Force & Styles @ Helter Skelter - Energy 97 (9th August 1997) 

One of the best sets ever! I was there, 45 years old and danced all night. Still bouncing to this amazing music age 71 and loving Darren's newer music just as much.

43 years old, listening to this and remembering the joy of my youth, beautiful music ❤

I’m now a 40 year old businessman and this just popped in my head and now blasting it on my way to a meeting getting some right looks 😂😂😂 the memories this brings back are priceless

40 years old and still playing full blast in my car.

25 years have gone by. And I’m still here @ 42 years of age you can’t get any better than happy hardcore 🤷🏼‍♂️ you can’t. Who els is here nearing 2023.?🎉

The big cases with like 10 tapes inside! Never thought I’d be back listening to this on something for free with earphones that don’t need wires! Madness lol

Still gets me emotional all these years later, i was one of them nutters with a whistle and glow sticks, i was there 😮😅

Can honestly say that as much as my musical tastes have changed as I’ve got older I have never once wanted to leave this music behind. Don’t know if it’s the nostalgia, the experiences back then or the damage from the pills but I can’t see a time when I’ll ever not love me some happy hardcore ❤️

Some of the best, carefree, problem free times of my life , raving with anyone and everyone to this set , everyone was friends and hugs were free, where have these times gone! Lol

Takes me back to the days whenever I didn't know what a worry was..! Priceless stuff... the best live set that Force & Styles ever played by they're own admission 😁 Happy Days 😁

I’d give anything to go back for just one night hardcore never dies ✌️🎤🎶💚

If u read every comment even up to today in 2024. Everyone of them say what great music and the memories it brings back. Today's kids would never understand

Used to be my favorite back in the day! Nearly 40 now and music taste has changed over the years but every now and again I come back for a memory blast!

Helter Skelter, Dreamscape, Hysteria. God damn my youth was fucking awesome!

I had a long conversation with my girlfriend about these days, she is from Sweden and they never had the scene here, they have no comprehension of what it felt like to be part of one big beautiful something, if you dare talk about the E´s it ceases to be a real experience to them, at that point in the conversation I had to give up, NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN MORE REAL, more genuine, more meaningful, if you doint understand that, I cant even start to talk about it with you

23 years gone by and by far the best memories of my life. And best Djs of all time bring back hardcore in 2020 I was 16 when this was done.

This was my favourite rave of 97 and I went to most. It was amazing. Cant describe the feeling of being in the middle of the arena. Soooooo good!!!!!

This cassette never off every drive in the escort going absolutely mental .

It’s just past midnight I’m sat in bed listening to these with a headset whilst my 6 year old sleeps, now a single dad what I would give to take my daughter to live back in these times not the shitshow we are in now.

2024 and always come back to this music #Thegooddays!!!!!!!

This was one of the best parts of my life. I wish I could turn the clock back and relive it. X

Ditto. Never ever comment on these things, but I cant help it. Out of the hundreds of hardcore tapes I have listened to / used to own... this was THE ONE that had everything. BEST SET EVER. All the familiar and the obscure anthems you spend your life trying to find all in one set. Big Up to all the skelter crew who were there during these times. We made it something special.

Was only 16 when I went to this event with a few mates fuck knows how I got in I looked about 11 and was off my face on Mitsubishi’s and speed. Great times at helter skelters & HH. If only we could go back 20+ years 🕺🕺

Rest in Peace MC Junior..... gone but never forgotten!!! xxxx

Sing me another love song, doo doo daa da Transporting me back to my Xr2i driving from Middlesbrough to Seaburn to go cruising. What a time to be alive. I also remember going to Pzazzz Night Club in Sunderland at the time. It's nearly August 2024 and I'm buzzing with this 😊

Thanks so much for uploading this. What a time we lived in. I have no happy hardcore friends now and feel alone. But these mixes and the comments make me happy cos I can see the raving massive is still out there!

