Patrick Van Kerckhoven is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Hardcore sound. He is responsible for initiating the creation of a sub genre of Hardcore that became known as “Artcore.” He created massive of tracks on his labels Ruffneck Records, Gangsta Audiovisuals, Supreme Intelligence, Tainted Audio and Enzyme Records. Nowadays he’s still ruling the scene with his characteristic Hardcore tracks with Industrial influences. Relive the past or behold the future with the sound of Ruffneck.

Inspired by the House Music coming from Chicago and Detroit, he began his musical career at just 15 years old performing at various clubs around Holland. Most of Europe had not yet been exposed to House, let alone any form of Hardcore.Patrick kept pushing the Hardcore sound throughout the 80′s and 90′s, producing hits such as “Mindcontroller” & ” The Spirit”.In lieu of his DJ and Producing successes, van Kerckhoven started his own record label “Ruffneck Records” in 1993.