• Zany
• Donkey Rollers vs. Noisecontrollers
• The Pitcher
• Kamui
• Alex Kidd vs. Kidd Kaos
• Jowan vs. Dr Willis

And the local talent sharing the mainstage with them:

• Toneshifterz LIVE
• Nitrouz
• Amber Savage
• XDREAM
• Suae
• Pulsar
• Arbee
• Cantosis
• Arbor

Not to mention the four other stages with a slew of locals pumping out hardstyle, hard trance, uplifting trance and classic anthems.

As a side note, check out the trailer on the official Magic City site. It’s hilariously awesome.

Date: 29/05/10
Location: Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
Tickets: Ticket Direct
Price: $110, $210 VIP
Website: http://www.magiccity.net.au/

Discuss this event on our forum!

Lineup:

• Zany
• D-Block & S-te-Fan
• Donkey Rollers & Noisecontrollers LIVE
• Zany & The Beholder LIVE
• Zatox
• Crypsis
• B-Front
• Slim Shore
• DJ Vince
• Neophyte

And all of this hosted by our mate, MC DV8.

Date: 10/04/2010
Location: Beursgebouw, Eindhoven
Tickets: Online Ticket Shop
Price:  €59
Website: http://www.thegreatzanyshow.nl/

In any case, we’ve been lucky enough to get the sets from Headhunterz edition of X-Qlusive, and in these sets lie a few surprises; New remixes from Noisecontrollers and D-Block & S-te-Fan, and a collab between Noisecontrollers and the man himself, Headhunterz.

Cheers again to Hardtraxx.nl.

Headhunterz Tracklist:

01. Headhunterz – The Sacrifice (Brennan Heart Remix) (Edit)
02. Headhunterz – Psychedelic
03. Headhunterz vs. Abject – Scantraxx Roots (Edit)
04. Headhunterz – Aiming For Ur Brain
05. Headhunterz – Time 2 Rock
06. Headhunterz – Muzical Revolution (Mid-Intro)
07. Headhunterz – Scrap Attack (Defqon.1 Festival Anthem 2009)
08. Headhunterz – Digiwave (Edit)
09. Headhunterz – Megasound
10. Headhunterz – Ghostbusters Tool
11. Headhunterz – Hate It Or Love It (Live Edit)
12. Headhunterz – Rock Civilization 
13. Headhunterz – Power Of The Mind (Qlimax 2007 Anthem)
14. Headhunterz vs. Tatanka – Call it Music

Download Headhunterz at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

Headhunterz vs. Wildstylez Tracklist:

01. Headhunterz vs. Wildstylez feat. Villain – Stuck In Your Head (?)
02. Headhunterz vs. Wildstylez – Project 1
03. Wildstylez – Single Sound
04. The Prophet feat. Wildstylez – Cold Rocking (Gostosa Remix)
05. Technoboy – War Machine (Original/2005 Remix Mashup)
06. JDX – Nize & Cloze
07. Headhunterz & Wildstylez vs. Noisecontrollers – Tonight
08. Wildstylez – A Complex Situation
09. 2 Best Enemies – Les Drums (Technoboy Remix)
10. Headhunterz – Emptiness
11. TNT – Tritolo
12. Hardstyle Guru – The Counter
13. Wildstylez – Muzic Or Noize
14. JDX feat. Sarah Maria – Live The Moment
15. Showtek – We Speak Music
16. Antifact – Path Of Righteousness (Edit)
17. Brennan Heart – Just As Easy (Wildstylez vs. SMD Remix)
18. D-Block & S-te-Fan vs. Wildstylez – The Human Soul
19. Headhunterz vs. Wildstylez – Blame It On The Editz
20. Alpha Twins vs. Wildstylez – Atrocious
21. Wildstylez – Revenge Of The Little Dick Motherfucker
22. Noisecontrollers – Venom (Wildstylez Remix)

Download Headhunterz vs. Wildstylez at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

Headhunterz vs. Brennan Heart Tracklist:

