Search - Bonkers :: Bonkers Vol 16

Not as good as past efforts, but still good

Kill Your Heroes | Lockport, NY USA | 10/11/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Every Bonkers CD is amazing in its own way. Scott Brown, Sharkey, and Hixxy return with some friends to create a hardcore CD that can't be matched. Joining them are Clsm, Kutski, Re-Con, and Gammer and they make their prescence known with some slamming tracks.



The CD as a whole is amazing. Mostly my love is with Hixxy and Re-Con's mix. They lay down the more melodic "cheesy" vocal hardcore. My Direction is an amazing start to the CD then it progresses to I Can Wait. Another amazing track. Close to You is one of my favorite on the comp. Its great upbeat sound and old school feel hardcore. Just delicious.



Sharkey and Clsm featuring Kutski is a good mix. Im not much a fan of Freeform hardcore. But theres some highlights. Tranzport and Drive Away are pretty good and gives me hope for liking some Freeform although it looks like Sharkey went more toward the vocal type of hardcore on this mix. Freeform usually less vocals with more progression.



Now to Scott Brown and Gammers mix. Kinda disappointed on this one. I usually love Scott Browns mixes because they have a good mix of high energy hardcore with some cheese mixed in, then a turn to the dark side. This time though the mix was pretty High NRG then a small turn to dark hardcore. Kind of annoying tracks with a really annoying end song. This one I was hoping to get my gabber fix but I guess I will have to pick up this years Gabber & Hardcore to fill that void. I didn't buy it for Gabber so its all good.



All in all I would say grab this one. I think the best was XI but this one gives you the nu school hardcore fix and done by the best dj's in the game!"

One of the best!!!

Timothy Trezise | Australia | 01/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"cd1: a good cd, but by Bonkers standards it didn't capture my imagination - lacked a rave atmosphere (Hard to describe in sound). It's hard to describe other than: If you are a Hixxy fan you'll love it.



cd2: THIS IS THE BEST CD IN THE ENTIRE BONKERS RANGE!!!!! IT CONJURES UP A RAVE ATMOSPHERE . YES, It's freeform hardcore; and yes: in the past Sharkey has been a bit repetitive and too Hard, this time he starts upbeat and technical and carries it all the way through to the last track. In the past his sound struggled to capture the listener. However, things have changed. This is one hell of a CD!!!



cd3: What happened to DOUGAL??? Scott Brown and Gammer are great, but a couple of the tracks are a bit ragged - should be new, hard and technical (not too repetitive). However, the majority of the tracks are great. Well worth listening to."