Happy Hardcore

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In the UK, hardcore split into two camps in the early 1990s. One half would lead to jungle, but within breakbeat hardcore, a faction of DJs and ravers felt that the music was getting too gloomy. Producers and DJs such as Slipmatt, Seduction, Vibes, Brisk and Dougal effectively led an exodus of white ravers away from what they saw as a too-moody jungle scene. The sound largely stemmed from the antics ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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