Those early 90s years when I joined the scene where simply amazing and I don't mean it in the overused sense. Really amazing. Losing yourself on the dance floor and knowing that the person next to you experienced the same. The drugs and the beat, you experienced it alone, but together. People who were there know what I mean.
as connected as we may seem nowadays we are very much apart from eachother and desocialized in so many ways. the beginning of house was like a newskool hippie movement, people were open, enthusiastic, sharing, caring.. everybody was house and feeling it. now there is so much seperation, cliques, doors closed.. i stopped going out years ago and realize i'm a guy from another era
Ammer Reduron Me too. I only went to a outdoor rave once in summer of 96 and regretted it since cuz Now I wish I went every week that year! I still remembered the opening theme song -Good life by Inner city, we all went crazy!! I never did drugs nor drink just dance! No I phone's, selfie bitches, angry sexual frustrated men, stuck up women, cliqish people, snobbish people, nor fights. Making friends back then was easy. I still keep in touch with them now. Those days were the utopian years for me (93 - 98). I went to many great clubs but only one rave and I still think about it since. Great documentry.
well said.. for me it's all about the empty promises of the smartphone/socieal media age.. everyone is obsessed with a baseless facade version of life, and real relations have atrophied. Try talking to a stranger these days? The only time you'll get a polite conversation is when they're in an altered state (here at least in Aus). I recently found myself missing the experience of going out with someone, splitting up then trying to meet them later, losing them and having to wait somewhere for 3 hours... It used to be the most boring time of my life, but compared to what we have now it seems like a lost joy.
The underground mood in the early 90's of the electro scene was fantastic. Now it become a commercial business. You can't compare 90's party to nowadays party.
It was so sick, everyone would rave. People who would not even smoke pot, would roll. The MDMA was so clean, I would see people who would never party, at raves. 30 000 people that would drive for hrs, to rave the night away.
Right! The early 90s were the last bastion of real underground. The raves were soooo goood! I mean you have psy festivals now but its just not the same...
Ow cmon, that's just old mans talk. "everything used to be better". Ok, the 80s and 90s were something special for the rave scene. But you can still find underground rave-parties. It isn't even that hard to find. Maybe because your out of the scene.
It was a short lived experience that lasted about 10 years. Then it was all gone and anything that came afterwards was a pale image of the prior. I was glad I lived through from 18 to 25. Best 7 years of my life.
1989 was a pivotal year but the music really came into its own in 91 -92. Summer of 92 had some epic free raves. Everyone I knew was into raving. This is in the UK. it was huge. Metal and Grunge were still being listened to but this sub culture that came in on the back of Punk's ideology.
fantastic point mike. In the 50s/60s kids rebelled and rock and roll was born. in the 70s kids rebelled again and punk was born and in the 1990s kids rebelled and the rave scene was born. The computer and smart phone have created a generation where kids can't socialize, a night at a concert means phones in the air and no dancing in case someone takes a shot of you and your not looking your best on facebook. Men wear more beauty products than girls and take hours doing hair. Music is dead, has been a long time and I genuinely fear for our future if image is all that counts. Goodluck sir!
Blessed to be apart of the east coast scene from 95 to 01....best parties in the world! Philly...Pittsburgh..Cleveland..Baltimore... NY...We killed it!
I love this documentary. the DIY vibe, the people they interview, the music.. its all a perfect snapshot of what things used to be like. so glad this piece of history is out for everyone to see!
I only went to a outdoor rave once in summer of 96 and regretted it since cuz Now I wish I went every week that year! I still remembered the opening theme song -Good life by Inner city, we all went crazy!! I never did drugs nor drink just dance! No I phone's, selfie bitches, angry sexual frustrated men, stuck up women, cliqish people, snobbish people, nor fights. Making friends back then was easy. I still keep in touch with them now. Those days were the utopian years for me (93 - 98). I went to many great clubs but only one rave and I still think about it since. Great documentry.
I remember going to raves when i was 19 or 20, i was too young to drink but i wasnt there for the alcohol, i was there for the music, lights, the bass, the scene, the tons of sweaty people dancing their asses off til the sun came up, the ecstasy, and LSD.wed get there at night and when we'd leave itd b daylight. Ahh... those were the days.
Very educational, as a late tail end boomer, and a professional keyboard and synth player since the 70's, the whole rave scene slipped right past me, so I appreciate this documentary look at the scene I never visited (and appreciate the good Lord steared me around the designer drug scene as well) Thanks for posting this vid.
Thanks for this! I'm sort of a "bedroom" producer planning on starting DJing this year. I'm fascinated by the old rave scenes and late 80's-early 90's dance music culture, so I'm saving all sorts of documentaries to expand my knowledge on it and see if I can integrate some older sounds and styles with my own modern take. Important part of music history here! Thanks again!
