Underground rave culture grows in China's hidden corners

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  • Опубліковано 15 січ 2025

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  • @Stevenin658
    @Stevenin658 2 місяці тому +416

    Power to the people! Keep that underground alive and protected!

  • @Unik39
    @Unik39 2 місяці тому +153

    "Underground will live forever baby.
    We're just like roaches, never dying, always living"

    • @usuarioextra9324
      @usuarioextra9324 2 місяці тому +5

      I like the Peace Division remix of that track a lot.

    • @jonsage5486
      @jonsage5486 2 місяці тому +2

      And on that note…..let’s get back to the program 👊

  • @octane8mil
    @octane8mil 2 місяці тому +103

    This is dope, culture blossoms

  • @brulsmurf
    @brulsmurf 2 місяці тому +74

    I remember the underground house scene in Europe back in the 90s. Awesome times.

    • @Karaon
      @Karaon 2 місяці тому

      u mean basement?

    • @jonsage5486
      @jonsage5486 2 місяці тому

      It’s still alive

    • @brulsmurf
      @brulsmurf 2 місяці тому

      @jonsage5486 the scene has changed a lot, and so did I.

    • @YourLifeWillForeverBeALie
      @YourLifeWillForeverBeALie Місяць тому +1

      @@Karaon It's a genre of music not an actual house lol

  • @FBAagent
    @FBAagent 2 місяці тому +105

    Let’s heal our traumas through dance

    • @mooxjesus
      @mooxjesus 2 місяці тому +7

      This is incredibly needed right now!

    • @micahsalas8963
      @micahsalas8963 2 місяці тому +3

      Absolutely!! Dancing is so powerful

    • @IndepenisDay
      @IndepenisDay 2 місяці тому

      Just have fun

  • @Stickytacos666
    @Stickytacos666 2 місяці тому +34

    China's got that 90's rave culture thing going on...respect

  • @thewobbix
    @thewobbix 2 місяці тому +50

    I am happy for the chinese students

  • @ATRTAP
    @ATRTAP 2 місяці тому +18

    Ecstasy and electronic music, a match made in heaven. Once a society gets a little money and time they find it.

  • @seamusoleary3712
    @seamusoleary3712 2 місяці тому +42

    This is like a little flower growing through the pavement.

  • @paladro
    @paladro 2 місяці тому +53

    respect

  • @YouCanCallMeReTro
    @YouCanCallMeReTro 2 місяці тому +68

    Inherited will. The tide of the times. People's dreams. These things cannot be stopped. As long as people seek the answer of freedom, these things will never cease to be!

    • @franysan7314
      @franysan7314 2 місяці тому +2

      - Gol D. Roger!

    • @multivitamins25
      @multivitamins25 Місяць тому

      @@franysan7314 Dragon actually

    • @franysan7314
      @franysan7314 Місяць тому

      @@multivitamins25 pretty sure it was roger, but in dragon's first appearance so i understand the confusion!

  • @Iam_Seda666
    @Iam_Seda666 2 місяці тому +57

    The Underworld is everywhere

  • @stevens7409
    @stevens7409 2 місяці тому +27

    Electronic music is universally appreciated. Doesn’t matter what language you speak! PLUR

  • @abelcore_nl
    @abelcore_nl 2 місяці тому +12

    Music is a spiritual need!

  • @ItsMe-fp6pv
    @ItsMe-fp6pv 2 місяці тому +4

    Big Shoutout to those Djs all the way from Houston Texas!
    The Underground will never die!

  • @vestraya
    @vestraya 2 місяці тому +4

    We sometimes take for granted even things we never thought of like underground techno raves. Hope this keeps up!

  • @thomas_weinreich
    @thomas_weinreich 2 місяці тому +26

    wow. this is beautiful... hoping the best for China - artists make the real transformations, not political leaders!

  • @theonethatgotaway680
    @theonethatgotaway680 Місяць тому +2

    At this point, music is all we have.

  • @Yokchen
    @Yokchen Місяць тому +1

    Long live the underground and ppl that keeping it alive!!!

  • @_MANASYt
    @_MANASYt 2 місяці тому +2

    I live in China and I've played in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Wuhan, Changsha, Jingdezhen...even during Covid times ;)

  • @minimal3734
    @minimal3734 2 місяці тому +7

    This is the way.

