & Matthew Pierri) are hardcore artists based in Italy. Nuclear Device have released tracks through the Traxtorm label and it’s sub-labels Impulse and TSRE. More recently Nuclear Device have released a collab EP with Entity, through the Placid K owned Choose or Lose label. Nuclear Device continue to stamp their quality and original sound into the hardcore scene with each release and it’s with great pleasure we bring you this podcast from the Italian hardcore duo.

Thanks for the mix guys, The Harder View really appreciates it.

Tracklist:
01. Entity & Nuclear Device – Pi Greco
02. Placid K – Compagneros (Endymion Remix)
03. Endymion & Nosferatu – Judgment Day
04. D-Passion – Knocking Walls Down (Promo Remix)
05. Tha Playah – On The Edge
06. Evil Activities & Endymion – Changed The Game
07. Placid K – Destination (Refix 2011)
08. Tha Playah – Why So Serious?
09. Masters Of Ceremony – Dirt
10. Evil Activities – No Place To Hide
11. Tha Playah & Tommyknocker – The Easy Way
12. Mad Dog – Here Comes The Madness
13. Tommyknocker feat. MC Justice – Nocturnal Rituals
14. DJ Jappo and Lacinhouse – Exlxaxl (Neophyte & Evil Activities Remix)
15. Placid K – Ride The Party 2K9

For more info & tracks check out Nuclear Device on facebook: www.facebook.com/Nuclear-Device-aka-N-Corruptor

After the success of our 10th release, Harder View Digital is proud to present our listeners with a remix pack of the Cytosyne track “Lost”, which featured on [THV 004] Cytosyne -Lost (2010). We have got some skilled producers on board this pack including Marc Osmate, Maloonatic, 6head_slug and Palindrone. The release also includes a VIP remix from Cytosyne himself. We hope you enjoy the release!

Thanks for the tracks guys! The Harder View and Cytosyne really appreciates it.

Sydney-based Cytosyne (Jake Ranallo) is a hardcore/dubstep producer. Fans of THV should be familiar with Cytosyne by now as he has had a solo release with our label, and also featured a remix on the Bug Detected remix pack. Jake has provided a VIP remix of his original track, which shows the progression his musical skills have taken since his solo release with THV in 2010.

Marc Osmate (Marc Osmate) is a Dutch hardcore producer based in Russia. Marc runs the Platinoids net-label and has released on the Vindicta label with Bartoch in the past. Marc will be supporting Nosferatu, DJ D and Bartoch at Brain Confusion in Luxembourg, this September. Marc has supplied us with a banging remix of the Lost track, and we hope you enjoy it!

Maloonatic (Mike Aird) is a hardcore producer and DJ based in the most isolated city in Australia – Perth. Maloonatic is a resident of the F.O.R.C.E Entertainment events in Perth, and has recently supported artists such as DJ Smurf and Noize Suppressor around Australia. Mike has a passion for the uncompromising in-your-face kick drum & no cheesy melodies in his sets!

6head_slug (Gregg Paternoster) is a hard techno producer and DJ based in Melbourne. Gregg also featured a remix on the Bug Detected pack, and has provided us with anther great hard techno-styled track for this remix pack. Gregg runs the No sleep till bedtime… events in Melbourne, and also runs the No sleep till bedtime… label which has had numerous great releases in the past. We suggest you check it out!

Brisbane-based Palindrone (Julian Matthews) is becoming one of our favourite producers in Australia, and we have nothing but respect for Julian for helping us out with tracks recently. Be sure to grab THV 010 and listen to Julian’s track “Peina’s Fury” – fans of the industrial/acid hardcore sound won’t be disappointed!

Tracklist:
1. Cytosyne – Lost (Cytosyne VIP Remix)
2. Cytosyne – Lost (Marc Osmate Remix)
3. Cytosyne – Lost (Maloonatic Remix)
4. Cytosyne – Lost (6head_slug Remix)
5. Cytosyne – Lost (Palindrone Remix)

For more info & tracks check out -
Cytosyne on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/cytosyne
Marc Osmate on his official site: www.marc-osmate.com
Maloonatic on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/maloonatic
6head_slug on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/6head_slug
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The Wishmaster (Fulvio Stramaccioni) is an Italian hardcore artist who has been at the forefront of the scene for many years since his first release with the highly renowned D-Boy Black label, which was based in Italy during the years 1995-2004. The label is now sadly defunct, but The Wishmaster has enjoyed a career spanning [...]]]>

The Wishmaster (Fulvio Stramaccioni) is an Italian hardcore artist who has been at the forefront of the scene for many years since his first release with the highly renowned D-Boy Black label, which was based in Italy during the years 1995-2004. The label is now sadly defunct, but The Wishmaster has enjoyed a career spanning over a decade with labels such as Bionic Recordings, Choose or Lose and nowadays on his home label at The Third Movement.

