Our Favorite Flyers

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Quasar

Location

London, England, UK

Date

June 6th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Kenny Ken, DJ Spider, Easy D, DJ Hectic, Pig Bag, DJ Smila, DJ Hyde, Blake Baxter, DH H, Jack Master O, Rhythm Doctor, Evil O

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Mantra

Location

Brighton, England, UK

Date

September 25th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Seduction, Jumping Jack Frost, Ellis Dee, Luke Slater, Druid, MC Flux

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Eden

Location

Hampshire, England, UK

Date

November 1st, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Colin Favour, Colin dale, Groove Rider, Love Monkey, Sweet, Luke Slater, Jumping Jack Frost, Rhythm, Stu J, Brisk, Ellis Dee, Bazz

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

A New Dimension (Utopia)

Location

Torquay, England, UK

Date

November 6th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

DJ Zu, Destruction, Worm, Ribbs, Toddy, MC Sharky, MC Riddzee, MC Matt

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Desire ’92 (Labrynth 2000 AD)

Location

London, England, UK

Date

April 25th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Adrian Age, Kenny Ken, Vinyl Matt, Billy Bunter, Easy Mo, DJ Unity, Roger Johnson, Lloyd Anthony

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

White Sugar

Location

West Sussex, England, UK

Date

October 24th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Little Mark, Man, Timmi-Magic, John-Earl-Gray, Pete Couzens, Kid Batchelor, Terry Francis

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Planet

Location

London, England, UK

Date

Monday's, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

The Reese Project, Alys-One, Chez Damier, Kevin Saunderson, Darren Emerson, Kid Batchelor, Linden C, Ricky Morrison, Roy The Roach, Tommy D, Chocolate Fudge, Abbey, Matthew Whitehead

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Biology

Location

NYC, New York, USA

Date

Monday’s

DJ's Live Performance

Keoki, Doc Martin, Jon Williams, Cat Décor, Groove Rider, Frankie Bones, Guy, DB, Dimitry, Tintin, One-E, Debo, James Christian

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Outer Rythm

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

December 15th, 1990

DJ's Live Performance

Joe Curl, Ron D., Barry Weaver, Stephanie B., Michael Cook

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Slippery When Wet

Location

London, England, UK

Date

July 31st, NA

DJ's Live Performance

Andy Wetherall, Darren Emerson, Danny Rampling, Stuart McMillan, Justin Robertson, Phil Perry, Marvin Conner, Terry Farley, Chris Castle, Brandon Block, Steve Savva

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Coke II

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

November 14th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Steve Loria, Orlando, Rick E. Neptune, Big Boy, Maestro, Jerirod, Benski, Professor X, Egg Roll, John Marks, Zeke, Brown Side, SOL Nation, Black Asianic, Rebel Soul, RAW, M&M Prod., Boom Boom, Len, DJ Kane, Urkiel, J-Roc, DJ Drunk

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Stamina @ Sunday Service

Location

Oxford, England, UK

Date

November-December, NA

DJ's Live Performance

Phantasy, Omar, Justice, Sam, Steve Gurley, Mastersafe, Woodstock, Windmill, Mr P, Lockup, Easy Groove, Pilli, Clarkee, Lisa, DJG, Carl Cox, Neily B

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Fusion

Location

Portsmouth, England, UK

Date

February 5th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Fantasy, Aubrey, Top Buzz, Druid, Grooverider, Ramos, MC Shadow, MC Face, MC Stumpi-Don

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

NASA

Location

NYC, New York, USA

Date

NA

DJ's Live Performance

Keoki, DB, Mr Kleen, Soul Singer, DJ One, Daddy Long Legs, Papa Joe

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Inter-Dance

Location

West Sussex, England, UK

Date

August 15th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Jamma, HMS, George Kelly, Hector C, Pete Couzens, Rob, Jackmaster O, House Junkie, Tin Tin, Crazy J, Ratpack, Our Cinema & Gallery

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Eden

Location

Hampshire, England, UK

Date

November 1st, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Colin Favour, Colin Dale, Groove Rider, Love Monkey, Anton, Sweet, Luke Slater, Jumping Jack Frost, North & South, Phantom, Stu J, Brisk, Ellis Dee, Bazz, Rhythm

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Intraspective

Location

Hertfordshire, England, UK

Date

May, NA

DJ's Live Performance

D Zine, Jay Q, Batch, Barrington, Scott Franey, KC, Gappa G, Slipmatt, Rich T, DMS, DJ Rap, LTJ Bukem, MC Screechy, MC Mindscape, MC Tin Tin

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Rush

Location

London, England, UK

Date

October 12th, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Jumping Jack Frost, Grooverider, Eddie Richards, Jesse Jay, DJ JU, Swann E, DJ Daz, Chrome, Aslam Mac, Just Jones, The Doctor, Rush

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Veyenyl

Location

Brighton, England, UK

Date

June 15th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Atomic Crew, Luke Slater, Shaggy, Breeze, Pied Piper, MC Buzz, Seduction, Robert Brown, Crowd Control, Mach III, MC Spyda

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Dance Krazy

Location

London, England, UK

Date

May 16th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Rat Pack, Devious D, Psycho D, DJ Rush, Yin Yang, Amadeus, Jeff B, Ozone, Andy C, DJ H

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Fusion

Location

Aldershot, England, UK

Date

December 3rd, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

DJ SS, Clarkee, Pilgrim, Seduction, Colin Dale, Druid, Ramos, Supreme

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Euphoria

Location

London, England, UK

Date

April 17th-18th 15th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Destiny, MR E, Clarke, Kenny Charles, Ian Bones, Looney Tunes, Matty Dee, Easy B, Roachman

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Tolerance

Location

Bradford, England, UK

Date

August 17th, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Evil Eddie Richards, Grooverider

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Time Tunnel

Location

Kent, England, UK

Date

December 14th, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Loftgroover, Jumping Jack Frost, Kenny Ken, Ratpack, Ray Keith, MC Flirt, Brainkiller, Vibes, MDA, Shaggy & Breeze, Rob Andrews, Mickey B, Randall, TnT & Jeff, Matty D, MC Funky Flirt, Fuel, Dream C

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Megatripolis

Location

London, England, UK

Date

October, NA

DJ's Live Performance

Shakara, Jon Williams, Eddie Love Chocolate, Cisco Ferreira, Colin McBean, Decline, DJ Bite, Charlotte, Nikki, DJ Tantra, Camberwell Butterflies, Richard Grey, Darius, Mixmaster Morris, Ben Long, Bandulu, DJ Lewis, Mega-T, Open Minds, Paul Thomas

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Planet Earth

Location

Clacton-on-Sea, England, UK

Date

October 15th, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Jumping Jack Frost, Force & Styles, DJ Infinity + MC Junior, Dave Williams, Rusta, Jay Trance, Steeve B, LTB BUkem, Gozzy + MC Rankins, Matt Baker, Busta, Andy Smith

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Megatripolis @ Bagley's

Location

London, England, UK

Date

August 26th, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Shakra, Sequenci, Cloggi, Jon Williams, Test Department, Space, Inky Blacknuss, Star Sound Orchestra, Darius, Marco Arnaldi, Dr Benway, Open Mind, Global Communication, Ges Com

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

That's the way to do i!

