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@@TheGreenyRiotthat even made me feel old, before that we didn't have to give a crap about anything tech until we cranked on the tv or a phone call, lol just joking around friend
All these different people, different backgrounds, different colors, different clothes, all jamming to music. No politics or BS. So glad I grew up in this era. These times will never be the same. The government has you ALL on their agenda even though you think it's yours.
No mystery grinders either haha everyone was so respectful considering we were all so off it. No alcohol for a period too, the staff must have thought it was some kind of very friendly Christian gathering, until they spoke to one of us trying to buy water
Best days off our lives wee just didn’t give a shit the music the beat and non stop raving on the dance floor no one can forget these days my heart is still beating hard watching this ❤
I go to Duffy’s every couple of months , acknowledge the DJ & dance my a$$ off by myself…2 hrs drinking water & lemon & buy a drink f t DJ. I b the only one dancing & DGAF! while the DJ is doing his thing. Duffy’s in Miami, Florida…DJ THURS-Sunday over looking the INTERCOSTAL…NYC to Miami 20 yrs ago & STILL LOVING IT❤❤❤❤❤ ✌🏾
People can dance how the want but I don't quite agree that it is better this way. When everyone's facing the same way, we're like a big wave, all one type of feeling, us against the DJs mad beats hitting our faces. Here everyone is chilling on their own, which is super sick but also seems like people don't know where to face and it looks all jumbled. I dunno it feels weird a bit.
@@forthehood7466 yeah they look a bit lost. The dancefloor needs a energy focuser, the dj is that conduit! Being one myself, i felt it my duty to help amp up the crowd and get everyone on the same page so to speak. I dont like watching djs who dont engage the crowd at all. U dont have to be doing a jesus christ pose all the time, but giving back some love and energy goes a long way. However poeple shouldnt be weirded out when faced by others either, which i find these days when im on the dancefloor rather than behind the dex. Sad. Both have there up sides ...and down i spose. 😊 wish i was there to throw some light and love (...and focus). i came to this country for the club and music scene, we didnt have raves yet in South Africa like this.
This was back in the days when people were out to dance. Not to pose at the bar, not to take pictures to put online. People were out for the dancing. What a great era.
Has it ever crossed your mind that some people take pics and vids as personal mementos so they can preserve the memory? Not everyone uses social media 🙄
@@ED-XCI You're absolutely right. I have not dedicated my life to the scientific study of selfies. Therefore, I am not qualified to comment on such complex topics. You have exceptional perception. You should work for the CIA!!
they still do and the events are still happening they are called raves. unfortunately they have been severely reduced by the police and property all getting bought up
Yep the money went on drugs, vinyl, drugs n petrol money and more drugs! Most fun times ever, we were total caners. Feel sorry for kids now, plastic nails, hair, eyelashes, hooker heels and dresses - and camera phones for everyone to judge each other. People only dressed up for wedding/funeral🤣and only took photos on a camera at crimbo, birthdays and holidays.😂not one photo exists of me as a raver, to my knowledge, probably a good thing, looked wankered like a sweaty owl.🤣
I read the comments about time travel and wishes, and somewhat have a nosgaltic cry. I'm in this video @ 0:14, 4:29, 6:54, 7:45, 8:14, 8:36. Blonde bob haired guy in the white Smiths Tshirt. I'm now 51.
Yeah and you had to have a meet up spot for when the rave ended and a rough time and hope everyone adhered to that. But without fail everytime only two people out of the group made it to the meet up spot at the correct time. 🤣
They existed, but they were massive, couldn't exactly fit inside your pocket. And that's all they were 'phones'. Not computers with phones and hd cameras fitted.
@@LaJuera25 True but people connected with each other not a little plastic device. Today I meet "twenty somethings" who tell me they have no friends. I find that really sad.
Not necessarily, although I know what you mean but back then you were only known within the scene, now all you need is a radio hit and you're pretty much everyone's favorite
@@AgentHurt As a DJ you have to listen carefully to a lot of music and choose what to play at the right moment. Also you have to bring a powerful sound system. Don't fuck it up. Then there're good ones and bad ones. It takes as much skill today as it used to. It's something that can be learned by practice. It's not a unique profession, but what profession is? Even piloting works on the autopilot today. It is to avoid crashes. :)
Tracklist now complete: Corporation of One - So Where Are You (Hashish Dub), Latin Rage - Sueno Latino (Extended Remix), J.D. - Good Vibrations, BCN Orchestra - Quien Tu Te Crees?, Bits & Pieces 89 (R/U/DEF/BOY. Mix), Looney Tunes Vol 1 - Another Time, Another Place, Mark Imperial - Bonus Krafty Beaver (Rock This House '89 EP), Sheila - Acid Kiss (Love Machine Mix), Liaisons-D - Heartbeat, The Centrefield Assignment - Mi Casa (DJ's Dope Long Mix), The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital Mix), Mickey Oliver - In-Ten-Si-T (Aca-Bass Si-T Mix)
I think the Rave scene in the UK definitely changed the outlook of a lot of people. It was a great thing spinning vinyl and letting the peace and love flow.
Wow!.. yeah I didn't even realise that... Til just now.. Even I was caught up in the moment watching it.. ( Even though I'm watching it on my phone. ( Oh the irony
Went to my first 1989, north London, illegal. Asked my mate what to wear. He said anything no one will care. Didn't really like the clubs, but loved the music on my tapes. That night just blew me away. All walks of life just there for the music. I was finally with like minded people who didn't judge. I had some fantastic times for the next ten years in tents and clubs, but nothing will compare to those early years and I feel so lucky to have been part of it.
90s kid here. Its difficult now. Platforms like boiler room brought the DJ in front of the camera. Its very cool to go to a (legal) rave, and we have 'festival chic' to prescribe what to wear. On the other hand, there are a lot of uninviting squat raves, not the same type of crowd (have witnessed stabbing at one). Saying that, I made lasting friendships in fields and in clubs in the 2010s. There is vanity, pretentiousness and elitism in dance music today, and a lot of money, but clubbing culture is a broad spectrum and at the more carefree end you have places like Plastic People in London with almost no lighting and no door policy, other than keeping out big groups of pissheads. Those places where you face each other and not the DJ, where you'll share a water with a stranger, its still there if you can find it, but you often have to get to it early or let the commercial aspects of today's scene wash over you. (Plastic People couldn't maintain their license in a gentrifying London.) Today I think the sanctuary offered by raves has been replaced by internet culture - check out VR raves...
"Went to my first 1989, north London, illegal" Is 1989 a place? I was thinking it was the year. [Ignorant Yank here, but I was going to guess this was London!]
I'm way younger, when I hit the scene it was 2011. I look back on it fondly and wouldn't change it at all, but to go to one of these 90's warehouse raves would be amazing.
@@YuBetchya wait, resident advisor doesn’t give out locations 🥺. I thought resident advisor was the perfect website to catch on current djs who play secret music away from mainstream
Wow how I loathe these hard days we are now living in. I was going to art school during this time. I miss those days of connection, infinite inventiveness, and unending possibilities...
@Mr Conutus Cognitive dissonance much? You say this is not about belief and then go on to mention belief multiple times in the rest of your comment... Yeah, deuces bro.
Even using a DDJ isn't as easy as you think. With today's technology the sound is alot cleaner from a crackling vinyl. Although I've been around the scene. They both have positives and negatives. The reason DJs of today go wrong is they use beat match way too much. The sound in the video has came along way from the Original Sound of Kraftwerk... You cod put Paul Kalkbrenner's Mixer he takes to his live sets in front of that DJ and he would be lost. Yet you could put Kalkbrenner infront of those Decks and he wouldn't be lost at all.
@@CeruleanSky1111 - It has absolutely no relevance whether it's on a computer or real decks. It's not the instrument and hardware that determines the dj or musician.
LMAO The 2 girls in polka dot jumpsuits @ 22 mins were definitely trippn balls. It brings joy to my heart to know that is on the internet forever now!! That's just awesome. lol
Spot on comment. The early raves were just anyone who liked the tunes getting together. Later on there was more of a uniform. Hoodies for some, white gloves, safety vests, beanies etc. All the different areas making their own look. Still lots of peace and love back then 🙂
what's up with the phones ? .. around that time there were no cell phones ... I still watch a lot of Boiler Room videos were people are just dancing .. it's up to the deejay ..if he is good .. people dance .. if he is just a poser doing nothing spectular .. people grab their phones
Ahhh, sweaty hair and face, t-shirts with stretched long sleeves, having to stand still because you'd danced so much and needed a little break, just feeling the beats and when a tune you really loved came on, regaining the energy to rave again! I was a metal head in the 90's but rave music had the same uplifting vibes ❤
Dancing is so healing…. Late 80’s and early 90’s was the best times…people didn’t care what you looked like or how you danced. There was so much more acceptance and open mindedness than today. Without raves a lot of those people would’ve been drugged out on the streets like today’s situation. There are so many legal things that hurt people.
