Let's create happy hardcore like we're back in the 90s

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Time for some unapologetic fun and create dutch style commercial happy hardcore like it was done in 95 - 97! DJ Paul Elstak, Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo, Nakatomi, Technohead, The Party Animals, Critical Mass, and many many more, ... The genre that brought 'hardcore' to the mainstream and probably was the beginning of the end of the dutch gabber hype. Lets find out how it was made.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro and history
1:41 Rave on, rave on with the Roland Alpha Juno
2:53 With my raving beats, the TR-8S and the 'Amen' break
5:19 Cut the mid range, drop the lately bass
5:46 All together now, Yamaha FB-01, TX81Z, Alpha Juno and the beats
6:40 Sing your song, Sampling and pitching up vocals
7:24 Hardcore bells, that I run things, aye + Wavestation pads
8:33 GPU audio sponsored segment
9:48 Wonderful choirs belong to the best, Yamaha CS1x
10:34 Follow me into the light, Korg M1 piano is gonna be all right
11:28 Come along and join the scene, putting it all together like a ravemachine
12:08 Let the rhythm take you. Pitched up rap samples
12:59 The final full track
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[@KCinSD84]

90's happy hardcore will always be my guilty pleasure!

[@pipapopipapo2056]

U need the real stuff from the UK back then.

[@SkyBlue-px1tc]

Don't feel guilty. Progressive & Trance is way more embarrassing:)

[@hermanthetosser4219]

​@@pipapopipapo2056 love it all UK breakbeat stuff, happy hardcore from UK and holland

[@DaerrizNoize]

😂

[@KaceyBakerFilms]

Man please release an album with all your throwback stuff.

[@KaceyBakerFilms]

Just bought your album on bang camp!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@bastiaanvanhoorn6306]

Gotta love the combination of in-depth cultural knowledge, spot-on production and of course the delicious dutch accent. You got another sub!

[@Casketkrusher_]

There are still people who make authentic 90's happy hardcore and gabber, like me!

[@freakanoizer]

me too! not very good at it, but it's fun

[@sn0wt1ger]

When most people leave comments saying how they are producers they are usually egotistical with bad music, but I've just listened to some of your stuff and it's so good honestly.

[@dave_s_vids]

That was magnificent! Totally like a time-machine taking me back to being a happy 14yo wandering around with my walkman on listening to Dreamscape and HelterSkelter tape packs

[@notenoughram3312]

vibes n livelee! whistle posse blow blow!

[@carlbuckler1807]

Haha exactly the same here + Fusion tape packs. Brilliant great video. Very nostalgic indeed, rate this music highly actually.

[@My_man_G_UK]

Takes me back to being 12, working on the fairgrounds in 1997! Hold tight RIP Miller's Amusements, Leeds UK Would love to see/ hear you make a track with Pete Cannon ❤️

[@B1SCOOP]

14:18 my favourite moment. You don't often hear polyphonic melodies in EDM.

[@Estuera]

Yes, it all comes together in a very satisfying way at that point.

[@russianvoodoo]

Glad I’ve tuned in to this random FM radio show this night. Time to hit record on my cassette player, so I could play this on my school party and see how girls from my class party to this.

[@Estuera]

It certainly beats showing off your flippo collection :D

[@russianvoodoo]

​@@Estuera I had to google this. We had those here in Russia in the 90s, but they were from all sorts of brands. That was the crypto coins of my childhood. But pirated casetes were a big deal for sure. I've traded some rap album for a Modo album (you know, Gut-gut Supergut...just found out recently that this german singing guy was italian lol). Later had a chance to find Music for the Jilted Generation and hardcore (live Thunderdome VA) was in that chain too. What a times!

[@Estuera]

Probably has a lot to do with nostalgia but it seems the 90s were good times indeed.

[@dussie920]

M1 piano percussive chords and arpeggios, chopped up Amen breaks, 909 drums, Juno Alpha stabs... This is going to be my cup of tea! :D Bring it on Jonas!!

[@Estuera]

😎

[@dussie920]

@@Estuera Someone get us some white doves or blue Mitsubishis, because Estuera is gonna throw some uplifting "shit"!!

[@dussie920]

@@Estuera Holy cow Jonas! This was the best video in the "Let's make... like we're back in the 90's"!! This was just spot on. I always love the M1 piano's and the offbeat LatelyBass. They never get old and they both cut through the mix like nothing else. It's good to see how clean the Roland Alpha sounds after all those years. And I have to mention how nice, clean and organized your new home studio looks. You will be a happy person working there. Thank you for this incredible upload. Let it be inspiring to lots of people.

