Just checked the forum, and did a quick check in case it was actually released (discogs.com is your best friend for finding out releases and such). Looks like NOOD DJ is just a kid in a basement making mixes on his computer (or doing it live and recording it, either way). This is not a commercial mix, and unless someone happened to be running a stream ripper while it was playing, your best bet is to email NOORD and ask him if you can get the mix. Most DJs don't mind people asking, and will usually have a website where they can host stuff.
As I said, it looks like he simply sent an email to di with the mix and get it played on the channel (fairly easy to do if it's a good mix).
The link to email him through his di profile is here:
http://forums.di.fm/sendmessage.php?do=mailmember&u=95985Or you can PM him on the forum here:
http://forums.di.fm/private.php?do=newpm&u=95985I'm not sure on the timeline when Hardstyle appeared, but I believe that it evolved very shortly after, or even more or less at the same time. It's not like Trance and Gabber were combined into this. I think it took it's cues from Hardcore and Gabber, as opposed to Trance and Gabber. In fact, a number of Hardcore producers dip into Hardstyle now and again. (In the case of Scott Brown, most of his Hardcore stuff sounds like Hardstyle anyway, lol.)
Anyway, yeah, Hardstyle is more melodic than Gabber, because of the influences from Hardcore. That's one thing I love about Hardstyle. People always complain about melodic Gabber on the di Gabber forum, but I absolutely love it, so Hardstyle fits me a bit better than Gabber.
Also, I love jea's stuff so much more than most of the DJ Sharpnel stuff (except the insanely awesome melodic stuff, like Moonearth, and all that). Except for some of the classic Gabber (listen to the thunderdome CDs, and you'll hear what I mean), I don't like Gabber that isn't at least somewhat melodic. Most of Sharpnel's stuff is a bit sparse for me (or a bit weird sounding. Just listen to the one that uses the Puchi Puuri Yuushi theme sped up, the song sounds totally out of place.)
That, and most of Sharpnel's stuff just sounds the same to me (except the insanely badass melodic stuff.)
There needs to be more Trancecore/Hard Trance/Melodic Hardstyle/whatever you want to call these styles. Stuff like Shiki's Air, and Sharpnel's Moonearth, and all that. It's such a stupidly small genre that is extremely well suited to Stepmania (which is about the only place I discover any of that stuff at all.)