Thanks, as usual, to Hardtraxx.nl for the delicious livesets.

Balistic (Warm Up Set) Tracklist:

01. DJ Arabesque – Serendipity
02. ID
03. DJ Bismark & Philippe Rochard – Theme of sphere (Original Mix)
04. Mauro Picotto – Autumn (Megamind Mix)
05. Sombrero Bros – Pull the plug
06. Prezioso Feat. Marvin – Let Me Stay (Ce Pensa Giò Mix)
07. Warmduscher – Auf die fresse
08. Walt – Bring the pain (Original Mix)
09. Zero Vision – Right here
10. Angy Dee – Something Wonderfull (Original Mix)
11. Ferry Corsten – Punk (Cosmic Gate remix)
12. Zero Vision – Overdrive
13. Carambola – Blue horizons (Deepack remix)
14. The Beholder & Balistic Feat. Max Enforcer – Bigger, Better, Louder! (Decibel 2004 Anthem)

Download Balistic (Warm Up Set) at Hardbass 2010

Team Green (The Pitcher, Crypsis & Technoboy) Tracklist:

01. 2 Best Enemies – Unity
02. Hardstyle Masterz feat. Max Enforcer – Rambo Is A Pussy
03. The Pitcher – Strange Love
04. The Pitcher – Serenity
05. Crypsis – Tuatara
06. Chain Reaction – Lellebel
07. TNT – Tritolo
08. Technoboy meets Ruffian – The Undersound
09. Zany – Mr. Monster
10. The Pitcher – Pump It Loud (2010 Edit)
11. Crypsis vs. Dana – Transmission
12. Crypsis – Jealousy
13. The Hose – I Survived
14. Ivan Carsten – Freesound
15. The Pitcher – Here For The Future
16. Donkey Rollers – 2012
17. Chain Reaction – Answers
18. Crypsis vs. Luna – Torture
19. Technoboy – Next Dimensional World (Qlimax 2008 Anthem)
20. Toneshifterz – Angels & Demons

Download Team Green (The Pitcher, Crypsis & Technoboy) at Hardbass 2010

Second Identity LIVE Tracklist:

01. Second Identity – Distorted Device
02. Second Identity – Identify
03. Second Identity – Amplified
04. Second Identity – Karma Circle
05. Scope Dj – Househeads
06. Second Identity – Atlantiss
07. Second Identity – Moving Madness
08. Second Identity – Eternal Void

Download Second Identity LIVE at Hardbass 2010

Team Blue (Wildstylez, D-Block & S-te-Fan & Coone) Tracklist:

01. Headhunterz – Subsonic (Late Night Edit)
02. Wildstylez – A Complex Situation
03. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Music Made Addict
04. Coone – Throw Ya Handz
05. Headhunterz & Wildstylez – Blame It On The Music (D-Block & S-te-Fan Remix)
06. D-Block & S-te-Fan vs. Wildstylez – The Human Soul
07. Digital Punk – Warrior’s Redemption
08. Psyko Punkz – After MF
09. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Together
10. Headhunterz & Wildstylez feat. Villain – Stuck In Your Head
11. D-Block & S-te-Fan feat. Villain – Sound Of The Thunder
12. Coone – Dirty & Deluxe (Edit)
13. JDX feat. Sarah Maria – Live The Moment
14. The Prophet feat. Wildstylez – Cold Rocking (Gostosa Remix)
15. Headhunterz – Psychedelic
16. Psyko Punkz – ID
17. D-Block & S-te-Fan – Alone
18. Brennan Heart – Just As Easy (Wildstylez vs. SMD Remix)
19. Alpha Twins vs. Wildstylez – Atrocious
20. Coone & Deepack – Thunderdance
21. D-Block & S-te-Fan vs. High Voltage – Shiverz

Download Team Blue (Wildstylez, D-Block & S-te-Fan & Coone) at Hardbass 2010

Zany & The Beholder LIVE Tracklist:

