Rotterdam Records

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Profile:	The first Dutch Hardcore/Gabber label. Founded in 1992 by Paul Elstak. After almost 10 years (a bit less) of dedication and hard work Rotterdam Records. If you compare the older releases with the new releases you can definitely hear it. In 2011 the owner Mid-Town B.V. sold all the rights of the music previously released on their labels. On the second of October 2012 Mid-Town Holding, Mid-Town Distribution and Mid-Town Records, owner of Rotterdam Records went bankrupt and the label stopped releasing. The company with it's stock, labels logo's but without the licensing have been put on auction the same month. The company has not been auctioned in whole but each part such as the Rotterdam Records label have been put on separate auction.
Parent Label:	Mid-Town Records
Sublabels:	Terror Traxx
Info:	Mid-Town Records, Koperslagerstraat 4-6, 3077 MD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0)104830444 Fax: +31 (0)104832333 E-Mail: check websites for various addresses
Links:	mid-town.com , MySpace , Wikipedia

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aidiothir Aug 24, 2016
Edited 8 years ago

Yes, Gabber in its early days around 1993 had an industrial attitude, and was so dirty so noisy and so hard as term Gabber ment to be, with all those industrial noises, distorted kicks, distorted sounds, distorted claps, distorted hats, distorted voices, everything was distorted. But from 1994 and after, Gabber music changed face, and only the distorted kicks remained, as the sounds replaced with oldskool rave stabs, cheese melodies, pianos, happy vocals, and generally flirted with happy hardcore. Rotterdam records was one if not the finest example of that turnaround.
DeletedDiscogs Aug 26, 2006
Edited 18 years ago

This label just embodied the scene at the time from 92 to 94, but talk about going downhill fast! Every release before ROT036 was pretty much a riot.. Bald Terror, Hard Attack, Euromasters, U.N.O.R., RTS (the merry x-mess 12"), top, hard, takin the piss, hooligan gabber. Then all of a sudden it just lost the plot, crap ital gabbers, happy hardcore, cheese etc.. haven't touched a new record since 1994.