>people didn’t care what you looked like or how you danced. There was so much more acceptance and open mindedness than today. Yeah, what the FVCK happened ? LOL And people say now is much more accepting ?
00:00 Corporation of One - So Where Are You (Hashish Dub) [Smokin', 1989] 04:00 The Latin Rage - Sueno Latino (Remix Version) [Out, 1989] 07:44 J.D. - Good Vibrations [Requestline Records, 1988] 10:03 BCN Orchestra - Quien Tu Te Crees? [BCM Records, 1989] 13:23 Bits & Pieces 89 - 89 Dynamite Mix (R/U/DEF/BOY? Mix) [Not On Label, 1989] 14:04 Frankie ''Bones'' & Lenny ''Dee'' - Another Time, Another Place (Brixton Bass Remix) [unrealesed] [Then: The Looney Tunes EP Vol. 2, XL Rec., 1990] 15:38 Mark Imperial - Bonus Krafty Beaver (Rock This House '89 EP) [House Nation Records, 1989] 16:21 Sheila - Acid Kiss (Love Machine Mix) [Quark, 1989] 17:55 Liaisons-D - Heartbeat [Music Man Records. 1989] 20:42 The Centrefield Assignment - Mi Casa (DJ's Dope Long Mix) [Next Door Records, 1988] 22:44 The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital Mix) [KLF Communications, 1989] 23:36 Mickey Oliver - IN-TEN-SI-T (Dash Rip Rock Mix) [Hot Mix 5 Records, 1988]
Which is what it’s all about! It’s the more in the know parties that I prefer. You know the ones you hear about through having a really good conversation with the guy who buys in the electronic music for your local record shop. You start chatting about how you’ve been listening to some soundtracks lately after hearing something in a film, then they recommend someone, you say “yeah I’ve got into that David Holmes who is done all these soundtracks for …” He then tells you he is playing a 5 hour set at this pub in Todmorden Yorkshire that is owned by a super eccentric Thai lady. The Gold Lion, which were totally unaware of, but turns out Goldie played there the other week. Sadly it’s sold out :( But it’s all these places where you will still find the quality crowds. They can make or break a night as much as the talent playing!
This was Energy Dance 89 at Raydon Airfield, Suffolk on September 23, 1989. Charity event put on in aid of the marchioness disaster where all profits were given to the Thames tragedy fund. The event was organised by Tin Tin and Jeremy Taylor , initially it was supposed to be held in Southark Park London but due to pressure from the local council the venue got cancelled at the last minute, the event was then moved on to several other locations which were also stopped and the party finally ended up in an aircraft hanger at Raydon Airfield, Ipswich, Suffolk at dawn on Sunday 24th September 1989. 15000+ people followed in convoy's to attend the party, causing travel chaos along the way. DJ's were Richie Rich, Paul Trouble Anderson, Little Louis Vega, Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold, Jumping Jack Frost, Evil Eddie Richards, Frankie Bones & Fabio.
Oh My Old Skool Days!!! I am 61 years old lol This Video Just took me back to when I was 25 and Raving like there was no tomorrow. Great Content Video showing How it really was. Love and respect to the Person Uploading This Thank You
that will come back for a few after the demons rape creation and then kill it again …while calling themselves worthy as they raped and abused. same hole always.
@@barbarabeard3904 in Berlin this time allso, best time, Russians give up let the people free, Wall is down end of 1989 and the Party was on - Eva 240 mg and 180 mg pure and strong 👊🏻 - nice to see you have the same partys this time 👍🏻👏🏻
I did security, easiest gigs ever. Kids thought we were the coolest, they'd think we were busting them for smoking and we'd just join in. Only times I ever had to deal with violence was when there was alcohol involved - and it was NEVER brought in by the promoters.
I remember those days! A good DJ would build the music layer by layer, and just when you think it couldn't get better it took you to a whole 'nother level and you felt like you could dance forever.
@@lina4inampa901pparently, it's actually because of the indoor smoking ban. now that ppl go outside when the set mellows out, djs have to play banger after banger to keep the crowd interested. I don't smoke nicotine products so the constant intensity is a little overwhelming for me and I end up leaving for a break anyways 😂 a double edged sword
Way what a flashback! This is wear it all started,we worked hard and on the weekend we raved even harder! I'd go back to these glorious times in a heartbeat if I could!👌❤
Phones are rarely ‘needed.’. People’s narcissism and ego mistake this as a ‘need.’. Sad sad state of affairs when everything and everyone ‘needs’ to be documented all of the time.
Am i the only one who noticed the excellent picture quality of this video? This was recorded nearly 35 years and is better than modern recordings. Even the sound is brilliant!
Everyone in this video is now in their mid to late forties...Worrying about their own kids and what they are doing... I know because I'm one of them... I was 18 in 89 ... 'Happy Days' !
My cousin went to England in the late eighties and when he returned, we did what he learnt her in oz. Late eighties, early nineties,😅Back then the DJ wasn't the focus, the music, loosing your self in it with other people who were also into the zone was the drawcard. When you had nights of great music, the peaceful, comradery could be felt in the air. I miss the early raves. Going out and finding an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere and getting it going with like minded people at 1 in the morning till after dawn. The feeling is amazing. Pure love for all! Of course we made sure there were enough party favours for everyone at the door. Great time to be alive. And before the police got involved it was so good. It was a great way to forget the stress and pressure of life.
This footage almost makes me weep with nostalgia and warmth. I feel like I know everyone in that warehouse and danced alongside them. Happy days, the best days.
I’m 50now. I went to my first rave as a college freshman in L.A. in 1991. It was illegal and surreal. You had to buy a ticket from a record store, call a hotline the night of then travel to a map location. It was a special time.
I’ve just turned 50. I was in LA summer of 91, I was 17 and djing back in Italy then, didn’t go to a rave but EMF live at palladium. While listening on my CD discman to KLF and 808 state you brought back some memories ! But I’m gutted didn’t know about these raves happening that summer !! Hahaha
Yes man. We used to sell herb at these parties. Never saw a fight, never had anyone OD. We arrived as a group, made new friends, and we left together to eat breakfast when the sun came up.
I started at 17, 26 now. Even since I started it has gotten much much worse generally and im still a baby, can't imagine how great it was back then. This video was 7 years before I was born lol.
I was there. Now 50 years old, a grandfather with my own business. Still listen to the tunes and now my kids are all grown up. Myself and my wife who i met at a rave way back then have just started going out again to old skool reunions. We dont indulge in the chemical side of things no more but its these days which made us and am so glad we didnt have social media back then. Life back then was alot less complicated...
Those were the days when you had to be there to understand it - AI can't replicate that, not in a million years. We experienced music and a movement which never existed before, but not only once -dozens of times from the 70s to the millennial end - nothing but genre revolutions.
I like how the mixer was directly hooked to the camera's left channel audio input until about 2/3rds of the way through too, was a good idea but funny hearing in the direct feed just how overdriven the signal being sent out to the sound system actually was haha
The best thing about this is that everyone is learning what to do with this music. It was literally just invented the year before. Kids today can't fathom it. This was literally a completely new music genre being born. No, this is not the same as a SUB genre coming along like dubstep, etc. A whole new genre. I'm not sure we'll ever see anything like it again.
Times were more chill back then. No censorship, no government meddling, no restrictions, no political correctness, no social media, people with cell phones in their faces and it was better.
Think of the billions of years and all the distance of the universe and these people ended up right there and then in a banging warehouse rave in 1989...
@@eiyhka8779 lol aww thank you ❤️, but me a legend?.. No 😁, it was a time of real peace, love, and all colour, racist barriers were not to be seen anywhere. A real revolution in the simplest of forms, basically to dance... And i mean dance anywhere... I have 1001 stories to tell of the most wonderful times to be had. Great people, atmosphere, and music. Best days of my life ❤️ ❤️ 💃💕
@@tamjames1496 Compared to these times that seems like heaven and that's the way it should still be. I bet you do have some great stories! 😁 I bet in a million years you never thought you'd see a video on YT one day where you were at So damn cool isnt it..
@@eiyhka8779 Absolutely, to think someone recorded this for posterity is indeed a fine thing, but to see it on UA-cam, well that's just magical. For those who were not there or too young at the time to attend, this is some beautiful footage in its finest form to look and see how lovely partying back then really was 🕺💃🕺♥️💕💞🎼🎼
Shoutout to everyone who randomly stumbled on this & will never forget the awesomeness of breaking into an abandoned building & wilding out like that until the sun came up 🌞
This was a young generation having had 10 years of the old establishment and Margaret Thatcher we’d had enough we fought back they wondered what had hit them 😊. I was lucky to be a part of it all also timed perfectly with a drug called Ecstasy 👍
For those who were not about at the time this is what I remember of those days: buying a ticket in advance £15 to £25 (back in 1989) from independent record shops in Soho to raves with names like Hysteria, Genesis, Biology, Fantazia etc. Then listening to pirate radio stations for the time/ location to meet up or phoning a contact number written on the flyer when you bought the ticket. Then heading to the meet at the Windmill Pub in Clapham Common at about midnight. From there about 200+ cars with blaring rave music all headed out of south London to the M25. By about 2am you finally arrived in some field or warehouse and raved to about 10am. One time we ended up in a warehouse in Watford and another time a disused airfield in Hampshire! Colourful, crazy times!
