This has been on my mind since i was 13 . Is rave dead ? There hasn't been a rave here where i live for about 10 years now . Thought and experiences ?

Really? You were raving at 13?

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Originally posted by meriter Really? You were raving at 13?

Well it was my first time . By accident really . My older sister got me into it . Since then i fell in love with trance . But yeah .

'Raves' (in America) don't happen anymore because of legislation that was passed around that time making it illegal for any music event to go on past a certain time, so the whole thing was kind of moved out of the warehouse and into the club. Underground parties still happen of course but they're not all that glamorous tbh. The cops can confiscate your entire sound system and all of your gear, so there's not much incentive to throw an illegal underground rave. But there's some stipulation in the act that allows festival type events to go on all hours, and that's where you'll find the raves nowadays. The psytrance kids seem to be keeping it real, you shouldn't have much trouble finding a 3 day outdoor party close by. No idea about the situation in Lithuania.

Last edited by meriter on Sep-02-2011 at 21:09

Here in Brazil there is a lot of raves, but soon will be dead.

How do you know they're not going? Maybe you're just not invited or don't know about them?

How has no one asked this question yet.

Maybe it's just your sister's group of friends that aren't going or throwing them any more.

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter How do you know they're not going? Maybe you're just not invited or don't know about them? How has no one asked this question yet. Maybe it's just your sister's group of friends that aren't going or throwing them any more.

Look , i know a lot of resident DJ's , hipsters and some cop friends . The cops haven't crashed a rave since 1998 by our city's records . We have a small town . This isn't LA or California . A small town . The chances of a rave going by unnoticed is small .

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter How do you know they're not going? Maybe you're just not invited or don't know about them? How has no one asked this question yet. Maybe it's just your sister's group of friends that aren't going or throwing them any more.

But again . This isn't about me . I posted a question . Its a matter of opinion ! Is rave dead ? Thats the question i pose .

sounds like you should be the one throwing the raves then

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Originally posted by meriter sounds like you should be the one throwing the raves then

I did try . Didn't work out , got busted because we were too out in the open . Its all about location . But thanks

Well I guess I'm lucky. I was at a rave last night, and I'm going to one next weekend and the weekend after that. There is a few each month around here in the summer. We don't need warehouses, because we use clearings in the forest. There's too many old logging roads, and not enough bother for cops to find out about them. And when they do show up, it's late/early in the morning, and they just make sure no one is leaving drunk. Sometimes I'm sure we must have one of the best party scenes there is. No pretentious douchebags or DJ snobs. Just a bunch of expressive mountain hippis dressed up in ridiculous outfits all high as shit.

Man, you are making me jealous ! How i miss all of that . Mhm , Canada ? The last place i honestly thought would still have raves . Still cool though !