PeteyPoison awesome, man! there isn't a ton of stuff to watch, but there's a never-ending stream of fantastic music from that time period just waiting to be discovered! can't wait to hear your sound!
Wow. That was my time in the scene. Scott Henry (one of the best Dj's ever!), Donald Glaude, Nigel Richards, Frankie Bones, Rob Sherwood & Mike Filly, Doc Martin (LUV!), etc. All those guys were playing parties in Ohio. Nice trip back in time.
Black Belgian kid here born in 1991. I grew up in house culture and I remember how the media used to talk about dead folks at rave parties but in my mind I always wished I was older enough to go there.
As long as human civilization has been here on earth, human beings have danced. The "rave scene" may not have been the first underground dance culture for all we know (house music was really the precursor anyway). But what I can say, is that there will always be a need for music with rhythm, whether or not it's techno or disco or whatever. All of us who enjoy dancing all night have a responsibility to the new generation to lead the way to a new underground dance revelation. KEEP THE BEATS ALIVE!!!!!
We definitely might not be the first, looking at evidence humans go back many thousands of years, everything you know about this world is generally in 100 year span, human civilisation may easily have danced to music like we do today, it would sound a lot different but music is just vibration.
This doc brings back many memories of the late 80s early 90s dancing to house, acid house and techno in the clubs in Philly. We didn't really know it was a lifestyle, it was just what we did. The music was always mysterious bc it was minimal, and you didn't know where one song ended and another started. When everyone was locked in the same groove, and moving to the same beat, we were all one, for a brief moment in time.
Thanks for uploading this. I have a copy and didn't get around to doing so. I actually went on the tour with the guy who filmed it. Went around the country in a Geo Metro. Good times.
The Dallas rave scene from 93-97 was fantastic, many people who weren’t there say no way, but all you have to do is ask a DJ, because every DJ who was popular back in the day made the rounds through the Dallas scene and most more than once. I went to no less than a hundred raves there and looking back, I wouldn’t trade those experiences for all the money in the world. I went to raves in many other states as well, including Hawaii where I went to my first Rave and every scene was a little different, mostly in the dance styles and clothing styles but it was always fun. If you were there, no matter the location, you know it was a special time that can never be duplicated and we were all very lucky to be a part of it.
I'm 34, but when i moved to dallas when I was 19 in 2007, I got into the scene up until 2011 or so, all the piperazine and adulterated tabs flooded the market.
thank u so much for üosting this "trip down memory lane", where some foundations beeing laid and here we go (still). spreading the fucking spirit and keeping it up - strictly for the love :)
I was blessed to be part of helping spread EDM to Buffalo NY . We just celebrated our 30th year at Liquid Air Entertainment after going to NYC and seeing the shift from hip-hop and new wave to music that lacked lyrics which was strange to me as I grew up with classic rock funk and hip hop but it was new and fresh and exciting.. It took a while before it caught on but the 90's will be my second favorite decade It all changed for me after Y2K ...
Thanks for sharing. I had some "Flashbacks" Lol I was into the Rave/EDM scene in Washington DC & Baltimore in the mid 90's. I wish I could go back, so bad. Lol Thanks
buddhaful11 Very cool.I'm not sure in hindsight if I'd have done more drugs, or less lol I spent a lot of time at Tracks too. It's fucking Condos now :-( Take care, & thanks for writing
90-93 was the best years for rave in the uk,as soon as it was made legal the magic wasn't as good, I can remember going to 1 in 95ish, people might as well been taped together with pogo sticks, bouncing up and down to a beat of 360bpm just felt robotic,the ecstacy had changed too.glad I was there in the beginning, great times
JumpinJack Flash I started going to parties in Chicago back in 1995 and the rolls were great The music was exceptional it started going downhill early 2000’s and is definitely not the same anymore
Good documentary. I like how they explain MDMA. They should have mentioned that raves are just one use of E. It was actually considered a helpful substance for marriage counseling. The couple or husband and wife would be given some MDMA and they'd have reignited love for each other. Media has definitely demonized MDMA unfairly.
The music started in Chicago , the brits were the first to combine it with xtc. between us we had a great scene. ididnt understand housemuic untill i was 16 in 1995 i took my first E ,went to a club and fell in love with that shit man.
@@brandonfriedman8728 Wrong. We were visiting Earth 8,000 years ago and when the natives gave us peyote and ayahuasca we built pyramids all around the planet in one day.
