Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo

Dutch (Happy) Hardcore-duo.

In Utrecht at a 'Mallorca-reunion' they met each other. Ramon (Charly Lownoise) & Theo Nabuurs (Mental Theo) had both spon the turntables one or more seasons on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Ramon, who saw his second release (R.J.'s Rule - Rave This Nation) turn into worldwide succes at the end of 1991 and at that moment very succesfull went with 'Speedcity', just started his own record company, Master Maximum Records. Theo, thereafter, played on many big events such as 'Eurorave' and 'Dance To Eden'. From that moment they started working together.
After a while Theo was offered a job as an A&R Manager at a semi-big independent where he started working part-time. After this things went fast for both DJ's. They created the succesfull 'Thunderdome' CD's and started they're own "Speedcity Tour" which was in no time Holland's hottest hardcore act. The first eight releases on Master Maximum such as 'Blast EP', 'DJ Fuck', 'The Ultimate Sextrack', 'Tiroler Kaboemsch' and 'Riot In New York' made big succes in the world's underground hardcore scene and the MM 1009 was the crown. 'Live At London' went into the Dutch national charts and their videoclip was played several times on VIVA in Germany and Countdown in Holland. With their single 'Wonderful Days' they signed a label deal with Polygram in 1995 and all promotion is in the hands of this major company with the exception of vinyl which is still handled by themselves and distributed by Midtown in Rotterdam.

Nowadays Ramon is member of the "Bitte Ein Beat"-crew and Theo has his own TV-show on "MTV" (The Netherlands): "Mental Theo On The Road".

For the first time in 10 years, Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo played a gig in the UK. It was titled 'Back to the future old skool '07'. The event took place on April 28th 2007.

There is the slight possibility that Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo might make a comeback back together.