Thanks for the interview Fulvio, The Harder View really appreciates it!

THV: Hey Fulvio! The Wishmaster has been around the scene since 2001 and has become one of the most recognisable names. Can you tell us a bit about what it took for you to get to the stage you’re at now?
The Wishmaster: Ciao Belli! What to say… I have been working on this project almost 10 hours a day since 1996 to get to the stage I am at now! Life can be hard if you have a big dream like this, you never stop fighting with technological equipment and improvement in general. I spent the last 15 years of my life closed up in an underground studio… nice isn’t it?! All your friends are out for a night pizza but no… you can not go out cause the synth does not sound as it should… time to go back into the studio!

THV: Can you tell us how The Wishmaster starts a new track in his studio?
The Wishmaster: It can be with different approaches, sometimes I start losing my mind on a synth and when a good sound comes up I start to imagine the track around it. Sometimes I start to work on my 909 linked with some filters and again, when a powerful bass comes out of my speaker I start to work on a strong sound that can feature with it… sometimes I just wake up in the middle of the night with some strange notes in my head and start to try reproduce it in my studio!

THV: Which hardcore artists inspire or have inspired you in the past?
The Wishmaster: 3 names over all – PCP, PROMO, RUFFNECK. That was the sound of my major inspiration since 1993

THV: You have played at some major events including Dominator, Q-Base, Ground Zero, Nightmare Outdoor, Nature One and Masters of Hardcore among others. Which events have been most memorable to play at?
The Wishmaster: After a few big events in Italy and in Switzerland in the year 2001-2004 (that was my first impact with big audiences) I think the most memorable party for me was in 2004 at Defqon.1, that was my first time into a big Dutch event and it was just amazing! After that all the other major events up untill the last Dominator a few weeks ago has been memorable!

THV: What was it like working for D-Boy Records? D-Boy Records was a very popular label during the time it was around. I would love to see a return of the D-Boy label!
The Wishmaster: For me all it started with D-Boy Records, so I have a lot of good memories of that period. I gave Luca (Digital Boy) my first demo in the year 1998, after a few refused ones, in the year 2000 I finally signed up my first music contract for the ‘’Hardcore Clan’’ EP. At that period D-Boy Records was the leading party organizer for the Italian scene, so I had the great chance to play at several events organized in the world famous club ‘’Gheodrome’’ in Rimini. What a great honour to be a D-Boy Black label producer at that period! About a return of the D-boy label, I think times are different now and it will be unfortunately quite hard to see that again.

THV: How has the move over to The Third Movement been for you? Can you tell us difference between working with Dutch and Italian hardcore labels?
The Wishmaster: Working for The Third Movement was another dream becoming true. I was there when it had been created that day in Amsterdam, but I could not take part of it because I was working for D-Boy Records in that period. Now, a few years later I am working for the Movement, isn’t that cool?! I didn’t work for all the Italian labels so I can just say what I experienced in my personal past, well, in my experience the major difference between an Italian and a Dutch Hardcore label is the reliability. With The Third Movement office there is always someone to answer after a few minutes to your mails, your phone calls, your requests and your questions… to say that in Italian ‘’Operativita’’ !

THV: You also worked with Placid K’s label Choose or Lose and Cardiac’s Bionic Recordings. How were these labels to work for? Again, the were both respected labels during the time they were around.
The Wishmaster: In my career I’ve had the chance to collaborate with almost all the major worldwide record labels and every record label has his own way of working and thinking, I never choose a record label for the success it has but just for the kind of sound that is being produced on it. At that period I was feeling like collaborating with Choose or Lose and then with the Cardiac crew, but that was just some collaboration EP’s  now with The Third Movement we have a long term project… and that’s a big change!

THV: You have collaborated with many great artists in the past including DJ Promo and Life Runs Red. Can we expect any more collabs in the future? Are their any artists you would like to collab with one day?
The Wishmaster: A lot of great artists I would love to collaborate with for different reasons, and I hope this will become an EP soon. I would love to make a collaboration with the most famous name of every label so it’s easy to find out what the names are!

