blogTO: Hatiras Weighs in on Toronto's Scene
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Coming out of Toronto, how would you describe our 'electronic' music scene?
I feel that Toronto used to have the best scene in the world but lost a lot of the magic, innovation and variety when independent promoters got replaced or swallowed up by just a handful of mega-clubs. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everything the big clubs are doing in this city, but we need more one-off events, small venues, underground parties, variety in the music, local support, infrastructure and world class festivals if we want to compete on a global scale.
A lot of people might hate on me for saying that but, trust me - a city like Tokyo, cities in Australia and South America generally have more excited crowds, massive parties and variety. There still are lots of great events and a huge interest in electronic music in Toronto - but I feel that we really need a good shake up in this city to get back to where we used to be on the global scale - we need to regain the sense of excitement, fun, community and sharing that should drive and define this scene.
So are raves dead, or did something else happen to the rave scene?
The rave scene isn't dead - it's really struggling in Toronto but it can be revived. Ultimately, '90's culture is having a renewed influence in a lot of new music and forthcoming fashion - you can hear a lot of old rave breaks, stabs and samples in current electro, fidget and techno tunes. In that sense, rave culture is simply being morphed into something new. In terms of one-off events, raves are pretty much dead in Toronto because there aren't enough independent promoters throwing events that cater to the all-ages crowd anymore. It's difficult here because most venues are more concerned about alcohol revenue over ticket sales.
That's not to say that there isn't a massive "rave" scene (if you want to call it that) in other cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, throughout South America, etc. They seem to be thriving out there. I would absolutely love it if we got a resurgence of the original rave spirit in Toronto again and am optimistic that it will happen.
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I couldn't agree more.. the rest of the article can be found here:
http://www.blogto.com/music/2009/04...torontos_scene/
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