Pattern J (Pierre-Jean Coquet) is one of my favourite artists in the hardcore scene and he is a producer that needs no introduction. But for those who might be unfamiliar with Pattern J and the Frenchcore genre in general; Pattern J is one of the leading names in the scene. He has a large...

T-Junction (Tim Paalhaar) is a Dutch hardcore DJ/producer who hit the scene in 2002 with his debut release on The Third Movement. Since then T-Junction has become one of the most popular and well respected DJ/producers in the world, playing in countries including Australia, Spain, Scotland and...

Nuclear Device (Paolo Pierri & Matthew Pierri) are 2 brothers from Italy who are mostly known for thier work on the Traxtorm and Impulse Records labels. They have also done some darker work as N-Corruptor for the Traxtorm Sinful Edition label. Nuclear Device have been pretty quiet for the...

After a very, very long time we finally get a new release from Noize Suppressor. A 4-Tracker with 2 solo tracks and 2 collabs. But I’m not sure if it’s what I’ve been expecting. The first track, Fucked Up started a bit with what I was expecting. The intro started off like a normal...

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Neophyte Records. But here are 2 of the biggest names on the label, Neophyte & Tha Playah with a brand new release. A 3-Tracker featuring 1 solo track from Neophyte and a collab from Tha Playah and Neophyte. The collab has 2 versions, one mixed...

After hearing Purge and Swallow The Sun on Tymon & Negative-A’s recent CD for Project Hardcore, I had been eagerly awaiting Dep Affect’s next release. When I woke up on 15 October to find that 11 new tracks from him had been made available for download in the form of his latest...

It gives me great pleasure to announce our 2nd podcast from French Hardtek/Frenchcore producer Floxytek. Floxytek (Florian Daure) is a very technical producer and his productions feature a wide variety of styles. He is mainly involved in the Hardtek (no, not Hard Techno) scene. His productions...

Despairful Tomorrow (Alexander Kassberg) is a young, Swedish hardcore producer who released his first EP with Mokum Records in 2004 at the age of 16. Mokum Records hadn’t been in operation since 1999 and Alexander kicked off the new era for Mokum. He even made a remix in 2004 for one of...

Formaldehyde (Daniel Kubica) is a Sydney based industrial hardcore/drum n bass producer. Before devoting his time to producing, Daniel was a well known identity within the Sydney hardcore scene, known for playing brutal UK & Frenchcore sets at many of the regular hardcore events including...

If I’m thinking about mainstream hardcore I’m pretty much thinking about Nitrogenetics. In my opinion Rick & Tim Rozema, two young brothers from the South of Holland, are at the very top of their game. They have had no less than 9 releases on the Hardcore Blasters label, and...