01. Intro 
02. Headhunterz & Brennan Heart – The MF Point Of Perfection (Original Dubstyle Mix) 
03. Blademasterz – One Blade (Q-Base 2009 Edit) 
04. Gostosa – Sutra 
05. Brennan Heart – Musical Impressions 
06. Builder – Her Voice (Headhunterz Remix)(Outro Edit) 
07. Brennan Heart – Van Halen Is A Rockstar (Qlimax DJ Tool) 
08. Brennan Heart – Till U Believe It 
09. Tuneboy – Re-Generate It (Different Edition) 
10. Brennan Heart – We Are Possessed (Headhunterz Remix) 
11. Eminem Ft. MC Villain – My Name is Headhunterz 
12. Chuckie – Let The Bass Kick (Headhunterz Remix) 
13. Brennan Heart – This Is (DJ Tool) 14. Slim Shore – Scars 
15. DJ Isaac – Tear The Club (LA Mix) 16. Brennan Heart – Audiometric (Dutch Voice Edit) 
17. G-Town Madness & The Viper – Come As One (Brennan Heart Remix)
18. Headhunterz – Dreamcatcher 
19. Gostosa – Never Say Never 
20. Brennan Heart – Revelations (Reverze 2010 Anthem) 
21. Showtek – We Speak Music 
22. Brennan Heart – Revival X (Showtek Remix)

Download Headhunterz vs. Brennan Heart at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

Project One Live Tracklist:

01. Project One – The Story unfolds
02. Project One – Rate Reducer (Headhunterz Remix)
03. Project One – Life Beyond Earth (Re-Edit?)
04. Project One – Numbers
05. Project one – The Art Of Creation

Download Project One Live at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

D-Block & S-te-Fan Tracklist:

01. Headhunterz vs. Wildstylez – Blame It On The Music (D-Block & S-te-Fan Remix)
02. Zatox – Ear Fucking
03. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Supernova
04. Duro & The Prophet – Shizzle My Dizzle (Original Mix)
05. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Alone
06. Psyko Punkz – Overclipping
07. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Together
08. D-Block & S-te-Fan feat. MC Villain – Sound Of The Thunder
09. D-Block & S-te-Fan vs. Isaac – Music Is Why
10. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Music Made Addict (Original mix)
11. Frontliner & B-Front – Magic
12. Brennan Heart & Wildstylez – Reputation Game
13. D-Block & S-te-Fan feat. High Voltage – Shiverz
14. The Killers – Human (Deepack Bootleg)

Download D-Block & S-te-Fan at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

Headhunterz vs. Noisecontrollers Tracklist:

1.Headhunterz & Noisecontrollers – The Space We Created
2.Noisecontrollers – Macabre 2010
3.Noisecontrollers – Attack Again
4.Headhunterz – Subsonic (Live Edit)
5.Noisecontrollers – Confucius
6.Headhunterz – Forever Az One (Noisecontrollers Remix)
7.Headhunterz – Reloaded Part 2
8.Noisecontrollers Vs Toneshifterz – Empire Of The Sun
9.Noisecontrollers & Zany – Paranoid
10.Headhunterz – Fear Of Darkness
11.Southstylers – Pounding Senses (Zany Vs. Noisecontrollers Remix)
12.Noisecontrollers – Yellow Minute
13.Headhunterz – WozNotWoz
14.Noisecontrollers – Gaia (2009 Edit)

Download Headhunterz vs. Noisecontrollers at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

Proppy & Heady (The Prophet vs. Headhunterz) Tracklist:

01. Proppy & Heady – ID
02. Tatanka & Zatox – Gangsta
03. Machinehead – Headwave (Zatox Mix)
04. Proppy & Heady – The Summer Of Hardstyle
05. Headhunterz – The Saifam Mashup
06. ID
07. Crypis feat. Sasha F – Get Hit
08. Zatox feat. Nikkita – Raw Style
09. Alpha Twins – Unleashed
10. Tuneboy – I Will Growl
11. Frontliner feat. MC Villain – Who I Am
Short break
12. Bodylotion – How Much Can You Take (Catscan Remix)
13. Evil Activities – Evil Inside
14. The Viper – Minimix
15. Diss Reaction – Jiieehaaaa (Angerfist Remix)
16. Headhunterz – The Sacrifice (Evil Hardcore Edit)

Download Proppy & Heady at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

Darren Mase Tracklist:

