STORIES & CULTURE
Music, artists, labels and stories from the underground.
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Long before Facebook, YouTube, SoundCloud and Mixcloud became the normal places to discover underground music, hardcore ravers were already building their own communities online.
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While many of the independent dance-music forums of the 2000s have disappeared, **UK Bounce House** is one of the communities that is still keeping the old forum culture alive.
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When talking about the North East's Makina, hardcore and rave scene, **Stretch MC** is a name that deserves to be remembered.
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Get to know Initialize Events, the TS1 Promotions-powered North East rave brand connecting live events, radio showcases and streams with hardcore, makina and old-school dance music.
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A look at Monta Musica’s Newcastle roots, Makina and hardcore catalogue, DJ-and-MC recordings, current releases and role in preserving North East rave culture.
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A guide to Hardtunes, the specialist download store for hardcore, hardstyle, uptempo and the wider harder-styles scene.
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A closer look at Various Digital Hardcore, the independent label and production platform connecting DJ Overdrive’s vinyl roots with modern Hardcore, Hardstyle and Bounce releases.
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The development of Hardstyle from hard trance and hardcore influences into a worldwide harder-styles movement.
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Read on WGR ↗How hard house, hard trance, hardstyle, hardcore and related scenes connect under the Hard Dance banner.
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