{"id":3368,"date":"2014-02-11T11:30:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2014-02-09T12:37:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T11:37:27","slug":"tuesday-time-machine-vibes-wishdokta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/tuesday-time-machine-vibes-wishdokta\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Time Machine: Vibes &#038; Wishdokta"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3370\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Spree-Ice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Spree-Ice.jpg\" alt=\"Ice on the Spree\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Spree-Ice.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Spree-Ice-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Spree-Ice-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice on the Spree (image by <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/j6xGY4sdX9\/#\">Sandra Juto<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today in the Tuesday Time Machine we are looking back at a few tracks by two of the finest producers from <a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/pearsall-presents-what-is-happiness-happy-hardcore\/\">the &#8217;94\/&#8217;95 glory daze of happy hardcore<\/a> &#8230; Vibes &#038; Wishdokta! <\/p>\n<p>Later on Vibes would go on to become the cheesiest of the cheesy, and Wishdokta would become one of the pioneers of the UK Garage sound under his actual name, Grant Nelson, but for a brief shining period in the mid-90&#8217;s they made classic after classic after classic together. Everything that was awesome about Happy Hardcore in its initial incarnation can be heard in their music. <\/p>\n<p>Propulsive breakbeats? Check. <\/p>\n<p>Euphoric piano breaks? Check.<\/p>\n<p>Exploding cascades of diva vocals? Check.<\/p>\n<p>Deeply dub-tastic basslines? Check.<\/p>\n<p>Cheeky samples? Check.<\/p>\n<p>Sheer, unadulterated fun? Check, check, and check.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me? More fool you. Check this shit out:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3SfpaNrftL8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Ravers-Choice-Ravers-Choice-2\/master\/154125\">Raver&#8217;s Choice Vol. 2 &#8211; Keep Rushin&#8217; (Raver&#8217;s Choice)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-5PD18I05dg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/DJ-Vibes-Wishdokta-Passion-Motorway-Madness\/release\/185568?ev=item-vc\">Vibes &#038; Wishdokta &#8211; Motorway Madness (Rogue Trooper)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1r6sSSvzZ1g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/DJ-Ravers-Choice-Vibes-Wishdokta-Midsummer-Mist-Feel-Good\/release\/75380?ev=item-vc\">Vibes &#038; Wishdokta &#8211; Feel Good (Asylum)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L9RLrnTrgsw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Future-Primitive-Were-Flying-Swift-Half-Remixes\/master\/52299\">Future Primitive &#8211;  We&#8217;re Flying (Vibes &#038; Wishdokta Remix) (Kniteforce Records)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/40u_iE_jE-M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Sunshine-Productions-Above-The-Clouds-Symphony-In-September-Remixes\/release\/107292\">Sunshine Productions &#8211;  Above The Clouds (Vibes &#038; Wishdokta Remix) (Just Another Label)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want more? Course you do; here&#8217;s Haze&#8217;s awesome Vibes &#038; Wishdokta tribute mix from last year:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/65147803&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Plus, I can&#8217;t let you escape without also plugging my own happycore mix, <a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/pearsall-presents-what-is-happiness-happy-hardcore\/\">What Is Happiness?<\/a>, which featured their track &#8216;Destiny&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/67649883&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Hardcore was awesome. Vibes &#038; Wishdokta were awesome. These five Happy Hardcore tunes by Vibes &#038; Wishdokta were totally utterly awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[205,212],"class_list":["post-3368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-tuesday-time-machi","tag-tuesday-time-machine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3368"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3379,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions\/3379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}