Gabber

'THIS' IS TRUE GABBER CULTURE! 🖤✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🖤 DJ Panic, DJ Darkraver, DJ Vince, DJ The Viper and MC Alee Ecktuh united in front of a crowd. This is what our scene and Gabber community truly looks like. Diversity, energy, respect and connection through music. These are the pioneers and torchbearers of Dutch hardcore. They built a global movement from the Netherlands that still brings people together across backgrounds, cultures and borders. Not division. Not hate. Not fascism. And never will be. This is the real representation of our Gabber community: a crowd standing together, celebrating life, music and freedom on the dancefloor. We do not accept hate in our scene. We do not tolerate fascism. WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE! @alee_ecktuh @djpanicnl @djtheviper @djvincenl @darkraver_official

REAL GABBERS REJECT FASCISM! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 This is not the first time people have tried to hijack the music and community. In the past, extremist groups have attempted to attach themselves to Hardcore and Gabber because of its intense, fast and emotionally charged sound. In group settings, this music can create strong psychological effects, energy, adrenaline and a feeling of unity, which is exactly why it can be attractive for misuse in propaganda or attempts to influence and recruit within certain communities. We also see a rise of these networks that are active online, across forums and encrypted messaging platforms like Telegram and Signal, organizing and spreading content where music and imagery from our scene can be used out of context. That is part of why awareness matters: the scene does not exist in isolation anymore, and cultural spaces can be targeted digitally as well as physically. But the core of hardcore has nothing to do with that. It is about release, togetherness and respect on the dancefloor. Not exclusion. Not hate. Not ideology. That is why we need to stay clear and consistent in our response, online, at parties, fesfivals, and everywhere our community exists. Hate symbols, extremist gestures and propaganda have no place in this space. No fascism, no hate. Only unity through hardcore. 🖤 Like, share, repost♻️ WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE!

That spirit is the heart of gabber culture: ●No hate. ●No racism. ●No fascism. For years, extremist groups have tried to attach themselves to hardcore aesthetics and use our culture as a symbol for division and propaganda. We reject that completely. Real gabbers stand for unity on the dancefloor. For respect between ravers. For protecting the culture from people who want to poison it with hate. If you love hardcore, defend what made it powerful in the first place: community, rebellion, freedom and connection. Do not stay silent when fascism enters the scene. Push back. Speak up. Protect the culture. REAL GABBERS REJECT FASCISM! WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE! Like, share, repost♻️ #gabber #hardcore #hardcoreculture #gabberculture #raversagainsthate

Gabbers around the world are standing together against hate, racism and fascism. No matter the country, language or background, we are united through Hardcore, energy and respect for one another. They can try to use our music and imagery for division, but they will never represent what gabber truly stands for. WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE. hardcorenothate 🖤 ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Disclaimer: the people dancing in this video do NOT represent the Gabber community. The video posted by Bender @benderbijofficial on youtube and Instagram once again shows extremists using hardcore and gabber imagery during anti-refugee riots and protests in the Netherlands. People wearing Thunderdome jackets and dancing (Hakkuh) while spreading hate, do not represent our scene. These are not innocent bystanders, these are active participants in extremist movements. Hardcore is one of the Netherlands’ biggest musical exports ,a worldwide community built on energy, freedom and unity. Seeing extremists misuse our music and aesthetics for propaganda is disgusting, and reducing gabber culture to violence and extremism damages the reputation of an entire community. Artists, DJs, festivals and ravers need to speak up clearly against this. Fascism, racism and extremist propaganda have no place in hardcore. WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE. REAL GABBERS REJECT FASCISM. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @thunderdome @dominatorofficial @officialparkzicht @defqon1 @rotterdamterrorcorps_official @djgizmomusic @dj_distortion_rtc @mc_raw_rtc @alee_ecktuh @ruffian.nl @djpanicnl @djpaulelstak @angerfist_official @therealrobgee @djtheviper @marc_acardipane @djneophyte

This is not the first time people have tried to hijack our scene. As described in the history of gabber, there were earlier attempts in the late ’90s and early 2000s by extremist groups and the so-called Lonsdale youth movement to associate themselves with parts of the hardcore scene. They tried to misuse the music, aesthetics and image of the community for division and hate. But the scene pushed back then, and we must do the same now. If extremist and fascist groups again try to misuse hardcore tracks in propaganda videos, exploit our scene during demonstrations, or bring hate symbols and extremist gestures onto the dancefloor, there has to be a clear response: this has no place here. At parties and festivals, hate speech, extremist expressions and fascist gestures should never be tolerated. The gabber community belongs to everyone who comes together for the music, the energy and the connection. ●We know this history. ●We have seen these attempts before. ●And just like before, we stand against it. No extremists in the Gabber scene! Only unity through Hardcore. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Like, share, repost♻️ @therealrobgee @mokumrecords @djchosenfew 🕊🖤

