:: Various Artists - Q-Dance Australia Tour 2008

Various Artists

Forget Rihanna’s catchy dance songs or the newest Justin Timberlake tunes. This is the compilation to get if you want to have a head-rockingly good time. After Q-Dance’s tour in Australia—the Dutch label’s very first outside of Europe—- this double disc compilation was released. With names like DJ Zany, Showtek, DJ Isaac and Black Identity, this record is bound to please the most hardcore of dance music fans. It’s not only dance music I’m talking about, but hardstyle dance music. Hardstyle dance music is their promise and hardstyle dance music is what you’ll get. Thumping beats, hardcore techno tunes and euro pop will get your head bopping and rocking to every tune. Cherry Moon Trax’s “Acid Dream” opens the album with a bang, with whooshy techno riffs and fast rhythm, enough to get your adrenaline pumping and getting you warmed up for the rest of the record. Hard style legend DJ Zany proves that he’s the boss by incorporating awesome head banging beats, crackling electricity and even a bit of movie-trailer-ish narration. Take a listen to track 2, “FTS” by Showtek and you’ll know what the whole idea’s about. “I live for the weekends, I live for hardstyle, baby!”