THANKS! Been looking for this for a long time - not knowing the title. I knew one of the creators back then - Mike Stein - and I was a raver - still am. Cheers.
the late 80s and the early 90s were the peak year's for me soon as it became legal and the super clubs come in it changed the music got too fast and lacked depth hooks fillers and the bleeps and tweets got less and less, the UK was really kicking back in the Very early 90s and I would give anything to go back for 1 night with a 1000 cars heading down the motorway all pumping tunes all heading to a venue we've never been to before,for a brief moment we thought we inherited the earth
I remember going to my first Raven late 1991 in Astoria Queens in a closed general electric subway car part manufacturing plant. It was nearly 20 hours of non-stop music
10:47 those hundreds of thousands of alcohol/tobacco deaths don’t make headlines, the 7 Ecstasy deaths do. It was Dr David Nutt who pointed out that Ecstasy is as dangerous as horse-riding. Yet one is legal, the other is not.
indeed. Not to mention the DARE propaganda about it leaving holes in your brain being total rubbish. The scientist who did that study was given meth-amphetamine by the pharmacists on "accident" under the presumption it was MDMA. Tylenol kills more people a year.....
This was my scene back in the days and bc i was about 5 to 7 years older than everyone, I saw it from the beginning. I actually waited and waited until it finally got accepted around 90. Like legends like doc martin was playing hip hop back when I first saw him djing around 86-87.
Love this when I heard the Joey Beltram took me back to my teens when my brother let me hear it respect to the American rave scene from sunny Scotland 🏴
the dude at 23:00 mins drops Dj Doc Martin! That's really 90's. He's still crushing it today, but, the turntables seem to have been traded in for mixers and EDM style. @ 25:00 the guy talks about the loan sharks and financing. In Portland Oregon in 1992 I was doing promotions. There were several underground or ever so slightly legal raves every weekend. One weekend we had several options. I chose Piggy Nation. The flyer was a 6 page booklet. I don't remember the line-up but the venue is impossible to forget. Grand Masonic Lodge 3rd floor. 20ft high ceilings, Mahagony walls a fully sprung dance floor, mahogany walled side rooms. My buddy looked to me and said "these girls are Not from here! No, they were Not. It was like 200 women were wearing PRÊT-À-PORTE' Giani Versace designs. The sound and light towers were massive. The Dj Throne Island was Epic! The ticket masters at the door . . . No lie. This is a true fact. Hells Angels and non-patched BMF Biker Mofo's. Old white men with long beards and at Grande Masonic Lodge. Talk about money launderi g. But, in the end the best shows were in little warehouses, abandoned buildings, railroad stockade s. Those were good, but, Damn! It was hard to be tripping balls and not smell the cattle that were recently there.
Ha ha, "if you want to get down to the place where it all started go to Chicago", cue next scene with the clip by a kid from New York (Joey Beltram - Energy Flash) playing in the background........
I hit the rave scene in I think 92 I'm from Scotland and my local dance events was Rezerection bloody great every few months in-between that I'd go to Hanger 13 the Fubar & Colton Studios bloody great times now it's not the same music's changed drugs have changed yeah I'm glad I cough it frew the 90s got a say I do miss it tho 🤗🤗🤗
I am constantly amazed at the musical creativity of the time - on such primitive instruments. But somehow, none of them really improved. Good enough was perfect. The limitations drove the creativity. Speaking from now, 2024, it's hard to tell the chart toppers apart on Beatport or Juno, for probably a decade.
Does anyone know any specific information about "I Need You", "Knockin At The Doors" by Mr Kool Aid and "Obelisk", "CloudHead" by My Other Self tracks (credits at the end of the documentary)? Can't find :с If anyone has any conjectures, please write. I am especially interested in 26:20 track All known tracks are: 00:00 - Sandoz - Limbo 04:00 Joey Beltram - Energy Flash 11:10 Joey Beltram - In The Abyss 37:50 Sandoz - Beam
Overall this documentary was freaking awesome! Did you see the clothes they were wearing? bright jeans, wind breakers, striped shirts and graphic tees. What's it like nowadays?
No comparison to EDM of today. . . . music has different attitude, dance has less style, The people have less character, X is different compound all together and most others very adulterated. Djs have different mid-set - hard to believe the 90's magic was able to exist. . . such a beautiful moment in time where culture utopia was winning. . .. . i believe the government and media were what really depressed the true love N light by highlighting only negative and blowing things way out of proportion .. . .which then lead to junkies- overdoers- thinking it was a place for them to do these things as the media was portraying that.
house music and techno music came from. Chicago and detroit garage house from NYC but as u know Europe always had a lovely for uptempo music we are more Deffo open minded to musical genres here!!! it was the UK that took this music to a whole new different level as for raves and clubbing even the pioneers of the music said it was a whole different scene here now fast forward UK is 1 of the biggest places for nightlife and festivals aswell as the rest of Europe home to the balaric islands ecstacy was also created by a Dutch chemist
jimbo slice house music is called house music cuz frankie knuckles had a residency at the warehouse club in Chicago back in 87 but yeh man the uk changed the world back in the early 90s and im so proud to have been a part of it bro. bless ya :-)
If you think about it Gays and Glay clubs start it all...Disco, Shock Rock (twisted sister etc...) raves... people are to dumb because they are ignorant followers
@@SamSung-gr5qy THE rave scene might have been a sausage fest where you come from, but it was hardcore breakbeats bass n jungle that that rocked our little island....E made you chew your face off and feel good. not want to bum the nearest guy...
