It’s always good to see Finnish tracks being played at events around the world, so thanks to Skadi for this video of Technoid’s Hard NRG set in Florence on the 19th December. In the clip we have Rx’s Hellfire, as well as the classic Psychopath and another of my old favourites, Eryk Orpheus’ PVC.

Android Lime’s next radio show arrives tomorrow, and Hard NRG madness is guaranteed this time with guest DJ BRK. I’m really looking forward to BRK’s selection, hopefully we’ll get a bit of the MASSIVE style alongside Android. DJ X is up at 10pm UK time tomorrow, with Android Lime vs BRK at 11. If that’s a reasonable time in your part of the world, get over to the LSO site to listen live.

Less than two weeks to go until MASSIVE - with guests DJ X, Android Lime and Freak (from Surgery), as well as BRK and Plus DJ back to back. It’s going to be a good one, and here’s the video trailer produced by Android Lime, really nice work once again.

For those in Europe thinking about making the trip (I wish I could, too), here’s some more info on what to expect:

• Freak - resident of another big club in Rome, will be starting things off with Hardcore
• Android Lime - playing a lot of his own material and the biggest Hard NRG tracks
• DJ X - presenting his Reload album to the Italian scene for the first time
• BRK vs Plus - Hardstyle back to back
• Android Lime b2b BRK - finishing the event with some Lab 4 classics

For anyone who missed the Android Lime and DJ -X vs BRK sets last week, they are now both downloadable. I’ve already given Android’s mix a couple of listens, and it’s great stuff once again. Starting off with hard dance, things get more and more frantic towards the end - my favourite section is probably the mix from DJ Rx’s In Memoriam to Android’s own remix of Hell Night, followed by the Jody 6 remix of Hatral.

Download the set here

I haven’t had a chance to check the DJ -X vs BRK set yet, but I’ll be doing so tomorrow - until then, everyone else can download it from here, too.

More Guld news - BRK has just revealed the flyer for this month’s Massive event, and it’s looking great. There’s sure to be more info coming soon, but initially seems like it’s a different venue to the last Massive party, with regulars BRK, Plus, AKT and Child of Sorrows joining the god of NRG himself.

Here’s the first of what I hope’ll be many Italian-related posts - the upcoming Massive event on the 17th of this month. DJ BRK (the man responsible for bringing Guld to Italy next month) will be playing alongside Plus DJ, Child of Sorrows and AKT, and as you can see from the back of the flyer, pretty much every hard dance genre is covered. You might also notice that Thank You For The Horse is listed among the event’s supporters (as well as Hell’s Gate and NRGetic Romancer) - it’s a real honour, and hopefully this will be the start of a link between events here and in Italy.

[above] Here’s the banner image from the Massive flyer - awesome, no? You might have guessed that I wasn’t the one who came up with this, so a million thanks are owed to Nightforce this time, instead.

[above] While this is the new Hell’s Gate logo, courtesy of Pecori. The flyer for next month is under construction at the moment, so there might be a few changes for that version.

The dates for Guld’s tour in Europe have just been confirmed, and he’ll be playing first (on the 22nd November) at SADE (alongside Proteus), then at DJ BRK’s event in Italy (on the 26th), MASSIVE. Guld has played in Finland once before, but the Japanese scene was far less known back then (I won’t say smaller, as it’s pretty small now), and so there should be quite a reception for him. It’s also his Italian debut, and it’ll be great to see what kind of a scene is going on in that neck of the woods, too.