That would be bouncy techno rather than happy hardcore, which was influenced by early gabber and house music. Happy gabber started when English happy hardcore was still breakbeat, then the happy hardcore DJ’s started playing it as well as bouncy techno, and lost the breakbeats.
I preferred English happy hardcore when it was breakbeat. I’ve still got some early tapes where the DJ’s were playing jungle and happy hardcore, and no-one cared.
