Do you remember your first ever rave...

[64hz]

this ^^^^

a rave to me is beneath stars, away from any semblance of civilisation (except for a fuckoff soundsystem )

jus a gathering of people in their own little self contained nuclear universe of RAVE.

[dubmatters]

this ^^^^

a rave to me is beneath stars, away from any semblance of civilisation (except for a fuckoff soundsystem )

jus a gathering of people in their own little self contained nuclear universe of RAVE.

+1

Nothing like going for a wonder in the forest at 7am.

Glad I did it but struggle to get past 1am these days without wanting to be in my warn bed with my lovely girlfriend.

I must of wanked for days after coming home when i was single.

[Devry_Kaneda]

Definitely thought of this first....



But actually, never been to a rave... Underage and in fucking seattle no less. Just the few Dj's that come through on tour at actual venues.

your missing out on the harvard street mafia raves then. tons of raves for you to go to.

I'll check their events out in the future!

I saw an ad for a datsik show back in may or something, but that stuff really aint my scene.

Thanks for the tip though!

[jameshk]

Not too long ago, in andover. requiem sounds put on a free party, was incredible. Suprised i havn't been to one before cause i've been getting fucked up and loving music for years.

Bring on thefree party in roughly the same location this saturday. woo

[Kochari]

First commercial rave was tribe of frog a few years back. I was 15, and I remember thinking "this is mad, you come to a room full of crazy lights, hypnotic repetitive music and sweaty people who seem to love you a lot, and then on top of that take mind melting drugs - this is sick"

Then I met a couple of people through that, ended up discovering free raves in the middle of the woods, never looked back.

this ^^^^

a rave to me is beneath stars, away from any semblance of civilisation (except for a fuckoff soundsystem )

jus a gathering of people in their own little self contained nuclear universe of RAVE.

This, completely. Everybody flowing in unison, not there to look cool or be seen, but to be a part of something. Like a big sweaty organism. Love it.

[.onelove.]

Clubland - 16 and friends with horrendous tastes in music. Finished at like 1am or something and was just a horrible environment. Bouncy repetitive music, 'roid stnuc with shirts off, northern females in stupid fucking boots and flourescent clothing.


First proper rave (i say proper, still commercial) - GLADE '09. First pill, first Dubstep experience. Skanking it hard at the front of the tent with like minded gurners, full on smiles and hugs with people i knew for all of my 5 minutes. Get given chewing gum by apparent stim veteran who gave me a knowing wink. Just pure happy vibes and unity. Lovely.

Since then I've had mixed experiences tbh, I've either missed the boat or just don't know the best venues. Been in too many aggy atmospheres, where people give discerning looks if you're feeling the music or off it. Too many screwfaces just standing, daring you to knock into them so they can kick off, or dickheads literally just roaming around trying to nab your phone or chain.

Makes me jealous seeing vids of Warehouse raves in the late 80s early 90s, our generation are too fucking serious.

[shunichi13]

Im not mad on Psytrance but Psy trance raves have some of the best atmospheres of anything ive ever been to tbh. Ive been to quite alot of different club nights and illegal raves playing various music genres. But i think my first rave was a Psy trance squat party and it was pretty eye opening.But i have to say theyve led me to someone amazing buildings and forests. Its great when you have a massive building with loads of levels to go exploring or a forest to have a trek about in. All the people ive met have been really nice with some really amazing experiences and stories.
Theres a festival that ive been to a couple of times in Hunagry called Ozora which is in the middle of nowhere in a big valley no security nothing and there are 3 stages. In front of the main stage you have a massive bonfire going all night, Uv madness everyhwere, Big massive UV mushrooms everywhere, there was like a massive group of about 50 people with fire pois going on the side of the valley and an amazing night sky where you can see stars upon stars. Just brilliant its the closest ive come to actually feeling free and completely isolated from the world.
Shame they dont play any other music as thats the only downfall although i did hear a few Boards of Canada tracks and when Ott came on for 3 hours he played his Psychedelic Dub and bits of classic reggae which was perfect in the chill out tent.