Joey Beltrum Energy Flash - remember when it first came out - dropped at right time in a set 👌 But what seemed to happen very quickly in early 90s in UK certainly was this split off of scenes, which started to mean cliques, which was beginning of end for me. 88- 91 were best.
What's funny to me is first eight minutes into the docu there using a track by a dj from Queens New York but no mention of the NYC club scene yet where shit took off from NYC example some sample house beats were being presented in studio 54 and other NYC spots and just moved on from there where a little while after that there was paradise garage need I say more for those who know know!
Those early 90s years when I joined the scene where simply amazing and I don't mean it in the overused sense. Really amazing. Losing yourself on the dance floor and knowing that the person next to you experienced the same. The drugs and the beat, you experienced it alone, but together. People who were there know what I mean.
as connected as we may seem nowadays we are very much apart from eachother and desocialized in so many ways. the beginning of house was like a newskool hippie movement, people were open, enthusiastic, sharing, caring.. everybody was house and feeling it. now there is so much seperation, cliques, doors closed.. i stopped going out years ago and realize i'm a guy from another era
Ammer Reduron Me too. I only went to a outdoor rave once in summer of 96 and regretted it since cuz Now I wish I went every week that year! I still remembered the opening theme song -Good life by Inner city, we all went crazy!! I never did drugs nor drink just dance! No I phone's, selfie bitches, angry sexual frustrated men, stuck up women, cliqish people, snobbish people, nor fights. Making friends back then was easy. I still keep in touch with them now. Those days were the utopian years for me (93 - 98). I went to many great clubs but only one rave and I still think about it since. Great documentry.
People are far lonelier amongst their 24/7 connectivity these days
They were far better nights, it didn't matter if you knew people or not, everyone got on.
well said.. for me it's all about the empty promises of the smartphone/socieal media age.. everyone is obsessed with a baseless facade version of life, and real relations have atrophied. Try talking to a stranger these days? The only time you'll get a polite conversation is when they're in an altered state (here at least in Aus). I recently found myself missing the experience of going out with someone, splitting up then trying to meet them later, losing them and having to wait somewhere for 3 hours... It used to be the most boring time of my life, but compared to what we have now it seems like a lost joy.
And it's getting worse ...
The underground mood in the early 90's of the electro scene was fantastic. Now it become a commercial business. You can't compare 90's party to nowadays party.
i hear that late 80s early 90s was soooo awesome
It was so sick, everyone would rave. People who would not even smoke pot, would roll. The MDMA was so clean, I would see people who would never party, at raves. 30 000 people that would drive for hrs, to rave the night away.
Right! The early 90s were the last bastion of real underground. The raves were soooo goood! I mean you have psy festivals now but its just not the same...
WILDWEST Ya that's right
Ow cmon, that's just old mans talk. "everything used to be better". Ok, the 80s and 90s were something special for the rave scene. But you can still find underground rave-parties. It isn't even that hard to find. Maybe because your out of the scene.
"It's about the rhythm, and the love."
Facts. Summarises the rave culture perfectly.
It was a short lived experience that lasted about 10 years. Then it was all gone and anything that came afterwards was a pale image of the prior. I was glad I lived through from 18 to 25. Best 7 years of my life.
Yes. Giuliani fkd it up for everyone.
1989 was a pivotal year but the music really came into its own in 91 -92. Summer of 92 had some epic free raves. Everyone I knew was into raving. This is in the UK. it was huge. Metal and Grunge were still being listened to but this sub culture that came in on the back of Punk's ideology.
fantastic point mike. In the 50s/60s kids rebelled and rock and roll was born. in the 70s kids rebelled again and punk was born and in the 1990s kids rebelled and the rave scene was born. The computer and smart phone have created a generation where kids can't socialize, a night at a concert means phones in the air and no dancing in case someone takes a shot of you and your not looking your best on facebook. Men wear more beauty products than girls and take hours doing hair. Music is dead, has been a long time and I genuinely fear for our future if image is all that counts. Goodluck sir!
Blessed to be apart of the east coast scene from 95 to 01....best parties in the world! Philly...Pittsburgh..Cleveland..Baltimore... NY...We killed it!