01. Darren Mase – Take That Record Off
02. Unknown Artist – Renegade Master
03. Olav Basoski & Erik E – Don’t Turn Your Back (Sander van Doorn Remix)
04. DJ Loo Double D – Excess (Original Dub)
05. Meck Ft. Dino Lenny – Feels Like Home (TV Rock Vs Dirty South Remix)
06. Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now (Abel Romos Brighton With Love Mix)
07. The Prodigy – Android (ID Remix)
08. Markus Schulz & Departure & Gabriel & Dresden – Without You Near (Perry O’Neil Remix)
09. ID
10. Jeroenski ft. Jerique – This Feeling (Firebeatz vs SOL Remix)
11. Fourplay – From Day One
12. Havin Zagross & Taped – Tricky Nation
13. Darren Mase – Yeah
14. Starkillers – Bitch Ass Trick
15. Boris Duglosch – Bangkok
16. ID
17. ID
18. Randy Katana – Derb (Original Mix)
19. Dustin Zahn – Stranger To Stability (Len Faki Podium Remix)
20. ID 
21. ID
22. Laidback Luke – My G*O*D (Guns On Demo)
23. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke vs Benny Benassi – Be vs Satisfaction (Swedish House Mafia Bootleg)
24. ID
25. Darren Mase – Take That Record Off (Rene Amesz & Peter Gelderblom Remix)

Download Darren Mase at X-Qlusive Headhunterz

Once again, these livesets are courtesy of the wonderful people over at Hardtraxx.nl.

Tracklist:
01. ID
02. ID
03. DJ Felix Project – On The Floor
04. Dustin Zahn – Stranger (Len Faki Podium Remix)
05. ID
06. Joyengergizer
07. Tuneboy – Housensation
08. Marcel Woods – De Bom 2001
09. A*S*Y*S – Acid Nightmare
10. Space Frog & The Grim Reaper – Follow Me (Derb Remix)
11. K-Traxx – Hardventure
12. Shithead – Shithead
13. Vortex & Arpa’s Dream – Incoming (Arome Remix)
14. ZX – Scream
15. Donkey Rollers – Motherf*ck (Zany Remix)
16. Razzle Dazzle Trax – Rattlebrain
17. Tuneboy – Demolition
18. The Real Booty Babes – Derb LK
19. DJ Isaac – Thriller
20. Julian DJ & Davide Sonar – Go Go Go (Tatanka & Peter Damir Remix)
21. Jimmy The Sound – Hasta La Vista Baby
22. DJ Isaac – On The Edge (How Long Edit)
23. Bison meets The Quakers – I Got Tonight
24. Hardheadz – Wreck The Remix (The Beholder & Max Enforcer Remix)
25. The Raiders – Salamandra
26. Taq 9 – Slavez

Download DJ Isaac from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
Dailucia:
01. Phase 3 – Fine Day
02. The Pitcher – Serenity
03. Brennan Heart feat. Shanokee – Feel U Here
04. Headhunterz – A New Day
05. Wildstylez – Pleasure
06. Project One – The Story Unfolds
07. Frontliner – Spacer (Original Mix)
08. Bass Modulators – NRGizer

Beat Providers
09. Dozer – Robin’s Revenge
10. Frontliner – Sunblast (Beat Providers Short edit)
11. Beat Providers – Stereo Providers
12. Noisecontrollers – Venom (Wildstylez Remix)
13. Headhunterz & Wildstylez vs. Noisecontrollers – Tonight (Beat Providers edit)
14. Beat Providers – Second Opinion
15. The Nasty Boyz – Angel (Hardstyle Masterz Cut)(Recut)
16. The Pitcher – I Just Can’t Stop
17. Beat Providers – Intensive Care
18. Beat Providers – Bleeding For The Decibel Fusion (mashup)

Download Dailucia & Beat Providers from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
01. TNT – Double Dutch Darkies
02. Technoboy – Rage (A Hardstyle Song)
03. Builder – Her Voice (Headhunterz Remix)
04. Noisecontollers – Crtl Alt Delete (In Qontrol Anthem 2009)
05. Headhunterz – Scrap Attack (Defqon.1 Festival Anthem 2009)
06. Wildstylez. K.Y.H.U. (Noisecontrollers Remix)
07. Mike NRG – Lost In Dreams (Tat & Zat Remix)
08. Zany – Maximum Force (Defqon.1 Festival Australia Anthem 2009)
09. Hardstyle Masterz meets Max Enforcer – Rambo Is A Pussy
10. D-Block & S-te-Fan – The Nature Of Our Mind (Qlimax 2009 Anthem)
11. JDX Ft. Sarah Maria – Live The Moment

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Tracklist:
01. Dutch Master – Pride
02. Dutch Master – Floorspin
03. Dutch Master – Taste Me (Slim Shore edit)
04. Slim Shore – King Of Stage
05. Slim Shore – Scars
06. Slim Shore – Siren
07. Dutch Master – Motion

