Bouncy Techno Topics

• bonkers 13
• pleasure rooms
• hardcore dj
• hardcore artists
• undercover records
• old skool
• techno tracks
• zbd
• scottish group
• bass drums
• hardcore sound
• american hardcore
• happy hardcore
• kutz
• old music
• breakbeats
• mannerisms
• jms
• old style
• proponents

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Bouncy Techno, Bouncy Techno

The music soon appeared alongside happy hardcore on compilations. By then, happy hardcore artists started to use bouncy techno mannerisms in their productions. Happy hardcore's inherent breakbeats were lessened (or dropped) in favour of bass drums and off-beat techno stabs, effectively becoming a hybrid of the two styles in varying ways.

Despite their musical similarities some fans, disillusioned with the current UK hardcore sound, demanded a return to bouncy techno. By 2008 a new type of bouncy techno called Scouse house, also known as Bouncy House or "Donk" (Pipe-sounding mid-beat), had surfaced. The new genre has more in common with Happy Hardcore than the original Bouncy Techno. The genre has proved especially popular in the north of England and some parts of Scotland. Proponents of the style include DJs such as DJ JMS and DJ Ben Trengrove, and night clubs such as The Pleasure Rooms, Wigan Pier, and Maximes.

Not only is it found at dedicated old school themed events in the United Kingdom, it also crops up as part of the main arena scene, something usually reserved for new music. The use of the internet means that it is possible to download live mixes from past events (originally ripped off a tape) or custom made mixes enable to keep old music popular. Even some Bonkers have had Bouncy Techno tracks in 'old style' mixes such as Hixxy's 'Old Skool Killa Kutz' on Bonkers 13 and Hixxy & Re-con's mix of Best of Bonkers. It is also found in the North American hardcore DJ circuit, with the Los Angeles based Baco Brothers releasing a "throwback happy gabber" track in 2005 (Undercover Records Limited, UDL001, 2005).

Amongst early uses, DJ ZBD described the Scottish group Q-Tex record release as "this bouncy techno cut should do their reputation a power of good" in the December 1992, issue of Clubscene magazine.

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