I feel sorry for the kids today. The abiding thing here is togetherness, connection to each other through music and culture. All faces, all races coming together as one in Love. Magic Magic Magic
Oh cool, I was at this party. It was an illegal warehouse event by Energy in 89'. Me and mates were driving a Peugeot 205 gti and at about 5.00am I went to the car to get some skins, I had a football in there too so I took it out and kicked it in the air. Next thing there was like 50 to 100 of us out of our faces passing and kicking the ball to each other, it was so hilarious trying to kick the ball as we were so gone we kept missing it and falling over 🤣😂🤣 best time ever. Trust me when I say this, these were beautiful times to be alive, the parties, the music, the people... Epic in every sense... The dj playing is Evil Eddie Richards who I first met at Clink Street in 88'... Best days of my life ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ xxx
@@YoutuBerry1993 i don't anymore Berry. But I still have all the original vinyls and even better, you see my profile pic, it's a book, not just an ordinary book, this was my diary that I wrote in daily of all the parties and illegal warehouse, field events that I went to between 87' and 88', its absolutely full of stuff including an original press release of Roland's Tb 303 known as the acid sound that was published in 1982. 😁
@@tamjames1496 that's sick man! Love hearing stories from the 80/90ies. I almost could not believe house/techno did exist back then. The music is timeless, the dance is timeless. I'll be at awakenings festival near Amsterdam in about 2 weeks. It's the biggest of Europe. 💪💪
◘ EXOSPHERE ◘ I'm not sure where they are now and i certainly wasn't there but I was bang in the scene at the time! a lot of my pals have either had a life time of drug abuse mental health problems and even death! but wow we had a banging time and I don't regret nothing! feel very privileged to have been a teenager in the acid house/ rave then house and garage before dabbling in jungle! when the ecstacy and cannabis were real high quality! it really did feel like you were bang in the middle of something which I have never experienced since! DJs such as Carl cox, grooverider were our rockstars! god like icons
Hello, I'm there at 0:13 side view white Ttop, bob blonde haired dude, later on again @ 4:36 & 8:16. Thanks for asking I'm doing fine. I'm 49 now not rich or poor. This brings a tear to eye, cause getting old sucks and I had the best time raving and clubbing like a loon right till about 2004. This was at Raydon Airfield in Suffolk and I was there for there for two days. Doved up and smelly, but the weather was great and everyone was on it.
so nice to see a clear film of an original rave with the correct soundtrack and not some grainy vhs copy thats been recopied 20 times before it ended up on youtube.........lets have more of these kinolibrary
this has to be my favorite music related video, idk what it is just. zooming to random people at certain points just in the moment feeling the music and the energy is nearly bleeding from this video I love it.
Not embarrassed to say I shed a tear or two watching these rave vids. It brings back so many great memories of the incredible parties we went to. It's a cliche but it's so true that you really had to have been there to understand.
I was only in the scene 1998-2004 and it warms my heart seeing how much further back it went. After I left it morphed I to something different and lost its magic. I'm glad you got to experience this
I feel your pain, I feel so empty these days because this kind of stuff just simply wasn’t happening when I was 20, shitty nightclubs with crap music and crap pints whereas this is just banging , I wish I’d been born in 1970 or so and enjoy all the late 80s and early 90s with house and grunge music too
Quisiera haber nacido en esa época igual, dónde no había tanto clasismo y la gente no se distraía tanto viendo cómo vestía solo disfrutaban las músicas en las venas y y
One love to you all. I'm 51, father of five. I've passed the love and the music onto my kids who are in their twenties now. I know how fortunate I am to have been in the right place at the right time in history. We experienced something so special. Shout out to the Shelley's peeps! Much love everyone. And no, drugs are not a spiritual shortcut, they're a catalyst. Make sure you talk about drugs with the kids and share your experiences openly and honestly.
I wish I’d been born ten years earlier. I remember in the late 80’s standing in the back garden listening to the sound of an acid house party drifting down from the ridgeway a good ten miles away and my dad explains what it was. I was fascinated. I was around 8 or 9 years old. At 16 I wrnt to my first “goa trance” rave in Dalston and was hooked ever since, similar vibe in that psychedelic scene, plur etc but god I wish I’d been able to have been at the early raves as a young man. The scene fragmented into all these seperate genres of music and some tended to be less peaceful. Drum n bass I love the music but I’ve been evacuated from a club when someone got stabbed in the neck.
Shelley's was unreal to be fair. I was a 15 year old school boy in late 89. My mates older sis went to the Blackburn raves, took him along twice but my dad was having none of that, however he did soften regarding Shelley's and I'm so f#####g grateful he did!
Or maybe it was just that the drug had only just become available when this was filmed & nobody had any tolerance to it. Everyone was having their first times on it at the same time.
I bet they were great in bed. We had a similar pair of twin girls at the raves in Newcastle. Saw them at every party and they used to freak me the fuck out because I'd have to do the double take.
thats crazy i know when i see the twins it reminds me bad of the red haired twins at the dome, house ,blackburn, everywhere they used to be with a top madchester raver named gavin big tall feller he was
Amazing thing is, nobody is showing off, they just look like ordinary people enjoying the atmosphere, just being themselves. Nice to see lots of black and white people mixing, no trouble. Everyone happy. I remember the 80s being like this, people were so much nicer to be around. Nowadays everyone is image obsessed and arrogant, all about me me me, the labels on my clothes, the car I drive (you mean lease LOL) and posting everything about themselves on Instagram or Facebook etc. People have such a horrible self important attitude these days with no time for anyone else. Social media has turned everyone into sickening attention seekers. Get me a time machine please.
Eric Cowan yeah you right bro it’s true you know I was thinking that our people are snobs and states are better I’ve traveled and understood our youth is massive in its positivity . Love uk just off the rave six story building old street packed up Bro , dogs , police ain’t no hatred just literally can live off your years like that . In London most of the clubs being on the shut down more than half in a mere decade you get me People penned up like literally do we have a choice yes we do and we fighting gentrification by rocking and whacking this places
Eric Cowan no Bro I’m for real anytime you in London go to rave parties bro you’ll make lifetime friends and might will stay here altogether I knew some geezer he moved oout from states found a British girl , from now on beanies on a toast and good warm up at the dance floor
So true and no sjw crap and people getting offended by every little thing oh and only two genders now we have people identifying themselves as garden chairs and all sorts.
Naveed Khan bro come on whr do u live ? What county bruff in London it’s still s thing nicest people no one gets offended , pure plur who seeks thou finds
Yes finally someone else who notices the reverberating of the bass in this video! I used to do this scene 25 years ago, so I guess I'm attuned to it, so I can imagine how dope it would sound live, having experienced stuff like this myself at raves. Listen to jimi hendrix, purple haze. And imagine it live at a massive event. Standing right by the speakers in the 60s. Must have been amazing tooo
@@stevencoardvenice I’m on in my 20s so never got to experience that but I’m sure it’s great! My first real experience was at Portola in SF, I saw Carl cox live there and we were walking into the warehouse and the sound reverbing off the building was magical. You could hear the whole thing shaking
@@Krewby Carl cox is dope. The 3 turntables. But I hear they don't use turntables anymore. Watch Carl cox time warp 2009. Saw him here in LA in 2000. Was totally insane. Just pure energy coming from the speakers
Definitely the best times..kinda weird thinking back that we didn't have cellphones etc everyone just knew where to meet up.. Socialising was a good laugh back then..always good times and plenty people to meet..nowadays with social media n shit instead of going out for a laugh with friends people just go talk to friends on here and other social networks etc...kinda killing society tbh.
I do, it's actually bit awkward watching yourself back then. it gets more palatable the more i see it. I could hardly remember until a friend sent it to me, it was in an old RAF base near Reading. Glad other people are enjoying watching it.
wel, i think everyone in this video sends out a positive vibe to all watchers by feeling comfortable and free. but still it amazes me that there was someone walking with a videocamera having no idea that internet and youtube will excist in the future and who knows whats next? sharing videos in space with aliens?and that is only the cameraperspective.As a spiritualistic expert i know that every human being has a recorded akashic memory and with promision and in a safe context in the future you can access someones akashic and go to the timeframe of this party for example so you can experience the party again in different points of view like the people are cameras. I know it sounds deep and crazy but as a dj i heard some amazing unique records in the 90ties and dont know the name so i think that later(after my dead?) i can travel in my akashic and experience that moment again and think:Yes! finaly found the record!
Influjo Estelar bro it is like that in Britain in real life news and all this fake shit about us doesn’t apply to reality There’s a strong underground scene and the sense of community amongst the people You get me
Where the fuck do you live that its not like that? lmao don't let politics fool you into thinking theres a race war preventing good raves from happening.
