Top 3 DJs & Top 3 Producers in the hardstyle world???

[Pots]

To mark my arrival on this board, lets see all chuck up our top 3 DJs and producer lists. Mine:

DJs:
1. The Prophet
2. DJ Vortex
3. Technoboy

Producers:
1. Technoboy (by a million miles!!! plus all his other aliases)
2. Uberdruck
3. Luna (solo stuff, and as part off DHHD)

Shamone Mother****er!!! :twisted:

[Voorheez]

Hi Pots - Good to see you here m8. In answer to your question:-

DJs:
1. Danielle Mondello
2. Dj Vortex
3. Lady Dana

Producers:
1. Technoboy
2. Tronik
3. Lorenzo De Preti

[DJ Pearcey]

DJ'S

M-ZONE
M-ZONE
M-ZONE!!!



PRODUCERS

ANALOGIC DISTURBANCE
SCOTT MAC- NOT HARDSTYLE BUT HE'S THE BOLLOX
DJ DURO

[djjaym]

my faves at the mo

DJs
1.Mark Eg
2.M Zone
3.Lady Dana

Producers

1.Montorsi
2.Antolini
3.Technoboy

[MARKEG]

oh you say the nicest things jay :P

[djjaym]

u know it :D

[Addict]

DJs
Mark EG :roll:
M - Zone
I honestly havn't heard any others play hardstyle (I need to get out more)

Producers
Lorenzo de Preti
Analogic Disturbance/Julian Dj and Dave Sonar/Physco Hardstylers
Dj The Crow

[Chazbloke]

hmm... tough one, theres loads of decent DJs and producers around atm...

Producers: Technoboy, Trance Generators & Showtek
DJs: Super MarcoMay, Danelle Mondello, the Prophet....and ME! man, i'm loving my own DJing right now...lol, sounds silly, but i can't stop recording mix tapes for the train journeys...must upload some soon..

[DJ Corbzy]

When I was big fan of Hardstyle, when it first started my fave 3 producers were:

1. Davide Sonar & Julian DJ aka Psycho Hardstylers
2. Radium
3. The Trance Generators

My fave DJ's at the moment would have to be:

1. Mark EG
2. Cross & Spinout
3. Jon the Baptist / Abyss (tied) :D

[Paul Nisbet]

mmmmmm

M-zone
mark eg
jay m

are my top 3 in no order.

Producers

Montorosi
Scot project
Vortex (was gonna be technoboy, but imo hes on a bit of a downward slope just now)

[Pots]

mmmmmm

M-zone
mark eg
jay m

are my top 3 in no order.

Producers

Montorosi
Scot project
Vortex (was gonna be technoboy, but imo hes on a bit of a downward slope just now)

If Technoboy is on a downward slope, what is Scot Project on?!

Montorsi has made some cool stuff but a lot isnt all that great.

No disrespect to my main man Mark EG, but have you not heard any european DJs in other people's lists: the likes of Mondello and Prophet? Fair do's if you've only picked DJs you've heard live.

[Paul Nisbet]

Not bein funny, but technoboy imo, is still not in the same league as scot project.

First i cant see anywhere that u stated this is a top 3 for this year????

In which scot project has released so many top tunes and remixes over the span of a few years, where as technoboy to the best of my knowledge hasnt been as prominent in the scene as scot project (i know bout his gius stuff aswell).

And before you come back with scot project cheese etc (Which i agree), i would say too you that you check the b-side of tales from a vinyl and his new dj gius tune with the renegade master sample in it... imo nothin short of GASH and the lack of ideas in his tune imo (i am a fan o technoboy like, but his last 3 or 4 tunes ave been very similer). Didnt mean too upset u, but u dont ask peoples opinions then when they are expressed..... try and take the piss.

[Pots]

Didnt mean too upset u, but u dont ask peoples opinions then when they are expressed..... try and take the piss.

:? Upset me? This is a msg board bro, the more debate the better!!!

Scot Project imo got lucky in that he rode on a tidal wave of HT popularity here in the UK. Technoboy has got just as much variety in his various aliases- he's not just Guis, but Atlantic Wave, Giada, Pacific Link, Tuneboy, Droid, K-Traxx.... the list goes on.

Scot Project's last few releases: Hands Up! (which was severely watered down for UK release), R (Rock), D (Outa Space), Visions Of Paradise, they've all failed to hit the same mark as his earlier, darker stuff. I adore Modem (scot mix), 2nd trip, club bizarre, U, O, etc... but this recent stuff is imo devoid of ideas. the D riff is straight from Urban Train, Visions of Paradise is Rank 1- awakenings.

