Raves /Rave Culture

[Condi]

Possibly a bit of an odd one, but Im too young to have experienced the heyday of 90's clubbing and rave culture. Raves obviously still happen, but does anyone here go to them? Are they any good, and how the hell would I find out about them? Its a box which needs to be ticked...

[Condi]

Mark-C said:

If you want to crush yourself into a tent full of bug eyed sweaty tts leering into flashing lights whilst occasionally shouting “tune” then you can experience what the Daily Mail thought was rave culture at many a festival’s dance tent or big pub in Magaluf etc

Doesnt particularly appeal! I've done plenty of festivals, and love them to bits, but the dance music from 1994-2000 ish was what heavily influenced the music I like today. Unfortunately being 12 in 2000 I was a bit young to really experience it!

Will have a look at the suggestions, if it means going to Belgium/Holland then so be it.

[Condi]

nitrodave said:

Any decent music fetival is a rave which and accessible to all.

Back in the early naughties we had a few party numbers, which after 9pm had voicemail messages with a location. We'd pitch up and it was always disused cinemas, warehosues, offices... even had a rave up in the old MI5 on westminster roundabout.

Always great fun, never any trouble, hundreds of good time revellers and the police were powerless to shut them down.

Good times!

Thats what I want to experience... Although as has been mentioned it seems to have passed.

And I disagree that music festivals are a rave. I've been to quite a few, and while production values vary, they are all a bit 'clean' and commercial.

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technodup said:

ETA: having read it again if 94-00 is the time and clubbing was in the question maybe Creamfields isn't such a daft idea. A st, horrible and commercial one, but it might fit the bill.

Possibly earlier, I dont remember! Being 6 in 1994 it was when I started to like music and work out what I liked and didnt, so that period of time was quite formative.


Done Creamfields, Global Gathering, SW4 etc in the past. They're fun, but lots of 'EDM' stuff - what I would call pop music, and a lot of people going who really have no idea about much of the music they're listening too. Might go to the festival to see one headliner they've heard of on R1. Dunno, just get the feeling something is lacking, possibly something which was around in earlier times...