I live in the suburbs...Gates to be exact. The scene is pretty much dead for EDM I figured since the raves went dead now.

The rave scene used to be pretty vibrant upstate during the late 90s / early 00s in Binghamton, Ithaca and Syracuse. I don't know much of what goes on there anymore, if anything, but there was a whole crew of DJs, the Bubblecrew based in Binghamton.

And for those who didn't think that area could draw some good DJs, Mark Farina and DJ Dan once spun in Ithaca (once upon a time)...

well i heard in the 90's there was a venue in ithaca where they spun good techno and house....now that im a DJ ive been going so out of my way to get a gig out here...dropped off some promo's made plenty of phone calls...anyone know any promoters from ithaca...old contacts they could help me out with??? I've been networking lately and I have a lot of contacts with groups that play out at several local venuse but no luck so far. Any advice? Thanks...

well im in binghamton and we dont have shit here
but ithaca is only like 40min away.. btw my macroeconomics prof. teachs in ithaca too.. christianson.. funny guy

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Originally posted by stan229 well im in binghamton and we dont have shit here but ithaca is only like 40min away.. btw my macroeconomics prof. teachs in ithaca too.. christianson.. funny guy

is he Kenneth Christianson?? If so I might know the dude...do you go to binghamton university? either way if at all you know someone who wants to throw a party i'd drive up there to play out some trance/house for a crowd that would appreciate it.

Umm GUYS Jason Jollins is playing in Rochacha this month!!! get yo ass up there to see him!!!


What a surprise it was to see that!!! Too bad he isn't playing over Thanksgiving weekend I would sooooo be a lil mini promoter and get a million of my friends to go see him....there are a shitload of us visiting home for the holiday!!

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Originally posted by Lindo I live over in Rochester and a good amount of the students do listen to EDM. No one plays it at parties though which is kinda stupid imo. I know for sure people would be dancing like crazy if some tracks were played besides all the rap that is on the radio stations. Then all everyone wants to do is just drink and not even get down with someone else. I find it boring when I go to parties like that and everyone is just standing around doing nothing just waiting to play either beer pong or flip cup or something. Sorry just ranting but seriously. I don't think there is a scene over here, but I know for sure that people listen to this music we just have to get it out there!! And btw...what raves do you know of over here in Rochester? I went to some back when I was like 15 but now I'm 19 and I don't remember anything about the scene or who to contact anymore.

Couldn't have been said any better. Im at Colgate University which is also upstate in hamilton, ny and everyone here is just into jam band music and when i play some trance at a party everyone yells to turn it off. It's a sad sad scene up here...

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Originally posted by SPAWNmaster is he Kenneth Christianson?? If so I might know the dude...do you go to binghamton university? either way if at all you know someone who wants to throw a party i'd drive up there to play out some trance/house for a crowd that would appreciate it.

yea thats him.. my macro teacher lol.. and yes i go to binghamton university, he works in both places, mwf he's in bing and t/th he's in ithaca college.. there isnt really that big of a trance scene here afaik i know a couple of kids who are into it.. all the clubs play nonsense thouhg.. no EDM .. they sometimes put house on the flyers but youd' be dead to hear anything resembling house

i go to cornell, and here we have a pretty solid club called "The Electronic Music Collective"...in the past we had gigs at Castaways (Ibiza3 party and Element party) and one time at Level-B, all of which were pretty good, especially the Ibiza3 party which drew masses of mostly international students (i.e. all the bulgarians from ithaca college) and it was great. it's kinda hard to get gigs here though, mostly because the owners have no reason to switch from hip hop to house or trance. i heard the owner of level b is into house, but i don't know what's going on with that place, it's more like a lounge.

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