Philly for sure. ❤🌆
Ill take 90s rave music over todays club crap anyday.
Hell ya deep house is where it's at especially
I love this documentary. the DIY vibe, the people they interview, the music.. its all a perfect snapshot of what things used to be like. so glad this piece of history is out for everyone to see!
I only went to a outdoor rave once in summer of 96 and regretted it since cuz Now I wish I went every week that year! I still remembered the opening theme song -Good life by Inner city, we all went crazy!! I never did drugs nor drink just dance! No I phone's, selfie bitches, angry sexual frustrated men, stuck up women, cliqish people, snobbish people, nor fights. Making friends back then was easy. I still keep in touch with them now. Those days were the utopian years for me (93 - 98). I went to many great clubs but only one rave and I still think about it since. Great documentry.
I remember going to raves when i was 19 or 20, i was too young to drink but i wasnt there for the alcohol, i was there for the music, lights, the bass, the scene, the tons of sweaty people dancing their asses off til the sun came up, the ecstasy, and LSD.wed get there at night and when we'd leave itd b daylight. Ahh... those were the days.
Very educational, as a late tail end boomer, and a professional keyboard and synth player since the 70's, the whole rave scene slipped right past me, so I appreciate this documentary look at the scene I never visited (and appreciate the good Lord steared me around the designer drug scene as well) Thanks for posting this vid.
Thanks for this! I'm sort of a "bedroom" producer planning on starting DJing this year. I'm fascinated by the old rave scenes and late 80's-early 90's dance music culture, so I'm saving all sorts of documentaries to expand my knowledge on it and see if I can integrate some older sounds and styles with my own modern take. Important part of music history here! Thanks again!
Have you got Twitter follower me I'll follower back have you got any tunes on here
My Twitter is @dancemusicdan
*****
Mine is @Peter_vonHarten, also my music channel on here is "Kominion".
PeteyPoison awesome, man! there isn't a ton of stuff to watch, but there's a never-ending stream of fantastic music from that time period just waiting to be discovered! can't wait to hear your sound!
I have many idea and hoping for some studio time this year. Not sure where your based but let me know if your still on the scene!
Wow. That was my time in the scene. Scott Henry (one of the best Dj's ever!), Donald Glaude, Nigel Richards, Frankie Bones, Rob Sherwood & Mike Filly, Doc Martin (LUV!), etc. All those guys were playing parties in Ohio. Nice trip back in time.
Bryan Ketler Frankie Bones DJed on my 1200s and tagged them up at a party back in the day! Never getting rid of them! 😁😁
Doc Martin unlock your mind, top ten mixed tapes ever. Awesome live dj. Has major skills.
Released on Moonshine!
Gabber was Dutch, not German. It came from Rotterdam.
JapanJohnny2012 I see what you did there, lol.
theflush Thank you. Sadly, garret didn't ;)
Indeed, just like New Beat was Belgian and also left it's trace on the UK scene
Gabber was SHIT not music, it came from Toilets.
blackl1steddrums lol :D
Black Belgian kid here born in 1991. I grew up in house culture and I remember how the media used to talk about dead folks at rave parties but in my mind I always wished I was older enough to go there.
As long as human civilization has been here on earth, human beings have danced. The "rave scene" may not have been the first underground dance culture for all we know (house music was really the precursor anyway). But what I can say, is that there will always be a need for music with rhythm, whether or not it's techno or disco or whatever. All of us who enjoy dancing all night have a responsibility to the new generation to lead the way to a new underground dance revelation. KEEP THE BEATS ALIVE!!!!!
Ofcourse we are the first ya header! Stop going too deep mate, but I like what you attempted to say. I'm stoned lol
We definitely might not be the first, looking at evidence humans go back many thousands of years, everything you know about this world is generally in 100 year span, human civilisation may easily have danced to music like we do today, it would sound a lot different but music is just vibration.
now go and watch a UK rave documentary
Absolutely! The UK rave scene during this time, tops anything.... if you know you know.... 😊
This doc brings back many memories of the late 80s early 90s dancing to house, acid house and techno in the clubs in Philly.
We didn't really know it was a lifestyle, it was just what we did.
The music was always mysterious bc it was minimal, and you didn't know where one song ended and another started.
When everyone was locked in the same groove, and moving to the same beat, we were all one, for a brief moment in time.
Thanks for uploading this. I have a copy and didn't get around to doing so. I actually went on the tour with the guy who filmed it. Went around the country in a Geo Metro. Good times.
fuck i bet it was a good time
The Dallas rave scene from 93-97 was fantastic, many people who weren’t there say no way, but all you have to do is ask a DJ, because every DJ who was popular back in the day made the rounds through the Dallas scene and most more than once. I went to no less than a hundred raves there and looking back, I wouldn’t trade those experiences for all the money in the world. I went to raves in many other states as well, including Hawaii where I went to my first Rave and every scene was a little different, mostly in the dance styles and clothing styles but it was always fun. If you were there, no matter the location, you know it was a special time that can never be duplicated and we were all very lucky to be a part of it.