B A S E D SBG SOLDIER i live in New York City the "melting pot" of the world. And it is nottt like that trust me lol . the fake news and race tension created by fake movements like BLM have divided everyone .. You can't even trust your own kind here . trust me . i grew up here . watch the UA-cam video about Junior being butchered to death in the Bronx . he was Dominican . guess who killed him .. Dominicans ... How sad ..
Whites can generally trust other whites tho . and blacks with blacks now since theyve been under some heavy fire from the media but the Latinos ..i think they're learning they need to stick together cuz blacks don't love you guys . even if some of you are "afro Latino" and whites certainly dont like any one non white
Young people in the 80s and 90s were cooler than anyone before and are still cooler than anyone after
Thank you 😂
Yes, we are!
Wish I could go back in time and go to a late 80s or early 90s rave.
White people can’t dance that has not changed.
@@TheGreenyRiotthat even made me feel old, before that we didn't have to give a crap about anything tech until we cranked on the tv or a phone call, lol just joking around friend
All these different people, different backgrounds, different colors, different clothes, all jamming to music. No politics or BS. So glad I grew up in this era. These times will never be the same. The government has you ALL on their agenda even though you think it's yours.
Yes exactly
These were the best of times.
Exactly
No politics, lol.
No politics because they were all blasted out of their minds either on X or LSD
I miss those days so much, 55 and still bouncing to the tunes today.
Haha me 56 and do the same. Rave for life 👍
@@adhdminister haha belta, us oldies will show the young uns how it's done eh....
But keep off the drugs
I hear you, my brother!
me too
House music all night long!
You didn't need ask anyone to dance, you just went out floor by yourself. I miss the days
Say what? 😁
yeah i just did this last november and people kept coming up and tryna insert themselves. very offputting you cant just groove anymore.
No mystery grinders either haha everyone was so respectful considering we were all so off it. No alcohol for a period too, the staff must have thought it was some kind of very friendly Christian gathering, until they spoke to one of us trying to buy water
Best days off our lives wee just didn’t give a shit the music the beat and non stop raving on the dance floor no one can forget these days my heart is still beating hard watching this ❤
I go to Duffy’s every couple of months , acknowledge the DJ & dance my a$$ off by myself…2 hrs drinking water & lemon & buy a drink f t DJ. I b the only one dancing & DGAF! while the DJ is doing his thing. Duffy’s in Miami, Florida…DJ THURS-Sunday over looking the INTERCOSTAL…NYC to Miami 20 yrs ago & STILL LOVING IT❤❤❤❤❤ ✌🏾
One thing that always strikes me about the difference of then and now.... we danced together, NOT FACING THE DJ booth.
Jajsjja that exactly what i think, so accurate
dj was part of the crowd..
People can dance how the want but I don't quite agree that it is better this way. When everyone's facing the same way, we're like a big wave, all one type of feeling, us against the DJs mad beats hitting our faces. Here everyone is chilling on their own, which is super sick but also seems like people don't know where to face and it looks all jumbled. I dunno it feels weird a bit.
I also dont get why crowds are just watching the dj nowadays
@@forthehood7466 yeah they look a bit lost. The dancefloor needs a energy focuser, the dj is that conduit! Being one myself, i felt it my duty to help amp up the crowd and get everyone on the same page so to speak. I dont like watching djs who dont engage the crowd at all. U dont have to be doing a jesus christ pose all the time, but giving back some love and energy goes a long way. However poeple shouldnt be weirded out when faced by others either, which i find these days when im on the dancefloor rather than behind the dex. Sad. Both have there up sides ...and down i spose. 😊 wish i was there to throw some light and love (...and focus).
i came to this country for the club and music scene, we didnt have raves yet in South Africa like this.
I’d happily be stuck in a time loop from ‘89 to ‘99.
ME TOO
1984-1999.
@@dougl945 you’re living in 1984 right now
I've been raving in the loop for 500 years now, Its still hasn't gotten old 🧼🔥
1988 to 1994 would be PERFECT for me
It’s ironic that a rave party in 1989 is looking more diverse than in 2024.
Everybody has their own style. The individuality is real in this video.
And thats just what the powers dont want us to be nowadays, theyre afraid of us reaching our real potential
whats the song at 14:05? i love it. this has been bothering me for months now. nobody has a answer....
@@ThatFilmisGnarly ua-cam.com/video/doLinr0FM1Y/v-deo.html
Another place another time Frankie Bones.
So true ... How many dace styles ... No one conforms
@@ThatFilmisGnarly D-Shake - Techno Trance (Paradise is now)
Everyone had their own personality. Everyone was their own person it’s beautiful to see.
Still the case, some are afraid to show some arent
Express yourself
Personality? HA, HA, HA.
(1:30) I never knew Stan Lee was a raver😂
@@wiegershitpostcollectiveI just need that “fuck you” money first
This was back in the days when people were out to dance. Not to pose at the bar, not to take pictures to put online. People were out for the dancing. What a great era.
Has it ever crossed your mind that some people take pics and vids as personal mementos so they can preserve the memory? Not everyone uses social media 🙄
@@AD-eg9cw blablablaaa... you know nothing about that topic, so shup 🤣
@@ED-XCI You're absolutely right. I have not dedicated my life to the scientific study of selfies. Therefore, I am not qualified to comment on such complex topics.
You have exceptional perception. You should work for the CIA!!
@@AD-eg9cw Don't you make a difference between selfies and parties ? Poor little selfish thing 🥺
they still do and the events are still happening they are called raves. unfortunately they have been severely reduced by the police and property all getting bought up
Beautiful to see all kinds of people vibing good together and dancing...these days folks just stand around
I love their clothes honestly, so unpretentious.
Reflect of their state of mind
An individually expressive.
Yup. It was all about the music then. Now it's all about image.
i love that hoodie at 7:28 tho
Yep the money went on drugs, vinyl, drugs n petrol money and more drugs! Most fun times ever, we were total caners. Feel sorry for kids now, plastic nails, hair, eyelashes, hooker heels and dresses - and camera phones for everyone to judge each other. People only dressed up for wedding/funeral🤣and only took photos on a camera at crimbo, birthdays and holidays.😂not one photo exists of me as a raver, to my knowledge, probably a good thing, looked wankered like a sweaty owl.🤣
I read the comments about time travel and wishes, and somewhat have a nosgaltic cry. I'm in this video @ 0:14, 4:29, 6:54, 7:45, 8:14, 8:36. Blonde bob haired guy in the white Smiths Tshirt. I'm now 51.
Location please?
Bobby P It’s in Suffolk, England. Near Ipswich.
Fantastic!
Ben Jerry
Oh man, and here I am already weirded out by my baby pics
And here you are now with the best ice cream in the world!
the golden era where the cell phone did not yet exist
Ah the ancient black mirror technology pretending to be new 🤣 tricked rocks and minerals into thinking
@maryreilly5092 I was a kid and my grandma had one she let me talk on it once for 7 seconds 😮 😅😅
that's why no one under 40 can be convinced that we weren't all bigots back then - we don't have a lot of footage to prove it
Yeah and you had to have a meet up spot for when the rave ended and a rough time and hope everyone adhered to that. But without fail everytime only two people out of the group made it to the meet up spot at the correct time. 🤣
They existed, but they were massive, couldn't exactly fit inside your pocket. And that's all they were 'phones'. Not computers with phones and hd cameras fitted.
People actually enjoying each other's company and not staring down at their cell phone
They are high AF on club drugs.
@@LaJuera25 True but people connected with each other not a little plastic device. Today I meet "twenty somethings" who tell me they have no friends. I find that really sad.
@@laraknapp7995yes but a lot of ravers died because of club drugs. I remember this era- it wasn’t as romantic as you think
When the DJ was just someone at the party
before
Not necessarily, although I know what you mean but back then you were only known within the scene, now all you need is a radio hit and you're pretty much everyone's favorite
@@chucke2319 that was in the eighties as well, video killed the radio star 🌟
Back when DJing took skill and not just a “play” button or logic pro
@@AgentHurt As a DJ you have to listen carefully to a lot of music and choose what to play at the right moment. Also you have to bring a powerful sound system. Don't fuck it up. Then there're good ones and bad ones. It takes as much skill today as it used to. It's something that can be learned by practice. It's not a unique profession, but what profession is? Even piloting works on the autopilot today. It is to avoid crashes. :)
Tracklist now complete:
Corporation of One - So Where Are You (Hashish Dub),
Latin Rage - Sueno Latino (Extended Remix),
J.D. - Good Vibrations,
BCN Orchestra - Quien Tu Te Crees?,
Bits & Pieces 89 (R/U/DEF/BOY. Mix),
Looney Tunes Vol 1 - Another Time, Another Place,
Mark Imperial - Bonus Krafty Beaver (Rock This House '89 EP),
Sheila - Acid Kiss (Love Machine Mix),
Liaisons-D - Heartbeat,
The Centrefield Assignment - Mi Casa (DJ's Dope Long Mix),
The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital Mix),
Mickey Oliver - In-Ten-Si-T (Aca-Bass Si-T Mix)
Not all heros wear capes
ur a god among men
@@ROBERTTONUS 2nd track is definitely Latin Rage and the track at 18:20 is Liaisons D, the KLF doesn't come in until around 22mins.