Location

London, England, UK

Date

October 8th, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Darren Pearce, Craig Dimech, Karl Hopkins, Richard Dolan, Chris Pitcher, Gary gamble, Andy Colver, Lee Rogers, Kevin Morris, Louis Mears

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Seventh Heaven

Location

San Francisco, California, USA

Date

February 7th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Jeno, Garth, Ernie, Eric

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Vertigo @ The End Up

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

NA

DJ's Live Performance

Lewis, Nikki Rivera, Belial, Ellen Farrato, Steve Sque

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Love American Style

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

April 24th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Jeno, Garth, Thomas, Spun, Ernie, Alfie, Markie, Funky Disco Lounge

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Fusion - Vivid

Location

London, England

Date

Fridays March-April, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Rhythm Doctor, Breeze, Steve Bell, Rad, Al McKenzie, Mimi, Kenny C, DJ Rap, DJ Hype, Simon Hobart, DMS, Andy Lewis, Squirrel, Colin Dale, Calum, HMS, Loft Groover

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Int-Ter-Dance - Never Mind the Bollocks

Location

London, England

Date

June 13th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Rodney T, Hector C, Rock & Vibes, Rhythm Doctor, Pete Couzens, Q-Ball, Druid, Colin Favor, Randall, Fabio

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Club Labrynth

Location

London, England

Date

Every Friday, NA

DJ's Live Performance

Adrian Age, Everson Allen, Billy Danial Bunter, Roger Johnson, Warlock, Jinja, Time Bandit, Joey G, UFO Crew, Nicky, Goldilocks

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

The Ribena Experience

Location

London, England

Date

February 12th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Longee, Jonnie B, XTC, Hobnob, Big Dipper

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

The Cookie Club - A Night of Treason

Location

London, England

Date

November 5th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Max, Alex, J-Jay, Nathan, Ant

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

White Sugar

Location

Bognor Regis, England

Date

August 15th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Terry Francis, Eddie Richards, Pete Couzens, Timmi Magic, DJ Man

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Rage

Location

Leicester, England

Date

June, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Phantasy, LTJ Bukem, MJP, Brian Gee, Stu Banks, Keith Sucking, Matersafe, Bassline Smith, Dougall, Stu-Allen, Clarkee, Mickey B, Dynamo, Swanne, Ray Keith, SS, SY, Gemini, Carl Cox, Doc Scott, Swannie, Boing, DJ-XTC, Dazzy B, KAOS, Stark E, Krazy K, Jon Surrell, DJ-OMA, Barron, Elliot, Krazy C, Dazzy B, Greg C

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

United Dance & Temptation

Location

London, England

Date

August 12th, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Slipmatt, Hype, Dougal, Mickey Finn, Sy, Ellis Dee, Vibes, Unity, Slam, Mad P, MC Voca, Joker, SW1, Dope on Wax, Worzal, Andy Burr, Al McKenna

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Utopia

Location

Torquay, England

Date

October 2nd, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

DJ Phantasy, DJ Jody, Ribbs

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Unity

Location

London, England

Date

September 17th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

DJ Ron, Groove Rider, Kenny Ken, Ray Keith, DJ Aizla, Ash-A-Tack, LSD, Devious D, DJ SL, Art Pack, Satin Storm, The Roughest Crew, The VIP Crew, Max & Dave, Archie Arch, Rodigan, Fat Jack, Mark Ross, Steve Wren, Trevor Sax

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Eclipse - May-Day Spectacular

Location

Coventry, England

Date

May 25th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Mickey Finn, Fabio, Ellis Dee, Groove Rider, Frankie Valentine, Parks & Wilson, Slii, Global Method

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Redemtion

Location

London, England

Date

NA

DJ's Live Performance

Loftgroover, Tayla, DJ Peshay, DJ ID, Radical Rhythm, DJ Funkiflirt, DJ Pez, Kenny Zen, Colin Dale, Fankie Valentine, Simon "Bassline" Smith, Pied Piper, Shaggy & Brezze, DJ Randell

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

In-Ter-Dance

Location

Wothing, England

Date

November 2nd, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Pete Couzens, TRAX, Rhythm Doctor, Urban Hype, Terry Francis, Shaggy & Breeze, Pigbag & Dr S Gachet, House junkie, Seduction, Dave Angle, Colin Dale, Fabio, Jackmaster O, DJ Speesh

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Roast

Location

Battersea, England

Date

NA

DJ's Live Performance

Groove Rider, Kenny Ken, Fabio, DJ Ron, Cominic, Killer, Matthew B, Tasmin, Younghead, DJ Vibes, Foster, Batch, Connie, Moose

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Tazzmania - Good Vibrations 2

Location

Aldershot, England

Date

February 17th, 1995

DJ's Live Performance

Gillis, Brisk, Druid, Mr Hyde, Dream, Slipmat, SY, Dougal, Hixx, Smiley, 'Knight, Smiler, Shadow, X-Ite, Len-E, Influence, Drastic

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Mind Control

Location

London, England

Date

August 1st, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Vinyl Matt, Easy Mo, Mr Lee, Loftgroover, DJ Slip, DJH, The Guvernor, Hypnotizer

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Innersense

Location

London, England

Date

August 20th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Randall, Dr S Gachet, Ray Keith, Nut-E1, Mickee Black Market, Cool, Hand Flex, Kemistry & Storm, Tayla, Doc Scott & Probe, Jumpin Jack Frost, Gonzo, Probe & DJ Ron, Clarkee & Tamsin, DOPE, Andy Lewis, Dean Lambert, Arjaydee, Circuit, Buzzkirk, Gary Gee & Rob Blake, Dominic & Buzzman, The Operator

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Essential

Location

London, England

Date

February 1st, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Colin Dale, Noel Watson, HMS, Phil Asher, Hector C, Jack Master 'O', Rock & Vibes, Nick, Tom Bruce, KOFI, Dreamscape

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

For Your Pleasure

Location

London, England

Date

October 11th, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Roy the Roach, No 1 Astronaught, Paul Armstrong, Mr Paul, EXP Baron

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

The Far Side

Location

London, England

Date

August 27th, 1988

DJ's Live Performance

Phidget, Cloggi, Jammin, Fritz + Flert, DJ Stab, Bony Slackburn, Sutra Karma, Liberator

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Tri-X

Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date

December 14th, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Doc Martin, Ron-D-Core, Dan, Barry Weaver

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Dream LA

Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date

July 2nd, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Garth, Thoman, Jeno, Mark Farina, Markie, Doc Martin

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Screaming Yellow Zonkers

Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date

September 5th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Dan, Ron D. Core, Thee-O, Candyman, Mike Messex, Sean Prerry

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Gloo

Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date

November 22nd, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Barry Weaver, Steve Loria, Rick Moreno, Mr. Hershey, Technocolor, Sam I-Am

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Citrusonic

Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date

October 23rd, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Steve Loria, Mark Farina, Oscar, Terrence Toy, Chris Hyde, Meredith Chinn, Sonic Boom

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Liquid Love

Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date

June 21st, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Barry Weaver, Steve Loria, Sam I Am, Aero & Ivory, Age of Machine

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

HouseWares

Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Date

October 30th & November 6th, 1998

DJ's Live Performance

3-PO, Cesar, Gatu, Idjut Boys, John Howard

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

CRAVE

Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Date

December 29th, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Ever Brad, Jeno, Raphael, Archie Bell + Tribe

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

R.E.A.L.

Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date

March 7th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Four Front, Quad Pack, Doc Martin, Matt C., Barry Weaver, Steve Loria, Aldo Bender, Eli Star, Ditigal Boy, Romeo Romeo

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Brilliant - Matt E. Silver and Love Children

Location

New York City, New York, USA

Date

November 14th, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

DB, Orbiting DJ

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Sharon - Only For Those With Devotion

Location

San Francisco, California, USA

Date

July 25th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Simon, Carlos, Garth, Thomas, Jon Williams, Spun, Darren, Ian Calloway

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Toon Town - the Ultimate Session

Location

San Francisco, California, USA

Date

September 5th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Ten City, Little Louie Vega, Kenny Dope Gonzales, Roger S, Evil Eddie Richards, Jeno, Markie Mark, Jan Cooley, Thomas

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Superstars of Love, 2008: a love odyssey

Location

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Date

April 23rd, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Keoki, Scott Hardkiss, Mystic Bill, Davey Dave, Terry Mullan, Jajo, Merlin, Astroboy, Marc Buxton, Jethrox, R.P. Smack, Matt Brendle, Marbe, Droid, The Saint Louis Vibe Tribe, Time Warps to Techno Dimentia, Ray elasquez, Riverman, Sundowners and The Tribe

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Freesia

Location

San Francisco, California, USA

Date

May 14th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Buck, Noel, Doc Martin

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

NASA

Location

New York City, New York , USA

Date

July 24th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

DB, Soul Slinger, Jason Jinx, On-E, MOBY, Dante, Mr Kleen, Jacquelyn Christie

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

NASA

Location

New York City, New York , USA

Date

April 4th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Dmitry (Deee-Lite), Destructo (Rave America), Jason Jinx (Nasa), Troposphere (Nasa), DB (Losing his Mind), Minus 8

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Swirl

Location

San Diego, California, USA

Date

NA

DJ's Live Performance

That Girl DJ

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Psycedelic Circus

Location

London, England, United Kindom

Date

December 18th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Andy Weatherall, Steve, Proctor, Fabio Paras, Rad Rice, Ware French, Robert Owens, Norman Jay, Mark Moore, Seb Fontaine, Roy the Roach, Biko, Breeze, Steve Goddard, Spenser Broughton, Queen Maxine, Sally Dee, Jannen, Arron, Eddie Piller, Bunny, Chris Sullivan, Martin, Fraser, James White, Jason and Reece, Sabres of Paradise, Robert Owens

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Uplift

Location

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Date

January 28th, 1995

DJ's Live Performance

Keoki, Josh Wink, Scott Henry, Reese, Astroboy, David Hollands, Cyber Jive, Benman

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Tang

Location

San Francisco, California, USA

Date

NA

DJ's Live Performance

Empira, Raul, Electra

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

X Marks the Spot

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

June 12th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Mark Lewis, Sunny Stone, Mr. Hershey, Dice, Marco R., Willie Survive, Color Blind, Orbit

Media

Newspaper Clipping

Crew, Event

Toon Town, UFO's Are Real

Location

San Francisco, California, USA

Date

April 11th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Joey Beltram, Kevin Saunderson, MOBY, Jeno, Doc Martin, Pete Avila, Nikki Rivera, Markie Mark, Spacetime

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Wicked

Location

San Francisco, California, USA

Date

November 14th, 1998

DJ's Live Performance

Garth, Thomas, Jeno

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Kick Drum

Location

Sacramento, California, USA

Date

July 18th, 1997

DJ's Live Performance

JL, Jeno, Garth, Markie, Markus

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Barbarella

Location

San Diego, California, USA

Date

August 22nd, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Mark E Quark, Dale Charles, Ecstatic, Special Guests

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Wicked

Location

177 Townsend, San Francico, California, USA

Date

December 18th, 1998

DJ's Live Performance

Stacey Pullen, Garth, Jeno, Markie

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Archie Annual

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

January 18th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Barry Weaver, Beej, Ron D Core, Jon Williams, Tony Largo

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Coordinated Chaos

Location

Austin, Texas, USA

Date

NA, Year(?)

DJ's Live Performance

NA

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Citrusonic

Location

836 North Highland, Hollywood, California, USA

Date

Wednesdays, Year(?)

DJ's Live Performance

Doc Martin, Barry Weaver

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Deliverance

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

July 18th, Year(?)

DJ's Live Performance

Dan, Ron D Core, Kandy Man, Jon Williams, Steve Loria, Anything Box

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Destiny

Location

Austin, Texas, USA

Date

January 27th, 1996

DJ's Live Performance

Keoki, Trance, Markie Mark, Rob Vaughan, Herb, Chris Anderson

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Exult

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

November 14th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Barry Weaver, Ron D Core, Markem, Dan, Culture D, Rankin Thomas, Sean Perry, Mike Messex

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Fab

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

July 3rd, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Darius, Barry Weaver, Steve Loria, Ron D Core, Special Guests

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Faith

Location

860 Garnet Avenue, San Diego, California, USA

Date

March 6th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Ian Colloway, Richardo Antonte, That Girl

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Hug o' War

Location

Sacramento, California, USA

Date

September 3rd, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

NA

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Intoxication

Location

San Francico, California, USA

Date

July 19th, 1997

DJ's Live Performance

Glenn Garcia, Donald Glaude, Jon Bishop, Jeno, Garth, Spun, Simon, Galen, Tony, Dreamer, Spinbadd, Joe Lanzon

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

King Street Garage

Location

174 King Street, San Francico, California, USA

Date

June 6th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Jeno, Markie Mark, Todd Kerry

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Looney Land

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

May 2nd, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Ron D Core, Barry Weaver, Dan, Sean Perry, Moon Pup,Aldo Bender, Co Co T, Tosa, Roots of David

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Turn Your Mind Inside Out

Location

San Diego, California, USA

Date

March 27th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Barry Weaver, Jon Bishop, Mr Silva, Kaos-X

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

A Rave Called Sharon

Location

208 Nueces, Austin, Texas, USA

Date

October 7th, 1995

DJ's Live Performance

DB, On-E, Spun, Bizz, Rob Vaughan, Bryson

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Snapped

Location

San Diego, California, USA

Date

August 20th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Mark E Quark, Dale Charles

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

THOR

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date

April 11th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Ron D Core, Dan, Tony Largo, Barry Weaver, Markem X, Jon Williams, 749, Juanito, Kandyman

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Tilt a Whirl

Location

520 4th Street, San Francico, California, USA

Date

April 4th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Carlos, Dutch, La Paix, Jeno, Dan

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Mister Toad Rides Again

Location

10999 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, California, USA

Date

March 21st, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Mark E. Quark, Jon Bishop, Phil Frias

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Who Is Waldo?

Location

San Diego, California, USA

Date

June 5th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

NA

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Come Unity

Location

1015 Folsom, San Francico, California, USA

Date

January 6th, 1994

DJ's Live Performance

Josh, Jeno, Garth, Simon

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Come Unity

Location

1015 Folsom, San Francico, California, USA

Date

March 5th, 1991

DJ's Live Performance

Ernie, Garth, Jeno

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Come Unity

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

NA, Year(?)

DJ's Live Performance

NA

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Love American Style

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

April 24th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Jeno, Garth, Thomas, Spun, Ernie, Alfie, Markie, Funky Disco Lounge

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Get Down Get Down

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

January 22nd, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Garth, Spun, Dani, Thomas, Shon, Jeno, Simon, Harry Who

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

120 bpm

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

October 24th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Carlos, Dutch, LaPaix, Moonpup

Media

Ameba Rave Record and Clothing Shop Flyer

Crew, Event

Ameba

Location

1732 Haight Street San Francico, California, USA

Date

Early 1990's

DJ's Live Performance

NA

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Wicked

Location

King Street Garage 174 King Street San Francico, California, USA

Date

February 3rd, 1996

DJ's Live Performance

Tony Humphries, Markie, Garth, Jeno, Thomas

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Soul System

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

April 2nd, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Onions, Mark Farina, Jeno, Garth, Spun

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Location

San Francico Bay Area, California, USA

Date

January 9th, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Spun, Ghost, Carlos, E-Mixx

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Pepper

Location

668 Haight San Francico, California, USA

Date

Mondays, Year(?)