01. The Beholder meets Zany – Midnight
02. Da Bootleggerz – Fresh Beats
03. The Beholder meets Zany – Euphoria
04. Zany & DV8 – Vision
05. Zany meets The Beholder – Who Wants This
06. Zany feat. The Beholder – The New God
07. The Beholder & Zany – Bleeding For The Harder Styles (Decibel 2008 Anthem)
08. Zany meets The Beholder – Annihilating
09. The Beholder & Zany – To Protect & Serve (Hardbass 2010 Anthem)
10. Zany meets The Beholder – Do You Want Heavy?
11. Bulldozer Project – Arise (The Beholder & Zany Remix)

Download Zany & The Beholder LIVE at Hardbass 2010

Team Yellow (Tatanka, Pavo & Frontliner) Tracklist:

01. Frontliner & Tatanka – Yellow (?)
02. Frontliner & B-Front – Godz Powerrr!
03. Pavo – Back In Time
04. Tatanka – TBA
05. Frontliner – Tuuduu (DJ Tool)
06. Nagoom – 4×4
07. Tatanka & Zatox – Gangsta
08. Frontliner – On The Rise
09. Pavo – Communicate
10. The R3bels – Straight To Da Beat
11. Frontliner – The First Cut
12. Bass Modulators – NRGizer
13. Davide Sonar – My World
14. B-Front & Frontliner – Magic
15. Pavo & Zany – Orgasmo
16. Blademasterz – In The End
17. Frontliner – Frozen
18. Pavo – Raven
19. Frontliner – TBA
20. Frontliner – Rollin’
21. Bass Modulators – Our World (Tats Q-Base Edit)
22. Tatanka – Dooms Day

Download Team Yellow (Tatanka, Pavo & Frontliner) at Hardbass 2010

Brennan Heart LIVE Tracklist:

01. Brennan Heart – City Of Intensity (Decibel 2009 Anthem)
02. Headhunterz – The Sacrifice (Brennan Heart Remix)
03. Brennan Heart – Musical Impressions
04. Brennan Heart – Till U Believe It
05. Brennan Heart & Headhunterz – The MF Point Of Perfection (Original Dubstyle Mix)
06. Brennan Heart & Wildstylez – Reputation Game
07. The Viper & G-Town Madness – Come As One (Brennan Heart Remix)
08. Brennan Heart – This Is Scantraxx
09. Brennan Heart feat. Shanokee – Feel U Here
10. Brennan Heart – Faith In Your DJ (Blademasterz DFQN RMX)
11. Brennan Heart – Just As Easy (Wildstylez vs. SMD Remix)
12. Blademasterz – Audiometric
13. Brennan Heart – Midify (?)

Download Brennan Heart LIVE at Hardbass 2010

Team Red (Noisecontrollers, The Prophet & Zatox) Tracklist:

01. Noisecontrollers – Shreek Again
02. Headhunterz – Forever Az One (Noisecontrollers Remix)
03. Zatox – Andromeda
04. Zatox feat. Nikkita – Poltergeist
05. Headhunterz & Noisecontrollers – The Space We Created
06. Proppy & Heady – The B-Side
07. Noisecontrollers – TBA
08. Zatox feat. Nikkita – Raw Style
09. Noisecontrollers & Zany – Paranoid
10. DJ Chuckie – Let The Bass Kick (Headhunterz Remix)
11. Zatox – Creation
12. Noisecontrollers – Samara
13. Digital Punk – Keep it Bouncing
14. Zatox – Drop The Track
15. The Prophet – TBA
16. Noisecontrollers – Surge Of Power
17. Zatox – Ear Fucking
18. Southstylers – Pounding Senses (Zany vs. Noisecontrollers Edit)
19. The Prophet – Counterfeit
20. Zatox – I Hate U
21. Donkey Rollers – Ruff Again (Noisecontrollers Mash-Up)
22. The Prophet vs. Zatox – Spin Me Up

Download Team Red (Noisecontrollers, The Prophet & Zatox) at Hardbass 2010

Deepack LIVE Tracklist:

01. Coone & Deepack – Thunderdance
02. Deepack feat. MC Lan – Fire In Tha Place
03. D-Block & S-te-Fan vs. Deepack – Rock Diz (Edit)
04. Deepack – The Prophecy (2009 Remix)
05. ID
06. The Killers – Human (Deepack Bootleg)
07. ID – Hardcore
08. ID – Hardcore

Download Deepack LIVE at Hardbass 2010

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

Like Toneshifterz, Krusaders seemingly bring nothing of real value to the label, as their tracks sound like extremely generic nustyle.