Wow, such a heavenly collection! Thank you for this
Simon were you a DJ
Those crazy twins in the matching dotty onesies absolutely loving life! What an era! 👊🏼🔥
They are on what is now known as Molly
Good old days..will never be the same again, so glad I lived it✌
All colors together having fun, understanding the vibe... And where are we today...
You can thank that to the liberal party… and GLOBALISM NWO PUPPETS
If they're having fun, why is no one smiling?
@@kumaranvijyou aren’t looking, I see plenty of happy ppl.
@@TB12710 Sorry, I'm American, not British. I'm sure for you guys this is ecstatic. We just knew how to groove, is all.
@@kumaranvij u must be right, they were all there because they had to, at gun point...
That moment when you realize 80’s parties are better than modern one today
They were so raw and simplistic, no showing off or fake knob twisting on the mixer, just vibe & energy and oneness
Ya because we live in 1984 now
always been......parties of 1880 were better than 1920's also....and this goes on an on since jesus was born man.....trust me
Bob Charlie not really cuz a decade Doesn’t really gain its identity until halfway through.
Ahh you would think that be we getting it popping with our uptadatejungle? What is that I hear you ask? Connect to my channel to find out. MACE O.G'z.
I think the Rave scene in the UK definitely changed the outlook of a lot of people. It was a great thing spinning vinyl and letting the peace and love flow.
@@Pellets7 it was indeed.
Stopped football hooliganism, too
@@Mardyfella Take them to the circus ,Bill Cooper 👍😎
Not a single cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment.
Wow!.. yeah I didn't even realise that... Til just now..
Even I was caught up in the moment watching it..
( Even though I'm watching it on my phone.
( Oh the irony
Not a single cynical person in sight complaining about how kids of today are always on their cell phones. Just people living in the moment.
shut up boomer
Morons like yourself in 1989 "These kids have no direction or future, back in my day........"
@@cromandum217 I guess the joke went over a lot of kids heads. Must be the broccoli haircuts.
Went to my first 1989, north London, illegal. Asked my mate what to wear. He said anything no one will care. Didn't really like the clubs, but loved the music on my tapes. That night just blew me away. All walks of life just there for the music. I was finally with like minded people who didn't judge. I had some fantastic times for the next ten years in tents and clubs, but nothing will compare to those early years and I feel so lucky to have been part of it.
there's NO SUBSTITUTE mate
90s kid here. Its difficult now. Platforms like boiler room brought the DJ in front of the camera. Its very cool to go to a (legal) rave, and we have 'festival chic' to prescribe what to wear. On the other hand, there are a lot of uninviting squat raves, not the same type of crowd (have witnessed stabbing at one). Saying that, I made lasting friendships in fields and in clubs in the 2010s. There is vanity, pretentiousness and elitism in dance music today, and a lot of money, but clubbing culture is a broad spectrum and at the more carefree end you have places like Plastic People in London with almost no lighting and no door policy, other than keeping out big groups of pissheads. Those places where you face each other and not the DJ, where you'll share a water with a stranger, its still there if you can find it, but you often have to get to it early or let the commercial aspects of today's scene wash over you. (Plastic People couldn't maintain their license in a gentrifying London.) Today I think the sanctuary offered by raves has been replaced by internet culture - check out VR raves...
"Went to my first 1989, north London, illegal"
Is 1989 a place? I was thinking it was the year. [Ignorant Yank here, but I was going to guess this was London!]
@@tgfluxI've no idea where it was in London.
I'm way younger, when I hit the scene it was 2011. I look back on it fondly and wouldn't change it at all, but to go to one of these 90's warehouse raves would be amazing.
I've never wanted to time travel so badly, just so I can join this rave.
Hmu if you ever crack how to 😅
@@gaz3097 Come to Europe we have some good acid techno free parties here. Cheers
@@paulspl2581 I'm in Europe 😅
Brooklyn has these every weekend. You got to know though, bc you Won’t find the location on resident advisor
@@YuBetchya wait, resident advisor doesn’t give out locations 🥺. I thought resident advisor was the perfect website to catch on current djs who play secret music away from mainstream
Wow how I loathe these hard days we are now living in. I was going to art school during this time. I miss those days of connection, infinite inventiveness, and unending possibilities...
None cell phones !!!! i miss that life...now...cell phones everywhere every day and for no reason...
i hope the afterlife is like this. just a never ending house/techno event with all your friends.
Fuckin A bro, fuckin a
Facts.
@Mr Conutus The exact is true for you.. Just because you believe different doesn't mean it's different. Enjoy your one life too Sir.
@Mr Conutus Cognitive dissonance much? You say this is not about belief and then go on to mention belief multiple times in the rest of your comment... Yeah, deuces bro.
Me too!!!!!!
This DJ is killing it. Those transitions are seamless!
Even using a DDJ isn't as easy as you think. With today's technology the sound is alot cleaner from a crackling vinyl. Although I've been around the scene. They both have positives and negatives. The reason DJs of today go wrong is they use beat match way too much. The sound in the video has came along way from the Original Sound of Kraftwerk... You cod put Paul Kalkbrenner's Mixer he takes to his live sets in front of that DJ and he would be lost. Yet you could put Kalkbrenner infront of those Decks and he wouldn't be lost at all.
@@CeruleanSky1111
All MK2 style !
Respect.
Ohhhjh yess
@@CeruleanSky1111 - It has absolutely no relevance whether it's on a computer or real decks. It's not the instrument and hardware that determines the dj or musician.
@@peterwhitey4992 Sync lock?
LMAO The 2 girls in polka dot jumpsuits @ 22 mins were definitely trippn balls. It brings joy to my heart to know that is on the internet forever now!! That's just awesome. lol
If there was a where are they now, the polka dot twins would definitely be on the list!
They are both ceo's today 😂😂😂
@@kevinmccool3719 lol
Dj was the last thing people focused on back then.
this is so cool... everyone with his own style of clothes, dances moves, etc...
100 %
Spot on comment. The early raves were just anyone who liked the tunes getting together. Later on there was more of a uniform. Hoodies for some, white gloves, safety vests, beanies etc. All the different areas making their own look. Still lots of peace and love back then 🙂
Everyone had got swag in his own, unique way. Everyone is special !
And they are all so beautiful!
@@Almaleksia dude at 2:00 literally the most handsome person ive ever seen
I love how everyone is just dancing drama free, no phones, no giving bad looks just dancing
As we watch them do this through our phones...
what's up with the phones ? .. around that time there were no cell phones ... I still watch a lot of Boiler Room videos were people are just dancing .. it's up to the deejay ..if he is good .. people dance .. if he is just a poser doing nothing spectular .. people grab their phones
Watch 16:37 Hes giving the cameraguy a bad look XD
@@cybernaab the guy looked paranoid as fuck..must hv been the drugs kicking in lol
@@80srs11 i gues so, he looked angry as fuck probly bad tripping :(
Ahhh, sweaty hair and face, t-shirts with stretched long sleeves, having to stand still because you'd danced so much and needed a little break, just feeling the beats and when a tune you really loved came on, regaining the energy to rave again! I was a metal head in the 90's but rave music had the same uplifting vibes ❤
Dancing is so healing…. Late 80’s and early 90’s was the best times…people didn’t care what you looked like or how you danced. There was so much more acceptance and open mindedness than today. Without raves a lot of those people would’ve been drugged out on the streets like today’s situation. There are so many legal things that hurt people.
Totally agree ❤
>people didn’t care what you looked like or how you danced. There was so much more acceptance and open mindedness than today.
Yeah, what the FVCK happened ?
LOL
And people say now is much more accepting ?
That they say that is S O Bizarre to me
💯
00:00 Corporation of One - So Where Are You (Hashish Dub) [Smokin', 1989]
04:00 The Latin Rage - Sueno Latino (Remix Version) [Out, 1989]
07:44 J.D. - Good Vibrations [Requestline Records, 1988]
10:03 BCN Orchestra - Quien Tu Te Crees? [BCM Records, 1989]
13:23 Bits & Pieces 89 - 89 Dynamite Mix (R/U/DEF/BOY? Mix) [Not On Label, 1989]
14:04 Frankie ''Bones'' & Lenny ''Dee'' - Another Time, Another Place (Brixton Bass Remix) [unrealesed] [Then: The Looney Tunes EP Vol. 2, XL Rec., 1990]
15:38 Mark Imperial - Bonus Krafty Beaver (Rock This House '89 EP) [House Nation Records, 1989]
16:21 Sheila - Acid Kiss (Love Machine Mix) [Quark, 1989]
17:55 Liaisons-D - Heartbeat [Music Man Records. 1989]
20:42 The Centrefield Assignment - Mi Casa (DJ's Dope Long Mix) [Next Door Records, 1988]
22:44 The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital Mix) [KLF Communications, 1989]
23:36 Mickey Oliver - IN-TEN-SI-T (Dash Rip Rock Mix) [Hot Mix 5 Records, 1988]
The set is gold and it would be awesome if somebody could recreate it and post it here on UA-cam.