[press]

Definitely thought of this first....



But actually, never been to a rave... Underage and in fucking seattle no less. Just the few Dj's that come through on tour at actual venues.

your missing out on the harvard street mafia raves then. tons of raves for you to go to.

I'll check their events out in the future!

I saw an ad for a datsik show back in may or something, but that stuff really aint my scene.

Thanks for the tip though!

well fair enough they are deifnitly booking the datsik style and im not sure they have plans to book the deeper stuff headliner wise.

I am booked for one in feb. so if you keep your eyes peeled for that ill be dropping some stuff i would bet youd be into.

to stay on topic: my first rave was at the now infamous seattle rave spot of the late ninties and early 2000's NAF studios, in 99. not sure who was playing me and my friends that went didnt know shit about raving or electronic music, but we had a blast and it wasnt but a few more raves when we found dnb and well the rest is history!

[bright maroon]

...first "RAVE" i went to was

Atmosphere
April 10 - 1994, Charleston SC - King Street Palace
Adam X
Joey Beltram
Dave Trance
Norplant

I was going to parties before that - but in clubs - little one offs in rented halls...
but that was my first SHAAABLAM...full on - other dimensional type party.

mushrooms, paper, dirty pills - called groovers back then..

sounded like...this - but way louder..was awesome.
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[bright maroon]

This may sound kind of mellow dramatic...

...but my life was crashing and burning hard at that time...
and it really was the music that got me through..

even after all that other stuff fell off - I'm still listening...




way duller as a person and straight laced - but still listening

[64hz]

nothing wrong with getting the shirt off

(right time right place)

[MasterA]

I remember my first rave...

[LA_Boxers]

Used to go to garage nights at Blue Orchid back in 2000. Saw people like EZ, Dreem Team etc etc. Well aggy and had to dress like a cnut. But was awesome for underage partying and pulling loadsa girls.

Then used to go to loads of gigs. Then got back into dance music around 2006-7 and went to G.A.Y. (at Heaven (No Homo)) and did what was literally my second ever pill and danced for about 6 hours until the girl i was with had her bag stolen. Got the train home at about 7am and was the first time i'd ever stayed out in London till the next day. Then went to a few Croydubs, the first Ram @ Matter, Top 100 DJ awards at SEONE.

Couldnt really pick a fave ever rave tho. Defo want to check out a few illegal/open air/forest/squat raves tho.

[flyingointment]

[esfandyar]

my first rave was really cool. It was a forest party between olympia and seattle when I lived up in washington, I had to have been 15, it was around 1998. I cant even remember any of the djs playing, all I remember was obsessively getting into techno and trying to find the places to enjoy it out and about. I candy flipped, both eating acid and pills for the first time. I remember the car ride home listening to pink floyd's us and them and seeing headlights singing along with the lyrics. quite the memory..

[hayze99]

Fucking odd... been listening to Photek all dat and didn't even see the boards.

[gwa]

i'd rather forget my first 'rave'....

[gwa]

fuck it, story time.

i'd literally just turned 16 and it was friday ema / payday for me. so i was £100 quid up on cash and was planning on going to my dads after work for his work night out (i'd been working there over the summer so i knew everyone)

i turned up at the pub and noticed there was a new girl.. very very VERY fit. i mean, like. WOW WOW WEE WOW, fit. anyway, we had a bit of banter.. found out she was 21 and had very similar music taste to me (electro house at the time) and she was telling me about how claude von stroke is in town tonight and that he is playing. and i'm like oh shit yeah, i love CVS.. (it was about the time that whistle tune came out, sure u all kno the one )

anyway, we move on to bar where we are going and we're still talking, getting on really well.. and also getting a lot of alcohol down my neck too.. getting tipsy. she asked me if i wanted to go to see CVS with her and her mates clubbing (i'd never really been to a super club before, obviously bars and small clubs but nothing lke 2K capacity (apart from the west indian centre but i don't see that as a rave, lol. well not too me)) so yeah, we leave everyone on the work night out, i'm taking a very attractive lady out and all the lads at work are like wtf how has he done that. so we go back to her house.

