Defqon.1 2010 Charlie Lownoise & Menthal Theo Reaction!

[@disisdaand3183]

Ah the good old days! Now its 2024 and i still get goosebumbs and a big smile on my face. These guys are legends!

[@arjanvuik2004]

Ah, Charley Lownoise and Mental Theo, my childhood heroes! These tunes bring back memories from the 90's! Those where the years. I have spend many moons on these tunes. And yes we Dutch know how to build a party ;)

[@TheBoely]

I agree, just watch te Dutch F1 GP 5 september.

[@dieselboy77]

DJ Fuck

[@dlovink6655]

@Koos Grebe Ben ik helemaal met je eens kerel!

[@koenyezuid]

This one is dedicated to all the ravers in the nation! 🇳🇱

[@nevergivein3134]

Good times🤩

[@jordanlieuwen1124]

"Is this a yearly thing?" Nah just every weekend in the Netherlands.

[@mrbennybreakdown]

litteraly every weekend

[@sfhderoos6289]

@@pirsensor1186 But we will be back. hardcore army will not stay quiet. Next year wel will dance once again on festivals. And this year indoor events will be back. Can't wait. haha

[@quint9255]

if jou look well there are a lot of illegal partyies going on

[@ricardoebbers5154]

@@pirsensor1186 no now we got partys at home

[@wesleyg2585]

@@sfhderoos6289 don't fool yourselves, it was never a hardcore army or else you would have never stopped partying over a mild flu. Zwabbers noemen ze dat, nog steeds.

[@DJMarsB]

Even if you hated this kind of music back in the 90s, it brings a smile to your face now, the anthem of your youth growing up in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany!

[@anthwardle3516]

And North East England too!

[@renekarfinger8341]

never hated it, still love it! Better times when we were free to party like hell

[@NewCandyCane]

Most of us who had to listen to it on radio stream in Sweden also, don't forgot us :c

[@bastiremedy7979]

would love to get back to this time

[@oldskoolardcore]

​@@anthwardle3516north England Yorkshire

[@jeffreyw81]

The third (Your Smile) and the fifth track (Wonderfull Days) are their own tracks. The other tracks are from collegue dj's. Theo gets the chills because Wonderfull Days is their first ever hit dating back to 1995 and the response of the crowd after 15 years is still massive.

[@rienbalder2348]

Wonderful days is not their own track. This is Tony Ronald singing in kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH-bXqmVrc-Ko7M

[@jeffreyw81]

@@rienbalder2348 Giving me a song with the original lyrics doesn't mean Wonderful Days isn't their own track. They made an original track and just happen to use the lyrics of an old song like a lot of dj's do in the business.

[@mabusestestament]

@Rien Balder Cover or not, what he means is that other tracks are by other artists. For instance, Have You Ever Been Mellow is by The Party Animals, Somewhere Over The Rainbow is by Marusha (eventhough it's also a 'cover').

[@dutchpyrosrijnsburgmember.4152]

Wonderful days came out in 1994!😃👍

[@addekker9346]

Proud dutchman here, brings back goooood memories

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

Jaren 90!!!!

[@pd14e]

I have been at Defqon several times… best time of my life! Put on a short, some sneakers and for the ladies… a good bra!😂 then “hakken” till you drop! Everyone is your best friend at Defqon, people hug strangers and dance together like there’s no tomorrow. The vibe is amazing, love and joy and no agression at all! People often think that because the music sounds kinda “voilent” there would be a lot of anger at these party’s. They couldn’t be more wrong. Rave party’s are the peacefullest party’s of all❤️

[@jilllangelaar1457]

Die mooie tijden ❤️

[@Esmeagolly]

Sportsbra, Keep it close. Het is de hartslag van Nederland man

[@MyneBestOfHardStyle]

Been there, done that! :D at DQ1 we are all a family, we all having fun, and DQ1 is OUR HOME.

