Happy Hardcore is one of Britain's most iconic underground dance music movements. Born from the explosion of the late-1980s acid house and rave scene, it evolved from breakbeat hardcore into a faster, uplifting sound packed with piano riffs, euphoric vocals and relentless energy. By the mid-1990s it had become the soundtrack to thousands of weekends across the UK. Where It All Began As the original rave scene split in the early 1990s, one side became darker and evolved into j