Their typical over-the-top biography tells us these two dutch brothers were competing with each other to become better producers or something.. I dunno, just take a look at it on their newly launched site, krusaders.nl.

They are due for a 3 track EP some time in March. Previews of these tracks are available on their site.

Meh.

Having earned their merits at the legendary Qlubtempo parties in the early 00s, slowly conquering the world from there on, Arjen and Anco Timmerman can be considered one of the most constant factors in the hardstyle scene ever since it was born. With performances all over Europe and, recently, even in Australia, their dark sound slowly conquers more and more souls worldwide: this is the story of the Alpha Twins.

Making their Q-Dance entry at the very first Qlimax event held in the Heineken Music Hall, these brothers have seen a small promoter evolve into the Netherlands’ biggest hardstyle event organizer. Playing almost every first edition of what are now world-famous festivals, they have always buffeted crowds with dark melodies and evil themes. “It’s a matter of taste,” Arjen says. “We both happen to like dark, raw hardstyle. It’s always been like that, really – there’s no particular philosophy to it, although it is a way of setting ourselves apart, in a sense. Of course, this doesn’t mean we don’t play the more accessible stuff; there’s really good tracks in that department too, and it can often be very useful during a 2 hour set.”

The twins, who aren’t actually twins at all, often team up with others for their releases. “Of course, solo releases are very important, but we do like to collaborate with other artists. Besides the social aspect, which is always a lot of fun, we also learn a lot from it. Other artists always tend to have a different approach to things. For instance, we recently did a new collab with Wildstylez, producing a new track we named ‘Atrocious’. A collaboration with Zatox is also in the pipeline.”

Gaining a steady crowd of followers over the years, Anco & Arjen never really had a home base. After releasing various records on labels such as Mythica and Sys-X, and even the Qlimax 2006 anthem on Q-Dance Records, they finally decided to set up their own label. With the April 2008 release of ‘Nowhere to Hide’, A² Records was born. “It’s something we had been planning to do for quite a while. Of course, it’s cool to have your own label as an artist, but we mainly see it as something that completes the picture,” Arjen comments. “The good thing about having your own label is that you can plan your own release schedule: no more waiting for those other two releases before it’s your turn. We’ve known the other artists on our label for a long time. 2-Sidez already were somewhat popular but didn’t have a home label yet, and we thought their sound fit ours. The same goes for Ran-D, although maybe he wasn’t as well known at the time.”

Even though the boys are running a label, producing, and performing every weekend, they still have time for other activities. “We both like to play tennis and you may find us at the golf course from time to time.” Whereas Anco lives off the music business, Arjen works from 9 to 1 four times a week. “Because I enjoy doing it, and because it helps me keep a healthy day/night rhythm.” He also confesses to be guilty of producers’ sin #1: “I regularly meet with friends at Friday night to play some games.”

Earlier this year, the guys decided to join up with what is probably the world’s famous hardstyle label: A² Records became a sublabel of Scantraxx. “They already had a bunch of sublabels, but none of those represented the harder sound. Of course, we did and Scantraxx asked us to team up with them. Things went rather fast and we quickly agreed on everything. The only thing really important for us was that we could keep our own identity, separate from the main label. Of course, joining Scantraxx has certain benefits. We’ve been getting quite a few extra bookings abroad lately.”

