| All you old ravers...
Posted: 8/20/2009 12:34:53 PM | | Does anyone remember The Whirley Gig at shoreditch old town? What a fantastic party that was. At the end of the night a parachute used to descend from the ceiling, it had more impact when you were off your head on LSD of course but I did attend quite a few nights, sobre. There was a real mixture of young and old, people from all different walks of like. I have some wonderful memories of my time there. Never forget the time a woman dressed as a witch sat in front of me playin the fiddle just before we left for home, fantastic! | |
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| All you old ravers...
Posted: 8/20/2009 2:31:36 PM | camden was great just had that certain empathy back in 90,i did the illegals too,
have to mention 2000ad cant really remember all the names i went to so many
i dont really reminisce about it,it was just a plunder generation,dont get all high horse i was there,centerforce radio kiss and sunrise,the best nights i had was tripping in the wild getting lost only to kind some van full ok coke and ees and then getting to a party
so what is it like for the kids of today,total non existance i recon, i wouldnt trade
them days.i didnt go for the glow sticks,bit bizarre,dragons where the best,you little love dove. the only ohms i get now is v/i*r,
no mushy tea for me
no anything in fact
so was we really that bad?
that almost surpasses the mod generation wished i was there too
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| All you old ravers...
Posted: 8/21/2009 12:57:27 AM | I was supprised that someone commented
Full of pretty shallow and stupid individuals in my opinion!!
Obv never went to a rave, as they were full of friendly people, youd start by going with 2 matesm but then meet lots of new people, and end up in a group of 20
I NEVER saw any trouble, fights or attitude..
So you were totally wronge about your comment. Mind you in your snap you have your igh viz jacket on, so youd have fitted right in | |
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Posted: 8/21/2009 2:28:43 AM | | rave died when the Es became the business, not the music. Coke/crack and Jungle didn't help and it all got a bit moody. Quite a few shootings in London from memory and when the dredged the canal beside Pickets Lock some suprises were found | |
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Posted: 9/5/2009 9:57:52 AM | Still got loads of old tapes, love 'em! Hellraiser in Skeg in the early 90's: small, dark and f*cking loud... sweeeeet! and not forgetting Eclipse in Coventry: loadsa smoke, loadsa strobe, some truly great nights, I seem to remember Energy putting on the loudest gigs!.... Ahhh the memories  | |
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Posted: 9/6/2009 1:33:33 AM | | circus warp tribe of munt,fantazia,universe still do it occasionally nowadays like fidgit house n dubstep nice n grimey | |
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Posted: 9/7/2009 3:43:32 PM | I go to whirly!! Its an amazing place, awesome atmosphere and lots of good fun..... its now under london bridge.
I rave a lot, but more interested in free parties...... If im going to a proper night out im really into more underground ravescene, there's not much of it around and the nights are few and far between.
Im a young 'un tho so ill leave this thread now | |
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Posted: 9/7/2009 3:47:04 PM | | I was wondering if someone had mentioned bangface ....... I havent made it too one yet, but they look good | |
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Posted: 9/7/2009 5:03:42 PM | Aaahhh...days gone by!!! What memories, from what I can remember!
Occasionally I go to 'Passion' at The Emporium in Coalville, which is a monthly trance night. It started way back in the 90s and still going strong to this day.
http://www.passionuk.com/news.html | |
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Posted: 9/7/2009 10:35:40 PM | | I went to helter skelter at milton keynes a few times at the end of the 90's, bests nights i've ever had and i'd love to do it again. | |
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| All you old ravers...
Posted: 9/8/2009 2:24:06 PM | Looks like they took that website down today, the new one is:
http://www.theemporiumuk.co.uk/passion.php | |
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Posted: 9/8/2009 2:59:47 PM | | I see Gareth Emery is headlining on the 12th. He was one of the minor DJ's in the Godskitchen tent (where I spent most of my time) at Global Gathering. I was quite impressed by him, and thought his set was better than Paul Van Dyk. Predictably though Paul had about 5 times as many people watching him as Gareth did. | |
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Posted: 9/8/2009 3:10:26 PM |
No, never went to raves, wasn't interested in the music and even less so the scene.
Full of pretty shallow and stupid individuals in my opinion.
Is that a fact? since you never went to raves and you had no interest in the scene how the f*ck in the dark can you assume it was "full of pretty shallow and stupid individuals"?
Far from it infact, the people I met were intelligent successful individuals. I always believe if you don't know anything about a subject it's best to keep your mouth shut. | |
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Posted: 9/8/2009 3:39:52 PM | I go to whirly!! Its an amazing place, awesome atmosphere and lots of good fun..... its now under london bridge. Christ! can't believe it's still going! Do they have the parachute descend from the ceiling at the very end? That was always a special moment. The place had such an atmosphere, I shall never forget it, simply stunning! | |
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Posted: 9/17/2009 6:28:28 AM | | I was an old skool forum member on there years ago til the board got deleted. | |
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Posted: 9/17/2009 6:31:50 AM | | He's a good producer, really like his stuff with Jon O'Bir and Lange, Mistral was probably the first tune i heard of him, got it on vinyl, well my ex has He got into the dj mag top 100 a few years back and it was just randomly out of the blue as there's far better more respected trance dj's out there, but he did it, his myspace following and pod casts helped i imagine...fair play to the kid, he's come a long way. | |
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Posted: 9/17/2009 12:00:38 PM | | i have no choice. i have a 19 year old son who is into the rave stuff. my two little ones like it too | |
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Posted: 10/17/2009 5:10:19 PM | | i use to go to the early rezs and fantazias back in the early 90s.still listen to old skool eg capella,shamen,rat pack,altern8,praga khan,human resource,sl2 and so on but listen to trance from 1999 more than anything that was the best year i think but my music now goes from 80s to metalica just depends on the mood iam in at the time | |
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Posted: 10/18/2009 9:08:53 AM | Great article OP and now ive got my old skool on and now for some Part E and love for sale  Wheres the years gone? | |
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| All you old ravers...
Posted: 10/20/2009 2:53:59 PM | I know exactly where you are coming from..love them all..i used to go to Gatecrasher, bowlers, maximes, shellys, cream what great nights were had..so many I forget..lol..after parties in the carparks and service stations until mental hrs of the morning..was crazy times but very enjoyable and loved every minute of it..woohoo :0) | |
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Posted: 10/21/2009 1:27:22 AM | Was just remembering back to the late 80s early 90s when some of us used to go out to the old raves until it went into main stream clubs, have your musical tastes changed since then?
Do you still listen to rave music / hardcore etc?
I was into the underground music scene way back when. I still enjoy listening to decent techno from Berlin and Detroit but don't go clubbing any more. | |
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