Wow, you sir, know your music
That’s very kind of you
Which is what it’s all about!
It’s the more in the know parties that I prefer. You know the ones you hear about through having a really good conversation with the guy who buys in the electronic music for your local record shop.
You start chatting about how you’ve been listening to some soundtracks lately after hearing something in a film, then they recommend someone, you say “yeah I’ve got into that David Holmes who is done all these soundtracks for …”
He then tells you he is playing a 5 hour set at this pub in Todmorden Yorkshire that is owned by a super eccentric Thai lady.
The Gold Lion, which were totally unaware of, but turns out Goldie played there the other week.
Sadly it’s sold out :(
But it’s all these places where you will still find the quality crowds.
They can make or break a night as much as the talent playing!
I love you
This was Energy Dance 89 at Raydon Airfield, Suffolk on September 23, 1989.
Charity event put on in aid of the marchioness disaster where all profits were given to the Thames tragedy fund.
The event was organised by Tin Tin and Jeremy Taylor , initially it was supposed to be held in Southark Park London but due to pressure from the local council the venue got cancelled at the last minute, the event was then moved on to several other locations which were also stopped and the party finally ended up in an aircraft hanger at Raydon Airfield, Ipswich, Suffolk at dawn on Sunday 24th September 1989.
15000+ people followed in convoy's to attend the party, causing travel chaos along the way.
DJ's were Richie Rich, Paul Trouble Anderson, Little Louis Vega, Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold, Jumping Jack Frost, Evil Eddie Richards, Frankie Bones & Fabio.
Illegal or not, I'm not sure now?
That’s a trip dude that you know all this! Great times back then even here in the states. At 52 years old I still dance as hard as I did back then.
Thanks for filling me in on the 😮location!
Thanks for those deets
DJ Icey?
Oh My Old Skool Days!!! I am 61 years old lol This Video Just took me back to when I was 25 and Raving like there was no tomorrow. Great Content Video showing How it really was. Love and respect to the Person Uploading This Thank You
That looks so fun!!! That’s my generation right there!!!!! No cell phones and everybody having a blast!!!
The lack of bad vibes is beautiful 😻
Ecstasy was really good then. China whites, doves, snowballs happy times
that will come back for a few after the demons rape creation and then kill it again …while calling themselves worthy as they raped and abused. same hole always.
@@barbarabeard3904 in Berlin this time allso, best time, Russians give up let the people free, Wall is down end of 1989 and the Party was on - Eva 240 mg and 180 mg pure and strong 👊🏻 - nice to see you have the same partys this time 👍🏻👏🏻
I did security, easiest gigs ever. Kids thought we were the coolest, they'd think we were busting them for smoking and we'd just join in. Only times I ever had to deal with violence was when there was alcohol involved - and it was NEVER brought in by the promoters.
All the good vibes and bucket hats!!!! 😍😍🔥🔥
I remember those days! A good DJ would build the music layer by layer, and just when you think it couldn't get better it took you to a whole 'nother level and you felt like you could dance forever.
Thats when the drugs kick in... LOL
seduction was an absolute boss at that!
Exactly! Now the music is mostly the same, so people are staring at their phones during the set😂
@@lina4inampa901pparently, it's actually because of the indoor smoking ban. now that ppl go outside when the set mellows out, djs have to play banger after banger to keep the crowd interested. I don't smoke nicotine products so the constant intensity is a little overwhelming for me and I end up leaving for a break anyways 😂 a double edged sword
@@jedmrrp I dont think I have ever been to a techno set where you couldnt smoke on the dancefloor.
Way what a flashback! This is wear it all started,we worked hard and on the weekend we raved even harder! I'd go back to these glorious times in a heartbeat if I could!👌❤
Reading comments...I think we can all agree that phones are not needed in every situation. Just enjoy the moment and connect with people.
Phones are rarely ‘needed.’. People’s narcissism and ego mistake this as a ‘need.’. Sad sad state of affairs when everything and everyone ‘needs’ to be documented all of the time.
ok boomer
literally everyone in the world knows this but good on you for just realising it
@@jaketyler9191 My mans, if someone pissed in your cereal...it wasnt me.
Am i the only one who noticed the excellent picture quality of this video? This was recorded nearly 35 years and is better than modern recordings. Even the sound is brilliant!
BETACAM!
1st thought i had too
Right!
ua-cam.com/video/DeLMIrsEfFo/v-deo.html
@@NuGanjaTron
True that mate👏
Everyone in this video is now in their mid to late forties...Worrying about their own kids and what they are doing...
I know because I'm one of them...
I was 18 in 89 ... 'Happy Days' !
true m8' iam 44 now was 16 near 17 in 89 miss it all
jimchorley Born in 69 still not conforming. Fuck slaving for ungrateful kids.
i was 18 !! my best years
Haha, don't worry - they aren't quite as wild nowadays.
I was 17 then and fucking largin it,, I finally stopped raving in 2004.. lol
my kids party now!!
Cell phones have destroyed everything 😢
cope
@@01hZ Dope
I'm watching this through a cell phone
My cousin went to England in the late eighties and when he returned, we did what he learnt her in oz.
Late eighties, early nineties,😅Back then the DJ wasn't the focus, the music, loosing your self in it with other people who were also into the zone was the drawcard.
When you had nights of great music, the peaceful, comradery could be felt in the air.
I miss the early raves. Going out and finding an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere and getting it going with like minded people at 1 in the morning till after dawn. The feeling is amazing. Pure love for all!
Of course we made sure there were enough party favours for everyone at the door. Great time to be alive.
And before the police got involved it was so good.
It was a great way to forget the stress and pressure of life.
Back when the world was fine, we all loved eachother and house was a universal language.
*I legit cried through most of this*
I'm 50 now .. I just can't believe this was so long ago!
Life begins at 60. You are not yet born.
@@murtithinker7660 great insight i'm going to try to appreciate my time a little bit more, i'm just 20 man
Me too brother ,,,,,,, what a time we had ,,,, but life keeps getting better
We age like fine Wine!... Live Life at your Fullest!
We age like fine Wine!... Live Life at your Fullest!
This footage almost makes me weep with nostalgia and warmth. I feel like I know everyone in that warehouse and danced alongside them. Happy days, the best days.
Great to see this in 2023. We were raised very good 😄 those were the days!
I’m 50now. I went to my first rave as a college freshman in L.A. in 1991. It was illegal and surreal. You had to buy a ticket from a record store, call a hotline the night of then travel to a map location. It was a special time.
I’ve just turned 50. I was in LA summer of 91, I was 17 and djing back in Italy then, didn’t go to a rave but EMF live at palladium. While listening on my CD discman to KLF and 808 state you brought back some memories ! But I’m gutted didn’t know about these raves happening that summer !! Hahaha
Their clothes look awesome. Warm colors, cozy, no flashy contraptions. I ❤ them
Not a single cellphone in sight. Living in the moment. Beautiful.
I was born in ‘89 and yes we did in fact miss out on the coolest time to be alive!!! Yall were a lucky bunch ❤️
We are lucky to have been born in a great decade and grew up in another. Born in 89 as well. We're gonna be 35 😂 😭
I'm 49 and this feels like yesterday ..can remember exactly how it felt to be there ..dancing ..pure love ..pure bliss 😊
Nah. Not feels like. /
Amazing!
Yes man. We used to sell herb at these parties. Never saw a fight, never had anyone OD. We arrived as a group, made new friends, and we left together to eat breakfast when the sun came up.
Damn right me to brother! Underground rave warehouses all over the place... and such amazing Cid!
December 30th going to see Sasha but sober lol
Pure vibes and a lot of jaw ache the next day 😂
I was 30 when I started to get into Rave. 32 years later I still like it.
You were a pioneer
I started at 17, 26 now. Even since I started it has gotten much much worse generally and im still a baby, can't imagine how great it was back then. This video was 7 years before I was born lol.
You and me both brother. Never leaves you.
E-ternal Ravers!
Good for you. I don't know what it is but older people end up listening to country music. I'm 50 and love this stuff
im seventyfive and still going strong.
Ahhh Gen-X heaven! Those were the best days.
Whenever I’m bummed I come and attend the 1989 rave. Uplifting!
Not an ego in sight.
agreed!
Scam Scammer fuck is your problem, people out here havin fun and all you do is judge and hate. That's what's wrong with society today.
Scam Scammer who's the loser / nothing in this life, the one bringing positivity or the prick being toxic on the internet 🤔
I think scam scammer just proved that HE'S the biggest loser on here.
Scam Scammer *don't
I was there. Now 50 years old, a grandfather with my own business. Still listen to the tunes and now my kids are all grown up. Myself and my wife who i met at a rave way back then have just started going out again to old skool reunions. We dont indulge in the chemical side of things no more but its these days which made us and am so glad we didnt have social media back then. Life back then was alot less complicated...