1995 MEGARAVE 7 @megarave_official ENERGIEHAL ROTTERDAM📍 Raw footage from one of the most iconic nights in hardcore history. In this video you can see Bass-D & King Matthew (@djpaulelstak also featured in this vid) with a crowd fully locked into the energy of the night. This duo was also a great part of that era, helping shape the early Rotterdam hardcore sound, and also the @mastersofhardcore rave into something that would travel far beyond the underground. These were the days! -No smartphones. -No posing. -No people standing around. -Everybody was dancing. Just a packed Energiehal, strobe lights, heavy kicks and a crowd moving as one. Paying tribute to Bass-D🕊🖤 He was a true pioneer whose influence helped define the sound and direction of hardcore. His legacy continues to echo through today’s scene. Respect to the pioneers. Respect to the energy. WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

If you love Hardcore/Gabber music and the community, don’t stay silent when hate tries to enter the scene. Reject racism. Reject fascism. Reject people who use our music and imagery to spread division and propaganda. Stand together. Speak up. Push back. WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 #hardcorenothate #gabber #hardcore

@djpaulelstak at 'A Nightmare in Rotterdam' at the legendary Energiehal in Rotterdam. Before the festivals became massive. Before hardcore spread across the world. Before anyone realized how deeply this music would shape generations to come. Paul Elstak was one of the pioneers who helped build hardcore from the underground up through Rotterdam Records, Nightmare, Parkzicht and the raw energy of the early gabber movement. These were not just parties. They were explosions of energy, unity and freedom. Dark halls, sweat dripping from the ceiling, strobes, distorted kicks. Thousands of people completely losing themselves together in the music. And if you look closely at those old videos, you see something important: different backgrounds, different faces, one crowd. Nobody knew back then how far this culture would go. Now decades later, the sound still lives, worldwide. Track: “DJ Paul – Power of the Darkside” A raw underground classic that captures the dark early hardcore atmosphere perfectly. WE ARS HARDCORE, NOT HATE! ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏾♻️

Late hours. Lights fading. One more track. One more explosion of energy. @rotterdamterrorcorps_official @mc_raw_rtc @dj_distortion_rtc 90's vibe, the creating of a worldwide phenomenon. MC Raw pushing the crowd beyond exhaustion while hundreds of gabbers move as one. And if you look closely at those old rave videos, you see the truth that people today often forget: different faces, different backgrounds, one dancefloor. That was always the power of hardcore. ●Unity through sound. ●Escape through music. ●Connection through energy. Gabber and hardcore were never built around hate. They were born from underground culture, migration, hip hop, rave culture, working-class cities and people searching for freedom and release. In the late ’90s and early 2000s, racist and fascist groups tried to attach themselves to the scene (just like they tried to hijack punk and skinhead culture before that). Cultures that were originally multicultural, rebellious and rooted in music and community. We cannot forget that history. We have to protect this scene and music from people who want to weaponize it for propaganda, division and hate. ●Hardcore is not their tool. ●Gabber is not their symbol. ●No fascists in the scene. ♻️Like, share repost. WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE! ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Hardcore, NOT hate! The start of an international movement against the misuse of hardcore/gabber culture and music in fascist propaganda, extremist demonstrations, and the spread of hate. Today, fascist, xenophobe and racist extremist groups try to hijack the music, the aesthetics and the culture to spread division and hate. But the scene and culture will FOREVER resist. We must combat this image and push back against fascist influences in our beloved community. Gabber was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in underground clubs, warehouses, pirate radio stations and late-night raves when it spread around the world. Built and embraced by different people, Different cultures, yet one energy, we are now millions worldwide. The roots and many founders/artists of Hardcore and Gabber are people of colour and/or bi-racial. Not nationalist. Not extremist. Not fascist. We stand for the original spirit of hardcore: Unity. Energy. Respect. Freedom. This campaign exists to protect the true essence of Gabber, preserve its multicultural history and remind people what Hardcore truly is about. ●No fascists in the scene or misuse of the music and culture. If you believe in the real roots of hardcore: Like, share this post, comment, repost. Tag your fellow gabbers! Let the scene speak for itself! WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE! Admin: Oldskool Rotterdam Gabbers ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Hardcore NOT hate! The start of an international movement against the misuse of hardcore/gabber culture and music in fascist propaganda, extremist demonstrations, and the spread of hate. Today, fascist, xenophobe and racist extremist groups try to hijack the music, the aesthetics and the culture to spread division and hate. But the scene and culture will FOREVER resist. We must combat this image and push back against fascist influences in our beloved community. Gabber was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in underground clubs, warehouses, pirate radio stations and late-night raves when it spread around the world. Built and embraced by different people, Different cultures, yet one energy, we are now millions worldwide. The roots and many founders/artists of Hardcore and Gabber are people of colour and/or bi-racial. Not nationalist. Not extremist. Not fascist. We stand for the original spirit of hardcore: Unity. Energy. Respect. Freedom. This campaign exists to protect the true essence of Gabber, preserve its multicultural history and remind people what Hardcore truly is about. ●No fascists in the scene or misuse of the music and culture. If you believe in the real roots of hardcore: Like, share this post, comment, repost. Tag your fellow gabbers! Let the scene speak for itself! WE ARE HARDCORE, NOT HATE! Admin: Oldskool Rotterdam Gabbers ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