  • @fireflake_dnb_470
    @fireflake_dnb_470 2 місяці тому +3

    yooooo. that is so nice to see and hear. hope we can rave together worldwide someday.

  • @adventureswithcharlie9133
    @adventureswithcharlie9133 2 місяці тому +4

    Leicester Square outside Burger King used to be the place too meet up and wait for runners to turn up with details n locations for the Squat parties

  • @segaplaystation
    @segaplaystation 2 місяці тому

    the underground scene has done so much for me. love to see it evolve around the world

  • @TheMicrovac
    @TheMicrovac 2 місяці тому +1

    Keep raving .. this kept my generation sane in the 90s/00s .. hope commercialism will not eat this too soon

  • @peterkosa7645
    @peterkosa7645 2 місяці тому +3

    Rave never dies 😎

  • @Baybyblue
    @Baybyblue 2 місяці тому +3

    Thank you for this coverage

  • @AndyWarhole-w7q
    @AndyWarhole-w7q 2 місяці тому +3

    So sweet, they are in 80s now

    • @adicbn
      @adicbn 2 місяці тому

      If they are in the 80s then the western world is in the medieval period 😂 China is years ahead of any country that you thought is well developed

    • @EpicWorldSlides
      @EpicWorldSlides 2 місяці тому +1

      @@adicbnBut some things they are not ahead😅

  • @nakfx134
    @nakfx134 2 місяці тому +5

    Awesome

  • @vilee6024
    @vilee6024 2 місяці тому +4

    Shout out to 东北的老铁

  • @cenathemanager7534
    @cenathemanager7534 2 місяці тому +4

    That's kind of true but also false. There is many cool place in China for Techno and particulary in Chengdu. But yeah it's still a small scene like everywhere in Asia even if it's defenetely growthing more.
    What's ironical is that the type of music that they are playing are considering now commercial in most of the techno scene lol

    • @shan504
      @shan504 2 місяці тому

      How would you find the raves? Was just in Chengdu.

  • @PoorDancingGirl-o6d
    @PoorDancingGirl-o6d 2 місяці тому +1

    强烈支持!

  • @tranquoccuong890-its-orge
    @tranquoccuong890-its-orge 2 місяці тому +3

    INTERNALLY COHERENT

  • @mooxjesus
    @mooxjesus 2 місяці тому +3

    We like to have fun! Yeah me too!

  • @Noa15Lv
    @Noa15Lv 2 місяці тому +2

    The best anti-depresant!

  • @rowshambow
    @rowshambow 2 місяці тому +4

    Is Du Jizhe on social media for me to follow their music? On youtube? Someone link or hook me up please

  • @skubasan
    @skubasan 2 місяці тому +2

    This is the way!!!

  • @AshKhoo
    @AshKhoo Місяць тому +1

    I am about to visit chongqing would be great if I could get some suggestions

  • @1LORDKEYNES
    @1LORDKEYNES 2 місяці тому +1

    WE HERE

  • @Shaker626
    @Shaker626 2 місяці тому +47

    They're keeping the spirit alive. Westerners are falling behind on the rave scene, it seems.

    • @wed3k
      @wed3k 2 місяці тому +4

      Did it since the 90s, grew out of the rebellion mode

    • @self.destructr
      @self.destructr 2 місяці тому +13

      Not really, in the West it's morphed into mainstream electronic music festivals

    • @ZeroNineOverride
      @ZeroNineOverride 2 місяці тому +1

      It's very alive and well in some cities !

    • @omega3fatass61
      @omega3fatass61 2 місяці тому

      ​@@self.destructr illegal after hours/warehouse parties do still exist here in Detroit, just not as often at all. you'll get one probably once every 2 months but THOUSANDS SHOW UP

    • @piitii8141
      @piitii8141 2 місяці тому

      @@self.destructr i luv the mainstream. gets me going where i want to go. da pit.

  • @KayHazelofficial
    @KayHazelofficial 2 місяці тому

    Completely unrelated but obsessed with your lipstick - what is it ?!
    As always another amazing video watching this while I recover from COVID x

  • @groundhog7871
    @groundhog7871 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice and interesting how they live techno livestyle 😊

  • @matejchrastina8451
    @matejchrastina8451 Місяць тому

    ..wow.. techno rave in china sound so cool..