Where was it?
trev spunkbubble Ditto
Lmao what a lie good one
Lmao..
but parties like this without social medias or anything still exists !!
Those were the days when you had to be there to understand it - AI can't replicate that, not in a million years. We experienced music and a movement which never existed before, but not only once -dozens of times from the 70s to the millennial end - nothing but genre revolutions.
I’d sell my soul to have been able to go to one of these back in the day
That's astounding video quality.
Time travelers
Yes mam indeed, I'm sure is 16mm film
tis 4 '89
@@junglajuan ahh, that makes sense. thought it was too good for a VHS camera haha
I like how the mixer was directly hooked to the camera's left channel audio input until about 2/3rds of the way through too, was a good idea but funny hearing in the direct feed just how overdriven the signal being sent out to the sound system actually was haha
The best thing about this is that everyone is learning what to do with this music. It was literally just invented the year before. Kids today can't fathom it. This was literally a completely new music genre being born. No, this is not the same as a SUB genre coming along like dubstep, etc. A whole new genre. I'm not sure we'll ever see anything like it again.
4 sure
more than a few people in that dance floor had never dropped a pinger before and never heard house, life changing
@@markbright662couldn't agree more.
This is amazing, so many happy people who are enjoying dancing together, some of them are grandparents by now.😮 but hopefully, the best ones 😅
Vaporwave to the rescue!
Times were more chill back then. No censorship, no government meddling, no restrictions, no political correctness, no social media, people with cell phones in their faces and it was better.
Think of the billions of years and all the distance of the universe and these people ended up right there and then in a banging warehouse rave in 1989...
In this utterly depressing world of today, I needed this. Thank you!
Agreeed...sigh
Honestly , I’ve recently got into music and a vibe like this and I just love it
UA-cam viewers in years to come won’t even need to look how long ago this was posted to know when it was posted
Kocham cie
@@MissOrchid12 bb bien arta acid
Legend says they are still dancing to this day with the same mix
The legend is indeed correct, I was at this party and yes, I'm now 54 and still dancing to this 💃❤️x
@@tamjames1496 ⚡I'm jealous and you are a legend yourself 😏
@@eiyhka8779 lol aww thank you ❤️, but me a legend?.. No 😁, it was a time of real peace, love, and all colour, racist barriers were not to be seen anywhere. A real revolution in the simplest of forms, basically to dance... And i mean dance anywhere... I have 1001 stories to tell of the most wonderful times to be had. Great people, atmosphere, and music. Best days of my life ❤️ ❤️ 💃💕
@@tamjames1496 Compared to these times that seems like heaven and that's the way it should still be. I bet you do have some great stories! 😁 I bet in a million years you never thought you'd see a video on YT one day where you were at So damn cool isnt it..
@@eiyhka8779 Absolutely, to think someone recorded this for posterity is indeed a fine thing, but to see it on UA-cam, well that's just magical. For those who were not there or too young at the time to attend, this is some beautiful footage in its finest form to look and see how lovely partying back then really was 🕺💃🕺♥️💕💞🎼🎼
Great times. Everyone just living in the moment. Not a single stupid phone in sight. Forgotten how great it was without them.
I love how everyone has their own unique style. Nowadays everyone looks the fucking same.
So fucking annoying
Too right!! It's either the gym or Primark🤪
They dont look like,they just are the same
Okey Boomer
@@grafklong4772 kids nowadays never would have survived the southside of chicago parties
Shoutout to everyone who randomly stumbled on this & will never forget the awesomeness of breaking into an abandoned building & wilding out like that until the sun came up 🌞
look back on these times frrriken n knew how tp party with love and no egos the best xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This was a young generation having had 10 years of the old establishment and Margaret Thatcher we’d had enough we fought back they wondered what had hit them 😊. I was lucky to be a part of it all also timed perfectly with a drug called Ecstasy
👍
The common denominator is the music...brings everyone together...no animosity, judgement or hatred...what an incredible event!
Dance music of the late 80’s and 90’s was awesome!: such a merging of different styles… so cool
For those who were not about at the time this is what I remember of those days: buying a ticket in advance £15 to £25 (back in 1989) from independent record shops in Soho to raves with names like Hysteria, Genesis, Biology, Fantazia etc. Then listening to pirate radio stations for the time/ location to meet up or phoning a contact number written on the flyer when you bought the ticket. Then heading to the meet at the Windmill Pub in Clapham Common at about midnight. From there about 200+ cars with blaring rave music all headed out of south London to the M25. By about 2am you finally arrived in some field or warehouse and raved to about 10am. One time we ended up in a warehouse in Watford and another time a disused airfield in Hampshire! Colourful, crazy times!
In 2000 I could still go to a rave for $10-25 in LA
That's cool, but seems like a lot of effort for a rave.
@@k-leb4671 You had to put the work in back in those days .
They had texting in 1989?
@@realslik2029 There were no mobile phones in 89 as far as I can remember, certainly not in general use anyway.
16:52 He didn’t come to have fun. He’s on a mission.
Where is Sarah Conner..
@@austinwilson3602 😂he’s on search and destroy mode.
🤣🤣
looks like he's part of the beat it music video lol
He’s just off his bonnet, rushing around da club👍
j etais sur le dance floor !! quelle époque joyeuse !!!
peace and love
laurent de paris
I feel sorry for the kids today. The abiding thing here is togetherness, connection to each other through music and culture. All faces, all races coming together as one in Love. Magic Magic Magic
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!!!!!!💯💯💯💯💯
Oh cool, I was at this party. It was an illegal warehouse event by Energy in 89'. Me and mates were driving a Peugeot 205 gti and at about 5.00am I went to the car to get some skins, I had a football in there too so I took it out and kicked it in the air. Next thing there was like 50 to 100 of us out of our faces passing and kicking the ball to each other, it was so hilarious trying to kick the ball as we were so gone we kept missing it and falling over 🤣😂🤣 best time ever. Trust me when I say this, these were beautiful times to be alive, the parties, the music, the people... Epic in every sense... The dj playing is Evil Eddie Richards who I first met at Clink Street in 88'... Best days of my life ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ xxx
Tam James Nice.
Nice comment!
Do you still rave sometimes? I've met a couple in their late 50ies and they had the time of their lives 😎
@@Mardyfella You're welcome Mardy 😁
@@YoutuBerry1993 i don't anymore Berry. But I still have all the original vinyls and even better, you see my profile pic, it's a book, not just an ordinary book, this was my diary that I wrote in daily of all the parties and illegal warehouse, field events that I went to between 87' and 88', its absolutely full of stuff including an original press release of Roland's Tb 303 known as the acid sound that was published in 1982. 😁
@@tamjames1496 that's sick man! Love hearing stories from the 80/90ies. I almost could not believe house/techno did exist back then. The music is timeless, the dance is timeless. I'll be at awakenings festival near Amsterdam in about 2 weeks. It's the biggest of Europe. 💪💪
Makes you wonder who these people were, their names, where they are now...
chris im 48 and live in missouri - i'm in there somewhere - best days of my life
◘ EXOSPHERE ◘ I'm not sure where they are now and i certainly wasn't there but I was bang in the scene at the time! a lot of my pals have either had a life time of drug abuse mental health problems and even death! but wow we had a banging time and I don't regret nothing! feel very privileged to have been a teenager in the acid house/ rave then house and garage before dabbling in jungle! when the ecstacy and cannabis were real high quality! it really did feel like you were bang in the middle of something which I have never experienced since! DJs such as Carl cox, grooverider were our rockstars! god like icons
Hello, I'm there at 0:13 side view white Ttop, bob blonde haired dude, later on again @ 4:36 & 8:16. Thanks for asking I'm doing fine. I'm 49 now not rich or poor. This brings a tear to eye, cause getting old sucks and I had the best time raving and clubbing like a loon right till about 2004. This was at Raydon Airfield in Suffolk and I was there for there for two days. Doved up and smelly, but the weather was great and everyone was on it.
@ Chris b ..............you came a long way this was in England.
chris b was it as magical as we all imagine?
I miss those drama free days. No hatred no politics. Just a good time.
I was there. Love it. I. Am. 57. Now. And still. Raving
so nice to see a clear film of an original rave with the correct soundtrack and not some grainy vhs copy thats been recopied 20 times before it ended up on youtube.........lets have more of these kinolibrary
Damn right!
I know, I hate those because they make everything look older than it is.
Older than it is? We're talking almost 30 years ago!
you mental? this is amazing quality for the time.
The quality is fantastic! It looks like it was made last week.. Unbelievable everyone in this is nearly 30 years older
No mobile phone , no violence , just love and togetherness. A beautiful thing ❤️
Ich bekam eine gänsehaut 💃🕺💃🕺🙏
thats the power of XTC :D
The decor wasn't there yet, but yea...the vibe sure was...
y la droga de mejor calidad del momento... jejeje
80's 90's the best,more fun times ever❤
All done on the 1210s and no phones up in the air. Good Times best times. 😢 I miss it. My brain cells dont, though .
this has to be my favorite music related video, idk what it is just. zooming to random people at certain points just in the moment feeling the music and the energy is nearly bleeding from this video I love it.