[@connectedeurope]

Worked in Gelredome, worked at Defqon, worked at other similar events. After everyone was inside went to party every time as well. Missing the big festivals in their old form. But glad for QDance and the other companies to give us a lot of At Home festivals to keep connecting with us. For me 6 times Qlimax in a row was really insane, or Luna, One Man Show, with all the collabs. Defqon 1 will stay number 1 for me.

[@Rope257]

Been at Defqon 6-7 times. Best ones were at Almere Strand for me. Small scale, almost always sunny, great vibes.

[@sebasoverhaart5873]

Defqon is with a q because the organizers are q-dance. Just like all there other parties there is a q somewhere in the name. Told ya we dutchies know how to throw a party

[@iamXnl]

These tracks are now about 25 years old and still they still make me move. I was at this event too. 47.000 people and nothing but love and respect!

[@Xardom]

This musicstyle is named Gabber (you can see it as Dutch slang for "mate")/Happy Hardcore. A primarily Dutch music genre, although the Germans, Belgians and even British produced some acts as well. Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo are both Dutch hero's, or even called ancestors, in this genre.

[@sebasoverhaart5873]

Don't forget our U.S. djs, Lenny d, Rob Gee ,Darien Kelly

[@Xardom]

@@sebasoverhaart5873 thank you for adding the names, indeed there were more

[@acrofanatic]

All these songs are my childhood! Love it so much!! Fun fact: house music, hardcore and happy hardcore all originated in the Netherlands. The great dj's of today (who most of them are Dutch as well) find the roots of their current edm music in this.

[@gbraadnl]

Hardcore for sure did, but you completely miss Detroit, Chicago and the UK in general have also been influential for house music. It is hard to pinpoint the exact origins, though most likely not just the Netherlands... Although we would all like to claim it, credit where credit is due; Chicago

[@20kilovolt]

I would have liked to agree with you, but it's different. House music comes from America, Hardcore from Germany and Happy Hardcore from England. Belgium was also very big in house music and was actually one step ahead of the Netherlands. The Netherlands made Hardcore great in the 90s they came all over from other countries to party in the Netherlands. The Netherlands has given a great diversity on all types of house and also the reason why the best DJs come from the Netherlands.

[@guidohilgy2505]

Still love this dutch 90s dancemusic. ❤️

[@rodneyr5970]

Working hard during the week. Party hard during the weekend. Concerts, Festivals, Theaters, cinema's. This is the way we Dutch people roll. And if we go out, we go out! Can't wait for everything to open up again :D EDIT: We are still active mate. You want to go to Defqon once, hook me up and you see how we party here!

[@bornslippy9208]

You haven't been to Ireland then? Yeah the Dutch have good DJs but no one can party like the Irish!! Listen to Rebuke hes our treasure to the world! Mon the Irish!!!!!!!!!!

[@donebydaan1]

the song order: dune - hardcore vibes party animals - have you ever been mellow --- [don't know the name, know the song] neophyte / bodylotion - always hardcore charly lownoise & mental theo - wonderfull days marusha - somewhere over the rainbow --- [ don't recognize the last one]

[@ndekamper]

This takes me back to my 15 year old self, going out to clubs for the first time, dancing all night long. The charts back then consisted of either this, or rock and I loved both, eventhough you were kinda not supposed to. ❤

[@black4pienus]

Same. I listened to gabber, grunge and WuTang Clan. lol.

[@black4pienus]

@@punjabiman6951 wtf...

[@dennishendrikx3228]

Again, so f-ing happy, huge smile on my face. Gas erop.

[@itsmemiranda954]

I am so enjoying your reaction on these festivals! Your face says it all, joy and disbilief. Your eyes almost poped out. My, face hurts from smiling.. 😂😂💜🍀

[@mizzya]

I really miss all the festivals. Thank you for bringing the energy back :D we need to move as one again on the dancefloor!

[@wazzyl]

The q in Defqon 1 stands for Q-Dance, the company/organisation behind the many dutch festivals we have.

