🔊 DJ Matyo Live – UK Hardcore / Happy Hardcore (January 2026)

on January 13, 2026

UK Hardcore and Happy Hardcore are not simply subgenres of electronic music. They constitute a sonic culture, founded on speed, melodic euphoria, and a direct link between musical energy and mental state. The DJ Matyo – Live UK Hardcore / Happy Hardcore (January 2026) mix follows this logic: offering a continuous progression, conceived as a flow, rather than a series of independent tracks.

An opening tribute: Bass-D

The set opens with a tribute to Bass-D, a historical figure in the hardcore scene, who passed away earlier this year. The choice of the track Bass-D & King Matthew feat. XD – Like A Dream is not insignificant: it embodies a period when hardcore retained a strong emotional dimension, while also embracing high tempos.

This introduction sets a clear framework: the mix does not seek technical one-upmanship, but a narrative continuity, where each track extends the intention of the previous one.

A deliberately hybrid construction

The tracklist spans several aesthetic styles:

  • Modern and uptempo Frenchcore * Eurodance and reworked pop bootlegs * Old-school hardcore references * Unapologetic remixes of mainstream tracks

Artists like S3RL, Mr Bassmeister, Masta, Sghenny, Jiyagi, RDMA or Alpha Corp. illustrate this hybridization, where the boundary between underground culture and collective memory is deliberately blurred.

This diversity is not a stylistic effect: it serves a logic of tension and release, essential in high BPM music.

The mix as a flow space

In this set, the mix is designed as a flow space:

  • Few abrupt breaks * Quick but clear transitions * A gradual build-up of intensity * A more structured hardstyle/hardcore-oriented ending

This type of construction allows for active listening, but also functions as functional support: sport, concentration, intensive work or performance.

A Darkwood Approach

At Darkwood, music is approached as a system: an arrangement of constraints (tempo, energy, cultural references) producing a specific state in the listener.

This mix is part of this approach: to document, assemble and transmit a form of sonic knowledge, inherited from the rave, adapted to contemporary uses.

🎧 Mix by DJ Matyo 📅 January 2026 📺 Available on YouTube (full tracklist in description)