DJ's Live Performance

Buck, Josh, Chris Lum, & Guests

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Wicked

Location

King Street Garage 174 King Street San Francico, California, USA

Date

May 1st, 1993

DJ's Live Performance

Jeno, Garth, Markie, Thomas

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Care Free Dancing, Care Free Curl Car Wash

Location

177 Townsend San Francico, California, USA

Date

May 23rd, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Roger S., Nikki Rivera, Markie Mark

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

The Love Garage

Location

174 King Street San Francico, California, USA

Date

September 4th and 11th, Year(?)

DJ's Live Performance

Jan Cooley

Media

Flyer

Crew, Event

Toon Town, UFO's are real

Location

San Francico, California, USA

Date

April 11th, 1992

DJ's Live Performance

Joey Beltram, Kevin Saunderson, MOBY, Jeno, Doc Martin, Pete Avila, Nikki Rivera, Markie Mark, Spacetime

About the Project
Goal:

To preserve original; Underground, Rave, Club, Disco, and any other underground memorabilia.


Why:

As the years go by, old rave flyers and rave posters are lost, damaged, thrown away, and recycled. This project is to ensure rave flyers and rave posters are curated and stored in a healthy environment.


Storage:

All is stored in a climate controlled environment where the rave flyers and rave posters are curated and stored.


Digitalize:

All rave flyers and rave posters under the care of this project will be scanned at a high resolution and shared on this website for anyone in the world to enjoy. Scanning is a byproduct of the curating process. If you would like a high resolution scan of a rave flyer or rave poster please email me.


Website:

This website is updated often. Please join our email list to stay up to date. As galleries are added to and updated, emails will be sent out to bring you up to date.


Curation Process
1. Find and acquire memorabilia by donation

2. Sort by location

3. Sort alphabetically

Once rave flyers, rave posters, and other memorabilia is in the care of the Rave Preservation Project they are sorted alphabetically.


4. Sort each letter

After the memorabilia; rave flyers, rave posters, etc. is sorted alphabetically each letter is sorted by event. One off events or one off memorabilia; rave flyers, rave posters, etc. is sorted alphabetically.


5. Create envelope with event information

An envelope is created for each event for safe storage and archiving. Each envelope is organized by; Event, Country, State or Province, then City or Town.


6. Add envelopes to storage containers

Storage containers are safe and labeled alphabetically stored in a climate controlled room. Each letter storage box contains all the envelopes under that letter.


7. Digitize

Scan memorabilia; rave flyers, rave posters, etc.


8. Share

Once scanned all is shared with the world on this site.

Stats
General

Years
Mid 1980's - Early 2000's (2000's added if event began pre-2000)
Galleries
2,400+
Pieces of memorabilia
40,000

AUSTRALIA

Byron Bay
1  gallery,   5  items    view
Cairns
1  gallery,   9  items    view
Port Douglas
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Sydney
1  gallery,   58  items    view

BELGIUM

Wespelaar
1  gallery,   4  items    view

CANADA

British Columbia
45  gallery,   341  items    view
Nova Scotia
1  galleries,   6  items    view
Ontario
63 galleries,   730  items    view
Quebec
2  galleries,  39 items    view
Saskatchewan
1 galleries,   6  items    view

CHILE

Chile
1  gallery,   3  items    view

CZECH REPUBLIC

Prague
1  gallery,   4  items    view

FRANCE

Amiens
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Belfort
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Mullhouse
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Paris
1  gallery,   35  items    view
Rennes
1  gallery,   5  items    view
Saint-Omer
1  gallery,   3  items    view
South fo France
1  gallery,   6  items    view

GERMANY

Angermunde
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Bad Waldsee
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Berlin
1  gallery,   4  items    view
Berne
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Duisburg
1  gallery,   4  items    view
Dusseldorf
1  gallery,   5  items    view
Edingen-Neckarhausen
1  gallery,   2  items    view
Frankfurt
1  gallery,   5  items    view
Heidelberg
1  gallery,   2  items    view
Heidesee
1  gallery,   4  items    view
Karlsruhe
1  gallery,   2  items    view
Ludwigshafen
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Munich
1  gallery,   33  items    view
Otigheim
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Speyer
1  gallery,   3  items    view

GREECE

Athens
1  gallery,   6  items    view

HUNGARY

Hungary
1  gallery,   11  items    view

IRELAND

Ballycastle
1  gallery,   6  items    view
Cork
1  gallery,   4  items    view
Dublin
1  gallery,   4  items    view

ISRAEL

Tel Aviv
1  gallery,   2  items    view

ITALY

Florence
1  gallery,   9  items    view

JAPAN

Tokyo
1  gallery,   138  items    view

MEXICO

Baja California
3  galleries,   23  items    view
Mexico City
1  galleries,   5  items    view

NETHERLANDS

Almere
1  galleries,   3  items    view
Amsterdam
1  galleries,   28  items    view
Gorinchem
1  galleries,   3  items    view
Utrecht
1  galleries,   3  items    view
Zaandam
1  gallery,   3  items    view

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town
1  gallery,   3  items    view

SPAIN

Benidorm
1  gallery,   5  items    view
Ibiza
1  gallery,   3  items    view

SWITZERLAND

Basel
1  gallery,   9  items    view
Bern
1  gallery,   6  items    view
Neuchâtel
1  gallery,   3  items    view
Zürich
1  gallery,   13  items    view

TURKEY

Istanbul
1  galleries,   3  items    view

ENGLAND

East
40  galleries,   312  items    view
East Midlands
19  galleries,   149  items    view
London
115  galleries,   1,755  items    view
North East
2  galleries,   9  items    view
North West
14  galleries,   84  items    view
South East
54  galleries,   464  items    view
South West
31  galleries,   197  items    view
West Midlands
35  galleries,   280  items    view
Yorkshire and the Humber
10  galleries,   63  items    view

SCOTLAND

Edinburgh
1  gallery,   1  item    view

WALES

Cardiff
2  galleries,   10  items    view
Swansea
2  galleries,   12  items    view

UNITED STATES

Alaska
1  galleries,   4  items    view
Arizona
3  galleries,   202  items    view
California
1,577  galleries,   26,506  items    view
Colorado
3  galleries,   129  items    view
Connecticut
2  galleries,   20  items    view
Delaware
1  gallery,   6  items    view
Florida
12 galleries,   160  items    view
Georgia
1  gallery,   8  items    view
Hawaii
1  gallery,   56  items    view
Hawaii
1  galleries,   56  items    view
Illinois
3  galleries,   297  items    view
Indiana
2  galleries,   34  items    view
Iowa
6  gallery,   56  items    view
Kansas
1  gallery,   5  items    view
Kentucky
2  galleries,   24  items    view
Louisiana
2  gallery,   14  items    view
Maine
2  galleries,   14  items    view
Maryland
2  gallery,   136  items    view
Massachusetts
7  galleries,   68  items    view
Michigan
3  gallery,   39  items    view
Minnesota
2  galleries,   62  items    view
Missouri
3  gallery,   63  items    view
Nebraska
1  gallery,   22  items    view
Nevada
3  gallery,   45  items    view
New Hampshire
1  gallery,   4  items    view
New Jersey
1  gallery,   38  items    view
New Mexico
1  gallery,   12  items    view
New York
68  galleries,   1,445  items    view
North Carolina
6  galleries,   34  items    view
North Dakota
1  galleries,   3  items    view
Ohio
5  galleries,   92  items    view
Oregon
34  galleries,   348  items    view
Pennsylvania
7  galleries,   84  items    view
Rhode Island
1  galleries,   8  items    view
South Dakota
2 galleries,   10  items    view
Tennessee
4 galleries,   46  items    view
Texas
6  galleries,   106  items    view
Utah
1  gallery,   21  items    view
Vermont
1  galleries,   3  items    view
Virginia
4  galleries,   25  items    view
Washington
31  galleries,   689  items    view
Washington D.C.
1  gallery,  95  items    view
West Virginia
1  galleries,   4  items    view
Wisconsin
5  galleries,   117  items    view

Donor Galleries
27  galleries,   3,633  items    view
Founder

Hi, my name is Matthew Johnson. I have been involved with the Underground/Rave scene since the late 1980’s. So many amazing memories. A lot of my friendships cultivated from this scene one way or another. My love for music, art, and fashion, PLUR, and a better today and tomorrow has kept me attracted to this (underground/rave) culture. I have been fortunate to be part of a group in the SF Bay Area called Friends and Family for many, many years.

