December 21st - Rave The 90's, Uithoorn

Last friday it was time for a new concept, called Rave The 90's. As the name tells you, this party wants to take you back to the infamous 90's !

The line up is great ... a few real 90's heroes! Bass-D, Raoul DKC, Flamman & Abraxas and Darkraver!

The party was in Club Bright, located in a place called Uithoorn, about 20 km from Amsterdam.

Our settime was quite early, from 12.00 till 1.00 AM.

We did a clean set ... people danced, but unfortunately the dj booth was in a strange corner, that we couldn't really see the people.

Nevertheless, we had a good time! And we took care of a solid bass for the next dj's ... After us was Bass-D, and after that Flamman & Abraxas. All dj's had a good mood and I even saw Dj Ruffneck dancing.

It was not super crowded, but it was a good start I think. Ofcourse with Thunderdome still in mind, and Christmas ahead, people can spend their money only once right ? The atmosphere was good, so let's hope for a more crowded edition next time ...

December 1st - Pump Up The 90's, Gorinchem

Our first gig last saturday was a big one ! Almost every time these Pump Up The 90's parties are sold out, and this one was no exception. Although the 'Evenementenhal Gorinchem' is a little smaller than the one in Hardenberg, there will still 1900 people ! Wow !

The artists at this party were 2 Brothers on The 4th Floor, The Darkraver and us.

Our settime was from 11.45PM to 12.30AM. Very short for a dj set, so it had to be powerful !

When we walked to the stage, I noticed that the crowd was standing about 10 meter from the stage. Pretty strange. For me an extra challenge to still get them to come closer! At parties like this you cannot play everything .. the crowd is more commercial so there will no 'Geleihoofd' from Darrien Kelly to name one ...

We started pretty relaxed, playing some cool happy hardcore tracks, but then trying to test the audience. I saw a lot of people dancing their asses off, even girls on high heels making that gabber moves .. so cool !

In the middle of our dj set it was time to play '98 To Your Mind' the ultimate bootleg made by Viper & Evil Activities .... First people sang along to Highlanders ' Hold Me Now, and after that the great 98 To Piano melody comes in ... I think 1000 or more people were standing with their hands up in the air ! What a great moment !!

The set was great, and half way the people were already close to my stage. So everything went quite well ! We were really satisfied and so was the organisation.

Hoping to do some cool stuff for them in 2013 !

Schedule week 48

After our adventures in Russia, it's time to hit stages again in Holland. On saturday, we have to gigs !

• December 1st - Pump Up The 90's, Gorinchem
• December 1st - Wonderful Days, Dordrecht

Very cool parties .. one pretty commercial and the other good old happy hardcore ! YES! 

October 5th - House Of Revolution, Eindhoven

Last friday we had two gigs in 2 different countries .. The first one was opening House Of Revolution in Beursgebouw in Eindhoven ..

Opening is always a thing, because when you start, the chances are big there aren't much people around yet. Beursgebouw is a pretty big building, which can hold about 7/8000 partypeople ( we were here on Queensday and the placed was packed ).

When we arrived ( 9.45 PM ) the building was still pretty much empty ( only organisation and bar people ) but after the doors opened, and we started our set, people came in ... after abut 20 minutes, I think 6/700 people were already partying. They really showed us love ! Eindhoven is always great to play ! In the end there were about 1500 people which was awesome ! This was a great way to start to evening !

We didn't had much time to stay, because at 12 AM it was already time to start our next dj set!

Other dj's that night were Flamman & Abraxas, Mental Theo, Dune and The Darkraver.

Schedule week 40

Friday we will have two gigs again ... and again two different ones ! One in Holland and the other one in Germany.

• October 5th - House Of Revolution, Eindhoven
• October 5th - Time2BeHappy, Aachen ( GER )

In Eindhoven we will start the party and afterwards we will drive ( fast ) to Aachen, because there we will do a dj set and I will host the party!

September 14th - Nightmare in Germany, Bochum

Last friday it was NIGHTMARE time ! Location, not oldschool Rotterdam but Bochum ! The Event Center to be exact.

More than 30 dj's, mc's and acts rocked 3 different stages .. Some of the biggest names were representing the hardcore scene ... Tha Playah, Partyraiser, Promo, Endymion, Darkraver, Bass-D and godfather Paul Elstak.

We were happy to be there, cause these events you don't wanna miss out. It's always cool to meet so many colleagues.

After a 1,5 hour drive, we arrived at the location which was pretty big. Our setttime was very good, from 2 to 3 AM.

Many guys from the last time we were in Bochum were there too, it was very cool to see them again ! We played a very nice set ( I do say so myself ) and got many compliments afterwards.

Thanks again Bochum ! You are definitely hard 2 da core ! Thanks also to Alex Events for having us !

Schedule week 37

This weekend we will have 2 gigs, one on Friday and the other on Saturday. Both very different from eachother. Friday will be in Germany, at the infamous Nightmare in Germany, so lots of early hardcore and Saturday we will rock some great happy hardcore tunes in a bar not too far from where we live.

• September 14th - Nightmare in Germany, Bochum ( GER )
• September 15th - 90's Night, Hoensbroek

The good combination of one hard and one 90's is cool, because that way we can show people we are quite diverse. We just want to make a party! Call us the 90's PARTYSQUAD !

September 7th - Happy Typhoon, Utrecht

Last friday it was the first time that we rocked Utrecht as a dj team. As Critical Mass live ( together with Ludmilla ) we've been here a couple of times including the infamous Mystery Land 'Winter Edition' in 1997 where I rocked with my buddies Drokz, Mouth Of Madness, Weirdo and the rest.

This time, it was Bruce and me rocking stage ( well actually the dj booth ), but the cool party was it was in a rockcafe. Utrecht is a very big student city, so hardcore parties are pretty rare. At this particular location, Stairway to Heaven, it was the first ever harder style party. Normally there are bands playing here, and their is live music. Maybe some soul, or disco music. But now it was happy and early hardcore brought to by For-U productions, MC Tha Watchers' organisation.

Unfortunately the headliner, Paul Elstak, was cancelled but they had a great replacement called DARKRAVER .. Other dj's that night were The Beast, OCD, Mercenary, Freeze, The Menace and the guys of Basic Grooves.

Our setttime was from 2.00 - 3.00AM, and when we arrived at about 1.15AM, it was not that crowded. However, the people that were present, were partying like mad! And that's the vibe we need to have at these early hardcore parties! We played a very nice set and got some serious positive feedback from people in the crowd. GREAT !

Thanks to Tony ( MC Tha Watcher ) for having us at his #oneofthosenights Happy Typhoons.

Partypictures that were made by our own photographer Jasper will follow soon!

Schedule week 36

This friday it's time for our first time Utrecht with our dj team! We are playing in a wellknown bar/cafe in the middle of Utrecht, one of Hollands biggest cities! We are so looking forward!

• September 7th - Happy Typhoon, Utrecht

Normally this is a rockcafe, so this will be the first time they play hardcore! I am really anxious what goes on there! This party is organized and hosted by my man Tha Watcher, so this could be an epic party! Be there !!!