here i will also skip some of the individual releases. the reason is that almost all of the tracks from these EPs can be found on the two CDs "Prolos have more fun" and "Feierabend", too. Thus i will rather review the CDs as a whole.
Smash? Featuring Fast H – Smash? Remixes
"Konstablerwache" was a notorious gabber hit that also reached a lot of People outside the usual hardcore circles.
this release features the original, plus various remixes, that seem to get more messed up as the EP goes on.
72 / 100
NM 001 - Friends Of Alex - What Is..? Fick Dich
infamous diss track against a german Techno celebrity producer. style is quite similar to the then popular techno-club-hit "who is Elvis". the german title approximately translates to "what's up? f*ck you!"
74 / 100
NM 003 - Konkret Finn - Ich Diss Dich
once more, a true rap release on a PCP Sub!
two quite violent, and quite brash german language tracks.
38 / 100
NM 007 - DJ Bubi – Wollt Ihr Mit Mir Fröhlich Sein?
it's dj bubi with his bubicore.
well, actually, this could probably described as the hardcore version of the "novelty song" concept in rock and pop music. cheesy, funny, nonsensical sounds and samples. comes in a "rave" and "rotterdam" version.
71 / 100
NMCD01 - Smash? – Prolos Have More Fun
I noted that PCP might have had several promising career prospects, had they turned into a different direction. Let's add another one, and it's "bawdy techno comedy act". It might not look like it from today's perspective, but I cannot underestimate how well-known and important this CD was - especially in German language territory.
Smash? was the one best known thing PCP did (before the Baxxter-Acardipane collaboration). The reach they had with this one was immense.
Even in the "meagre years" of the late 90s to early Millenium, when everyone thought of hardcore as the "bad dog" of electronics that no-one wanted to play with anymore, and I was forced to hung out with minimal, intelligent, "electronic" types; their eyes still started to glow when I mentioned "Smash?" in a conversation.
Rightfully, and deservedly!
The mixture of sex, weed, comedy skits and techno beats struck the right nerve with 90s youth (and everyone else) and made sure that the output by Smash? became a favorite to plenty of people.
The tracks were played back and forth on the cassette player or boom box during the car drive or train ride to a party, and on the way back again - and when the batteries did dry up, it was easy to chant the songs and their catch-phrases together.
I'd argue that Smash? did a lot of things that became commonplace in mainstream culture only at a much later date - non-chalant offensive comedy that's witty and deranged at the same time, as it exists in memes, new movies, online videos, and so on.
If you check some live videos from this period, you will see that Smash?'s act indeed is not just about the music, but also the fun, the comedy, the party - it's a whole show, essentially.
The whole thing might be lost a bit on those who are not fluent in German language, but i say it's worth a listen anyway.
89 / 100
ACA 005/CD - Tschabos - Feierabend
(Actually released on Acardipane Records)
Smash? was a collab between Fast H and Acardipane, and Tschabos is a collab of Fast H and Miro. So, to me, Tschabos are a spiritual successor to Smash? (or, keeping their favorite tropes in mind, it's better to call them a 'successor in the flesh').
And indeed, they pick up where Smash? left - techno, gabber beats, tracks and skits about libidinal and cannabinoid topics.
While Smash? was closer to the gabber sound of ~94, Tschabos sound more like the PCP Hardcore of ~1998.
This CD album is a collection of tracks that they released on No Mercy and Acardipane Records 12"s first, plus some bonus material
Well done - party on!
91 / 100
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