[@P0iuytree]

" i need some glowsticks , and a pacifier " haha 🤣🤣 thank you for this one! I've seen them many times 🙏✨

[@gerriehensen7475]

45.000 People at the same place, same time on XTC !!!!!! Love it

[@z.s.7992]

yeah charlie lownoise and mental theo are amazing

[@Kapparie]

Its called gabber Mucic. From Wikipedia: Gabber (/ˈɡæbər/; Dutch: [ˈxɑbər]), is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. It is characterised by fast beats and samples, and was developed in Rotterdam in the 1990s by producers like Paul Elstak. Seminal early labels were Rotterdam Records, Mokum Records, and Industrial Strength Recordings. The word "gabber" comes from Amsterdam Bargoens=slang and means "friend".

[@dawatcherz]

every summer you can expect 3 festivals per month, at least one of them being one of these massive 50k+ visitor ones.

[@piascottdenholder5175]

I love that you dedicate so much video's to the Netherlands ! Do you have Dutch roots in your family ? If not, i hereby declare you an honourary Dutch man !

[@jefreyhendriksen1621]

dont go declaring people dutch citizens, its crowded already sincerely, Prins Pils

[@koffeinx6738]

One year before my active festival time but I love this set so much. I'm watching the no time to waste dvd every now and then, Im loving it

[@Rinusj1]

in the mid 90's probably one of the better live acts in the genre

[@alexcrouwel6942]

This is the typical dutch way of having a dance party.....the Netherlands invented this music

[@MrKhushrenada]

The origin of hardcore is in Detroit. But we in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and France owned it and evolved it.

[@ml8022]

@@MrKhushrenada Exactemundo!

[@edwinbartels9360]

@@MrKhushrenada Techno originated in Detroit. And true, it is the Godfather of house music, the Europeans and the Dutch in particular made it big and evolved it into many different new styles. Happy hardcore is pretty much a Dutch invention as far as I know.

[@raymondvandenhaak9999]

DJ Paul Elstak the Godfather of hardcore hè overloaded exedently the bass with house/techno en that was the beginning of hardcore music and that was around '89 ...... happy hardcore was around 96 and get big in 97 , 2 years later the hardcore collapse again to underground music, i loved It more as underground before the happy hardcore years. the happy hardcore time was commercial And came around 30.000 people on Thunderdome/ Mysteryland in 98 lingebos. With big names like DJ Paul Elstak, Neophyte, the massochist, 3 Steps ahead , BassD & king Matthew, Marshall masters , DJ dream team , lady Dana, manice of society ,Droks and Many more

[@alexcrouwel6942]

@@MrKhushrenada house music isn't hardcore ok it's EDM but that is much much softer and slower hardcore startet realy with DJ Paul Elstak

[@renekarfinger8341]

Obviously you missed the craziest times in the 90s! Great Times, unbelieverable Parties, loud Musik and heavy Bass! You've to checkout more! These Guys are legends but there is a lot more!

[@jeroenschmitz8670]

I was there! Its a old location of the yearly defqon festival in the netherlands. With charly and theo, happy/early hardcore dj's. Wonderfull days!

[@Wollie1979]

Hell yeah! This is definitely bringing back some good old memories! 👍🏻👍🏻💪🏼💪🏼😎😎 Charly and Theo are one of the godfathers of happy hardcore 😁 Wonderful days….my all time favorite 💪🏼💪🏼

[@raymondvandenhaak9999]

🤔 there is only one Godfather of hardcore and that's DJ Paul Elstak

[@halloweennr2]

Yesss!! Partytime Highly!! To all the ravers in the nation! Thxs Jacco for this one!! I needed this! 😉

[@wepsTRX]

Yeah Jacco! Goed bezig!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 my hometown😎

[@marriebarrie77]

Yes Yes Yes Partyy🎉🎉🎉

[@patrickt4533]

A foreigner would never understand this. So glad this was my childhood music

[@renekarfinger8341]

a european foreigner will understand;-)

[@patrickt4533]

@@renekarfinger8341 I would think so yes. I would go out to Germany when i was young and the music was aboit the same.