According to the Timmerman brothers, the future of hardstyle is looking bright. “At big events, you still see loaded hardstyle areas every time. And they’re often the biggest areas, too! We also notice hardstyle is on the rise abroad. As we said, we get quite a lot of bookings and so do our colleagues. The great thing about these booking is that in other countries, an event is still a ‘special’ experience.” Personally, they have achieved pretty much everything there is to achieve: bookings all around the globe, a Qlimax anthem, mainstage at all big events. Still, their work is not complete: “One of our goals was to play in Australia. We’ve recently accomplished that, and with great success: Defqon.1 Australia was unbelievable! Of course, an X-Qlusive Alpha² would also be great. It’s simply a party that’s all about you as an artist: you get to decide what the night looks like, you decide who gets to play. Besides that, we’d like to continue crossing the globe. We’ve already played in quite a lot of countries, but there’s a lot of other ones where we would like to go, to see if we can spread the hardstyle virus over there, too.”

Arjen also has some plans outside of the hardstyle world. “It’s nothing concrete yet, but recently I have been working on minimal, techno and tech-house and even performed with these style at the Q-BASE freestyle area,” he says. Don’t worry that he might leave the dark side, though: “I’m not sure yet if I’m actually going to do anything with this. Of course, Alpha Twins will always be more important.”

Of course, the British enthusiasm hasn’t go unnoticed with the brothers. “We’ve had the privilege to perform in England numerous times, and it has always been a blast. The crowd goes on and on and they’re extremely enthusiastic.”

As a parting message, they have one more thing to say:
Check alphatwins.nl , myspace.com/alphatwinsnl , facebook.com/alpha2 , twitter.com/alphatwins to follow the latest news!

And with that, these busy brothers return to their work: delivering some of the darkest sounds in the scene to us!

We’ve got Brennan Heart jumping around like a goof, feather covered D-Block & S-Te-Fan and our main man A-Lusion in an extremely trendy robe.

Check ‘em out below:

A-Lusion:

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D-Block & S-Te-Fan:

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Brennan Heart:

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Here’s one for all you budding producers out there. Seemingly, backpeddling in an effort to clear up the meaning of the vocals in his somewhat controversial track Push Play!, Brennan Heart and our friends at Scantraxx are giving fruity loopin’ losers the chance to have their track released on the final album sampler for his album, Musical Impressions.

Mr. Heart has this to say about the apparently misconstrued lyrics of the track:

“I’m really supporting the new generation. Sometimes it’s too bad to see that a lot of young ‘producers’ are focusing too much on the internet and writing on forums. Some of them seem to have lost focus. Making music isn’t about being “blogger #1”. With ‘Push Play!’ I was inspired by this internet and forum phenomenon. Maybe not the best way to make friends, but I felt the need to express my opinion on the matter. The new generation needs to re-focus on the music itself again, because the scene needs it.”

While the intent of Push Play! is certainly an attitude I’m sure many artists and fans share, the execution of the message was done somewhat distastefully, and left a lot to be desired. The reason people misunderstood the lyrics was because the lyrics themselves had little connection to the message that was apparently being tried to convey. The smug-sounding, repetitive vocalist and lack of elaboration didn’t really help to enforce the intended meaning either. There’s no doubt it’s controversial lyrics were written with intent to cause a stir, as to generate a bit more hype and talk about the album, and it has clearly succeeded.

Like many artists and vocal supporters of where the scene is currently heading, in argument to the lack of quality of many releases in recent times, they are somehow caught up in the notion that you can either slog it out in your studio, producing, or spend time on forums. Not both. We are led to believe doing so will get you nowhere and you’ll never make it in the ‘bizz’.

But enough of that, onto the details:

You are to submit a remix of any of the following:

• Memento
• Revival X
• Faith in your DJ

Download the remix resource pack from the M!D!FY site.

Ensure that you adhere to the following rules:

• Remix has to be a ‘Hardstyle’ remix
• Only ‘FLS’ users can join the contest – How they’re going to verify this, I have no idea.
• Contest closes at 30-11-2009
• You can submit as many remixes as you want
• Please send an e-mail with a download link to rmx@brennanheart.com
• Download link: please use YouSendit or Megaupload to send the remixes
• WAV files only
• Send your full name, address, telephone number and email address
• Only complete e-mails will be accepted
• Winner will be announced in the first week of December 2009