Goodbye Lizard lounge :( Didn't know this but Madonna and Dennis Rodman offered to buy the club in the '90s
I'm 34, but when i moved to dallas when I was 19 in 2007, I got into the scene up until 2011 or so, all the piperazine and adulterated tabs flooded the market.
thank u so much for üosting this "trip down memory lane", where some foundations beeing laid and here we go (still). spreading the fucking spirit and keeping it up - strictly for the love :)
I was blessed to be part of helping spread EDM to Buffalo NY . We just celebrated our 30th year at Liquid Air Entertainment after going to NYC and seeing the shift from hip-hop and new wave to music that lacked lyrics which was strange to me as I grew up with classic rock funk and hip hop but it was new and fresh and exciting.. It took a while before it caught on but the 90's will be my second favorite decade It all changed for me after Y2K ...
I grew up in the late nineties rave scene in Detroit. Nothing like it..... Miss the good ole days.
totally different lol
Detroit had some dope parties
If you grew up in the late 90s surely you missed the party? The 2000's would've been your era.
Thanks for sharing. I had some "Flashbacks" Lol I was into the Rave/EDM scene in Washington DC & Baltimore in the mid 90's. I wish I could go back, so bad. Lol Thanks
Wayne Lee Moore Me too, brother...me too. Baltimore/DC was the b-o-m-b then.
buddhaful11
Very cool.I'm not sure in hindsight if I'd have done more drugs, or less lol I spent a lot of time at Tracks too. It's fucking Condos now :-( Take care, & thanks for writing
The chicks at 14:41 are unintentionally hilarious. Just mixing shit together with all the woo-woo words.
Lol @ woo woo words
🎈🤣❣️👌❄️🌎
Came here to cry....
Yup did just that.
For us in America Raving was really magical. For the first time we felt part of a global community.
90-93 was the best years for rave in the uk,as soon as it was made legal the magic wasn't as good, I can remember going to 1 in 95ish, people might as well been taped together with pogo sticks, bouncing up and down to a beat of 360bpm just felt robotic,the ecstacy had changed too.glad I was there in the beginning, great times
JumpinJack Flash I started going to parties in Chicago back in 1995 and the rolls were great The music was exceptional it started going downhill early 2000’s and is definitely not the same anymore
Good documentary. I like how they explain MDMA. They should have mentioned that raves are just one use of E. It was actually considered a helpful substance for marriage counseling. The couple or husband and wife would be given some MDMA and they'd have reignited love for each other. Media has definitely demonized MDMA unfairly.
The music started in Chicago , the brits were the first to combine it with xtc. between us we had a great scene.
ididnt understand housemuic untill i was 16 in 1995 i took my first E ,went to a club and fell in love with that shit man.
Wrong the brits weren't the first to combine it X. I was already taking X in NYC in 1987 and X came from Dallas Texas
@@pepsiq11965 wrong I was taking it in Zimbabwe in 1764. E comes from Harare
E Q we were dropping mdma in 87 Manchester uk it was coming in from Amsterdam
@@brandonfriedman8728 Wrong. We were visiting Earth 8,000 years ago and when the natives gave us peyote and ayahuasca we built pyramids all around the planet in one day.
@@pepsiq11965 its fully ackowledged the brits created the rave scene... even americans acknowldge that . ones who know anyway .
Wow... Doc Martin, Kool-Aid, Markem X and Steve Loria!! This is sooooo old school right here... Classic!
THANKS! Been looking for this for a long time - not knowing the title. I knew one of the creators back then - Mike Stein - and I was a raver - still am. Cheers.
Cleveland here. Best times of my life..
the late 80s and the early 90s were the peak year's for me soon as it became legal and the super clubs come in it changed the music got too fast and lacked depth hooks fillers and the bleeps and tweets got less and less, the UK was really kicking back in the Very early 90s and I would give anything to go back for 1 night with a 1000 cars heading down the motorway all pumping tunes all heading to a venue we've never been to before,for a brief moment we thought we inherited the earth
I remember going to my first Raven late 1991 in Astoria Queens in a closed general electric subway car part manufacturing plant.
It was nearly 20 hours of non-stop music
10:47 those hundreds of thousands of alcohol/tobacco deaths don’t make headlines, the 7 Ecstasy deaths do.
It was Dr David Nutt who pointed out that Ecstasy is as dangerous as horse-riding. Yet one is legal, the other is not.