Admittedly Tales From A Vinyl is utterely shite, but then he can go and make incredible stomping anthems like Citizen - Taunus, Pacific Link - Planetary Collapse, Droid - Rave Train. All these tunes are completely different, crisp, yet dirty as hell and full of ideas. He is by far the best Italian producer imo, and my favourite in the hardstyle world.

Did you know he produced all these different tunes? While stuff under Technoboy is most reknowned: Hardventure (Tboy mix), Tboy- Harddrive, Hose - Call It Hardstyle (Tboy mix)... it is his other aliases which make him my favourite producer.

[DJ Corbzy]

I'm not going to say anything, cos Marks already told me off for it.... :D

[djjaym]

Didnt mean too upset u, but u dont ask peoples opinions then when they are expressed..... try and take the piss.

:? Upset me? This is a msg board bro, the more debate the better!!!

Scot Project imo got lucky in that he rode on a tidal wave of HT popularity here in the UK. Technoboy has got just as much variety in his various aliases- he's not just Guis, but Atlantic Wave, Giada, Pacific Link, Tuneboy, Droid, K-Traxx.... the list goes on.

Scot Project's last few releases: Hands Up! (which was severely watered down for UK release), R (Rock), D (Outa Space), Visions Of Paradise, they've all failed to hit the same mark as his earlier, darker stuff. I adore Modem (scot mix), 2nd trip, club bizarre, U, O, etc... but this recent stuff is imo devoid of ideas. the D riff is straight from Urban Train, Visions of Paradise is Rank 1- awakenings.

Admittedly Tales From A Vinyl is utterely shite, but then he can go and make incredible stomping anthems like Citizen - Taunus, Pacific Link - Planetary Collapse, Droid - Rave Train. All these tunes are completely different, crisp, yet dirty as hell and full of ideas. He is by far the best Italian producer imo, and my favourite in the hardstyle world.

Did you know he produced all these different tunes? While stuff under Technoboy is most reknowned: Hardventure (Tboy mix), Tboy- Harddrive, Hose - Call It Hardstyle (Tboy mix)... it is his other aliases which make him my favourite producer.


Most of the stuff you mentioned there is produced by Luca Antolini aswell as Technoboy

[Pots]

Why which stuff is Luca's?

Hope we dont get told of for this?! Surely a little critical debate is healthy?

[djjaym]

Luca is involved in K Traxx,Atlantic Wave,Pacific Link,Tuneboy,Pacific Link

[Paul Nisbet]

Mate tbh, it doesnae really bother me, at the time i put that 3, and tbh its totally different now. But wat i will say is, that on both the scot project and technoboy arguments, i doubt one can come out on top, as both have had there fair share on bad and good.

But scot project didnt jump on the hard trance tidal wave, imo he lead from the front. His later releases where disappointin, but u are only tellin me wat i already know.

But if u r gonna say summit, u gotta explain it? Not just fire others down (how it came across too me).

[Pots]

But if u r gonna say summit, u gotta explain it? Not just fire others down (how it came across too me).

All i said was Scot Project is on a worse 'downward spiral' than Technoboy. You say you already know Scot's latest stuff is crap- how did i 'fire you down'? But forget about it bro, I know i aint been here long i know maybe it seemed kinda cold, but dont take anything i say too seriously :)

djjaym>> I didnt know Tuneboy was a collaboration... can you post a full list of Guisberti and Antonlini's aliases etc..?

[Paul Nisbet]

yeah ur rite, its a debate that wont get settled, but scot project did reach the heights too fall down from tho. Technoboy hasnt quite YET.

And on the mark of best hardstyle etc, the genre is reasonably new, so probs ave too wait a few years too find the true champs, if it lasts that long.

[DJ Corbzy]

No offence here, but I don't think Technoboy is at all pioneering in the sound....

The only people I have respect for in the hardstyle world are the Trance Generators... :)

[Paul Nisbet]

No offence here, but I don't think Technoboy is at all pioneering in the sound....

The only people I have respect for in the hardstyle world are the Trance Generators... :)

Yeah i would agree mate, harsh comment sayin u only respect t g tho. Why???

Wat about alphazone etc, thought u liked them. Shokk, flutlicht and all of them.

[DJ Corbzy]

hardstyle.......

trance/hard trance now thats a different matter....shokk, flutlicht, wavetraxx, kramer & pogadl....gods mate...gods i tells ya. :D

[Paul Nisbet]

Lol, agreed... part from kramer. Dont think there can be a hardstyle god. Not had long enough to judge or comment.

[Pots]

No offence here, but I don't think Technoboy is at all pioneering in the sound....

