DaerrizNoize | Rotterdam | Hardcore

Hey,

Do you like GABBER music?

I mean like the real, original, true HARDCORE, KICKZ, BREAKBEAT, OLDSCHOOL RAP SAMPLES, HOOVERZ & RIFFS type of GABBER MUSIC..?

I do. I am a GABBER. By the name of DAERRIZ NOIZE. And I came to contribute in many ways..!

Some people ask me why. This is why:

As a hip-hop MC and producer, my craft was built on rhythm, flow, and style. Since ’88, I’ve always felt a pulse running through this city, a heartbeat that refuses to fall in line. 

I was between 17 and 23  when GABBER, a genre as raw as any I’d ever encountered, was born right here in my hometown of Rotterdam. 

Early on I realized that gabber actually started right here in Rotterdam as a pushback against Amsterdam’s polished house music.

Since GABBER was created as an answer to the polished house music that was blowing up in Amsterdam—a rebellion in sonic form, to me it´s a loud reminder that music can be as real and gritty as the streets that inspire it. (and,yea, then I can't help but to immediatly think of the Euromasters:DIMITRI!,hahaha)

So like most housemusic lovers had hiphop as a guillty pleasure, I had mine: GABBER! 

It was like hearing the heart of rawness, unrefined, and full of energy. This was a whole different game from the hiphop game I was involved in at the time. I realise back then that gabber beats and fashion came from the same streets I knew, yet they spoke their own language—one I wanted to learn...

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