*Cough* Christopher Reeve *Cough*
indeed. Not to mention the DARE propaganda about it leaving holes in your brain being total rubbish. The scientist who did that study was given meth-amphetamine by the pharmacists on "accident" under the presumption it was MDMA. Tylenol kills more people a year.....
The noise at the end of the video is awesome also. gonna sample that
awesome man! thanks for the upload!
The rave scene in the uk was awesome
The chicks with the herbal nootropic smoothies were epic 😂
Oh hell yeah! Thanx! Great documentary! The D is are awesome and well spoken! ❄️🌎❄️❣️😜👌❣️
This was my scene back in the days and bc i was about 5 to 7 years older than everyone, I saw it from the beginning. I actually waited and waited until it finally got accepted around 90. Like legends like doc martin was playing hip hop back when I first saw him djing around 86-87.
what's the opening track? this gorgeous
Sandoz - Limbo
Great soundtrack on this video
Love this when I heard the Joey Beltram took me back to my teens when my brother let me hear it respect to the American rave scene from sunny Scotland 🏴
I went to my first rave in 1988 sunrise as a 16 year old 5 fantastic years til 1992.
Does anyone know the song from 35:12? Please... 🥺🥺🥺
the dude at 23:00 mins drops Dj Doc Martin!
That's really 90's. He's still crushing it today, but, the turntables seem to have been traded in for mixers and EDM style.
@ 25:00 the guy talks about the loan sharks and financing.
In Portland Oregon in 1992 I was doing promotions. There were several underground or ever so slightly legal raves every weekend. One weekend we had several options. I chose Piggy Nation. The flyer was a 6 page booklet. I don't remember the line-up but the venue is impossible to forget.
Grand Masonic Lodge 3rd floor. 20ft high ceilings, Mahagony walls a fully sprung dance floor, mahogany walled side rooms. My buddy looked to me and said "these girls are Not from here! No, they were Not. It was like 200 women were wearing PRÊT-À-PORTE' Giani Versace designs. The sound and light towers were massive. The Dj Throne Island was Epic!
The ticket masters at the door . . . No lie. This is a true fact. Hells Angels and non-patched BMF
Biker Mofo's. Old white men with long beards and at Grande Masonic Lodge.
Talk about money launderi g.
But, in the end the best shows were in little warehouses, abandoned buildings, railroad stockade s. Those were good, but, Damn! It was hard to be tripping balls and not smell the cattle that were recently there.
There were a series of parties promoting this doc at the time. I still have the flyer for it.
Wonderful, i went to my first rave in 08 long after this but it was still awesome then too.
Ha ha, "if you want to get down to the place where it all started go to Chicago", cue next scene with the clip by a kid from New York (Joey Beltram - Energy Flash) playing in the background........
Yes, that made me laugh big time LOL.
rack id at 29:00 and 35:15 please?
Portugal here yes in the 90's it was very good and the early 2000.s too
What's the track at 17 mins, great bass line
The scene sucks today.
omg the bloopers!!! hahaha
I am oce again asking for the song at 17:17
I often think of this...I too would like to know!
I hit the rave scene in I think 92 I'm from Scotland and my local dance events was Rezerection bloody great every few months in-between that I'd go to Hanger 13 the Fubar & Colton Studios bloody great times now it's not the same music's changed drugs have changed yeah I'm glad I cough it frew the 90s got a say I do miss it tho 🤗🤗🤗
Shredder Sound….damn you rocked my shit for a long time!
Don’t forget the OG, Boom Boy
Great documentary ! thx 4 sharing 👍🌹
Anyone! I'll be your best bud if you tell me the intro track name. Unreal wave of skills that is
Limbo - Sandoz.
Wish I could go back to the 90s
song ID that starts at 17:30 mark??
Trying to find it myself too.
I would also love to know
We were young and free ❤ dancing like no bodies watching
I am constantly amazed at the musical creativity of the time - on such primitive instruments. But somehow, none of them really improved. Good enough was perfect. The limitations drove the creativity. Speaking from now, 2024, it's hard to tell the chart toppers apart on Beatport or Juno, for probably a decade.
Wow remember that Era. I still have one of my Turntables and synths ie modulars, drum machines etc.. in storage even my records.
and worth a fortune today no doubt. A Roland TR808 or 909 starts off at £2000 on ebay.
What's the song around 17:35?
90s such nostalgia
17:25 pls tell me the track !
pls!
Does anyone know any specific information about "I Need You", "Knockin At The Doors" by Mr Kool Aid and "Obelisk", "CloudHead" by My Other Self tracks (credits at the end of the documentary)? Can't find :с
If anyone has any conjectures, please write.
