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Bouncy techno

Bouncy techno is a music genre that emerged in Scotland and United Kingdom in the 1990s. It is usually classed as a form of happy hardcore and rave music. Explore key artists and related styles.

About Bouncy techno

Bouncy techno is a music genre that emerged in Scotland and United Kingdom in the 1990s. It is usually classed as a form of happy hardcore and rave music.

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Bouncy techno is a hardcore dance music rave style that developed in the early 1990s from Scotland and Northern England. Described as an accessible gabber-like form, it was popularised by Scottish DJ and music producer Scott Brown under numerous aliases and Ultra-Sonic who were formed in Ayrshire.

The sound became prominent in the northern United Kingdom rave scene before it broke into the hardcore homeland of the Netherlands through Dutch DJ and music producer Paul Elstak, where it became known there as happy hardcore or happy gabber and funcore.

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What is Bouncy techno?

Bouncy techno is a music genre that emerged in Scotland and United Kingdom in the 1990s. It is usually classed as a form of happy hardcore and rave music.

Where and when did Bouncy techno originate?

Bouncy techno originated in Scotland and United Kingdom in the 1990s.

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