[@ma.belle.evangeline]

45.000 people dancing and singing along ... aaaah good memories

[@DoubleD_83]

Goosebumps. I'm back in high school.... Instantly. Good MDMA, XTC pills. Made from Sassafras oil from (mostly used) the American Sassafras tree, also used by the Native Indians. Aah good times. LOL 😂.

[@raymondvandenhaak9999]

Lol the pills just came from the Netherlands 🤣🤣🤣

[@dimrrider9133]

@@raymondvandenhaak9999 Its our biggest export product full of chemicals hahaha

[@martijndejong1293]

Yes its every year ! And we have every weekend several hardcore festivals! Welcom to Holland the netherlands! The home of hardcore!

[@sretePtraB]

"There are some calories being burned" They're taking a lot of "vitamin" pills 💊 aswell 🤭

[@marceldevries1366]

Proof it ?

[@merilicious1594]

From looking at Highly's face he wouldn't even need them to go hard 🤪🤪

[@halloweennr2]

@@merilicious1594 Hard in the meaning of the blue ones?? 😉

[@itsmemiranda954]

@@halloweennr2 🤣🤣🤣

[@7Lace77]

And weight loss tablets.

[@LogiForce86]

This is indeed a time machine... back to the Netherlands I grew up in... the Netherlands of the 90s! Party time! 💪🤪👍

[@LogiForce86]

@@TrickyDicky2006 This is Charlie Low Noise and Menthal Theo at Mysteryland 1994 in Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHasXouho9yGnZI

[@jasperpincharon3981]

CL&MT … absolute Dutch legends ❤️

[@89burni]

Forever a Warrior. Never a Soldier! Defqon 1!

[@mjaalders833]

Ow this is awesome. Thanks for bringing the party back in my memory.

[@ellen-uj1ws]

Omg.... onze goede oude tijd !! i want go back in time

[@Mert.Ozdinc]

Have you never been meellllloowwww mannn this country made me addict to this kind of music i dont know how this came in my sub box but they really know whats oldschool!!! Love the reaction too 🤣🤣🙏🏽

[@jaccovalkenburg79vdaal]

I putt this on my insta Facebook and Twitter freind my freinds love this that a American react to our music.. Hardcore till we die.. Haha ❤❤❤😜😜😜

[@hardismystyle.]

This is Defqon1, one of the biggest hardstyle party of the world. This was 2010, with the name 'no time to waste' it was my second Defqon 🤗 long time ago 🧡 Can't wait to rave again after this corona period 🙏🏻

[@timvandeleur]

this music was 1997 98 and 99, way before defcon

[@livemusicfan2013]

Setlist: Dune - Hardcore Vibes (1995) (Germany) Party Animals - Have You Ever Been Mellow (1996) (The Netherlands) Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Your Smile (DJ Viper Remix) (The Netherlands) Body Lotion - Always Hardcore (1996) Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Wonderful Days (Hardcore Remix) (1994) Marusha - Somewhere Over The Raindow (1994) (Germany)

[@stalk05]

Last track is Bass-d & King Matthew vs Re-Style - Land of Hardcore which samples Somewhere over the rainbow

[@rickmeertens]

I went to the first Defqon 1 festival. Greetz from the Netherlands! :=)

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

We got a few off these each year , and there awesome !!!! Some are 3 days long .

[@TheDoctor2805]

"It looks like they're having fun." Yeah because they know what's comming XD

[@joepwansink4465]

Just love your reaction man! We where there with the friends back at 2010 best party ever

[@rayloulach9376]

We called it happy hardcore with bits of breakbeat...the music just brought people together..this was coming out just as I left school and it was an absolute buzz going to raves or clubbing...Elstak,Hixxy,US,CL&MT and Dyewitness were the vibe,and continue to be.