THV: What can we expect from The Wishmaster in the future? Can we expect a The Wishmaster artist album anytime soon?
The Wishmaster: Is definitely a project I have on mind since a long time already, I hope 2012 will be the good year to make it happen!

THV: And lastly, any words for your fans?
The Wishmaster: A new Wishmaster EP will be out after the summer, 3 tracks in a perfect Wishmaster style, so stay tuned and keep it hard!

For more info & tracks check out The Wishmaster on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/THE-WISHMASTER

Thunder (Giuseppe Di Mauro) is a hardcore producer and DJ from Italy. Thunder has had releases through the Italian hardcore label Fuck Off Records, and recently had a 2-part EP come out through Al Twisted’s Scottish-based label Darkside Unleashed. Along with other rising artists in the mainstream hardcore scene like Omi and Stormrage, we here at The Harder View think Thunder has what it takes to become a leading name in the scene in the future.

Thanks for the interview Giuseppe, The Harder View appreciates it!

THV: How long have you been into hardcore music?
Thunder: I started to listen to this kind of music at the age of 14, thanks to the old Italian compilation “Always Hardcore” and “Number One Compilation” that I still have!

THV: When did you start producing your own music?
Thunder: The first experiments in production were started in the year 2000, and I was using the
Playstation, then I decided to use a computer seriously with the software “Tracker” and later Fruity Loops, that I use even now.

THV: Were you a DJ before you started producing?
Thunder: Yes, I was. I started DJ’ing, then later I got closer to music production.

THV: How was the Thunder alias born?
Thunder: It was born at school but I don’t know how exactly! It reflects my way of being, when I arrive at parties it feels… like a thunder! And then it is very easy to remember, there are many friends that call me Thunder and not with my name!

THV: You have recently had a release through Al Twisted’s Darkside Unleashed label, and have provided them with a nice podcast. How did you come into contact with Al and his label?
Thunder: I hope you enjoyed my podcast! Sure, the contact with Al Twisted has happened thanks to another Italian producer who gave me his email, he is X-Mind, thanks to him!

THV: Do you prefer DJ or live sets?
Thunder: Well, I prefer a good DJ set, possibly of the years 2000-2004. I love this time although I do
not despise the other more recent.

THV: Which event would you most like to play at?
Thunder: There are so many event that I like, first is “Masters of Hardcore”, but I would like to participate also in events organized by Al Twisted.

THV: Which artists inspire you and would you like to work someone one day on some tracks?
Thunder: I am not inspired by anyone usually, but I really like the style of Promo and I would like to collaborate with him… maybe in the future it can happen.

THV: What can we expect from you in the future?
Thunder: There are new productions, new sounds and maybe another nice hit! Shortly there will
be some songs for free, but only a few hehehe!

THV: Any words for your fans?
Thunder: Thanks for the support, without it I cannot go forward and I hope that someday I will meet them at some great party! See ya soon!

For more info & tracks check out Thunder on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/officialThunder

Harder View Digital is proud to present our 10th release. We have got some great hardcore artists involved on this one, including Razor Edge (CA), KVN (NL), The Disturber, Palindrone and Formaldehyde. Expect industrial-style beats and rhythms, and distorted in-your-face kicks! We would like like to send out a massive thanks to the artists who have provided us with tracks for this very strong industrial hardcore release and we hope our fans enjoy it!!

Canadian-based Razor Edge (Adam Kujtowoski) is one of our favourite artists here at The Harder View, and has been kind enough to donate a track to us for this digital release! Razor Edge is an artist that needs no further introduction, and his music speaks for itself. Grab the release and have a listen to the master at work! Cheers for the track mate, keep up the great work!

KVN (Kevin Weagemakers) is a hardcore and dnb artist based in The Netherlands. Fans of the DNA Tracks sound will remember KVN, as he was a member of the DNA label for a period of time. During his career as a hardcore artist for DNA Tracks, KVN provided the scene with some genuine classic hardcore tracks that will be fondly remembered for years to come. We would like to send out an extended thanks to Kevin for providing us with 2 tracks (one as his terror-alias Neurotik), we really appreciate it mate! Good luck with your dnb productions as Hear No Evil!

The Disturber (Sye Evans) is a hardcore and dnb producer from Victoria. Sye runs the Disorder events in Melbourne, and also DJs at the events. Sye has donated a very cool industrial-styled dnb track for the release and we hope you enjoy it! Be sure to check out Sye’s other work from the links below, and if you live in the Melbourne area, be sure to get down to a Disorder party in the future! Keep up the great work Sye!

