HIXXY | CLUBS PREVIEW
Logic Hardcore 12 Hour Mega Rave @ The Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon, Swansea
Sat 10 Mar
South Wales has long been a stronghold for hard dance, and there aren’t many names in the genre bigger than Hixxy. He, along with the likes of Dougal and Gammer were mainstays of the Bonkers series of happy hardcore CD compilations, a fixture of any self-respecting modified Nova in the late 90s. Hixxy actually provided the closest happy hardcore had to a crossover hit with [Like A Shooting Star}, probably the one tune most people who aren’t entirely au fait with the genre will be able to name, and also recorded a session for John Peel – one of happy hardcore’s most high-profile advocates – back in 2004.
In the past few years, it’s been getting a something of a reappraisal, with the likes of Hudson Mohawke, Jackmaster and Rustie playing B2B2B sets of their favourite teenage music in Glasgow basements and the likes of PC Music’s Danny L Harle paying tribute to the sound. Not that any of the scene’s devotees would give a hoot about a co-sign from this lot – they’re too busy boshing. And bosh by the bucketload is what you’ll be having here – for a full 12 hours, from 6pm to 6am, with Hixxy aided and abetted by rising hardcore star Alex Prospect and MCs including Shocker, Worsee and Energy. Oh yes, and punters are advised to dress all in white with all sorts of UV jiggerypokery in store.
Tickets: £11. Info: 07563 111225
words KRISTIAN DANDO