between 2003 and 2004 i had some contact with the german hardcore scene; back then i assumed this music pretty much dead, but techno was still going strong around the ruhrgebiet. one guy contacted me, one thing lead to another and i was working for a couple of the party organisers and some guy who did compilations for more music. without washing too much dirty laundry in public the whole thing was pretty much messed up – two organisers paid only part of the money, and from the compilations i also received only partial payments – more music did pay the company that made the compilations, but the money got somewhere lost before it come to me. no one to sue either, because the company went bankrupt soon after that. oh my. the joy of being a freelancer: extra hours, tight deadlines and after that you get screwed for the money.

anyway, back to the topic i wanted to talk about, hardcore and darkcore in germany and the covers i did. there were a couple of ongoing compilations: godfathers of hardcore, 100% darkness and a oneshot called ghosttown. apart from that were a couple of other compilations like army of hardcore where i did the first two volumes.

after 2004 i discontinued my work on the compilations, so if you see any later volumes, they are totally not from me. believe you me.

nonetheless, i have to admit i had fun with the creation of the covers. here some for your enjoyment:

100% darkness vol. 1

100% darkness vol. 2

godfathers of hardcore vol.1

godfathers of hardcore vol.2

godfathers of hardcore vol.3

ghosttown