Why was 2006 such a good year for hardstyle

[NoX]

2006 Was the year I first got in contact with the style and sadly my FreshFM sets seem to be almost exclusively 2007, but I did find a decent amount of '06 livesets and I've uploaded most of them for you guys:

The Prophet @ Mysteryland 2006 (26-08-2006)
The Prophet @ Sensation Black 2006
The Prophet & Headhunterz Live @ Qlimax 2006
Technoboy @ Sensation Black 2006 (08-07-2006)
Technoboy @ Hardhouse Generation (FreshFM) (29-11-2006)
Tatanka Live @ Qlimax 2006
Showtek live @ Sensation Black 2006
Zany @ Sensation Black 2006
Megamix Live @ Sensation Black (8-7-2006).mp3
Deepack Live @ Fresh!FM (8-11-06).mp3
D-Block & S-te-Fan Live@ Fresh!FM (06-12-2006).mp3
Abject & Scope DJ (Audio Care 06-10-06).mp3
Josh & Wesz @ Hardhouse Generation (Fresh!FM) 06-09-2006)
Deepack @ FFWD Festival (08-12-2006)

And as a little bonus, my fav Yearmix, which happens to be over 2006 as well:
G.O.D.D. - Hardstyle Yearmix 2006 CD1.mp3
G.O.D.D. - Hardstyle Yearmix 2006 CD2.mp3
G.O.D.D. - Hardstyle Yearmix 2006 CD3.mp3

[Reverse Ghost]

2006 Was the year I first got in contact with the style and sadly my FreshFM sets seem to be almost exclusively 2007, but I did find a decent amount of '06 livesets and I've uploaded most of them for you guys:

The Prophet @ Mysteryland 2006 (26-08-2006)
The Prophet @ Sensation Black 2006
The Prophet & Headhunterz Live @ Qlimax 2006
Technoboy @ Sensation Black 2006 (08-07-2006)
Technoboy @ Hardhouse Generation (FreshFM) (29-11-2006)
Tatanka Live @ Qlimax 2006
Showtek live @ Sensation Black 2006
Zany @ Sensation Black 2006
Megamix Live @ Sensation Black (8-7-2006).mp3
Deepack Live @ Fresh!FM (8-11-06).mp3
D-Block & S-te-Fan Live@ Fresh!FM (06-12-2006).mp3
Abject & Scope DJ (Audio Care 06-10-06).mp3
Josh & Wesz @ Hardhouse Generation (Fresh!FM) 06-09-2006)
Deepack @ FFWD Festival (08-12-2006)

And as a little bonus, my fav Yearmix, which happens to be over 2006 as well:
G.O.D.D. - Hardstyle Yearmix 2006 CD1.mp3
G.O.D.D. - Hardstyle Yearmix 2006 CD2.mp3
G.O.D.D. - Hardstyle Yearmix 2006 CD3.mp3

The king!

[Shadow Interaction]

D-Block & S-te-Fan Live@ Fresh!FM (06-12-2006).mp3

thanks SO MUCH for this one, I remember listening this one back then on Fresh FM live... it's really one of the most amazing hardstyle sets i've ever heard

dat tracklist!

Spoiler

01 - Noisecontrollers - Furybox (Re-Edit)
02 - D-Block & S-te-Fan vs MC Villain - Keep It Coming
03 - The Pitcher - Grindin'
04 - Dr Rude vs DJ Norman & Bass-D - Audio Attack Anthem (Hardstyle Mix)
05 - Brennan Heart - Rev!val X
06 - DJ Luna vs Thilo - Existence (D-Block & S-te-Fan Remix)
07 - TNT - Second Match (Original TNT Mix)
08 - Chickz On Fire - Smokin'
09 - Showtek - The Colour Of The Harder Styles (DefQon.1 Anthem)
10 - D-Block & S-te-Fan - Our Way
11 - Jones & DJ B-Front - Lunatick (Raw Mix)
12 - Noisecontrollers - In The Marine
13 - DJ Act & Mani - We Are The Bass 2006

really EVERY track from this set is good !

[The Blaster]

Awesome Dbstf set indeed

[NoX]

Pleasure to help guys, enjoy I have great memories to a lot of these sets as well, the Prophet vs. HHZ @ Qlimax set was probably what got me really hooked on the style. Mixtechnically not the best set, but dem tracks....

[BeatConductor]

I personally think hardstyle reached its peak with showtek doing analogue players in a digital world. It was the perfect mix between melodies, variation of kicks, hardness, and lyrics. I would have rather seen hardstyle take this route rather than whats going on now.

[DjPractice]

^^^^ I couldn't stand anything on Analogue Players in a Digital World......I never understood why it was so popular #oldmansam

[Digital Audio Tape]

^^^^ I couldn't stand anything on Analogue Players in a Digital World......I never understood why it was so popular #oldmansam

you're not alone, bro! Dutchie was probably the only track I could bear, but the rest... to me it's actually one of the worst HS albums ever

[Vicious]

^^^^ I couldn't stand anything on Analogue Players in a Digital World......I never understood why it was so popular #oldmansam

What about the anthem for Melbourne? My 303
I didn't rate that album either, Today Is Tomorrow is way better, Still thrash that

[ceero]

^^^^ I couldn't stand anything on Analogue Players in a Digital World......I never understood why it was so popular #oldmansam

how popular, most of people hated it as far as i can remember
i fucking love Electronic Stereophonic from that album