[@ocram7500]

charlie & Theo, nice guys. They've been there since the beginning of the hardcore scene, just like me. And that's early 90's.... 1st party i went to they were there, i was 17 at that time ....Dang i'm getting old :P XD

[@Freedom_and_Acceptance]

Yeah, definitely come to one of these parties in a year or two! They are amazing, I've been to more than a hundred here in NL ❤️

[@volkerp.2262]

Wild ride through their best happy hardcore tracks...including Marusha's "Somewhere over the Rainbow..." great stuff...

[@jonastona]

When i grow up this music was everywhare . Even child music was hardcore . My oldist brother was a gabber

[@walkerabenelux7803]

Hahaha you looked like a true 'gabber' (ask the Dutch) although it is 'happy' hardcore. Nice! Great reaction

[@deezet9518]

Bring me back to those days, please!!

[@Jim_86]

Defqon.1 Weekend Festival is an annual music fedtival held in the Netherlands, Chile and Australia. It was founded in 2003 by festival organizer Q-dance. The festival plays mostly hardstyle and related genres such as hardcore techno, hard house and hard techno. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defqon.1_Festival

[@starlance5963]

I can remember when i had a charlie lownoise and menthal theo cd got so many scratches on it played that sucker till it died.

[@laurenpeters1542]

Defqon is with Q because de organisation is Q-dance, they have/had Q-base, inQontrol, Qlimax, Teqnology, QrimeTime,

[@ddekruik]

I took the hardcore way but i also love happy hardcore oldschool 🥰

[@SMYTHS-music]

DefQon is spelled right as the event name. Organised by Q Dance... oke.. keep on wondering the Dutch! ❤❤ I'm proud 😄 Miss these days atm.

[@Dannyspier]

I just wanne tell you i loveeeee your vids!!!! Dutch rules in party! Been there done that so many times! Keep up the good work HXC ✌✌

[@akinordman7145]

Now that was just brilliant.

[@williamwilting]

There were quite a few happy hardcore and hardcore (gabber) artists back in the '90s, especially in the second half of that decade, allthough most of them were already active before that time. There were both DJs and groups with producers behind them in these two subgenres, and probably most of them were either Dutch or German, allthough some from other countries were known as well. Charly Lownoise (I believe his real name is Ramon Roelofs) is a producer and DJ who (if I'm not mistaken) comes from The Hague in the western province South Holland, and Mental Theo (his real name is Theo Nabuurs) is originated from Rosmalen, a village in the southern province Brabant, near the province's capital city Den Bosch. They're probably the greatest legends as a duo in both subgenres outside of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the two cities that were and possibly still are pretty much rivals in terms of this part in the musical scene. Other Dutch artists that are known are DJ Paul Elstak, Darkraver, The Prophet, Promo, Jeroen Flamman (he is a producing duo with Jeffrey 'Abraxas' Porter, who has his origins in the US) and the Party Animals (the artist group Flamman & Abraxas produce tracks for aside from their own work). And speaking of the last few names, they have co-operated with the American DJ, producer and musician Rob Gee a few times. Rob Gee is quite famous in the Netherlands, and probably more famous there than in the US. A few artists from outside the Netherlands include Scooter (who switched from Happy Hardcore to other genres like Upbeat Trance and Eurodance after a while) and Dune (you heard their hitsingle 'Hardcore Vibes' in the video). In the UK happy hardcore seemed to be a little different from that of the main continent, and I believe it was known as UK hardcore. Technohead is one of the examples of artists from there. Flamman & Abraxas' remix version of one of their songs has caused their breakthrough in the rest of (Western) Europe, if I'm not mistaken. I don't really know how big this scene was in the US back in those days, but some of the groups and DJs did break through in East Asia and Latin America (I know at least the Party Animals did, as well as Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo).

[@yasirasmal4866]

One of the best sets ever ever ever

[@Annikam1985]

nostalgia, this makes me feel old 😂

[@JasperJanssen]

I never went to the parties, either in the 90s or now, but this is still the soundtrack to my youth. I had all the Dune CDs - Hardcore Vibes is from there - and most of the Lownoise/Theo/Elstak stuff.