Palindrone (Julian Matthews) is a hardcore producer from Brisbane. Julian produces a range styles, and has provided his fans and our listeners with a very heavy acid-influenced industrial hardcore track in the vein of bioxeed and The Outside Agency. We here at The Harder View think Julian has what it takes to become a leading name in the hardcore scene in the future, and wish him the best of luck with his work. Be sure to check out his Bug Detected remix on THV008.

Sydney-based Formaldehyde (Daniel Kubica) is an artist we are getting sick of writing bios for! But in all seriousness, Daniel has provided us with a great track for the release and fans of his sound should really enjoy it. Keep up the good work mate!

Tracklist:
1. Razor Edge – Pavement Dive
2. KVN – Put ‘em Down Like Dogs
3. Neurotik – Book of Infidelity
4. The Disturber – Uncontrollable Rage
5. Palindrone – Peina’s Furiant
6. Formaldehyde – Kill The Baby

For more info and tracks check out:
Razor Edge on ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/razoredge
KVN on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/neurotikmusic
The Disturber on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/the-disturber
Palindrone on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thepalindrone
Formaldehyde on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/deemolish

Frame of Mind (Alex Illinois & Maxim Chepchugov) are an industrial hardcore production duo based in Russia. Frame of Mind are newcomers to the scene and have already had releases on respected labels such as Motormouth and The Third Movement. Alex & Maxim have been lucky enough to be put on the line-up for the DJ Promo-run Club r_AW event in September this year, which is a benchmark in itself for industrial producers around the globe. We would like to wish the boys the best of the luck in the scene.

Thanks for the interview Frame of Mind, The Harder View really appreciates it!

THV: Hey guys, Frame of Mind are a new duo to hit the hardcore scene, but can you tell us a bit about yourselves before you became internationally known as Frame of Mind?
Frame of Mind: Greetings The Harder View and everyone who is reading this interview! Ah… this is a long story! We are simple guys from Tomsk (a student town in Russia) and we study in one university and faculty. When we met (2008), Max was fond of house music (he didn’t like hardcore hehehe), and I (Alex) was a hard drum and bass fan. Max started to produce music in 2005, and when we met we discovered ourselves! Then I went to my first hardcore-party and Max was there! After that he just loved it! We thought “Damn, how cool it will be to make our own hardcore music” (we didn’t know about our future of course!). Well, we made this dream come true! Found a guy, who can make a logo and create our name – “Frame of Mind” (btw, this is a bull! we don’t know why, but we associate our music with a bull or bison!) and start to work on our music – our style.

THV: You have released on some respected labels including and a 10-track release on the outstanding Third Movement label. Can you tell us how these releases came about?
Frame of Mind: In the beginning of 2010 the first of our “free” tracks went online. It was mainstream… our mainstream! Yeah! We like mainstream too! Some time later, we started to produce our industrial, and soon was the first release on AVANTI (Italy). Aaaah! Forgot to say that between our first track and first release, it was the “Black Hoe” Competition! And we won it! We sent one industrial track, called “Revenging Bison”, but this track was un-format on Black Hoe and the release date was unknown. Then we contacted with Motormouth and do some work with Al Twisted! It was 4 track EP and called “Mindframing”. Then one-track was released on Deton8. We will tell about “Digoxin” in the next question, because this is not our only work!

THV: What is it like to work with DJ Promo, has his music played a part in how you approach your tracks?
Frame of Mind: In the beginning of January we sent our demo to TTM, just for fun! (it was “Brainsick Thoughts”). 2 weeks later, Sebastian came into contact with us! Oooh! It was so incredible! Sebastian is a very beautiful person, he is very communicable. After almost 4 months of hard work we made our album with Sebastian’s help! He advised us many things like; in what way we should go, what sound does our album need etc etc! With our imagination/skills and with his pointers, we came to our “Digoxin” release for TTM!

THV: When making tracks, what is it you try to achieve in your productions? Do you guys like to work with atmospheric sounds?
Frame of Mind: Our imagination is very large! We like atmospheric sound, but we can use it only in a couple of tracks. So in industrial we didn’t use it. We think, that true industrial must consist of: 1) massive, very cool and powerful kick! 2) some kind of looped distorted vocal/percussion 3) massive, very cool and powerful kick! Yeah! We think that if industrial tracks didn’t have a powerful kick – this is not an industrial track, this is crap! And when we start to produce another one, first of all we make a kick, and then all other things like vocals, percussion, fx etc!