This project started out as an effort to curate and scan my own underground and rave flyer and poster collection. I shared this with friends, immediately stories came in about flyer and poster collections; lost, damaged, and other fates that ended in a demise and/or loss that was unrecoverable. Friend upon friend told me they wished there was a project dedicated to the preservation of underground and rave memorabilia (rave flyers, raveposters, laminates, tickets, etc.) to keep the originals safe while digitalizing the library to share for everyone to enjoy.

I decided to fill a much desired need in the community. I began this project in 2013.

A little Rave History
Email me if you'd like to add your story, or history from your point of view.

From Wikipedia's "Rave" entry. wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave

A rave (from the verb: to rave) is a large party or festival featuring performances by disc jockeys (colloquially called DJs) and occasionally live performers playing electronic music, particularly electronic dance music (EDM). Music played at raves include house, trance, techno, drum and bass, hardcore and other forms of electronic dance music with the accompaniment of laser light shows, projected images, visual effects and smoke machines. The rave scene is mostly known worldwide for its excessive use of club drugs, such as MDMA, LSD and psychedelic mushrooms.

Rave culture originated mostly from acid house music parties in the mid-to-late 1980s in the Chicago area in the United States. After Chicago house artists began experiencing overseas success, it quickly spread to the United Kingdom, Central Europe, Australia and the rest of the United States.


History

In the late 1950s in London the term "Rave" was used to describe the "wild bohemian parties" of the Soho beatnik set. In 1958 Buddy Holly recorded the hit "Rave On," citing the madness and frenzy of a feeling and the desire for it to never end. The word "rave" was later used in the burgeoning mod youth culture of the early 1960s as the way to describe any wild party in general. People who were gregarious party animals were described as "ravers". Pop musicians such as Steve Marriott of The Small Faces and Keith Moon of The Who were self-described "ravers".

Presaging the word's subsequent 1980s association with electronic music, the word "rave" was a common term used regarding the music of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelia bands (most notably The Yardbirds, who released an album in the US called Having a Rave Up). Along with being an alternative term for partying at such garage events in general, the "rave-up" referred to a specific crescendo moment near the end of a song where the music was played faster, heavier and with intense soloing or elements of controlled feedback. It was later part of the title of an electronic music performance event held on 28 January 1967 at London's Roundhouse titled the "Million Volt Light and Sound Rave". The event featured the only known public airing of an experimental sound collage created for the occasion by Paul McCartney of The Beatles – the legendary Carnival of Light recording.

With the rapid change of British pop culture from the mod era of 1963–1966 to the hippie era of 1967 and beyond, the term fell out of popular usage. During the 1970s and early 1980s until its resurrection, the term was not in vogue, one notable exception being in the lyrics of the song "Drive-In Saturday" by David Bowie (from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane) which includes the line "It's a crash course for the ravers." Its use during that era would have been perceived as a quaint or ironic use of bygone slang: part of the dated 1960s lexicon along with words such as "groovy". The perception of the word changed again in the late 1980s when the term was revived and adopted by a new youth culture, possibly inspired by the use of the term in Jamaica.

In the mid to late 1980s a wave of psychedelic and other electronic dance music, most notably acid house-music and Techno, emerged and caught on in the clubs, warehouses, and free-parties first in Manchester in the mid 1980s and then later London . In many ways what would become known as the Rave scene, was influenced by the Northern Soul scene which throughout the late 1960s and through the 1970s and 1980s had involved large groups of mainly working class kids dancing all night to rare US soul records. With the end of the UK's textile industry in the northwest, suddenly large mills and warehouses became empty and unauthorized parties were held in them. The first warehouse parties in Manchester were organized by the group The Stone Roses back in 1985, when to get around the licensing laws they would play a gig and book a line up of DJs under the disused arches of Piccadilly train station.

These parties were then advertised as an all-night video shoot, and the kids who bought tickets for £5 would have a 1p piece sellotaped to the back as their fee for being extras in a video shoot, thus for several months the forces of law were kept at bay. Dance music was always prominent with big electro, jazz funk and early house tunes being played in a somewhat balearic mix alongside New Order, The Clash and The Smiths. House music caught on very quickly in the north and midlands from 1986 onwards, even being played in mainstream night clubs. In 1988 London suddenly adopted this scene, and rebranded it, so records which a week earlier had been House Records, were suddenly Acid House-music and smiley badges and other marketing paraphernalia became involved. These early raves were called "Acid House Music Parties".

They were mainstream events that attracted thousands of people (up to 25,000 instead of the 4,000 that came to earlier warehouse parties). Acid House Music parties were first re-branded "rave parties" in the media, during the summer of 1989 by Neil Andrew Megson during a television interview, however, the ambience of the rave was not fully formed until 28 May 1991. In the UK, in 1988–89, raves were similar to football matches in that they provided a setting for working-class unification, in a time with a union movement in decline and few jobs, and many of the attendees of raves were die-hard football fans.In 1990 Rave came also underground in several cities as Berlin, Milan, Patras in basements, warehouses and forests ...

In the late 1980s, the word "rave" was adopted to describe the subculture that grew out of the acid house movement. Activities were related to the party atmosphere of Ibiza, a Mediterranean island in Spain, frequented by British, Italian, Greek, Irish and German youth on vacation.

British politicians responded with hostility to the emerging rave party trend. Politicians spoke out against raves and began to fine anyone who held unauthorized parties. Police crackdowns on these often-unauthorized parties drove the scene into the countryside. The word "rave" somehow caught on in the UK to describe common semi-spontaneous weekend parties occurring at various locations linked by the brand new M25 London Orbital motorway that ringed London and the Home Counties. (It was this that gave the band Orbital their name.) These ranged from former warehouses and industrial sites, in London, to fields and country clubs in the countryside.


United Kingdom

See also: Second Summer of Love, Acid house, House music, Oldschool jungle, Breakbeat hardcore, Techno, Electronica and Electronic dance music

By 1991, organisations such as Fantazia, Universe, N.A.S.A "Nice And Safe Attitude", Raindance and Amnesia House were holding massive legal raves in fields and warehouses around the country. One Fantazia party, called One Step Beyond, was an open-air, all-night affair that attracted 30,000 people. Other notable events included Vision at Pophams airfield in August 1992, with 40,000 in attendance and Universe's Tribal Gathering in 1993.

In the early 1990s, the scene was slowly changing, with local councils passing by-laws and increasing fees in an effort to prevent or discourage rave organisations from acquiring necessary licenses. This meant that the days of legal one-off parties were numbered. By the mid-1990s, the scene had fragmented into many different styles of dance music, making large parties more expensive to set up and more difficult to promote. The happy old skool style was replaced by the darker jungle and the faster happy hardcore. Although many ravers left the scene due to the split, promoters such as ESP Dreamscape and Helter Skelter still enjoyed widespread popularity and capacity attendances with multi-arena events catering to the various genres. Particularly notable events of this period included ESP's Dreamscape 20 on 9 September 1995 at Brafield aerodrome fields, Northants and Helter Skelter's Energy 97 event on 9 Aug 1997 at Turweston Aerodrome, Northants.

