Residents
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Jaii Tracid
Born and bred in Mansfield, Jaii (otherwise known as DJ [N]) is the co-owner of HardSoundRadio with Craig Hardsound. He has been a solid lover of underground music since 1993, and DJing since 1994, with influences spanning a multitude of genres, he is not afraid to push the button, although these days you are likely to hear him DJing on the Hard Techno / Industrial / Crossbreed tip.
Jaii is responsible for the organizing of shows and talent scouting, also artworking and merchandising, and on the odd occasion you might be lucky enough to catch one of his ‘Fuck-it im gonna have a live mix’ mixes!!! -
Craig Hardsound
HSR head Honcho. Craig is the founding father of hardsound radio and also its namesake. He has been dedicated to hard and dark music since he was a small boy.
Craig learned how to mix in the mid 90′s and over the last few years has played at various underground raves and free parties either under his Hardsound, Industrial Project or Negative Response pseudonym’s. -
The Relic
we are very proud to welcome Dark Descent front man ‘The Relic’ to HSR with his all new BUNKER.C.A.S.T series. keep your eyes peeled every 3 months for his latest podcast
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Minckz
Minckz is the voice here at Hardsound Radio & the voice of many Hardcore tracks all around the world.
Minckz has an undeniable passion for the underground sound & loves to host all of our specialty shows.
She works extremely hard along side owners Jaii Tracid & Craig Harsdsound to find the next brutal talent to air on Hardsound Radio.
If you think you`ve got what it takes;
Contact Minckz:
minckz@hotmail.com
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Traffik
Traffik’s involvment with the UK hardcore techno scene started way back in 1993 when he started his regular 2 hour weekly radio show on Energy FM (London).
Since then Traffik has DJ’d around the globe at events such as Thunderdome, Astropolis, Twisted, Fuck Parade and Pulsamix and released his productions and remixes on lables such as Epiteth, Corrupt, Rebel Scum, Crapshoot and of course his own label Disturbance Records
We are proud to announce that Traffik will be hosting a monthly show on HSR.
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Project4Life
Martin Markwat alias project4life was born in The Hague, Netherlands.
He started djing in 1996 with hardcore, nowadays with his styles schranz/ hardtechno, industrial, crossbreed and here and there some (early)terror. (think outside the box)
He plays at different partys in the Netherlands and sometimes Belgium and Germany. He hopes this can be more in the future.
To lift his career he’s very busy producing.
so keep your ears open for this one, more coming in the future!!! -
Deathmachine
Deathmachine’s love for hard dark mechanical music started way back in the early 90’s where his imagination was captured by the then relatively young hardcore scene.
He started DJing in 1998 and is reguly booked by all major promotors across the UK and and has played at many major events across Europe.
In 2001, he began producing music for some of the worlds most respected industrial hardcore labels such as Deathchant, Rebelscum, The Third Movement and Pacemaker. -
Joe ET
Joe ET is Promoter of and Resident at Oblivion events. Having cut his Djing teeth at North in 1999, he has progressed through the ranks and genres to be an accomplished and experienced artist on the UK circuit.You can hear him performing up and down the country to both commercial and underground crowds alike. His cutting edge style crosses and merges the boundries of Hardcore at all sub-genre levels without comprimising a belief for hard electronic music. -
Enigma
Dave ‘Enigma’, promoter and resident of Oblivion, one of the UKs premiere Hardcore Techno nights has been raving since 1993. Dave started Dj’ing in 1996 and by 2001 he was appearing regularly at North The Void and at Lakota where he won the annual ‘Dogs Bollox’ DJ competition.
Gaining a residency with Oblivion & joining the promotions team quickly followed & the rest is history!
Enigma’s sets will often blend styles which cross the boundaries between Industrial Hardcore Techno, Core and Bass and anything in between. We look forward to more appearances from Enigma in 2012.
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Rigamortis
Riga has been a part of HSR for a couple of years now, and is our speedcore correspondent. His legendary speedcore shows have featured some of the finest +BPM DJs you could hope to hear. A formidable producer too, with releases on GGM and CSR. Watch out for this one!
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IEmperor
Dave ‘Iemperor’, another one of our long standing members, is a DJ with a large background in underground music and DJ culture. His shows consist of Record Label showcases, boasting the best tracks from the best labels, with guest mixes from the best DJs. Expect anything from Frenchcore to Speedcore, Hardcore Techno to Drum & Bass. IEmperors Shows are not to be missed!
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Calum Moore
Calum Moore a.k.a ‘Crazy Calum’ has been immersed in the Underground scene from a young age. He made the decision to follow production as his passion in 2001 and to date has produced some of the sickest most evil kickdrums the scene has ever heard.
Calum has also collaborated with other artists over the years and has produced under Skem Terrorists and the respected BMH Squad.
His main love remains with Techno & Hardcore Techno but he has been known to dabble in several genres from IDM, Speedcore, breaks and many others.
Catch Calum alongside Gnasher with their monthly radio show on HSR showcasing the biggest & the best in the UK’s new talent.
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Gnasher
Shaun ‘Gnasher’, is one of Scotlands rising stars, having played at Impact and Twisted vs Darkside, he’s no stranger to rocking crowds. Him and Calum Moore can be found monthly on HSR showcasing up & coming talent on their show.
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Junkie Kut
Junkie Kut is a Speedcore/ hardcore punk crossover live act from England. He has produced music for such labels as Unrepresented Music, Splatterkore Reck-ords & D-Trash. Expect his new album The Hierarchy Enslaving You (T.H.E.Y) in 2012.
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Strobcore
Swiss based Strobcore is a firm favourite amongst HSR regulars. His style of Hard Techno / Frenchcore crossover is brilliantly executed, enfused with his own top notch productions, some of which have been released on audiogenic. you are guaranteed a grade-A set when Igor is on the bill.
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X-Mind
X-Mind started to listen to electronic music in the mid 90s and started to DJ shortly after. Has releases on labels such as Darkside Underground, N.e.Tunes Records, Antistatic and has been involved with releases on Psychik Genocide, Neurotoxic and Head Fuck Negative.
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Martin Poison
Martin Poison is resident of The Unknown Soundsystem in the UK and owner of Meathook Recordings.
Martin plays out regular at underground parties in Bristol, London & Birmingham to name a few, he also travels out to play at Teknival in France every year. He mixes harder styles of music and he dose it well which is what won him the Oblivion DJing competition in 2009.
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Cepo
David ‘Cepo’, our croatian schranz maestro. Cepo has been with us for a couple of years now and is always upfront on the techno tip, combining his own productions with that of the deep croat techno scene.
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Jamie C
Jamie has been Djing for a little over 16 years now, playing through a variety of styles and genres until he found acid techno.
Playing anywhere from private house parties, free parties and squat parties to big clubs and festivals across England and across Europe even to as far as America.
To further his DJ career Jamie started to produce acid techno and has releases out on labels such as Stay Up Forever, Kinetec records and London 909.