Download Slim Shore from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
01. Ran-D – Better On The Otherside
02. Alpha Twins vs. Wildstylez – Atrocious
03. Ran-D – Fanatics
04. Psyko Punkz – After MF
05. Ran-D – Feel My Fire
06. Ran-D vs. Adaro – Under Attack

Download Ran-D from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
1. Zany & Showtek – 2 Devine 
2. Zany – Frequency 
3. Da Bootleggerz – Fresh Beats 
4. The Builder – Her Voice (Dub Mix)
5. Showtek ft. DV8 – Electronic Stereophonic 
6. Zany – Mr. Monster 
7. Brennan Heart – Face The Enemy 
8. Zany & The Beholder – Annihalating 
9. Noisecontrollers & Zany – Paranoid 
10. Zany – Angel of The Sun (Break –Set van Isaac) 
11. Showtek – Party Lover (Zany Edit) 
12.Titan – Nightmare 
13.Frontliner & B-Front – Godzz Powerr!!! 
14.Donkey Rollers – Innocent 
15. Zatox & Tatanka – Oxygen(Intro) 
16. Southstylers – Pounding Senses (Zany & Noisecontrollers Remix) 
17. Zany meets the Beholder – Do You Want Heavy?

Download Zany from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
01. Toneshifterz – Get Loaded
02. Brennan Heart – Van Halen Is A Rockstar (Qlimax DJ Tool)
03. Brennan Heart – One Blade (Noisecontrollers Remix)
04. Repesteeltje – Set U Free (DJ Tool)
05. Headhunterz – Subsonic (Late Night Edit)
06. Brennan Heart – Just As Easy (Wildstylez vs. SMD Remix)
07. Headhunterz & Wildstylez vs. Noisecontrollers – Tonight (Break Edit)
08. Noisecontrollers – Marlboro Man (Intro Cut)
09. Noisecontrolers – Attack Again (Intro Cut)
10. Showtek – We Live For The Music (Noisecontrollers Remix)
11. Noisecontrollers & Zany – Diavoli
12. Noisecontrollers – CTRL-ALT-DELETE (In Qontrol 2009 Anthem)
13. Noisecontrollers – Macabre 2010
14. Noisecontrollers – Surge Of Power
15. Wildstylez – K.Y.H.U (Noisecontrollers Remix)
16. Donkey Rollers – Innocent

Download Noisecontrollers from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
01. Donkey Rollers – Motherfuck (Zany Remix)
02. Frontliner vs. B-Front – Godz Powerrr!
03. Zatox – Creation
04. Frontliner – The First Cut
05. Dozer – Robin’s Revenge
06. B-Front & Frontliner – Become The Sky
07. Pavo – Communicate
08. Josh & Wesz Ft. Low-E – I’ve Lost You
09. Zatox – Ear Fucking
10. Alphaverb & Intractable One – Destination Nowhere
11. B-Front – ID
12. Ran D – Feel My Fire
13. Tat & Zat – Gangsta
14. Frontliner vs. B-Front – 1.000.000 Stars
15. Zany – Animated Audio
16. B-Front & Frontliner – Magic

Download B-Front from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
01. D-Block & S-te-fan ft MC Villain – Sound of Thunder
02. Tatanka pres J. Hiroshy – Showtime
03. D-Block & S-Te-Fan – Together
04. Frontliner – Warphole
05. The Killers – Human (Deepack Hardstyle Bootleg)
06. D-Block & S-te-Fan ft Deepack – In Other Wordz
07. Brennan Heart & Wildstylez – Reputation Game
08. Bad Elements – DJ Revolution (Kayem Remix)
09. Alphaverb & Intractable One – Low Frequenced Bass
10. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Alone
11. VA – Tat’s Mashup
12. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Supernova
13. D-Block & S-te-Fan ft. High Voltage – Shiverz
14. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Ride With Uz (Max Enforcer Remix)

Download D-Block & S-te-Fan from Qountdown 2009

Tracklist:
1. Chain Reaction – Lellebel
2. Dana vs. Crypsis – Transmission
3. Kevin Kaos – TBA
4. Ran-D – Innerchild
5. Showtek – Electronic Stereophonic
6. Crypsis – Tuatara
7. Luna vs. Crypsis – Torture
8. Crypsis – Jealousy
9. DJ Isaac – Tear The Club Up
10. ID
11. Chain Reaction – Out With A Bang! (Crypsis Remix)
12. DJ Thera – The Test 2.0 (Crypsis Remix)
13. Outblast – Masters Symphony (Evil Activities Refix)
14. Angerfist ft Crucifier – Broken Chain (Mad Dog Remix)
15. Diss Reaction – Jiiieeehaaaa (Angerfist Refix)

Download Luna & Crypsis from Qountdown 2009

Recently signed to Fusion, we have two newcomers, Slim Shore, who you may recognise as the old Dutch Master, and Titan, who has played at Q-Base as DJ Pinas.