The illegal free party scene also reached its zenith for that time after a particularly large festival, when many individual sound systems such as Bedlam, Circus Warp, DIY, and Spiral Tribe set up near Castlemorton Common. In May 1992, the government acted. Under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, the definition of music played at a rave was given as:

"music" includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.
–Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Sections 63, 64 & 65 of the Act targeted electronic dance music played at raves. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act empowered police to stop a rave in the open air when a hundred or more people are attending, or where two or more are making preparations for a rave. Section 65 allows any uniformed constable who believes a person is on their way to a rave within a five-mile radius to stop them and direct them away from the area; non-compliant citizens may be subject to a maximum fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (£1000). The Act was officially introduced because of the noise and disruption caused by all night parties to nearby residents, and to protect the countryside. However, some participants in the scene claimed it was an attempt to lure youth culture away from MDMA and back to taxable alcohol. In November 1994, the Zippies staged an act of electronic civil disobedience to protest against the CJB (i.e., Criminal Justice Bill).

After 1993, the main outlet for raves in the UK were a number of licensed venues, amongst them Helter Skelter, Life at Bowlers (Trafford Park, Manchester), The Edge (formerly the Eclipse), The Sanctuary (Milton Keynes) and Club Kinetic. In London, itself, there were a few large clubs that staged raves on a regular basis, most notably "The Laser Dome", "The Fridge", "The Hippodrome", "Club U.K.", and "Trade." "The Laser Dome" featured two separate dance areas, "Hardcore" and "Garage", as well as over 20 video game machines, a silent-movie screening lounge, replicas of the "Statue of Liberty", "San Francisco Bridge", and a large glass maze. At capacity "The Laser Dome" held in excess of 6,000 people. Events proved to be one of the main forces in rave, holding legendary events across the north-east and Scotland. Initially playing Techno, Breakbeat, Rave and drum and bass, it later embraced hardcore techno including happy hardcore and bouncy techno. Judgement Day, History of Dance, and now REGENeration continued the Rezerection legacy. Scotland's clubs, such as the FUBAR in Stirling, Hangar 13 in Ayr, and Nosebleed in Rosyth played important roles in the development of these dance music styles.

These were nearly all pay-to-enter events; however, it could be argued that rave organisers saw the writing on the wall and moved towards more organised and "legitimate" venues, enabling a continuation of large-scale indoor raves well into the mid-nineties. One might remember that the earliest house and acid house clubs were themselves effectively "nightclubs". Public perception of raves was also overshadowed in the press by the 1995 death of Leah Betts, a teenager who died after taking MDMA; journalists and billboard campaigns focused on drug use, despite Betts cause of death being water intoxication in her home, not an MDMA overdose at a rave.

The UK rave scene is very much alive to this day, with the summer of 2013 playing host to a number of illegal outdoor 'raves' across the north west of England, making use of the re-introduction of many house genres, particularly deep-house, garage, tech-house and a style of drum&bass called 'jump up'. In London, the warehouse party scene has made a revival, with many large clubs closing, popular DJs are playing in abandoned car parks, warehouses, factories etc. Many put this down to the recession, nightclubs and bars being less affordable than in the past few years, a similar situation to the late 1980s and early 1990s when House Music and rave took off.

Genuine illegal raves have continued throughout the UK to this day and unlicensed parties have been organised in venues including disused quarries, warehouses, and condemned night clubs. The rise of the Internet has both helped and hindered the cause, with much wider and more accessible communication resulting in bigger parties, but consequently increasing the risk of police involvement.


United States of America

American ravers, following their early UK & European counterparts, have been compared to the hippies of the 1960s due to their shared interest in non-violence and psychedelia.

In the late 80s, rave culture began to filter through from English ex-pats and DJs who would visit Europe. However, rave culture's major expansion in North America is often credited to Frankie Bones, who after spinning a party in an aircraft hangar in England helped organize some of the earliest known American raves in the 1990s in New York City called "Storm Raves" which maintained a consistent core audience. Coinciding at the same time, were the "NASA" parties in NYC by DJ Scotto which was featured in the 1995 movie Kids and forthcoming was concert producer p.a.w.n. Lasers in Pennsylvania who later became the most well known laser company at raves in East Coast by cross-promoting these rave events State to State as far south as Florida and Louisiana. After this, hundreds of smaller promotional groups sprung up across the east coast such as Ultraworld (MD,DC), Park Rave Madness (NYC), G.O. Guaranteed Overdose (NYC), Local 13 (NJ), Caffeine (NYC), Liquid Grooove aka Liquified (GA), Columns of Knowledge (CT), Special K aka Circle Management (PA), Zen Festivals (FL), Disco Donnie (LA), Ultra Music Festival (FL), and later the west coast, causing a true "scene" to develop.

In the 1990s, one of the most influential Rave organisers / promoters in America was San Diego's, Global Underworld Network. They were made famous for organizing and throwing the OPIUM and NARNIA raves that reached in size of 60,000 plus people in attendance, a feat unheard of at that time. Narnia which would become famous for a morning hand holding circle of unity was featured on MTV and twice in LIFE magazine being honored with Event of the Year in 1995. Narnia became known as the "Woodstock of Generation X" & Nicholas Luckinbill and Branden Powers of G.U.N. have been called the Merry Pranksters of the Rave scene. These festivals were mostly held on Indian Reservations and Ski Resorts during the Summer months and were headlined by well-known DJs such as Doc Martin, Dimitri of Deee-lite, Afrika Islam and the Hardkiss brothers from San Francisco. They were instrumental in creating the RIGHT TO DANCE movement—a non violent protest held in San Diego and later in Los Angeles on the steps of City Hall which aimed to demonstrate that rave culture was about community, peace and love.

Featuring local San Diego DJ's Jon Bishop, Steve Pagan, Alien Tom, Jeff Skot and Mark E. Quark, Global Underworld's events were the first prop-heavy, themed parties in America. They were also the first production company to throw Raves within Mexico, thus launching the entire rave culture movement within South America. The iconic fairy and pixie craze with ravers getting fairy tattoos and wearing wings to parties likely started from an image of a winged fairy on the first Narnia flyer. The Crystal Method played their first out of town show for G.U.N.'s Universary event. Fearing reprisals from the police the event was advertised as "A thousand Points of Light" referring to the power of healing crystals of the Crystal Methods name. This tickled the upcoming artists so much they would refer to it years later in their biography.

The communal space hosting the G.U.N. office amongst many others—something of a Waco meets Warhol in the MIT media lab—was a crossroads of the scene. This vibrant, weird, & chaotic top 3 stories of a building in downtown San Diego, unceremoniously known as "The Loft", grew out of an unlikely collaboration between Alabama yoga guru Murshid Van Merlin, hackers Jerry Lugert & Bill Huey, & Sin Magazine editor Chris Howland. The mythology goes that Howland met Lugert at a Dennys, jumped on the back of a Harley, and was blindfolded for a windy ride deep into Rancho Santa Fe. Awestruck by weirdness, Sin Magazine's warehouse office was soon thereafter offered to & annexed by the cult which was being driven from the upscale estate by neighbors whom were not fans of the late night electronic music arts. In contrast to the commercial oriented mega raves, the Loft hosted intimate parties over the years & provided an art & technology incubator for thousands in the SD underground scene of the 1990s. The percussive group Crash Worship in particular, sometimes working out of the Loft, mechanistically generated the essence of techno tribal dionysian abandon of which the raves scene is rooted. This scene marks the post-industrial, pre-rave period of tranced out dance parties in the U.S.. Symbolic & predictive of the changes to come, they were known to march on & raid the early Burning Man rave camps, analog & un-amplified, to take the DJ hostage.

