About

DJ Hardcore Heaven

Welcome to DJ Hardcore Heaven — oldskool happy hardcore scratch DJ playing tunes from 1991–1998, and happy hardcore producer keeping the classic rave sound alive.

1995 — the start

I first started mixing happy hardcore back in 1995, when I bought my first pair of Soundlab decks. After about a year — I finally got the Technics 1210s I'd been dying to get my hands on.

Teenage DJ HH practising on Technics SL-1210 turntables — Early days — on the Technics

First gigs & first tunes

Bedroom sets turned into house parties turned into rave nights. The first few tunes I ever bought set the tone for everything since.

Young DJ HH behind the decks at an early gig — First gigs

DJ HH at a 90s rave holding an inflatable alien — Rave days

Collage of classic hardcore record labels — Essential Platinum, DNA, Hixxy & Sharky, Justin Time — The first few tunes I ever bought

1998–99 — record dealer

I started buying and selling records for a living and ran one of the biggest online record dealer websites, specialising in Oldskool and Happy Hardcore.

These were some of the craziest times — we had 40,000+ records in stock at any one time, and got to play every tune you could imagine, pretty much all day, every day.

Stacks and boxes of oldskool rave and hardcore vinyl — 40,000+ records in stock

2006 — the gap years

By 2006 CDJs had changed the EDM landscape and I'd settled down with a young family, so I ended up going back to study and heading in a completely different direction career-wise.

Then, in about 2017, when my eldest son was 13, he asked for a digital controller for a birthday present — that's when the reincarnation started.

The next generation — GS

Since then, I've rekindled my love affair with the oldskool happy hardcore sound — and that birthday controller turned out to be the spark for something much bigger. My son, now known as GS (GabeSrxda), has gone on to become a leading producer and DJ, specialising in house and tech house — with releases on Virgin / Universal, his own label Tekova Records, and millions of streams worldwide.

Proud dad moment. ❤️ Follow him on TikTok.

GS aged 4, wearing headphones at the decks in 2009 — GS — age 4 (2009)

Now

I regularly play live online — join the NightOwl crew on Facebook — occasionally banging out seven-hour sets to rekindle the memories.

My main focus right now is producing the classic happy hardcore sound — uplifting piano, head-spinning breakbeats, gut-punching hardcore bass.

I don't produce for the charts. I make PROPER Happy Hardcore because that's what inspires me, that's what I enjoy, that's what I love. Check out my Happy Hardcore releases here.

Keep the vibe alive.