[@Estuera]

Thanks! My pleasure :) Lots of fun to make this track for the video. And working in the new studio has been really great indeed. No spaghetti of wires on the floor, I can actually get behind the equipment if needed and it obviously doesn't feel cramped anymore.

[@dussie920]

@@Estuera It is nice to have space to be in front of the gear, but man is good to have space on the back end of it! My room is not big enough to be able to walk around the gear and that's a pain in the ass sometimes. Especially without patchbays. Glad I bought a few :D

[@ianbeepower8542]

It makes want to see a rainbow high in the sky 🌈

[@Estuera]

It makes me smile every night and day

[@m0-m0597]

Ellessdee

[@dancewithpianosteve]

It makes me flying high..

[@PainekattilaStudiosOfficial]

This sounds a bit like that song.

[@tehedx]

Back then, Walkmans had a little pot on the bottom for pitch control. With sped up happy hardcore, I could cycle even faster to school! Thanks for this video Jonas, good to see you again and it worked out really well!

[@triptechable]

Looking forward to this! I was a happy rave from 93-98. Best time of my life!

[@dussie920]

I second that! 🙂

[@gav1233]

What is/was your favorite happy hardcore record label? I wasn’t born yet during that time, but my favorite is probably Pengo.

[@dussie920]

@@gav1233 Ahh Pengo, nice one. I have some records from Pengo. Critical Mass - Burning Love for example! 🙂

[@Pushing_the_cathinone_limits_]

@@gav1233 kniteforce

[@Shin3y]

I love this, I was born well after the hardcore scene was active, and “radio friendly” but have always loved the retro hardcore styles, I am a modern hardcore producer but I will definitely take some of these tips into account

[@growingup15]

man if you didn't tell me that he final track you created wasn't from today I would of thought it was just a remastered Mid 90s Happy Hardcore song. Please make more of this style of music. :) I was born in 1991 but didn't hear my first Happy Hardcore song until 2007 on KZbin when Happy Hardcore had a resurgence thanks to Nightcore and Anime Music Videos taking over. It wasn't until later in life that I realized the majority of my Favorite Happy Hardcore songs or Nightcore'd versions were from the Mid to late 90s. Now the 90s Early 2000s sound is having a comeback again as of late. I love it. This sound is timeless.

[@nubman41]

the inclusions of the ms-dos demos at the end caught me severely off guard, great vid!

[@gav1233]

This sounds like something that would be in Happy Rave 2 or Pengo-The Compilation. It sounds identical to the music of that era.

[@Estuera]

That was the goal :) Thanks!

[@LucVNO]

Hardcore will never die! #1 at the front of the hardcore dancefloor till the day Im in the ground. Day after even.

[@tobiasflou6196]

It is funny to read this, cause hardcore died years ago.

[@LucVNO]

@tobiasflou6196 and yet just thus weekend, I went to a bar .got drunk and they played not just hardcore all night, but even happy hardcore for an hour. Your opinion is useless to me.

[@sneekeruk]

14:05 was from Jesus on E's by LSD on the Amiga, and I think 16:08 was from meybe second reality on the pc. The track was amazing, Happy Hardcores always been a guilty pleasure since the early 90's when I was still at school.

[@EDMclassics]

3:35 As soon as the beat kicks in, I immediately think......"I kiss your lips and close my eyes, Take you away to paradise......" lol. Tokyo Ghetto Pussy aka Jam El Mar. Thanks for the memories, loooved Happy Hardcore 😀

[@Estuera]

Ah yes indeed. The kick, those bells. It certainly has a bit of a Tokyo Ghetto Pussy vibe.

[@brammeijer5411]

as a 19 year old Dutchie, i obviously haven’t been there in the 90s, but to me this gives me a lot of nostalgia for the 2010s gabber/happy hardcore revival and my own childhood, so i absolutely love it!

[@brad7957]

As a hardstyle fan for 15 years, hearing a Dutch say "kick" always gets me excited :D

[@djshineboy]

Spot on ! If you created this in the 90’s it would be in the charts ! This needs to be in my 90’s happy hardcore DJ setlist.

[@Estuera]

Born 10 years too late 😁

[@BartWronsk]

The end result sounds great (totally would rave to it, an absolute banger for the dancefloor), and I love your insider insights about the history, used synths, scene. :) Your channel is always so refreshing from other (also great) KZbin music channels that mostly focus on specific contemporary genres and modern production methods.

[@krz9000]

Wonderfull days indeed

[@EricTechstuffs]

Nobody remembers Happy Hardcore - we were too happy being being Hardcore Happy and have holes in our brains. This is nice though. Thank you !