THV: Which artists inspire Frame of Mind?
Frame of Mind: This is a good question! hehehe we love Jeffrey’s “Peaky Pounder” music very very much! Like his funky-crazy-peaky style! Very much like Stefan “N-Vitral”, but most of all we love David “Broken Rules”! This producer is a genius for sure! Fell in love with his kicks, percussion… God! This is awesome!! But, from the other hand “Frame of Mind” is a two person project! Max loves “Moby” very very much, some kinds of house music (like Dutch, fidget, tech), dubstep (not much but some themes are beautiful), mainstream hardcore also (Promo, The Playah, Angerfist). Alex loves drum & bass (technoid, hardstep), alternative rock (Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit), mainstream hardcore too like Promo and The Playah.

THV: Are there any particular artists you would like to work with one day
Frame of Mind: Before our “Digoxin”, we collaborated with Stefan “D-Version” on a track and a remix of one of his tracks! But when we started to do the TTM release, unfortunately we needed to stop all things! Turning to the issue, we wanted to finish our collab with the coolest guy – “D-Version”. We want to do some collabs with “The Illuminati”, “Carnage & Cluster”, “Broken Rules”, maybe with “The Relic”. Oh oh oh!! Forgot to say Enrico “EMBRYONIC”. This new genius is totally sick! Very much love his style! Hope in a future we will work together! And our TTM crew: Peaky Pounder, N-Vitral and Rude Awakening of course!

THV: There have been some other artists come out of Russia in the past who have had careers in the scene including Ki-Real and Liquid Blasted. What is the hardcore scene like in Russia? Is there much of a scene?
Frame of Mind: The industrial scene is not-so-big in Russia. Most people like mainstream! But, we know a cool guy from Ukraine – “CH3OH” (he makes very cool industrial). From Novosibirsk – “Lemon”, our good friend who makes a mainsteam hardcore sound and have some releases on Tersikore Records! Alex “Darklime” from Moscow, runs his own net label called Antistatic. Well, this is not all artists… as you see, Russia is talented too! It’s a time question! Russia will be famous soon! Because, there is many talented people!

THV: What are some events you hope to play in the future? And have you played at any memorable events yet in your careers?
Frame of Mind: We want to play at Defqon1, Qontinent… damn! We want play everywhere! We love a big crowd and if this event will be in a club – no problem! If it’s open air – no problem! We are not fastidious! We don’t miss any moment, where we can play music! About memorable… hmm! We hope that the next “Club r_AW” will be it! Because, this is our first international journey! It will be in our memories to our last days for sure, we think!

THV: What can we expect from Frame of Mind in the future?
Frame of Mind: We plan to discover ourselves! There will be more our-style stuff! More quality, more powerful! We hope that we can explore more people who love our music! After all, it’s always nice to hear from different people around the world that our music is “blablabla” or you guys are “blablabla”!. We love every person who likes our Facebook\Soundcloud pages… as far as possible, we always answer to all!

THV: Any words for your fans?
Frame of Mind: We will say to ALL people, make your own Frame of Mind! Listen to positive music! Listen to everything that makes you crazy or happy! Listen to everything that makes you feel alive! Listen to HARDCORE! haha! Good luck to everyone. Thanks you guys, “The Harder View” is the coolest web portal about hardcore music! Greetings from Siberia! Yours sincerely, Frame of Mind!

For more info & tracks check out Frame of Mind on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/frameofmind.hardcore

Liquid Blasted (Sergey Ryazanov) is a hardcore artist and performer based in Russia. Liquid Blasted has been around the scene for quite a few years now and has seen releases on quality labels such as Deathchant, Psychik Genocide, IST, Hong Kong Violence and Motormouth. Liquid Blasted has produced a variety of styles related to the hardcore genre in the past which makes him one of the more unique, diverse and gifted artists the scene has to offer. Be sure to check out some of his work if you have yet to do so!

Thanks very much for the interview Sergey, The Harder View really appreciates it!

THV: Hey Sergey! Thanks for taking the time to do the interview for us. Can you tell us about a bit about yourself and when you started producing hardcore tracks?
Liquid Blasted: Hi! The first time I tried to produce electronic music in 1995, with a couple of tape-recorders and one synth. I played patterns and layered it one on the other. Also I was keen on radio electronics, and I rebuilt my synth so it could make mad distorted sounds (actually, I broke it). But all this stuff was a total shit and the quality was terrible! In 1996 I discovered hardcore music, and liked it very much. At that time hardcore was very popular in Moscow, thousands of people came to clubs, many foreign hardcore stars played there almost every month. In 1998 I finally got a computer, with Montego soundcard, and first of all I installed Fast Tracker II. Then I started to try myself in hardcore music at some basic level.