....SING ME ANOTHER LOVE SONG!!! .....and I’ll sing you, a lullabyyyyyy

one of the best ever atmospheric happy hardcore sets. place was ram jam and absolutely slamming. I couldn't believe the noise coming out of that tent,never be forgotten. Peace, love and unity😃✌

right now I'm back in my teens listening to these tunes on my tape playing walkman whilst stoned.....those were the days

Something so innocent and pure about these tunes, a special time

2024 and am 41. These tunes are still awesome loads of memories

Happy new year 2024 ❤

At 35, this stuff still brings a smile to my face and reminds me of many an awsome night out in Clacton (the birth place for Force and Style) at UK dance

The awesome thing about music is it takes you right back in memory as if you were there again and conjures up all the feelings again

52 Years old and this is pure class from a time long ago. A time to be never repeated

17 years on and still the best night of my life!! 20000 ravers mashing it up.. would give anything for this one night again!! Thanks for uploading a blinding set from the masters of dance..

One of my best nights was dancing away this night to this set! Whistle white gloves and a black hat with a white E on it lol OMG hardcore will never die!!!

Quite possibly the iconic set in the history of hardcore

Went to my first rave in the sanctury in Milton Keans in 1996.I was 42 at the time must have been the oldest raver in the place at the time.Went to Helter Skelter in aug 9th 1997. We drove down from Scotland on the Saturday afternoon.Arrived 5hrs later .Raved all night drove back home to the famous shimmy club .7am sunday morning got home for lunch .Those were the best days ever.Im 68 now and still love the rave scene.Hope to be back down nov 2024 celebrate my 69th birthday. .Mr B.the famous .Shimmy Club Ardrossan Ayrshire. .

lost my lil bro 20 year ago, he still alive when i listen to this music, RAVING AWAY :)

This whole set is absolutely beautiful.

The kids today truly don't know what they've missed, my youth wasn't lost I was born and will die a Helter-skelter baby.

46 years old and now I'm feeling 19 again bouncing off the walls. So many good times

Banging set....don't get tunes like this anymore. ....took a lot of us on a journey of a life time .....outstanding. ...

I had this tape pack as a teenager…. The force & styles cassette got played to death! Thanks for bring this back in my life!!

Take me back , one more time 🙌🏻🙌🏻 feel young again listening to this x

I had an Astra GTE 16V ( H plate ) with a SOny head unite and Alpine amp , 2x 12 inch bass pins in the boot. Memories of playing this at some mental volume level for hours on end , big long road trips.

One of THE best sets ever. Absolute legends

I miss these days take me bk to my youth banging times these was were we had proper tunes ❤❤ x

Mental NIght this. I remember it well. Cops were on a mission to bust everyone that night with their flash cameras. Didnt stop us from having an awesome night!. Ratpack smashed it in the old school tent. Brisk sy slipmatt all absolutely blew the main tent apart in their back to backs. Class. Just gutted MArk eg played slow techno instead of his normal hard trance. Who remembers the massive line of coppers waiting before we walked out? Thought it was gonna proper kick off that morning lol. I was in my white astramax van. Mad times. Big ups everyone who attended. :)

I was here 45 and disabled and still loving these tunes

This has just blown me back to the past. I actually had butterflies in my stomach listening to this. Thanks.

omg I was there for this set nearly 20yrs ago easily by far the best raving night of my life and one of the best sets ever wish my kids could of experienced this with out the sythntic help though

ANOTHER AWSOME WEEKEND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WEEKENDS OF MY LIFE. GAVE ALL MY PILLS TO RATPACK FUN FAIR AMAZING GREAT FESTIVAL,FORCE AND STYLES KILLED IT . I WOULDNT TRADE THOSE YEARS FOR ANYTHING .BIG SHOUTOUT TO HELTER SKELTER MASSIVE HOPE WE MEET AGAIN XXX

Now im 42 and still in love with this music. Never forget the partys. No pictures, only the music and the feeling 🥰

Aged 17 when Carnival of dance was on. Oh, I miss them days so much. Vibes and livelee were great also. Thanks 4 the upload.....Clarkee, producer, scorpio, mark eg, mzone, slipmat, sy.......Feckin top still.

Force and styles said this was the best set they ever played

Today only i came across this beautiful music, i am definitely gonna miss this day when i will grow up.

My neighbours loved it so much they put a brick thru my window to hear it 😂😂😂😂

90s a decade that will never be trumped

1st song sends shivers down my spine 😁

It's always been force @ styles for me.this just made my hairs ping up allover my body.so u can imagine what it used to do to me bk then.

just loved the happy hardcore back in the day great times

this tape lived in my walkman for 3 years while i was at school. so many memories.

That tent was rammed when these 2 came on . Those that couldn't get in were dancing outside it. Happy days.

