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With a career as long and eclectic as hardcore itself, Sietse van Daalen AKA Da Mouth of Madness is The Voice of Hardcore. As one of the first MCs from the early days of hardcore, van Daalen is an iconic figurehead and spokesperson for the scene. His passion for hardcore transcends sub-genres––“It’s all hardcore,” he says––which has led him to working with a huge range of artists, from his first hits with Waxweazle––“Hardcore Power” in 1997 and ”All We Want Is Hardcore” in 1998––to more recently hosting Dr Peacock’s sensational Peacock in Concert shows, a collision of Frenchcore and classical music that closed down the mainstage of Defqon.1 in 2018. In 2016 he was one of the few hardcore MC’s to release his own album. Old Dog New Trixx featured a wide range of co-producers, including Sei2ure, F. Noize, Partyraiser and Dr Peacock, and presented a multifaceted hardcore sound.

On stage, DJ Uzi is van Daalen’s best-known collaborator. Uzi and Da Mouth of Madness were the original “dynamic duo,” running in the hip hop crew II Damn Dope together in the late ‘80s before discovering hardcore––or rave––at the dawn of the ‘90s. They unofficially started performing as a duo in 1994, with van Daalen storming the mic during Uzi’s DJ sets. They were discovered by Sander Groet (from ID&T) during one of their impromptu performances at 7 Gates to Hell. They officialise their partnership the following year, playing their first Thunderdome gig together in 1995 as part of the Thunderdome XI On Tour. They would breakout in 1996 and become one of ID&T’s flagship hardcore acts, a partnership that endured until the hardcore bubble burst in 2000.