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 !!!

July 27th - Happy Typhoon, Tilburg

Last friday we drove to Tilburg, a city with 200.000 inhabitants and is situated not that far from Eindhoven. In this period it's also the time that the big fun fair takes place. It's the biggest in the BENELUX ( Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg )

The club where we are playing, Club Plaza, is in the middle of that fun fair.

Our settime was 02.00 till 03.00 AM, but I wanted to be there at at least 1.00 AM because Paul Elstak is playing before us, and that's always difficult. Even when he is not playing his best set, he still is PAUL ELSTAK. And I wanted to know what tracks he played, so that we wouldn't play the same ofcourse.

So we drove off at about 11 PM, and at that time the weather was still good. But when we arrived at Tilburg, it was raining heavy ...

But that didn't stop us from playing some good old early hardcore ! Ofcourse Paul did his thing together with his MC, Ruffian so the audience had a good warm-up :)

At 2 AM, it was our time to rock, and we did ! The partypeople seemed to think so too because I saw a lot of people dancing .. And we also got some good feedback afterwards. Again another party taken care off ...

Here are some partypictures that were taken at the crime scene :



- Fun Fair Tilburg -

   

- Tilburg ' Tilly's Finest' -



 

- MC Tha Watcher -




- Critical Mass dj team 'Dj Mogwai' -



- Critical Mass dj team 'MC Energie' -

   

- Paul Elstak -

 


- MC Ruffian & MC Energie -



Schedule week 30

Last week it was a rare weekend, because we had no gigs which was very fine too I might say ...

The coming friday, we will be playing again, and the party is called Happy Typhoon. This party is being organized by our good friend Anthony from For-U Productions aka. MC Tha Watcher ...

• July 27th - Happy Typhoon, Tilburg

Other dj's that night are Dj Freeze, Human Resource, Mercenary, Amada and the one and only Paul Elstak.