24 years old. Kinda funny, but I'm from a small suburb that had a lil wanna be rave scene sweep through it in 2001 and 2002. I caught the very end of it in 2002 and unfortunatly picked up my first EDM CD "Best of Trance Vol 3" with some Lasgo, DJ Sammy, Foggy, etc...

Got out of the scene for about 6 months (sober up time ) then got back in to it heavily listening to Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, and Ferry Corsten. Started hitting the rave scene all the time and hit up every Insomniac and Go Ventures massive every year. Started DJing in late 2006 after I started hitting up the club scene when Spundae was rockin it at Circus!!!

I'm 24.
I've been in the Seattle scene since I was 21.
I was 17 when I first discovered EDM, I watched 'Swordfish' w/ John Travolta, Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry. Paul Oakenfold did the soundtrack and I just kind of fell in love with the sound.

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Originally posted by Thriller I'm 24. I've been in the Seattle scene since I was 21. I was 17 when I first discovered EDM, I watched 'Swordfish' w/ John Travolta, Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry. Paul Oakenfold did the soundtrack and I just kind of fell in love with the sound.

That's a great soundtrack. The Saint soundtrack was a big one for me as well.

edit // best dancer EVER

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for me this video started it all, and The Prodigy - Fuel My Fire

I'm 26, went to my first rave when i was 15 and my first club when i was 16 (Ole Madrid in SD..shhhh)

I was first was exposed to electronic music when I was 8 years old in '90 when my cousin from Mexico City gave me 2 tapes (1 was a RED happy hardcore tape, the other was some blue deep house tape on one side and some Jungle on the other)...it was over from then.

Started learning to dj when i was 16-17... went to the bay area for college where I raved it non stop all while meeting awesome peeps along the way in SF while I went to school in Santa Cruz... (Alain + more)

Moved back to SD... and have continued dj'ing in socal and workin with some of the greatest that I could have only dreamt of when I was just getting into this.

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First started clubbing when I was 18 at Club Heaven. Started sneaking into Avalon when I was 19.

i first started clubbing last year....im 24 now.
ive only been to a few clubs in SF. Rubyskye, Endup, 1015, Temple. and thats it. Its all still new to me.

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Originally posted by vet26 No disrespect but I cant picture just 'having enough' at your age; I suspect you are way younger than myself and others who have posted on this thread. If you feel the beats and you groove to the music and feel it deep inside, how can you out grow out of it? Music transcends age. I can pop a house CD on my way to work 100% sober and bob my head and pump my fists all the way to the office. That feeling translates into the party scene. It has nothing to do with picking up on chicks and being the perpetual club goer, its about the music.

I still love the music (and will listen to it at home, in the car, at work, etc...) I meant I'm done with the scene... as in done with going to clubs where 95% of the people are cracked out on god knows what drugs. I don't do drugs when I go out, but it's so unmotivitaing to see people like that every single time I go out.

After 7 years of going out EVERY weekend, I'm kinda getting over it. I want to do other things, see what else is out there in this world, be around people who have more to talk about then how sick this or that dj was, and how they want to go to Ibiza or WMC next year, and how good the K was that they just did.

Fuck it's all a blur, but I'll give it a shot.

I guess for me it all started with mainstream shit that would get radio play on pop stations when I was a little kid. Then I got the Mortal Kombat soundtrack - that's right, I went there! Got into NIN and other industrial stuff.

I used to go to Florida every summer to visit my cousins, who introduced me to RITM and a lot of Florida breaks and shit like Lords of Acid. But it all really sunk in when one of my cousins gave me a Sasha live mix on a CD that said Sasha - Intenze '99. That shit was awesome! My cousin and I listened to that mix the first time I ever rolled. Haha oh man.

I went out and bought Sasha's Ibiza GU and started listening to a lot of trance. My sister found Tranceport in a 5 dollar CD bin at some store and bought it because her friend said it was good, but she hated it, so I stole it.

Started DJing when I was 17 or 18 I guess, with handmedown DnB records and tables that a buddy's older brother gave him. Befriended some progressive house heads and absolutely loved the shit so I started buying prog. records. Started going to parties, etc, etc.

But I guess I don't really feel like I'm very much in the scene any more. I try to keep up with what's coming out lately, and still listen to a lot of electronica, but I very rarely go out clubbing at this point. I'll still try to make it out to see my favorite DJs and producers, though.
/lifestory

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Originally posted by bas That's a great soundtrack. The Saint soundtrack was a big one for me as well. edit // best dancer EVER

+1000. You're a badboy for posting that Bas. Thankyou! flashbacks........

Reminds me of....



And a couple of my first memories of Dance music.....





But nightcrawlers? Maison de Fromage....

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Originally posted by DJ IDeaL I'm 26, went to my first rave when i was 15 and my first club when i was 16 (Ole Madrid in SD..shhhh) I was first was exposed to electronic music when I was 8 years old in '90 when my cousin from Mexico City gave me 2 tapes (1 was a RED happy hardcore tape, the other was some blue deep house tape on one side and some Jungle on the other)...it was over from then. Started learning to dj when i was 16-17... went to the bay area for college where I raved it non stop all while meeting awesome peeps along the way in SF while I went to school in Santa Cruz... (Alain + more) Moved back to SD... and have continued dj'ing in socal and workin with some of the greatest that I could have only dreamt of when I was just getting into this.

haha tommy, remember ILR, i remember you taking us to the bus stop jamming it, down the hill in the yellow truck..

ahh good times!


i also remember when PLUR meant something.. lol

miss julia, i feel the same as you.. but listening to music in the car, or house work is not the same. You lack the Bass and the loudness that the music should be played at...

Its just something you can't duplicate at home unless you have some huge huge subs, 15" mids and horn tweets and blasting that music in your house without having you neighbors call the cops on you for disturbing the piece. Even though, they themselves disturb the piece by listening to them yell at each other while they are fighting just because the husband didnt put the toilet seat down...

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