Hardcore Come Back: 52 records that have passed through the crate

The story of Hardcore Come Back

Hardcore Come Back is one of the sublabels Bit Music unfolded when its catalogue grew too big for a single imprint. The parent was releasing everything at once — Makina, hard house, hardcore — and instead of mixing it up, it split each thing into a separate house: Chasis, Xque, 100x100 Makina, Bit Dance and this one.

Hardcore Come Back got the hard stuff. Our crate confirms it with no margin for doubt: of the fifty-two references that have passed through here, the vast majority are hardcore and gabber, with some hard house alongside, all between 2000 and 2007.

How to spot it

It shares numbering with the parent house. References carry the 71- and 72- prefixes, exactly the ones Bit Music used, plus an MH of its own. That means a 71- from 2000 onwards could belong to either label, and you have to read the centre label to know which one you're in.

The record to start with

How Hardcore Come Back sounds in our crate

52 different releases on Hardcore Come Back have passed through beatdo, 61 copies counting duplicates, pressed between 2000 and 2007.

What comes up most often, in this order: Hardcore, Gabber, and Hard House.

Nothing is left in the crate right now, but the listings stay published with their condition, their year and their catalogue number.

How to recognise a Hardcore Come Back release

The catalogue numbers we have seen follow the pattern 71-, 72-, MH. It is the first thing to check on the centre label when a record comes with no sleeve, which in this repertoire is the norm.

The archive: 52 releases on Hardcore Come Back