Not embarrassed to say I shed a tear or two watching these rave vids. It brings back so many great memories of the incredible parties we went to. It's a cliche but it's so true that you really had to have been there to understand.
I know. I was so happy back then. I'm so sad these days. Empty. I was so full of hope and living in the moment. Obsessed with music. Good Times.
I was only in the scene 1998-2004 and it warms my heart seeing how much further back it went. After I left it morphed I to something different and lost its magic. I'm glad you got to experience this
Simple, no fucking phones.
I feel your pain, I feel so empty these days because this kind of stuff just simply wasn’t happening when I was 20, shitty nightclubs with crap music and crap pints whereas this is just banging , I wish I’d been born in 1970 or so and enjoy all the late 80s and early 90s with house and grunge music too
Quisiera haber nacido en esa época igual, dónde no había tanto clasismo y la gente no se distraía tanto viendo cómo vestía solo disfrutaban las músicas en las venas y y
One love to you all. I'm 51, father of five. I've passed the love and the music onto my kids who are in their twenties now.
I know how fortunate I am to have been in the right place at the right time in history. We experienced something so special. Shout out to the Shelley's peeps! Much love everyone. And no, drugs are not a spiritual shortcut, they're a catalyst. Make sure you talk about drugs with the kids and share your experiences openly and honestly.
Hope you shown them to dance too.
I wish I’d been born ten years earlier. I remember in the late 80’s standing in the back garden listening to the sound of an acid house party drifting down from the ridgeway a good ten miles away and my dad explains what it was. I was fascinated. I was around 8 or 9 years old. At 16 I wrnt to my first “goa trance” rave in Dalston and was hooked ever since, similar vibe in that psychedelic scene, plur etc but god I wish I’d been able to have been at the early raves as a young man. The scene fragmented into all these seperate genres of music and some tended to be less peaceful. Drum n bass I love the music but I’ve been evacuated from a club when someone got stabbed in the neck.
Извините, а как говорить с детьми о наркотиках?
Shelley's was unreal to be fair. I was a 15 year old school boy in late 89. My mates older sis went to the Blackburn raves, took him along twice but my dad was having none of that, however he did soften regarding Shelley's and I'm so f#####g grateful he did!
yes, my cousin was killed by taking drugs at 18 not worth it
Can't help but smile, this looked like so much fun!
anyone who tells me that the E's you can buy today are as good as Doves or Mitzis probably wasn't even alive during the time this video was made,
Or maybe it was just that the drug had only just become available when this was filmed & nobody had any tolerance to it. Everyone was having their first times on it at the same time.
Wow! i remeber seeing the twins at 22 mins at nearly every rave i went too back then for about a year!!
Wow, it's a small world!
I bet they were great in bed. We had a similar pair of twin girls at the raves in Newcastle. Saw them at every party and they used to freak me the fuck out because I'd have to do the double take.
paul o flaherty I'll have 2 of whatever they're on. Lol
thats crazy i know when i see the twins it reminds me bad of the red haired twins at the dome, house ,blackburn, everywhere they used to be with a top madchester raver named gavin big tall feller he was
If those twins were dancing like that in todays posmodern raves, there would be a bunch of milennials recording and laughing at them.
Amazing thing is, nobody is showing off, they just look like ordinary people enjoying the atmosphere, just being themselves. Nice to see lots of black and white people mixing, no trouble. Everyone happy. I remember the 80s being like this, people were so much nicer to be around. Nowadays everyone is image obsessed and arrogant, all about me me me, the labels on my clothes, the car I drive (you mean lease LOL) and posting everything about themselves on Instagram or Facebook etc. People have such a horrible self important attitude these days with no time for anyone else. Social media has turned everyone into sickening attention seekers. Get me a time machine please.
Ernie Flannel bro there a re parties like that trust me .
Eric Cowan yeah you right bro it’s true you know I was thinking that our people are snobs and states are better I’ve traveled and understood our youth is massive in its positivity . Love uk just off the rave six story building old street packed up Bro , dogs , police ain’t no hatred just literally can live off your years like that . In London most of the clubs being on the shut down more than half in a mere decade you get me
People penned up like literally do we have a choice yes we do and we fighting gentrification by rocking and whacking this places
Eric Cowan no Bro I’m for real anytime you in London go to rave parties bro you’ll make lifetime friends and might will stay here altogether I knew some geezer he moved oout from states found a British girl , from now on beanies on a toast and good warm up at the dance floor
So true and no sjw crap and people getting offended by every little thing oh and only two genders now we have people identifying themselves as garden chairs and all sorts.
Naveed Khan bro come on whr do u live ? What county bruff in London it’s still s thing nicest people no one gets offended , pure plur who seeks thou finds
Oh how I miss those days. More fun than now.
I blame the smart phone.
That Sueno mix into Good Vibrations just absolutely hits at like 7:40 with the warehouse sound bouncing my lord
Yes finally someone else who notices the reverberating of the bass in this video! I used to do this scene 25 years ago, so I guess I'm attuned to it, so I can imagine how dope it would sound live, having experienced stuff like this myself at raves.
Listen to jimi hendrix, purple haze. And imagine it live at a massive event. Standing right by the speakers in the 60s. Must have been amazing tooo
@@stevencoardvenice I’m on in my 20s so never got to experience that but I’m sure it’s great! My first real experience was at Portola in SF, I saw Carl cox live there and we were walking into the warehouse and the sound reverbing off the building was magical. You could hear the whole thing shaking
@@Krewby Carl cox is dope. The 3 turntables. But I hear they don't use turntables anymore. Watch Carl cox time warp 2009. Saw him here in LA in 2000. Was totally insane. Just pure energy coming from the speakers
Living in the moment, not living for social media...
Great comment, would love to go to a phone-free rave haha
So true, and so, so glad we didn't have it back then.
Definitely the best times..kinda weird thinking back that we didn't have cellphones etc everyone just knew where to meet up.. Socialising was a good laugh back then..always good times and plenty people to meet..nowadays with social media n shit instead of going out for a laugh with friends people just go talk to friends on here and other social networks etc...kinda killing society tbh.
Yes!
Straight.
some of them have no idea they are on a youtube video 30 years younger
I do, it's actually bit awkward watching yourself back then. it gets more palatable the more i see it. I could hardly remember until a friend sent it to me, it was in an old RAF base near Reading. Glad other people are enjoying watching it.
wel, i think everyone in this video sends out a positive vibe to all watchers by feeling comfortable and free. but still it amazes me that there was someone walking with a videocamera having no idea that internet and youtube will excist in the future and who knows whats next? sharing videos in space with aliens?and that is only the cameraperspective.As a spiritualistic expert i know that every human being has a recorded akashic memory and with promision and in a safe context in the future you can access someones akashic and go to the timeframe of this party for example so you can experience the party again in different points of view like the people are cameras. I know it sounds deep and crazy but as a dj i heard some amazing unique records in the 90ties and dont know the name so i think that later(after my dead?) i can travel in my akashic and experience that moment again and think:Yes! finaly found the record!
It's crazy to think most of them are in there 50s-
@@jeffkennerson2164 I was there.I'm 54 now,it is crazy
@@noifurze6397 do you feel any negative long term effect? I'm in my mid 20th and always think how it will be after 20 or 30 years.
when the dance was the goal in itself, pure and simple, nothing to show off
Miss them days if only raves were like that now
all skin colors dancing and having a great time. I want a world like that
Influjo Estelar bro it is like that in Britain in real life news and all this fake shit about us doesn’t apply to reality
There’s a strong underground scene and the sense of community amongst the people
You get me
Where the fuck do you live that its not like that? lmao don't let politics fool you into thinking theres a race war preventing good raves from happening.
B A S E D SBG SOLDIER i live in New York City the "melting pot" of the world. And it is nottt like that trust me lol . the fake news and race tension created by fake movements like BLM have divided everyone .. You can't even trust your own kind here . trust me . i grew up here . watch the UA-cam video about Junior being butchered to death in the Bronx . he was Dominican . guess who killed him .. Dominicans ... How sad ..
Whites can generally trust other whites tho . and blacks with blacks now since theyve been under some heavy fire from the media but the Latinos ..i think they're learning they need to stick together cuz blacks don't love you guys . even if some of you are "afro Latino" and whites certainly dont like any one non white
its my fault, im a racist
I'm 51 now and those were the best years of my life, great times
Those were the Ebenezer good old days. You get a call from a mate about the town its in and time. Go there and follow the crowd.
The era were people simply enjoyed music and not about taking off a cellphone to take a selfie. What a f ucking world we live in.
The twins at the end are quite possibly the greatest thing ever
Thad Pemberton gotta love it havnt ya haha would be amazing if they commented on the video too lol
Thad Pemberton their outfits and dance moves were on point !
yes they are cooking some scrambled eggs
What in the holy hell
I used to see the twins everywhere i went, they were hilarious :)