Bonkers (album)
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Bonkers is the first set in the Bonkers
series of happy hardcore
compilation albums mixed by Hixxy & Sharkey, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. It was available on 2xCD
or 2xTC
formats.
Disc 2: Sharkey
Bonkers (compilation)
The Bonkers series was one of the leading happy hardcore compilation series in the UK. The first release was in 1996 on record label React , it was available on 2xCD, 2xTC and 4xLP formats...
series of happy hardcore
Happy hardcore
Happy hardcore, also known as happycore, is a genre of music typified by a very fast tempo , often coupled with solo vocals and sentimental lyrics. Its characteristically 4/4 beat "happy" sound distinguishes it from most other forms of hardcore techno, which tend to be "darker". It is typically in...
compilation albums mixed by Hixxy & Sharkey, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. It was available on 2xCD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
or 2xTC
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
formats.
Track listing
Disc 1: HixxyHixxy
Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....
- Hixxy & MC SharkeyDJ SharkeySharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...
- "Toytown" - DougalDJ DougalDJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...
& Eruption - "Party Time (Remix)" - Hixxy & Ikon - "The Wizard of Oz"
- Hixxy - "Thumper"
- Hopscotch & DougalDJ DougalDJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...
- "Steam Train" - Hixxy & Bananaman - "Together Forever"
- Dr Who (Northern Lights) - "Love of My Life"
- A Sense Of Summer - "On Top (Hixxy Remix)"
- Highlander - "Hold Me Now (Bass-D & King Remix)"
- Bass-D & King Matthew feat. DJ XD - "Like a Dream"
- Seduction (artist) & Eruption - "Bust the New Jam (Remix)"
- Seduction - "Step To The Side'"
- Vinylgroover & Quatro - "Calypso Summer"
- Brisk (artist) - "Airhead (SMD Remix)"
- Eruption - "Let the Music (Original Mix)"
- Force & Styles - "Funfair (Exclusive Remix)"
- Hixxy - "A - Ha Ha Ha"
- Scott BrownScott Brown (DJ)Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...
Vs DJ Rab S - "Now Is the Time (Hixxy & Trixxy Remix)"
Disc 2: Sharkey
DJ Sharkey
Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...
- Marc Smith & Sharkey - "Truth"
- Force & Styles - "All Systems Go"
- Terrible Twins - "Burn This Joint (Tekno Dred & HelixDJ HelixHelix is a male United Kingdomer who has been a disc jockey and music producer since the 1990s, whose real name is Matt Carlton.[1] He has been DJing in the happy hardcore scene and producing hardcore techno music since the mid-1990s.[1]...
Mix)" - Seb - "Rainbow Islands (Sharkey Mix)"
- Billy Bunter, D-Zyne, Supreme - "Outside World"
- Vampire - "Teknostorm (Sharkey Remix)"
- Ham - "Is There Anybody There"
- Druid & Bananaman - "Tweedledum"
- Sy & Sharkey - "Feel the Heat"
- Druid & Sharkey - "Bonkers Anthem"
- A Sense Of Summer - "Techno Round the World (Remix)"
- Druid & Sharkey - "Pumpin'"
- Druid & Sharkey - "Rocket to the Moon"
- Druid & Sharkey - "Frantik"
- MC Sharkey - "Revolution (Slipmatt Remix)"
- Brisk - "On & On"
- Force & Styles - "Wonderland"