DJs
The DJs behind the sound.
Vibes
DJ Vibes, happy hardcore DJ-producer active alongside Slipmatt, DJ Sy and Seduction during the 1993-94 'darkside' era, part of the breakaway faction keeping the upful/celebratory sound alive at events including Fantazia and Raindance.
Vinylgroover
Scott Attrill, hardcore/techno DJ-producer and pioneer since 1992; releases on Hectic Records including 'Groove Control' (with Midas, 1995) and the 'Phantasm EP' (with Ramos) and 'Counter Attack EP' (with Druid).
Vinyltrixta
Happy hardcore DJ who was a big name on the late-90s circuit. His sets include Slammin Vinyl (1997-98), Raindance's Indoor Rave Festival and Hardcore Heaven vs Compulsion (2000), Hardcore Heaven's Club Tour and GBH vs Hardcore Heaven (2001), and Flashback (2002). He often went back-to-back with Jimmy J.
Vortex
DJ Vortex, UK rave-scene DJ spanning D&B, jungle, hardcore, happy hardcore, techno, house, trance and breakbeat; played events including Helter Skelter and Technodrome in the late 1990s.
Walk:r
Likely WALKR (Ben Worbey), a Bedfordshire, England DJ/producer working in dance and Afrobeat-influenced styles, citing influences including Adam Port, MK, Tchami and Jerome Price, with releases on Beatport. No further biographical or career-history detail was found, and a UK-rave-scene connection specifically is unconfirmed.
Warlock
Warlock (real name Jason Alexander) is a South London-based UK electro/breaks/bass producer and DJ from Watford (raised partly in Stafford), DJing since 1989. He broke onto London pirate station Pulse 90.6FM as hardcore emerged, playing raves including Helter Skelter, Universe, Labyrinth, Sterns, Doncaster Warehouse, The Eclipse, Diehard and Kinetic, techno clubs Knowledge and Eurobeat 2000, and illegal parties for Spiral Tribe and Bedlam. He later compiled Kickin Records' Techno Nations series (signing DJ Hell, Damon Wild, Bam Bam), then co-founded Rag & Bone Records in the early 2000s with Noyeahno, releasing his own 2-step/electro/breaks productions plus Drop The Lime, Stagga and Aaron Spectre; he currently also records as Hooverian Blur.
Weaver
Drum & bass DJ heard on Pleasuredome's 'Lab Logic - Drum & Bass Masters' pack (1996).
Westbam
Maximilian Lenz (b. 4 March 1965, Münster, Germany), pioneering German techno DJ-producer; founded the Mayday Festival and was the only DJ to play every Love Parade from 1989-2008; founded Low Spirit Recordings.
Wilson
DJ heard on The Eclipse 'A Blast From The Past' tapes, going back-to-back with Parks.
Wink
Happy hardcore DJ who went back-to-back with Twigz on Adrenaline's 'A Force To Be Reckoned With' and 'Spring' (1997) tape packs.