Laurent Ho - Hardcore III (1996) [FLAC]

Track listing
CD1

Neuro Violence - Shattered
Somatic Responses - Axon
Christian Vogel - Sub Version (Directional Force Mix)
Manga Corps - The Hunter
Napalm 4 - B2
Lorenz Attractor - Serious Clock Deviation
Difficult Child - Big Bang
XMF - Wilder
Auto Tropp - Otto Tropp
Technological Terror Crew - The Ripper
Napalm 7 - B2
Ordeal - Motherfuckers So Dead
Critical Mass - Severe Trauma
Micropoint - Return of the T Rex
Nasen Bluten - Dash
XMF - Magnetic Storm
Collective Strength - Family Affair
DJ Freak - Hypnotized
Memetic - All Picture System
Disciples of Belial - Sell Your Soul to the Devil
Smily Slayers - The Smily Slayers
Total Output - Vigilante
DJ Freak - On the Edge
Napalm 7 - B1
Laurent Hô & Liza'N Eliaz - Ctrl
CD2
Napalm - Ein Hasselied
Kinestesia - German
The Mother Ship - Mid 96' Grenoble
Vogel - Defunkt
Distorted Waves of Ohm - Herculean
Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived
Richard Devine - Metalloid
Distortion Bastardz - [untitled]
DJ Repete - Imortal Kombat
DSL - Nitrous
Mescalinum United - The 2nd Coming
Static Tremor - Strobe
The Cause of Spite - [untitled]
Lorenz Attractor - Complexity Crisis
Genetic Waste - [untitled]
Masters of Torture - Power of Yoga
Drexciya 3 - Intensified Magnetron
Freak - Party Trance
Freak - Pnumatic
Lasse Steen - [untitled]
XMF - Antimusic
Total Output - Star
Static Tremor - Hymix
Xylocaine - H2SO4
Laurent Hô & Liza N' Eliaz - Operation

Total length: 144:05

It was Saturday afternoon, late November 2007. I hear the lid of my letterbox slamming and I rush down to see what the postie has brought with him today. Thinking I would find a particular CD I was waiting for, to my surprise it turns out to be ‘Hardcore III’ which I had only bought 4 days before from Israel. That was quite fast and instantly I slam disc 1 in my HIFI. While being awed by the mixing skill which has a live feel, I realise that there’s no happy Dutch gabber tracks here, but Hard Techno-Hardcore crossovers from obscure UK and French labels mainly.

After having listened to all release I sat back and asked myself: What if I had heard this in 1996? Back in 1996 I was only served with Arcade compilations like Thunderdome and Earthquake in the record shops. This surely would have changed my perception of Hardcore, and that Hardcore wasn’t just distorted 909’s with chipmunk vocals, shameless sampling and larger than life piano riffs.

This double mix CD is what real Hardcore is in my humble opinion, and a credit goes again to the mixing skill. The raw, unpolished sound continues to add that live feel. Too bad I wasn’t exposed to this release before, but it’s never late to try “new” sounds. Only drawback with this release is that it’s quite rare but it’s worth the money, trust me.

Joseph S.
Discogs review