Slim Shore is slated to have a 3-tracker debut EP, featuring King of the Stage, Scars and Siren. Of the three tracks, only two have previews which are below, however all three sound quite dissonant and contain weird harmonics. A new musical direction for Henry? I hope so, because it sounds awesome.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

Titan, basing purely on sound, sounds to me like a darker Zany alias. Having no prior productions, yet listening to the quality of his music – not to mention the fact it’s Fusion – leads me to believe he may have had quite a helping hand from head honcho, Zany and possibly the label’s musical magician, The Pitcher. Either way, Strength and Fury and Nightmare are both melodic and rough, a perfect combination.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

Then we have two tried and tested artists, some of the biggest in the scene coming together to give us two – possibly three – predictably hard tracks. If you’ve listened to either a Zany or Noisecontrollers set in the past few months you’ve probably heard either Diffusion or Paranoid, and though they might not have been quite so memorable, they are quite so awesome.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

We haven’t heard a whole lot from B-Front since Fusion signed him quite some time ago. Apparently working on a solo 4-tracker, he’s been busy at work with someone who has had quite a lot of attention since he arrived on the scene, Frontliner. Together they’ve come out with four pretty hard tracks to be split and released on both Fusion and Scantraxx.

The Fusion two contain Magic and Become The Sky, Magic being the rough standout and perfect combination of styles.

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More and more previews keep coming, yet barely anything is released. Not only is there the above in the queue to be released, there’s also Zany & Dozer with Fruxaq and Huwex, Noisecontrollers & Toneshifterz with Empire of the Sun and Jaydee, Zany’s solo with Angel of the Sun & Purify Your Senses, Dozer’s solo with Robin’s Revenge and Elixer, some unofficially announced forthcoming Pitcher and no doubt some Donkey Rollers.

C’mon Fusion, pick up the pace, everyone wants your stuff!

I was lucky enough to experience my first taste of Defqon.1 last saturday, in our glorious brown land that an increasing number of hard dance enthusiasts call home, Australia. At first the idea of a large scale hard dance festival, something almost unheard of in Australia, worried me. However, after Q-Dance’s efforts on Saturday, I can safely affirm that it’s execution was nothing short of flawless.

The effort put into the production was mind-blowing, from the immense – albeit reused – stages, loud, crystal clear sound, vast array of lasers, strobes and lights, to the huge pyrotechnics display in the final minutes of the day, were pulled off with absolute perfection. Coupled with an efficient bar system, a large – yet friendly – police presence, friendly and enthusiastic crowd, perfect weather and perfectly timed transport to and from the amazing venue meant that it was almost impossible to complain about anything other than the music. But even then, Defqon.1 had you covered, with the choice of five musically differing stages, each of which featuring world-class DJs from various locations around the world.

If you’re interested in reading a more in-depth review, take a look at loopi’s Defqon.1 impressions on inthemix.com.au.
For some great quality photos, mosey on over to Q-Dance’s photo gallery of the day.
Also, our mates at Fusion have uploaded a few videos of them doing their thing at Defqon, from Zany crowd surfing on an inflatable boat during Donkey Rollers, to the climactic, firework filled finale, which was truly a monumental moment for the entire crowd.

Walking out from Defqon, we were graced by a large projector confirming what we’d already been expecting for some time, X-Qlusive Technoboy.

Lineup is entirely speculation at this point, but from what we’ve been told by ‘someone in-the-know’, it’s not going to be the most obvious suspects. One would assume that joining Technoboy would be his technically-skilled production partner, Antonio Dona, aka Tuneboy. Doing this would enable the third act, Hardstyle Masterz, which seems a logical move. However, Antonio apparently has some apprehension towards flying, so take all of this with a grain of salt.

The event is being held toward the end of December, so there’s plenty of time for guessing, but on the 19th of October, the lineup will be announced and ticket sales will begin.