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Sharkey is tagged as: happy hardcore, hardcore, uk hardcore, freeform, techno

Sharkey is a popular British DJ/MC/producer and one of the key originators of the freeform genre of hardcore dance music.
Sharkey initially became well known as an MC at hardcore rave events in the UK in 1993, with a popular and charismatic style. In 1995, he moved into music production, teaming up with DJ Hixxy to release the track “Toytown”, which proved one of the biggest signature tunes of the UK’s happy hardcore scene in the 1990s. This led both Sharkey and Hixxy to being signed by the UK’s leading dance music label, React Music, and the pair released “Bonkers”, the first in a series of albums which as become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. “Revolutions”, a release on React, reached 53 in the UK charts, and Sharkey consequently released the album “Hard Life” in 1998.
Sharkey also produced mixes for the other 15 volumes of Bonkers, except 6 & 7. Volumes 3 and 4 achieved silver sales status in the UK.
He established a relationship with the up-and-coming DJ Kevin Energy in 1998, and the pair were, with several other DJs, instrumental in the creation of the freeform genre of hardcore (a term which was coined by Sharkey himself). This moved the sound away from cheesier sounds of hap...
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Warming Up For A Scissor Fight
Little Cabin Song
If It Fits
Fuzz
Product Of Society
The Awakening
Icewater
Distant Dreams
Slo-Mo In The Grotto
Today's the Day
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Sharkey's Machine
Hard Life
Fuzz (feat. Cannibal Ox) (12")
Summer In The City (Lovin' It) (feat. Jean Grae) (12")
Product of Society
Bonkers 2 (disc 2)
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