we get there and it turns out she has 2 other exceptionally attractive house mates and i'm like woah, hello. we carry on drinking and they pamper their nose and get ready for going out, so more drinks, couple of photos and a bit more banter and we move on to pick up.

now i'll make it clear that i have taken drugs before, a few times (not weed, i mean uppers) so i was the usual.. yeah i've done this and that so we turn up at this guys house, they're having a mix and sorting out drugs etc, so i carry on drinking and chatting to these people i've just met this night, feel a bit awkward but yeah carry on.

anyway, we get a taxi to the club and i'm pretty drunk here, and somehow i don't get ID'd on the way in.. it was like the gates to heaven opening up, my first experience in a proper huge club and i'm out with all these really hot girls (felt pretty boss, just turned 16 and all that) and CVS was headlining.

so we're standing around, i didn't really know these girls so conversation was a bit short, plus it turns out they were all massive house socialites and that they knew every fucker in the club. starting to feel a bit like a loner and i'm rather drunk.

the said girl that took me out (the one that works for my dad) takes me up stairs to the bar and starts getting off with me and she apologises for not talking much cos she hasn't seen anyone in ages. fair enough. back to being a loner.

anyway, this guy she is seeing turns up, and pretty much keeps me company, had a few more drinks and feel really guilty about pulling his proper fit bird, but it's all good... gets too about 3 a clock and we leave to go back to theirs, realisticly i should be going to bed as i have work the next day but i was drunk and you know what it's like to stop yourself when you've had about 7 pints or so over the past 7 hours.

we leave and in the taxi the girl and the lad she is seeing officialise things because i asked them why they weren't going out, so that's all happy family. eventually get to her house and literally as i step out of the taxi i see my boy on a bombing mission and he's like wtf who these people, and i'm like i've just been to xx club with them and he's like NARR WTF (still being a fresh 16 year old)

we go upto their room and they offer me a pill, and i'm like ok.. not realising that these pills are proper decent pills i end up double dropping and i call the girl i fancy on my course (whos older than me) and start chatting shit.

then that's it.

BLACK OUT

wake up 5 hours later in a different house, in someone elses clothes. aparrently i was walking around this house whilst taking my clothes off asking where this girl (the one from my course) is, and obviously she wasn't there but i guess i must of invited her over as the last thing i remember was being on the phone.

wake up and all i can see is 20 people sat around pretty much all staring at me, whilst i'm pranging out going WHERE THE FUCK IS MY CLOTHES.

make a sharp exit and arrange to see the girl that works for my dad again next week.

get home, call my dad, get a bath, get ready for work, dad picks me up and i get in the car still gurning my face off from these pills and eyes wide as saucers and my dads bird turns around whilst we're in the petrol station and says YOU LOOK PROPER FUCKED. dad gave me a condescending look when he dropped me off but then again he know's what it's like to be 16 and clubbing .

turn up at work and a colleague who is an old MoS and speed queen go-er shouts at me to get in the back of the shop and get some orange juice down my neck. got a lecture as well at the end of my shift about how drugs can kill people and that it's unfair to put that on my parents shoulders blah blah blah.. although to be fair i was gurning my face off on the till in the afternoon.

finish my shift, get a text from a mate saying 'house party?' go to morrisons, pick up 3 bottles of lambrini and order 10 pills. i invite that girl from my college course that i fancied and end up necking off with her whilst mildly hallucinating.


this was the start of my love / hate relationship with drugs and clubbing.

i'm sure badger knows what i mean.

[hackman]

lol