The only people I have respect for in the hardstyle world are the Trance Generators... :)

How can you respect the TGs when they have churned out so many copycat productions and formulaic remixes, compared to an artist like Technoboy who has produced a wide variety of different styles of hardstyle under several different aliases (admittedly not as many aliases as i first thought). TG, with their remix of Space Odyssey, have finally cottoned onto the snarling, short bass stabs that the likes of Brain Ovulation pioneered nearly 2 years ago. Technoboy uses this idea to its full potential imo, whereas the TGs have merely tacked it on very badly over the top of their tried (tired) and tested track structure & formula.

I think we muse both have different ideas of what Technoboy has done. Maybe I have got confused a little with Luca Antonlini's work, but my opinion still holds that him (or these 2) have pioneered an Italian sound that others are following.

[DJ Corbzy]

Pots - I'm talking about the older stuff, the TG's were the absolute backbone of the hard-style of hardstyle that we hear today, how many people have sampled their basslines, kick boom, percussion etc etc

They have been there the longest and it's like the Scot Project topic, they might not be doing so well now, releasing formulaic stuff now, but mate they did some f*cking wikked stuff a while back on cases and shogun.

8)

[ed-hard]

i agree with you corbzy. trance generators were a huge influence on the cross-over from hard trance to hardstyle. when germany was rinsing out top notch hard trance a year or two back, t.g were there right at the top with kramer/pogadl, hennes and cold, etc.. they were not going with the hard melodic sound of germany, they were pioneering a darker, harder trance which led to what is now hardstyle.
i'm not that interested in much of their work over the last six months, but remember tunes like you can't stop us and temple of trance. these were and still are amazing tunes, and also pretty groundbreaking at the time.

[ed-hard]

not saying i'm not a fan of technoboy, although like you pots i always assumed this was an alias for luca antolini, so i may have given him credit for tunes he wasn't involved in. his tunes definitely define the italian hardstyle sound, and he's defo helped to make it what it is now. i think its the fact that he's so prolific that makes him so good. there are few producers who churn out good tune after good tune, but technoboy/luca has for sure

[DJ Corbzy]

glad you understand ed! :D

[Voorheez]

I'm with Pots all the way on this one - Scot Project was once the King of hard trance but he sold out. Selling out has made his recent productions rubbish because they are aimed at the crowd he now entertains. Whilst he is a nice guy, and i'll always love his early stuff, I just can't support him in the role he has chosen now.

Technoboy has been going for years, and I wouldn't consider much of his stuff cheesy. Luca Antolini is far more cheesy, he releases vinyl with radio edits, so you can see what market he is aiming for. As mentioned before, he collaberates with Gius (Technoboy) a lot, so it is probably his idea to cheese some of the tracks up a bit.

Gius is a pioneer - the 'Hardrive' bassline in my opinion is a far better creation than anything the TGs ever made. He has also yet to hit a low point, and all the other producers mentioned in this post have...

BTW Ed, Pots said he didn't know Tuneboy was a collaberation with Luca, not Technoboy - Technoboy is Gius alone.

[Pots]

I have been scouring some italian record label sites today to try and seperate Luca Antolini's work from Christiano Guisberti's... Can those of you with record sleeves help clarify who is behind the following aliases:

Droid
Pacific Link
Citizen
K-Traxx
Hunter
Hose
Giada
DJ Ricky T

This will help clarify how much praise I should be giving to Technoboy!

[DJ Corbzy]

titanics will be dj gius, red alerts will be luca antolini i reckon

[djjaym]

I have been scouring some italian record label sites today to try and seperate Luca Antolini's work from Christiano Guisberti's... Can those of you with record sleeves help clarify who is behind the following aliases:

Droid
Pacific Link
Citizen
K-Traxx
Hunter
Hose
Giada
DJ Ricky T

This will help clarify how much praise I should be giving to Technoboy!

they are both involved with

Tuneboy
Atlantic Wave
TNT
Pacific Link
Dj Startust
Traum
K-Traxx

Gius isnt involved with
Hunter

the others i will check for you when i have time to look through my recs.

BTW Luca Antoloni is also Involved in producing Gius's Technoboy stuff

Imo these 2 are vewry taslented producers but if i had to choose beteen them i would have to say that Luca is deffo the backbone of the pair

[DJ Corbzy]

For sure Jay....

Rings of Jupiter and Planetary Collapse are wikked...

Rings of Jupiter should be renamed to 'strings' of Jupiter innit! :D

[djjaym]

:wink: yeah it also sounds wicked with the accapella that i play over it :wink:

[DJ Corbzy]

Innit Mate!

I love that on your CD, well good, it's like it was meant to be there! :D

[djjaym]

:D