Scooter Essentials

Editors’ Notes For many, the chances are that the pumping 4/4 beat that's a hallmark of the happy hardcore genre will immediately bring to mind the act that dominated the charts through the ‘90s and well into the ‘00s: Scooter. A hitmaking combination of the headiest elements of European rave music and mainstream techno, favourite tracks include the frenzied and irreverent "How Much Is The Fish?", and the house-inspired, Auto-Tuned smash "Nessaja". Fronted by the powerful H. P. Baxxter, Scooter are—and will no doubt always be—an icon of rave culture.