[@mariekestolzenbach768]

The same for me...

[@jemeritte]

Yes.. We know how to party.. Like every weekend 😂🤣

[@jaccovalkenburg79vdaal]

I love you highly ❤ .. This is my teenage years men. .. And lots of dutchies 2.. Defqoon is and whas a big festival and these 2 Djs are stil famous after 30 years .. Even my parent's know them .. Haha this is so cool

[@akrijgsman]

Some real classics here. Loved your reaction as always. Gotta love the 90's. Want to recommend Dune here as well.

[@frummel403]

Bro this was my childhood... good times 😍😍😍

[@steefm3]

I WAS THERE!!!! Whoooeoeoe🥰🥳🤩 THESE KIND OF FESTIVALS WHERE EVERY WEEKEND DURING THE WHOLE SUMMER

[@saskiajongirl4effahh894]

Yes love it ,stil love these parties after almost 30 year now I enjoy it with my son

[@dennishendrikx3228]

Jahaaaa Finally. The part of The Netherlands you don't know yet. I always had the best time, at parties.

[@MLWitteman]

Back to the good old 90’s

[@emptyhead842]

Try; Peacock in Concert at the Pyramid of Austerlitz (Defqon.1, 2020)

[@arjanvanbijnen]

Oh wow is this 2010??? 🙈 These kind of festival/performances Shure have evolved since then! Can't beat the nostalgia vibe though!

[@Juuul89]

Oh damn I was there that year haha, good ass time :)

[@MultiQuatsch]

They are Legends from the 90's. If you came in contact with techno, you will know this guys, thats why everyone knows their tracks.

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

Hxc would be a great gabber in the 90's!!

[@ianmcmanus5088]

wow the reaction when they dropped wonderful days hairs on the back of your neck instant hands in the air 🙌

[@TwoBrokenWings88]

I am so happy I found this. European EDM parties are simply the best, no equal

[@mr90s48]

Please please don't insult this by calling it EDM that can stay in USA

[@pascalmaassen6482]

One of THE best festival in the Netherlands👌🏻

[@SriMindarsih]

Hahah i just sooo loveeee your reactions to the videos!

[@manteltje]

Yeah, welcome to NL. My life has been a big rave 20’years straight. 😍👌🏼

[@erikdaniels4860]

Love the 90s ❤

[@PETRA8190]

This has been a while. but great from that time. they are really great djs, s This was a really nice response. really laughed

[@aorta538]

Defqon.1 2010 😍 -just imagine what Defqon.1 2038 will look like...! 😎🤗

[@dimrrider9133]

HxT first meeting with our grazy house style music and look where he is now haha great to see a new(nawadays old) member of the family.

[@Rilana81]

Oww how i miss this❣️ A wave of moving people and one big ocean of positive happy people One Love unite❣️💯✌️🙏

[@Jim.pitjebull112]

Hahahaha, camera man!!😄😅🤣 This men is awesome 😆😆

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

Higly Combustible: "This is nuts!" The Dutch in the nineties: "We call this saturday"

[@Bart_FrL]

got goosebumps watching this maan im feeling old rn

[@sylvanawillemen5928]

Hope we can rave again soon in the Netherlands ... and worldwide! #UnmuteUS

[@LadyAnTMusic]

Work hard, play hard PARTY HARD! Oldschool baby!

[@meticulousgeek]

Lookup happy hardcore. You'll definitely find more. These guys are legends from the 90's. No wonder they get chills nowadays. That overpowered bass that is completely ruining the mix, classic.

[@dfjmartens]

Some good camerawork 👀😂

[@MrPAlberst2]

"so many happy people". that's why it's called happy hardcore.. The commercial version of hardcore house music that originated in the netherlands.. Check for Rotterdam hardcore.. oh yeah, the one on the right is Menthal Theo.. LOL...😀👍👍

[@MrPassy4u]

This bring memories 30-35 years ago. Greetings from the NETHERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!