Various Artists - The Best Of Rotterdam Records Vol. 1 - LP COLOURED

Gabber, also known as ‘gabba’, ‘early hardcore’ or ‘Rotterdam hardcore’ is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno.

It was derived from acid house, techno and new beat in the early 1990s. The musical style is described as "a relentless mix of superfast BPMs, distorted kickdrums, and roared vocals". The music is generally between 140 up to 190 beats per minute with samples taken from films or other tracks.

The word "gabber" comes from an Amsterdam Bargoens slang, meaning ‘friend’. An Amsterdam DJ was asked about the hard Rotterdam scene and said "They're just a bunch of gabbers having fun". Having heard this, Paul Elstak etched in the vinyl on the first Euromasters record (released through Rotterdam Records in 1992), "Gabber zijn is geen schande!" ("It's not a disgrace to be a gabber!"). The word gained popularity in the Rotterdam music scene and people started to call themselves "gabbers".

One of the most Influential early labels was DJ Paul Elstak's Rotterdam Records.

This legendary compilation album from 1993 with the hardcore classics from ‘day one’ of #1 oldschool hardcore label, ‘Rotterdam Records’, will now for the first time ever be released on vinyl.

SIDE A: 1. EUROMASTERS - Alles Naar De Kl- -te (Rotterdam Mix) / 2. KING DALE - Utter (Hardcore Power Mix) / 3. 2 LOW 4 ZERO - Fast (De Kuip-Hardcore-Mix) / 4. THE AGRESSOR - I'm Coming (Hardcore Mix) / 5. SPERMINATOR - No Woman Allowed (Men's Room Mix) / 6. GENERAL NOISE - Rotterdam Subway

SIDE B: 1. ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE – Poing / 2. DJ ROB - Boy's Interface (Uh…... Mix) / 3. GERMAN DIVISION - Concerto Grosso / 4. HARD ATTACK - Way Aah / 5. BALD TERROR – Rotterdam