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Mokum Records is a Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 independent record label
Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels....
 specialising in gabber
Gabber

Gabber , gabba or hardcore dance music, is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. "Gabber" literally means "buddy" or "friend"....
 and hardcore techno
Hardcore techno

Hardcore techno, often referred to as just "hardcore", is a style of electronic music that originated in the early-to-mid-1990s in multiple locations including the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the UK....
 releases. They have released about 100 single and EP vinyl records between 1993
1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993....
 and 1999
1999 in music

See also:* 1999 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 1999...
. The label was originally part of the record store Boudisque Records , but was later merged with Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is a record label that concentrates on heavy metal music bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group....
 - part of The Island Def Jam Music Group
The Island Def Jam Music Group

The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label group formed in 1999 in music, when Universal Music Group merged together two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a super label....
 - who closed the label in 1998 and moved the artists to the Roadrunner label. The label was revived by Freddy B in 2004 (catalog releases starting at 100 reflect this). Mokum records achieved Chart Success all over the world in 1995 with Technohead
Technohead

Greater Than One is an English Pop music/techno/Gabber music band founded by husband and wife Lee Newman and Michael Wells in 1985. They released many albums under this name, and also under the names Tricky Disco, GTO, John + Julie, Church of Extacy, Signs of Chaos, T.D.5, Salami Brothers, Killout...
 and their track I Wanna Be A Hippy and the following single Happy Birthday.






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Mokum Records is a Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 independent record label
Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels....
 specialising in gabber
Gabber

Gabber , gabba or hardcore dance music, is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. "Gabber" literally means "buddy" or "friend"....
 and hardcore techno
Hardcore techno

Hardcore techno, often referred to as just "hardcore", is a style of electronic music that originated in the early-to-mid-1990s in multiple locations including the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the UK....
 releases. They have released about 100 single and EP vinyl records between 1993
1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993....
 and 1999
1999 in music

See also:* 1999 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 1999...
. The label was originally part of the record store Boudisque Records , but was later merged with Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is a record label that concentrates on heavy metal music bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group....
 - part of The Island Def Jam Music Group
The Island Def Jam Music Group

The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label group formed in 1999 in music, when Universal Music Group merged together two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a super label....
 - who closed the label in 1998 and moved the artists to the Roadrunner label. The label was revived by Freddy B in 2004 (catalog releases starting at 100 reflect this). Mokum records achieved Chart Success all over the world in 1995 with Technohead
Technohead

Greater Than One is an English Pop music/techno/Gabber music band founded by husband and wife Lee Newman and Michael Wells in 1985. They released many albums under this name, and also under the names Tricky Disco, GTO, John + Julie, Church of Extacy, Signs of Chaos, T.D.5, Salami Brothers, Killout...
 and their track I Wanna Be A Hippy and the following single Happy Birthday. As well as this success they are also renowned for their series of compilation albums called Fu*kin Hardcore which had a good run finishing with Fu*king Hardcore No:7 (Also known as Damn It's Fu*king Hardcore 7). The label was home to many successful producers and DJ's such as Flamman & Abraxas, Tellurian, Speedfreak, DJ Dano, Scott Brown
Scott Brown

Scott Brown may refer to:*Scott Brown , former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds*Scott Brown , former continuity announcer for Grampian Television...
 and Liza N Eliaz.

Overview

Mokum is noted for adopting anti-Fascist statements or notices on its record sleeves in response to Neo-Nazi activity on the early Dutch rave
Rave

A rave is a term in use since the 1980s, to describe dance party with fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties disc jockeys and other performers play Electronica, Trance music, and Techno ,...
 scene. All Mokum Releases carried the Slogan "Mokum Urban Guerilla Posse - Gabbers Against Racism"

The record company is named after Mokum
Mokum

Mokum is the Yiddish language word for "place" or "safe haven". It is similar to the Hebrew language word makom , from which it is derived....
 which is the Yiddish name for the center borough
Stadsdeel

A stadsdeel is the name used for city districts in some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands.Amsterdam calls 14 of its 15 deelgemeenten stadsdeel....
 of Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....
 and was originally used by the Jewish community and was later added to the local Amsterdam dialect.

See also

  • Gabber
    Gabber

    Gabber , gabba or hardcore dance music, is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. "Gabber" literally means "buddy" or "friend"....
  • Happy hardcore
    Happy hardcore

    Happy Hardcore is a form of dance music typified by a very fast tempo , often coupled with solo vocals, and sentimental lyrics. Its characteristically Time signature "happy" sound distinguishes it from most other forms of breakbeat hardcore, which tend to be "darker"....
  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...


External links

  • - official website