My first ever Helter Skelter!! What an amazing night!! Huge ups for the upload

38 years young and this is one of the highlights of a good lived life absolutely quality

Omg happy days love this on tape want it on cd brings bk childhood memories ;-)

Fkin Force & Styles, omg what talent!! This takes me back... in such a good way

Thankyou so much for uploading this. My bro took his own life few years ago now. But we always listened to helterskelter on the way to work. On train. While bmxin. While at ours just getting mashed with the 12 mix tape on... these two smashed it.... Thank you for bringing good memories back

97 was the best year htid❤

Was brought up listening to helter skelter as my mum and dad were ravers. I remember going to my first rave when I was 17 ten years later still doing it never gets old ✌ ✌

I won a dj set in the up & coming tent....I was proper nervous for the first few minutes, until I looked out at the crowd jumping....wow oh wow....many thanks to my good friends mc nrg and mc man parris for mc'ing me....what a fecking night x

Still here listening in 2021 anybody still listen to

BEST HARDCORE VIBES EVA THESE WAS THE DAYZ!!!!!

Energy '97 was the last proper rave. All the tents were banging, it was great weather and funfair was free. "Old Skool" was born in that rammed little tent there as well.

What a day and night. great road trip from Shrewsbury, sunny as hell, and awseome sets all round. 20 years this year :/

The good old days never forgotten 🔥❤️🙌🏻

My mate went to this, I could have and I didn’t. It’s taken many years to come to terms with a mistake like that, but finally I’m at peace, because I realized I’m just an idiot, respect all the crews that did go, I know the vibe was just electric. Big love

So many memories, my teen years were full of hardcore, load of great tunes on the mix

These are so priceless, and super hard to find. Thank you uploader. Much love.

I was there!!! And 96 many times love it!! Live hard die happy!!

@27.18 seconds.... I remember this moment, and then they dropped heart of gold, I sobbed my heart out on the dance floor with happiness...take me back!!!

I love coming back to these tunes! Thank you music!!! :D

This is totally awesome, i had this pack and might even have been there. Not 100% sure. now 46 years old and still love it. i put this music on and everyone around hates it here in Lanzarote and has no appreciation. Everyones now interested in being "cool" and chilled we were all "hyper"

Oh my days it only gone and got me again🔥🔥🔥gets me going every time

Goosebumps.

well done mate, I had this tape it got run over by a bus with my walkman , gutted. . Nice one mucho appreciation

Old school love it.always brings back memories happy days😆😆😆😆

I'm 42 now and this set is still probably one of my favourite sets of all time 🎉

I remember the days...MUM "What's wrong with your eyes??".....ME (eyes like dinner plates!!) "Nothing Mum...I'm just tired???!!?" LOL!!!!!!! 😉

Masters at work.. Raw manual skill & dexterity in these days of vinyl...Now we have the auto blend fisher price computer decks for a child aged 3 can use....

Great Memories of the 90s :)

come back to the happy hardcore and still get that rush 20+ years on , but also with a tinge of sadness ,you aint ever getting those vibes back

Oh the good old days!! Had this on cassette, wore it out!!

OMG I love these tunes and force and styles and of course dj hixxy I used to listen to these day and night it reminds me of the good times lol and it used to drive my mum and the neighbours mad lolx

Memories of the nights raving in the Sanctuary listening to this. Quality upload pal, fucking golden age for the scene!

EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE SLAMER'S!!! Track after Track! (fact) Phat Mc & Legendary Dj's xXx

Heart of gold....What more do you need to know. There was nothing better than this tune coming on... perfect match with some doves and a sunrise.... oooh and maybe a moon and a few stars.... yum. i cant fucking remember all the names but at the time i knew exactly what i was doing and where the fuck i was going......(not like now)... It was the place we all wanted to be and still wish to visit now were all knackered and old and bloody sensible....omg i want to create an oap rave...lots of sugary tea and water thats free and not from the toilet taps.. some comfy seats and a bowl of help yourself little ones.... would that not be the perfect...... IT FUCKING WELL WOULD. Love to all the older cheesey quavers out there....x good times

I was there! What a night. Left at the end, got home around 12:30 in the afternoon, mate had to jump off the bus to run home, get changed and go to work (in a pub), hahahahah! The rest of us went to bed :)