Bonkers (compilation)
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| Bonkers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Compilation album by various artists | ||
| Released | 1996- | |
| Genre | Happy Hardcore, Bouncy Techno, Trancecore, UK Hardcore, Freeform, Gabber | |
| Label | React Music Limited/Resist Music | |
The Bonkers series is the leading happy hardcore compilation series in the UK. The first release was in 1996 on record label React (now Resist), it was available on 2xCD or 2xTC formats. DJs DJ Sharkey and Hixxy were signed by React and the pair released "Bonkers", the first in a series of albums which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. The series is currently on its seventeenth release, with Best of Bonkers having been released on January 8th, 2007. [1]
The CD album release of Bonkers by Resist / React should not be confused with the vinyl label Bonkers which operated until 1997, when it closed down but later reopened as Bonkerz.
Bonkers 1-15 was also licensed to "Get over the records" in 2005 for Japanese branded releases. With Japanese edition Bonkers vol. 1 on going on sale Oct 26th 2005 with a full TV advert in Japanese. "Get over the records" only released Bonkers 1-7 in the Japanese market and have since 2007 stopped releasing albums altogether.
Bonkers has also been licensed for local release in Australia via Central Station records.
Frequent contributors to the Bonkers collection include: Hixxy, DJ Dougal, DJ Sharkey and Scott Brown.
[edit] Releases
[edit] External links
- Bonkers on Discogs
- Resist's release discography (including all bonkers releases released on Resist)
- React's release discography (including all bonkers releases released on React)
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