cuz he doesnt

2 days left wooooooooooooohoooooooo

cuz im gonna make his legs sore

those pictures are so artistic

seriously...

Success for a sunny sound oft maligned
Despite being dubbed "candy ravers," electronic music's "happy hardcore" scene is alive and well.

By Andrew John Ignatius Vontz, Special to The Times


In spite of Moby's success, mainstream pop fans continue to shun electronic music at the checkout stand, and many erroneously regard the music's followers as glow-stick-wielding, drug-fueled hedonists.

But fan-bashing isn't exclusively a mainstream game. Within the electronic music world, the subgenre known as "happy hardcore" and its fans, known as "candy ravers" because of their Teletubbies-inflected psychedelic fashion sense, are almost universally regarded as juvenile.

"The scene at large looks down on them mainly because it casts a bad light on the whole scene because it's so childlike," says Scott Sterling, editor of the electronic music magazine URB.

Last month, Santa Monica electronic music label Moonshine released the seventh installment in its "Happy 2B Hardcore" series mixed by Canadian DJ and producer Chris Frolic, a.k.a. Anabolic Frolic.

As the title of the sixth CD in the series, "Happy 2B Hardcore: The Final Chapter," suggests, it was supposed to have been the last. Nevertheless, like Britney Spears, happy hardcore may often be criticized, but it's a smashing commercial success.

The first six CDs in the series have sold a combined 323,000 copies, making Anabolic Frolic the third-best-selling electronic mix CD artist in North America, according to SoundScan, trailing only Paul Oakenfold and DJ Keoki.

Frolic's sales put him ahead of vastly better-known DJs, including Sasha and Digweed (No. 4) and Paul Van Dyk (No. 5). In L.A., the subgenre thrives at clubs, including the Orion and Qtopia in Hollywood, and at such one-shot events as Together as One and the Monster Massive

Given the "Happy 2B" series' success, Moonshine decided that whether the genre is loved or hated, "Happy 2B Hardcore" had not yet breathed its last.

"A big group of kids really identify with it defining their rave experience," Moonshine President Steve Levy says. "It was in the back of our minds that we were going to do a comeback one."

Thus, "Happy 2B Hardcore Chapter Seven: A New Beginning" was born.

The rebirth of the series and its popularity are significant in light of the fact that the electronic music press and aficionados largely dismiss it as repetitive, unmusical and lacking in nuance -- many of the same criticisms mainstream pop fans make about all electronic music.

But the beef against it has much to do with the genre's roots as well.

In the early '90s, the hard-core style of electronic music mutated in two directions. One evolved into the rhythmically complex style known as jungle. With its syncopated, 170-plus beats per minute and nightmare bass moans, jungle was the darker, grittier side of the evolution, and the urban, B-boy-inflected style of its fans, known as junglists, sartorially mirrored the sound.

Happy hardcore arose as a smiley-faced antidote to the darkness of jungle. In its modern form, happy hardcore is characterized by a relentless, boingy 140-plus beats per minute and four-to-the-floor kick drum accompanied by saccharine-sweet synth stabs, diva vocals and roaring crescendos.

Aesthetically, its mostly 14-to-20-year-old candy raver fans are the flip side of junglists, typically people in their early 20s. Candy ravers still rely on the aesthetic of the early days of rave: They turn up at clubs in leg-swallowing fuzzy pants, oversized shirts and kiddie candy-bead jewelry, often toting plush dolls and pacifiers.

The ubiquitous '70s smiley-face symbol, which appears on the cover of every "Happy 2B Hardcore" compilation, is the predominant signifier of the genre. The dance moves of choice are a combination of popping, locking and the NordicTrak, an insanely fast and athletic style of dancing that looks like someone pumping away on a cross-country skiing exercise machine.

The candy ravers' youthful energy is often astounding at the alcohol-free raves or all-ages clubs that specialize in happy hardcore. The atmosphere tends to be more upbeat, as fans get their first experiences with music they can call their own.

Candy ravers are die-hard fans, and as the series has shown, their loyalty translates into big sales. And even though they are shunned by many e-music fans, candy ravers get some respect for their enthusiasm.

"I definitely respect the happy hardcore heads for sticking to their guns and being proud to wave their freak flag high," Sterling says. "That's what a lot of the American rave scene was based on: being able to totally freak out and do your own thing."

taken from the los angeles times
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hello and welcome to last year

please no psy/goa related posts :P

wow thats a nice picture of kafwin she looks so hot!

damn, mine is pretty accurate.

Dj Skinny Beotch

citations serait si on rapporte les paroles de quelqun dautre. ça peut sappliquer mais pas si le monde écrivent leurs propres trucs

so, did anyone guess who the 2 secret out of town djs are?

bubble tub?

not yet!

no you didnt book him!

thca = tchandro

well we are not gonna exploit the maximum capacity of the venue, just so there is enough place for everybody to dance

15$ tickets are sold out and meghom doesnt have any tickets left. We will give them some more tomorrow. The party is 100% sure selling out but we will have a few tickets at the door

well considering noah is throwing bubblegum i doubt that he will be leaving town this weekend :P

*breaks stuff*

better?

after a month and a half of waiting
i am pleased to announce i have received my new order of records. Be prepared for saturday!

i want you to be there asap.

im going to set up the room at 11am. there isnt much to do but ill try to decorate the place as nicely as possible

thats a really good deal 10$ for all those awesome djs :D

hum. ian do you think you can pick him up with the bang bus? :D

damn i miss that show!

3 days left!

oh, right. this is the why you rock thread

i can literally pull out cds out of my butt hole

nevermind then

cuz youre a fag!

what the fuck are you talking about

how much for the kit? considering spiel is sellilng the tables at the same price you can buy those turntables for new

that animation is sooooooooooo 4 years ago

me too actually :D