THV: Your first release was through the Noise Factory sub-label Goddess of Disaster, run by The Hardoholics. Can you tell us how this release came about?
Liquid Blasted: In 2003 I decided to create a musical project oriented mostly at Frenchcore/hardcore-industrial style. At this time I was a big fan of Micropoint, The Hardcoholics, Ingler and other great French hardcore artists. Finally I made a demo consisting of 10 tracks, and especially for this demo I created an internet-page and sent a link to The Hardcoholics, owners of the Noise Factory label. I was so happy when I got an answer from Leeloo and Will! They suggested me to make an EP for their new sublabel – Goddess Of Disaster. There Liquid Blasted would be the first artist. Of course I agreed and became to collaborate with these nice and friendly guys.

THV: You have released on numerous respected labels in the past including Psychik Genocide, Deathchant, Hong Kong Violence, Neurotoxic, Noistorm, Motormouth and Darkside Underground. Do you send demos to labels or do labels approach you about releasing with them?
Liquid Blasted: The push to it was GOD001 again. Radium liked my track from it, and it happened so that Leeloo (Hardcoholics), Radium and me had one mutual friend – Rubick, the owner of MadDog Distribution in Paris – he is from Moscow originally. He introduced me to Radium, after that I sent Radium some of my new tracks, and he liked them – so that’s the beginning of our collaboration with Audiogenic. Gradually my music became an interest for others, we contacted with them, I sent my new works, we made new releases – something like that. Music worked for me!

THV: Your tracks range from party-style Frenchcore, UK-hardcore, industrial and speedcore. Can you tell us which artists have been some of your main influences over the years?
Liquid Blasted: As I said before, a great influence on me had French “oldschool” artists, such as The Hardcoholics, Micropoint, Radium, Ingler, Androgyn Network, Manu Le Malin, also Hellfish, Napalm etc. Starting from 2005-2006 I become interested in industrial hardcore techno music – of course in the first place for me are the artists from the Industrial Strength Records, such as Lenny Dee, Armageddon Project, Peaky Pounder and Broken Rules.

THV: Do you play live sets? Do you prefer DJ or live sets?
Liquid Blasted: I play both DJ and live sets. If I’m in other town or country – I play live set of my tracks mostly, but there was a time when I played in Moscow just every month or two weeks, so to in order not to bore the same public with the same tracks everytime, I played as a DJ also.

THV: What have been some of the most memorable events you have played at in the past?
Liquid Blasted: Dominator 2010, definitely. It was the first time I came to play abroad (really, I’m a homeguy and hate travelling lol), but it was perfect, the top-high level of organization, the biggest hardcore open air in the world. Big respect to Akira who booked me for this event.

THV: Are there any artists you would like to work with in the hardcore scene in the future?
Liquid Blasted: I would like to work with a lot of my favorite artists & friends – but so far it is not realizable. Why – see below. Especially because collaboration means much greater responsibility and borders, than when you work alone.

THV: Besides hardcore, what other styles interest you?
Liquid Blasted: Last years I got attracted by no less awesome, hard and industrial styles – Rhytmic Noize, TBM, especially productions by german label Pro Noize – such artists as Shnarph!, Phosgore, Alter Der Ruine. At the same time I listen a loooot of different music – from ambient to pop music of 80s! It all depends on my mood, and in every style I have many favorite artists whom I admire.

THV: What have you got planned for Liquid Blasted in the future?
Liquid Blasted: For this moment, there is a couple of releases with a couple of Liquid Blasted tracks that will be released, I hope, soon. But currently I stopped making music for a while. The fact is, I entered the world of sound design, and now I’m working as a sound designer at one of the russian game development studios. And there is a lot of work with sound, every day. And when I return home – I just can’t see these VST-plugins anymore haha! I just want to relax and watch some movies, play some games, read a book or rss, or meet with my friends. But I hope Liquid Blasted will come back with new tracks – as soon as I reorganize my time and update my home studio.

THV: Any words for the fans?
Liquid Blasted: I wish that more and more new artists appear in the hardcore scene, with more and more of the coolest and best quality music. I wish that you people, always get a pleasure from your favorite music. From Russia with love!

For more info and tracks check out Liquid Blasted’s offical site: http://www.liquidblasted.net