Adults are often active members of the U.S. scene and are well represented at events. Certain facets of dance music culture in the UK, Europe and globally, are also welcoming to the older generation (especially the free party/squat party/gay scenes). However, rave and club culture remains on the whole very much a youth-driven movement in terms of its core fan base. Although rave parties are commonly associated with warehouse break-ins & such, raves themselves are more often considered to be legal, & often commercial gatherings in recent times.

In late 80s and early 90s, there was a boom in rave culture in the Bay Area. At first, small underground parties sprung up all over the SOMA district in vacant warehouses, loft spaces, and clubs like DV8 and 1015 Folsom, and basement of Jessie Street that had permits to run to 6am as long as no alcohol was served. The no alcohol rule fueled the ecstasy-driven parties to a much larger crowd, and soon followed were the first large scale raves. Every weekend a few hundred would show up at venues like the Townsend warehouse, the King Street garage, and other mid-size warehouse's located in the SOMA and south San Francisco area.

Rave crew's started to become famous not only for their quality of music and the smoothness of the parties thrown but also for the 'vibe'. Crews grew to legendary status at this time: 'The Gathering', 'Toontown', 'Wiked', 'Rave Called Sharon', 'The Church', and 'Osmosis'. Small underground raves were just starting out and expanding beyond SF to include the east bay, the south bay area including San Jose, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz beaches (where the notorious 'full moon raves' took place at Bonny Dune beach every month).

In late 1991 raves started to explode across northern California, and cities like Sacramento, Oakland, Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, San Jose) were taking off every weekend. This proved to be the turning point in northern California's rave history. No longer were raves a secret, where one had to know the right people to gain access to map points. Now rave flyers were to be found up and down Haight Street, at stores like Anubis Warpus, Amoeba, Behind The Post Office, and newly opened Housewares. Raves were exploding at an enormous rate, and now there were thousands of ravers living for every weekend. The second generation of raves were just starting to be realized.

Toontown's NYE 91 rave, which took place in the basement of the Fashion Center in SF was the first massive in the Bay Area. Over 8,000 people helped welcome in the new year and at the same time put SF as a must-visit city for the burgeoning world-wide rave scene. Similarly, a year later, 'The Gathering' held New Year's Eve of 1992 in Vallejo had over 12,000 people in attendance. The massive parties were taking place every weekend now from such disparate locations as outdoor fields to airplane hangars and hilltops that surround the valley.

San Francisco has long been a Mecca for ravers from all over the world and true to form a lot of the early promoters and DJs were from the UK and Europe. For almost ten years after the initial raves took place, one could find up to 2 to 4 parties happening a weekend and sometimes on the same night. There was no curfew in place, which allowed the SF scene to explode by the late 1990s when venues would have up to 20,000 people every weekend; 'Homebase', and '85 & Baldwin' were the largest venues to be used in the Bay Area. Many amazing venues were used by crews that held clout or members that were tied to the city or knew the appropriate ways to navigate the permit maze. Thus, in the late 1990s some of the most memorable raves took place in locations such as the SOMA art museum, 'Where the wild things are' museum on top of the Sony Metreon, and in the venerable Maritime hall that was used for many parties from 1998-2002. Some old locations appeared again brand new, such as the concourse that saw thousands of ravers in 1992, now saw the same amount in late 1999. The galleria that once held a 'concert' in 92 with artists such as Moby, Aphex twin, Prodigy, Space time continuum, was now used for a few one-off events that utilized all 5 floors of the building with a different music style on each floor.

The mid part of the 1990s saw a general loss of the first generation of ravers, causing the scene to take a short dive. In this time, however, a new West coast sound was formed and developed by DJs such as Jeno, Tony, Spun, Galen, Solar, Harry Who?, Rick Preston to name but a few. Venues and parties such as Stompy, Harmony, CloudFactory, Cyborganic lounge, Acme warehouse among many others started to fuse the Breakbeat sound from hardcore trax with the more melodic pace of house. West coast funky break-beat was born from this and stormed the dance scene. By the end of '94 all the people that had left a gap in the rave scene in '93 were long forgotten as twice as many people now found the new sounds completely and utterly funky. The LA Scene had promoters such as Vince Bannon and Phil Blaine throw gigs for Electronic acts like 808 State, Aphex Twin, Prodigy, and Massive Attack to name a few.

This time period saw the rise of the many facets of EDM. It came to be that many genres of electronic dance music could be enjoyed by anyone willing to go out to any of these parties. Raves could be found in many different kinds of venues, as opposed to just basements and warehouses. Promoters started to take notice and put together the massives of the late 1990s with many music forms under one roof for 12 hour events. Parties were known to attract tens of thousands in venues like Homebase or 85th/Baldwin for a night of continuous dancing. San Francisco became a notorious destination for raves in the United States, and to a lesser extent, the world at large. DJs from all corners of the globe began performing in San Francisco.

The year 2000 saw the demise of massive raves as curfews were placed on permits handed out to promoters throwing parties. Instead of all night and into the next day, parties now had to end at 2 a.m. Two of the largest venues closed down soon after, and there wasn't enough momentum to sustain parties that catered to tens of thousands of people. As if a nail was drove into the coffin of the SF rave scene, the Homebase warehouse that held parties from 1996-2000 burned down to the ground in a spectacular six alarm fire in 2004. Smaller, intimate venues continued just like they had from the start and underground raves became the norm in the years after the tech boom of the 1990s.

While San Francisco's crowd attendance and variety of DJs might have peaked, it still maintains a much smaller but dedicated cadre of various crews, DJs, promoters and producers. Every weekend, many events are still dedicated to the various forms of electronic music across the greater Bay Area. Through the mid 1990s and into the 2000s the city of Seattle also shared in the tradition of West Coast rave culture. Though a smaller scene compared to San Francisco, Seattle also had many different rave crews, promoters, Djs, and fans. Candy Raver style, friendship and culture became particularly popular in the West Coast rave scene, both in Seattle and San Francisco. At the peak of West Coast rave, Candy Raver, and massive rave popularity (1996-1999,) it was common to meet groups of ravers, promoters, and Djs who frequently travelled between Seattle and San Francisco, which spread the overall sense of West Coast rave culture and the phenomenon of West Coast "massives".


Australia

Rave parties began in Australia as early as the 1980s and continued well into the late 1990s. They were mobilised versions of the 'warehouse parties' already established in Chicago, Detroit and across Britain. Similar to the United States and Britain, raves in Australia were unlicensed and held in spaces normally used for industrial and manufacturing purposes, such as warehouses, factories and carpet showrooms. In addition, suburban locations were also used: basketball gymnasiums, train stations and even circus tents were all common venues. In Sydney, common areas used for outdoor events included Sydney Park, reclaimed garbage dumps in the inner south west of the city, Cataract Park and various other natural, unused locations and bush lands. The raves placed a heavy emphasis on the connection between humans and the natural environment, thus many raves in Sydney were held outdoors, notably the Field of Dreams (July 17, 1993), Happy Valley rave (December 1994), and Sundaze (1995). The tradition continued in Melbourne, with 'Earthcore' parties staged in the cities hinterland. The mid-late 1990s saw a slight decline in rave attendance, attributed to the death of Anna Wood at an inner-city Sydney nightclub, which was hosting a rave party known as "Apache". Wood had taken ecstasy and died in hospital a few days later, leading to extensive media exposure on the correlation of drug culture and its links to the rave scene. Nonetheless, the rave scene in Australia experienced a brief resurgence in the early 2000s.


