Mokum Records
Mokum Records | |
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hardcore techno, happy hardcore | |
Country of origin | Netherlands |
Location | Amsterdam |
Mokum Records is a Dutch
Fred Berkhout (Freddy B) created Mokum Records in 1993 as a joke response to another record label, Rotterdam Records. The label was originally part of the record store Boudisque Records,[1] but was later merged with Roadrunner Records - part of The Island Def Jam Music Group - who closed the label in 1998 because vinyl cost more than it yielded and decided to stop releasing with the medium. The label was revived by Freddy B in 2004 due to the re-emergence of the hardcore scene in the early 2000s, especially with gabber's resurgence in popularity in 2002. (catalog releases starting at 100 reflect this).
Mokum Records achieved chart success all over the world in 1995 with
Overview
Mokum is noted for adopting anti-Fascist statements or notices on its record sleeves in response to
The record company is named after
In 1996, DJ Dano launched a sublabel to Mokum called "Fukem." Fukem was strictly for material that had faster tempos and harder material than material that would be released on the main label. Along with DJ Dano, artists that released under Fukem included Aggroman, Narcanosis, Deadly Buda & the Superstars of Death, and even Technohead had one release on the sublabel with "Cocaine", a collaboration with Elvis Jackson. The sublabel was short-lived, having only six official releases, and became inactive in 1997.
On 2 December 2016, Mokum, in collaboration with Overdrive Records, announced on their Facebook page that they were reviving their "Fucking Hardcore" series after an 18-year hiatus with #9 being released on vinyl in 2017, a first for the series. Another first for the series came in 2018 when "Fucking Hardcore #10" and "Fucking Hardcore #11" were released digitally on available music sites, which had never been done previous.[2]
See also
- Early hardcore
- Happy hardcore
- List of record labels
- Make 'Em Mokum Crazy (1996)
References
- ^ CNRRecodsUK.co.uk Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine News 16-01-04. Accessed: November 26, 2006
- ^ [1][dead link]