[@Estuera]

😁🙃

[@paintedfoxes9889]

Happy hardcore is what got me into jungle , years later i became a french house producer . I still love the crap out of this sound

[@mudi2000a]

If I just heard this without knowing that you made this for the video I would have thought it is an authentic track from the 90s 👍

[@markloodewijk527]

Definitely waiting for this one. I guess I’ll be making a happy hardcore track afterwards. I tend to do music in the style after your videos. Probably will finish in the next 5 to 10 years as always.

[@markloodewijk527]

Update: I have made 3 songs, now I “only” have make it unique and really finish it. Now on vacation and not doing things about it… maybe it doesn’t take me 5 to 10 years.

[@goingbike]

Nice

[@martinb3483]

01:22 same perception here (in Germany). When our music became too "radio friendly", it did not feel special anymore... the underground seemed to be disappearing. 🙂

[@michas.2821]

Happy Hardcore is my all time absolute favorite . At least the Netherland and german sounds are absolut is perfect. I Love Happy Hardcore soooooooooo much.

[@michas.2821]

a very good tune.......i like it

[@IchBinCaptainIglo]

There are days I regret wasting my time on KZbin. Then there are days I discover channels like this. Amazing work!

[@CrashBangWallop-WAV]

Um....I'm going to dig my happy hardcore cds out...but this...is better. This is absolutely brilliant.

[@tmxboom]

OH MAN, this is incredible! You captured every single sound that is important in happy hardcore, the m1 piano, classic synths and the kicks with this amazing bass. Brilliant!!!

[@francescof.9290]

I'm in love with 90's happy hardcore

[@dat1boi800]

ain’t no way you actually did my request, thank you

[@GeirEivindMork]

Happy hardcore is still my guilty pleasure music-wise. I was into hardcore back in the heyday, it was eurodance on the clubs at the time but happy hardcore married both in such a way I could enjoy the energy from hardcore with a lighter sound.

[@robertroberti1623]

Put on my raving shoes and I boarded a plane Touched down in the land where the skies were blue In the middle of the pouring rain

[@apples3213]

Really good🙂.You should make sample pack with midi included. I'm sure it would be popular if u can make pianos like that. I'd deffo buy it. Great tutorial!!!:🙂

[@cottoo1]

Definitely

[@mickdtd]

Every time I hear the end result of whatever you make it brings a huge smile to my face. Great job as always!

[@wunsemusic867]

I love what you came up with there, great job keeping Happy Hardcore alive!

[@CSMAudioEngineering]

Fantastic video, Jonas! Instantly took me back to the 90s. I also love all the background information like pointing out which sound originally came from which synth. Keep up the great work!

[@outerspacebass]

This is actually really good! 😍 🕺. Also enjoyed seeing era accurate synths/modules being used. (Nice alphaJuno with the programmer)

[@Romper_Stomper]

Nice to see a new video from you again. Great work as always! 💥👌

[@MisterExcelsior]

Thank you so much for this content, From the pianos to the choir this video is a gem for me

[@draggonhedd]

Found your channel the other day through the new DNB Video and i really love you exploring all these genres i grew up with. It's super fun and nostalgic

[@karlt3026]

What an absolute banger man! Top tier content for us nostalgic people

[@npche9865]

Loved this video bro. What a blast from the past.

[@unykan]

Would be nice to get this music back on the radio

[@valentinsurner]

Finally! Was waiting for this since the gabber video 🤩😆

[@AleScala]

You've brought a big smile on my face more than once during the making of. All those samples I grew up with... and the final result is absolutely brilliant. Also, the quality of your videos is always on top. What can one ask more? Ah, yes... a time machine ;)

[@sergiogonzalesYT]

Wow! Such amazing thing to see work in progress and final song.

[@lawts78]

An absolute brilliant video. Love the trippy video for the tune at the end too. Amazing break down of everything.

[@Luckyball8]

Wow, the track fits 200% on the genre!! Perfect job

[@sirlikealot]

Really cool to see you dissect the style of that era and produce something that would have fitted in perfectly. Cheers mate 🙂

[@SM00SHEE]

Love it! Takes me right back! Amazing work!!

[@mrfister1899]

Your videos are so good. A great balance of music history and technical information. Having now seen a couple of videos about music that I'm very familiar with, I can be certain that whatever the subject matter, it's always authentic. Right down to the visuals. Brilliant work. Thank you

[@robvermeulen]

Hahaha I enjoyed the end result quite lot! Thanks 🙏 Also for using the demoscene visuals, which brought back even more memories of good times.