Continental Europe

See also: Love Parade, Street Parade, Hardcore techno, Gabber and Electronic body music

Rave party in Salento (August 2009)

By 1987, a German party scene, started by Tauseef Alam, based on the Chicago House sound was well established. The following year (1988) saw acid house making as significant an impact on popular consciousness in Germany and Central Europe as it had in England. In 1989 German DJs Westbam and Dr. Motte established the Ufo Club, an illegal party venue, and co-founded the Love Parade. On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, free underground Techno parties mushroomed in East Berlin, and a rave scene comparable to that in the UK was established. East German DJ Paul van Dyk has remarked that the Techno based rave scene was a major force in re-establishing social connections between East and West Germany during the unification period.

In 1991 a number of party venues closed, including Ufo, and the Berlin Techno scene centred itself around three locations close to the foundations of the Berlin Wall: the E-Werk, Der Bunker and the now legendary Tresor. In the same period, German DJs began intensifying the speed and abrasiveness of the sound, as an acid-infused techno began transmuting into hardcore. This emerging sound was influenced by Dutch gabber and Belgium hardcore. Other influences on the development of this style were European Electronic Body Music groups of the mid-1980s such as DAF, Front 242, and Nitzer Ebb.

Across Europe, rave culture was becoming part of a new youth movement. DJs and electronic-music producers such as Westbam proclaimed the existence of a "raving society" and promoted electronic music as legitimate competition for rock and roll. Indeed, electronic dance music and rave subculture became mass movements. Raves had tens of thousands of attendees, youth magazines featured styling tips, and television networks launched music magazines on House and Techno music. The annual Love Parade festivals in Berlin (in the Metropolitan Ruhr area onwards) attracted more than one million party-goers between 1997 and 2000. Meanwhile, the more commercial sound of happy hardcore topped the music charts across Europe. Nowadays there are only a few popular raving acts on the case in Germany, but many underground acts in Berlin and Frankfurt (Main). That is why Berlin (especially the east side) is still called the capital city of electro music and rave. Although electro composer Paul Kalkbrenner from Friedrichshain, Berlin made "Berlin Techno" world popular again, he is touring on his Berlin Calling (named after the movie he acted the main character and the soundtrack he produced for) tour through Europe and America.

Brunswick Street Free Rave 1994

Prior to the commercialization of the rave scene, where large legal venues became the norm for these events, the location of the rave was kept secret until the night of the event, usually being communicated through mobile messaging, secret flyers, and websites. This level of secrecy was necessary for avoiding any interference by the police, on account of the illicit drug use, enabled the ravers a location they can stay for 10 hours at a time, and it also promoted the sense of deviance and removal from social control. Today, this level of secrecy still exists in the underground rave scene, however "after-hours" clubs, as well as large outdoor events, create a similar type of alternate atmosphere but focus much more on vibrant visual effects, such as props and décor.

Some raves make use of pagan symbolism. Modern raving venues attempt to immerse the raver in a fantasy-like world. Indigenous imagery and spirituality can be characteristic in the Raving ethos. In both the New Moon and Gateway collectives " pagan altars are set up, sacred images from primitive cultures decorate the walls and rituals of cleansing are performed over the turntables and the dance floor" This type of spatial strategy is an integral part of the raving experience because it sets the initial "vibe" in which the ravers will immerse themselves. This said "vibe" is a concept in the raver ethos that represents the allure and receptiveness of an environments portrayed and or innate energy. The geographical landscape is an integral feature in the composition of rave, much like it is in pagan rituals. For example, The Numic Ghost Dancers ritual's, would be held on specific geographical landscapes considered to hold powerful natural flows of energy. These sites were later represented in the rhythmic dances, in order to achieve a greater level of connectivity.


Dancing

A sense of participation is among the chief appeals of Rave music and dance is its immediate outlet.

Raving in itself is a syllabus free dance, whereby the movements are not predefined and the dance is performed randomly, dancers take immediate inspiration from the music and their mood. Rave dance refers to the street dance styles that evolved alongside rave culture. Such dances are street dances since they evolved alongside the underground rave movements, thus without the intervention of dance studios. Sometimes club-oriented dances would be danced to rave music, too, for example, tecktonik is sometimes danced to fast-paced electro house.

Such dances are usually freestyle in nature, since they are very rarely choreographed in preparation for such events (although some ravers may create personal dance routines). Dances like Jumpstyle, Tecktonik, Liquid and digits, Melbourne Shuffle and Industrial dance may be sometimes highly dependent on pre-planned choreography for performances at raves, therefore such dance styles may be practised professionally. Nonetheless, rave dance styles can be completely freeform due to their simple footwork and arm movements.


Attire

As well as clothing there were a range of accessories carried by many ravers including: Vicks VapoRub, which ravers find pleasant under the influence of MDMA, pacifiers to satiate the need to grind one's teeth (bruxism) caused by taking MDMA, and glow sticks which adjunct the mild psychedelia of MDMA's effect. This led some clubs and event organizers to search participants on entry and confiscate such items due to it being evidence of drug use inside the venue. Recent global rave events such as Sensation have a strict minimalistic dress policy, either all white or black attire. This ties in with the initial PLUR approach upheld from earlier rave culture. In the United States, rave fashion is characterized by skimpy clothing (to keep ravers cool while dancing) and fluorescent accessories, notably "kandi" jewellery. In European countries, this kandi culture is much less common. Most raves are illegal and take place outside or in poorly heated warehouses, so keeping warm is a priority. Dreadlocks, dyed hair and mohawks are popular, as are tattoos and piercings. Clothing is vibrant and alternative, often taking inspiration from new-age punk and grunge style. However, there is no set dress code for the illegal rave scene. In fact one of its most deep-set values is its freedom and non-judgemental attitude to appearances.


Light shows

Some ravers participate in one of four light-oriented dances, called glowsticking, glowstringing, gloving, and lightshows. Of the four types of light-orientated dances, gloving in particular has evolved beyond and outside of the rave culture. Another type of light-orientated dance that is often included with "gloving" is orbits. Orbits involve tying together 4 LED lights into a cross shape, and then using two strings to create different spinning designs. Other types of light-related dancing include LED lights, flash-lights and blinking strobe lights. LEDs come in various colours with different settings. The "low intensity" setting causes a strobe effect, leaving trails of dots, while the lights offer a psychedelic effect that often harmonizes the drug usage experience..

Gloving has evolved into a separate dance form that has grown exponentially in the last couple of years while still keeping its rave roots. The origins of gloving is often credited to Hermes who put together 10 Rav'n lights into a pair of white gloves in 2006. Since then the culture has extended to all ages, ranging from kids in their early teens to college students and more. The traditional Rav'n lights are limited now, but many stores have developed newer, brighter, and more advanced version of lights with a plethora of colors and modes—modes include solid, stribbon, strobe, dops, hyper flash, and other variations. What was once an extension of the Rave culture has now blossomed into a hobby or a form of dance. Annual competitions such as the International Gloving Competition and monthly B.O.S.S competitions hosted by Emazing Lights exemplifies its growing popularity as thousands flock to those events. Past winners of International Gloving Competitions includes Munch and Thumper. Even though gloving originated in Southern California, it can now be seen in Northern California, Florida, New York, and many other states in the US. In college, you can see a gloving club called Ambience, which has spread into University of California Irvine, University of California Davis, University of California Berkeley, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California San Diego, and other colleges not just limited to California. Gloving is now spreading to Europe with glovers such as Bio in England, and Frisk in France spreading the movement.

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