A brief history of Bouncy Techno

As the gloomy English breaks from the south of the United Kingdom never appealed to Scottish youth, in the early 1990s the north of the country took Dutch gabber, a harsh pseudo-music with a very loud drum at 200 beats per minute and adapted it to their needs: synthesiser whistles, howls and blows, they added bouncy shouts and some pitched melodies. This cheerful jam would later make its way to the Netherlands, where it would harden up, speed up and become commercially successful happy hardcore. Here is an example—a 100% bouncy techno mix ↓