[@smellymala3103]

God reach’d down to my heart through this KZbin title

[@musiquemacabre]

Super fun watch, and video at the end, priceless throwback!

[@PoorRoleModel]

Man just when I think the video can't get any better... You have an ad timer too. You are an absolute rockstar, and gift to the production community.

[@Pushing_the_cathinone_limits_]

So glad to have been a part of this scene. Always nice to revisit occasionally ! Choon gives me Paul Elstak vibes. Time to grow a moustache maybe ?

[@Estuera]

I kind of already have a moustache 🧔‍♂️

[@BaldBloke]

DJ Eruption - Surrender was one of my favorites back int he day. this was pretty epic though tbh.

[@DJVasC]

Oh Yes, good to see you active on your channel! Can’t wait to see it online!

[@Knuckism]

Estuera leuk om weer video's van je te zien! Deze gaat zeer zeker terug naar de jaren 90 , top gedaan en ook een erg leuke track!

[@axemanracing6222]

Re-visiting and still loving it.

[@Fnirr]

Damn this is so good! And your music video production is on point! Love it!

[@alantaylor2694]

The music video reminded me of old school Amiga demos. Good times.

[@collinthomas6288]

I loved this. Thank you for making this video!

[@AmyDaisy69]

Paul Elstak has some competition!

[@VladoT]

Great!!! I really enjoy your videos.

[@DrGrooveBeat]

My favourite KZbin music tutorial of all time! Loved it!!

[@KattKirsch]

Yayyyyy! So happy to have you back!!

[@randallross420]

Happy 2B Hardcore was my intro to this stuff. fun times

[@PBromide]

I never realized how dense the percussion in happy hardcore was. A lot of layers going on. Thank you for breaking it down!

[@mattilindbergmusic3973]

Such a great tune and very nice backround info about the 90´s music scene!

[@KeirMurphy]

That's a banger. You nailed the Elstak vibe - I could "hear" what was coming next in my brain before it played haha!

[@westcut]

Great video. And your production is top notch, well done 👍🏻

[@VTOLKits]

Welcome back Estuera! Great video like all your videos! 👍👍💪

[@originalman01]

I was just thinking about Basshunter today and this vid popped up. Thanks for sharing some awesome tunes

[@dahd0h]

Woah! Thank you for this! My teenage years were all about this genre.

[@wojciechszost3619]

That's one of the ABSOLUTELLY BEST happy HC tracks I've listened ever! The final effect is simply SPLENDID! ^^

[@George-hh7gn]

Awesome video, thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@mikkokyll]

Love your videos! Keep up the good work.

[@killakanz3728]

Thank you so much for this!! I have been looking for a video like this for years but no one presented the history and methods behind the classic Dutch sound. Happy Hardcore got me into music production and I've always wanted to make a track like this! Great job!

[@Estuera]

My pleasure :)

[@Starry_Stella]

This video was very interesting. Thanks for it. 🙂 and the final track was great.

[@Housemusic90]

Helemaal top man! Toen je die M1 begon te spelen kreeg ik dikke flashbacks. Wat een heerlijke tijd waren de jaren 90 toch!!

[@Estuera]

Zeker 😁

[@BboySalamon]

Thanks a lot bro. Love this. In the style of early songs of my favorite Music Instructor.

[@davidmartinez-zn3wo]

I'm glad you're back man; It's been a while

[@carlbuckler1807]

Good to see you back posting videos!

[@REBELRAVEBOY]

Had to come back to this, it has the perfect 95 sound, just freaking amazing!!

[@FoxerTails]

Yes, a new Estuera video! Amazing work on the track.

[@Repthyl69]

Geweldige video weer :D Jouw video's geven me echt de inspiratie om de hele dag in m'n studiootje te zitten! This song definitely would have been in the charts ♥

[@hpuredatalover]

The man keeping the spirit alive. Don't ever stop

[@sonicunleashed-topic150]

Love your videos they are always a pleasure to watch. Great video!!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@markshevlin6040]

Love this. great content.

[@YUCON]

omg yet again u totally nailed it! i fkn love this! i am really impressed by ur knowledge about all the different genres, the sounds that were used and ofcourse production! respect from another dutchie :) u got urself another sub, sir! ❤

[@Dancefloorhits]

Good as always. Keep up this good work.

[@bocmanize]

Cool! You are come back! Very interesting new video! Thank you and i will wait for the new videos!

[@subliminalvibes]

Funky Drummer sample sped up 1.5x, always. 👍😎

[@roblow8126]

its been far too long since your last vid!! looking forward to this soooooo much

[@mooooooooooooooooooo]

I love the visuals at the end :)