My Year of Mixtapes Week 22: The Year in Happy Hardcore, 1994

By Chrissy Murderbot

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This week we're tackling a touchy subject: Happy Hardcore. This genre, defined by its fast tempo, stompy drums, and aggressively optimistic piano rave melodies, is perhaps one of the most maligned genres ever. Much like disco, it's trashed mostly out of ignorance and/or the fear of appearing "girly".
REAL TALK: happy hardcore grew out of UK rave at the same time as jungle, and was really delightful for the first few years of its existence. It then went on a SEVERE downward slide, losing a lot of the original rave/jungle elements that made it so great—this really awful later-era cheeseball stuff is the reason for happy hardcore's bad rap. I still stand by the tunes that came out in 1993-1997, and I plan on featuring them in a few mixes over the course of the year. The first is a bunch of tunes from '94.

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Featuring tracks by Slipmatt, VW001, DJ Seduction, SMD vol. 3, SMD Vol. 2 and more

Emotions Buy By Sy Project	1
Feel good Buy By Vibes & wishdokta	2
Visions of light Buy By Higher Level	3
Pride Buy By Naughty Naughty vol. 9	4
Feel Real Good Buy By Ravers Choice vol. 1	5
Seventh Way Buy By The Beatmen	6
Voodoo Ray Buy By Naughty Naughty vol. 10	7
The Spirit of Fear Buy By Spicelab	8
Feel The Sky Buy By Higher Level	9
Hear Me Buy By Slipmatt	10
Stay Here Buy By Naughty Naughty vol. 5	11
Side B Buy By SMD Vol. 2	12
I Need You Now Buy By Higher Level	13
Side a Buy By 4 The Floor vol. 5	14
My Own (Slipmatt Remix) Buy By DJ Seduction	15
Where Love Lives Buy By Naughty Naughty vol. 7	16
Blow Out Jungle VIP Buy By Bass Selective	17
Sweet Love Buy By VW001	18
Vol 1 (remix) Buy By SMD vol. 3	19
Peaked Up Buy By Sa	20
Perfect Dreams (Vibes & Wishdokta Remix) Buy By Force & Evoluion	21