I am especially interested in 26:20 track
All known tracks are:
00:00 - Sandoz - Limbo
04:00 Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
11:10 Joey Beltram - In The Abyss
37:50 Sandoz - Beam
Use Shazam
Everything that Dr Don Catlin said from about 11½ minute mark is excellent.
42.47 - Donald Glaude Masterclass.
"A Stein production", shit's kosher, I'm gonna watch it on Saturday.
Overall this documentary was freaking awesome! Did you see the clothes they were wearing? bright jeans, wind breakers, striped shirts and graphic tees. What's it like nowadays?
WHAT IS THE SONG THAT STARTS AT 10:37 AND GOES UNTIL 14:06????!!!!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
18:42 - 19:36 True to this date.
14:40 I would love to find out what was in this. I can only imagine...
No comparison to EDM of today. . . . music has different attitude, dance has less style, The people have less character, X is different compound all together and most others very adulterated. Djs have different mid-set - hard to believe the 90's magic was able to exist. . . such a beautiful moment in time where culture utopia was winning. . .. . i believe the government and media were what really depressed the true love N light by highlighting only negative and blowing things way out of proportion .. . .which then lead to junkies- overdoers- thinking it was a place for them to do these things as the media was portraying that.
OMG what is the song at 43 min what a nice sub bassline ?!
Pier Sam sandoz-beam
Anyone know what's 4:00 is I've been hearing that tune in my head since I heard it over 25 years ago lol
Jimi glimmer Joey Beltram Energy flash
house music and techno music came from. Chicago and detroit garage house from NYC but as u know Europe always had a lovely for uptempo music we are more Deffo open minded to musical genres here!!! it was the UK that took this music to a whole new different level as for raves and clubbing even the pioneers of the music said it was a whole different scene here now fast forward UK is 1 of the biggest places for nightlife and festivals aswell as the rest of Europe home to the balaric islands ecstacy was also created by a Dutch chemist
jimbo slice only gotta ask Keith flint lol
jimbo slice house music is called house music cuz frankie knuckles had a residency at the warehouse club in Chicago back in 87 but yeh man the uk changed the world back in the early 90s and im so proud to have been a part of it bro. bless ya :-)
House music came from Belgium dear friend !.
@@dossaatje69 Belgium produced some great House music but the USA gave birth to the scene in 1986 with Steve Silk Hurley and co.
@@dossaatje69new beat came from Belgium, not house.
@29:08 o.0 I want to make funny joke about today's Hipster.... 90s Dance Culture was tight.
Toronto was the place to be 92-96 Pleasure Force!!
song at 17:50 plz ??
*House music was born out of the Black & Puerto Rican gay clubs in Chicago! Detroit invented Techno!*
A lot of people - Americans and Europeans alike - can never seem to remember this.
If you think about it Gays and Glay clubs start it all...Disco, Shock Rock (twisted sister etc...) raves... people are to dumb because they are ignorant followers
ENGLAND created RAVE!!!!
@@samlatope4532 That's my point! England is Gay and everything they created
@@SamSung-gr5qy THE rave scene might have been a sausage fest where you come from, but it was hardcore breakbeats bass n jungle that that rocked our little island....E made you chew your face off and feel good. not want to bum the nearest guy...
What is the first track starting in the documentary by the way?
Sandoz - "Limbo"
I notice Every guy in this video has skinny arms. Not a single ego in site!!!
That promoter "Sparky" was hilarious, I'm sure he was just an actor?
kixxalot Yeah, that’s what I thought too. Thinking he was put in there to make a point.
But there were a lot of weasels just like him
Wish I would have been around at that time
does anyone know what song starts at 18:27?
Use Shazam
Sparky is one of the greatest villains in documentary history.
Correction. Gabber is not German, but Dutch. So from the Netherlands.
Joey Beltrum Energy Flash - remember when it first came out - dropped at right time in a set 👌 But what seemed to happen very quickly in early 90s in UK certainly was this split off of scenes, which started to mean cliques, which was beginning of end for me. 88- 91 were best.
Its funny how proper some of these guys spoke back in the day, all serious-like. now kids would be like 'DICKS OUT FOR HARAMBE AGGHHHH!!"
So, like Energy Flash is a good song and everything, but I'd like to hear Jamie Principle talk, please.
taggers. thats all I remember. and Sega genesis. fun times tje girls too!
Ooohhh my God, awesome report frm the best time of the century...fuckin wicked !!!! Make some nooooiiiiiiisssseeee.
What's funny to me is first eight minutes into the docu there using a track by a dj from Queens New York but no mention of the NYC club scene yet where shit took off from NYC example some sample house beats were being presented in studio 54 and other NYC spots and just moved on from there where a little while after that there was paradise garage need I say more for those who know know!
omg , u guys remember how heavy those boxes of fliers were ??
you'd have to set em down and just grab handfuls