  • @sheppo
    @sheppo 2 місяці тому +1

    All sounds like a carbon copy of UK underground free party scene of 30-40 years ago. Best of luck to them. The government cracked down on that here, just like I’m sure they will in China too,

  • @yelkley
    @yelkley 2 місяці тому +4

    Weird we are all of a sudden getting this

  • @TheRealSamBlack
    @TheRealSamBlack 2 місяці тому

    DJs “heeeere we go” 👏🏾

  • @joshua21247
    @joshua21247 2 місяці тому

    It’s like grass growing through the tofu dreg, this movement.

  • @jahiymwilliams5709
    @jahiymwilliams5709 2 місяці тому

    We are here!

  • @boswollox4636
    @boswollox4636 2 місяці тому

    Awesome. Truly what it’s all about. Power to you.

  • @kgill99
    @kgill99 2 місяці тому +1

    Any Chinese people on here? Tell us what you think!

  • @xandr13
    @xandr13 2 місяці тому +1

    Welcome to the club!

  • @infinity.of.smoke.and.mirrors
    @infinity.of.smoke.and.mirrors 2 місяці тому +2

    Cool.

  • @EsterTechSter
    @EsterTechSter 2 місяці тому +1

    Ravers Unite ❤

  • @hanfmarkt
    @hanfmarkt 2 місяці тому +2

    ❤❤❤

  • @OnlineEnglish-wl5rp
    @OnlineEnglish-wl5rp 2 місяці тому

    Have a great time!

  • @tranquoccuong890-its-orge
    @tranquoccuong890-its-orge 2 місяці тому

    YEKOKATA IS AN INTERESTING PLACE

  • @kKtuj54
    @kKtuj54 2 місяці тому +2

    🙄✊️you must fight for your right to Party...

  • @RARDingo
    @RARDingo 2 місяці тому +1

    Since when has Detroit been "the birthplace of techno"? Many Berliners would argue that point.

    • @KlonaldDos
      @KlonaldDos 2 місяці тому

      u joking?

    • @test-pattern
      @test-pattern 2 місяці тому

      It’s not a debate. It’s widely acknowledged that Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May started techno in Detroit in the early 80s. Yes Germany (and elsewhere) had electronic music in the 70s but it wasn’t the same thing.

    • @RARDingo
      @RARDingo Місяць тому

      @@test-pattern Widely acknowledged doesn't mean rightfully accredited. Germany had been producing electronic dance music since 1960 & has been popular in Germany since 1970 with kraftwerk producing the first recognisable techno track in 1970.

    • @peeepeeepooopooo
      @peeepeeepooopooo Місяць тому

      it's an american thing, can't go 10 minutes without worshipping them

  • @Floydcheung
    @Floydcheung 2 місяці тому +1

    ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

  • @dr.tamararussell9150
    @dr.tamararussell9150 2 місяці тому

    Yeah!!!

  • @damianzeate977
    @damianzeate977 2 місяці тому

    nice. these people are so cool.

  • @LasVenturasDrumShow
    @LasVenturasDrumShow 2 місяці тому +1

    Are you serious, China is famous by it's biggest Tomorrowland style techono/edm night clubs size of the mall kinda clubs whay are talking about? Club bosses are ready to pay for the crowd dancing interaction

    • @shan504
      @shan504 2 місяці тому +2

      I think there’s a tinge of narrative control here - none of the interviewees mentioned the government cracking down on them

    • @KlonaldDos
      @KlonaldDos 2 місяці тому

      there is a big difference between "underground rave" and edm festivals, different intention & philosophy behind it

  • @dmomcilovic9185
    @dmomcilovic9185 2 місяці тому

    How long before the clamp down ? I was lucky to be 16 in the late 80s at the birth of rave in UK

  • @1merkur
    @1merkur 2 місяці тому +8

    How come they're so secretive, yet a dude who organizes them & reviews corporate contracts by day (very public job) appears on public video? 😊

    • @zombiehellmonkeygaming1956
      @zombiehellmonkeygaming1956 2 місяці тому +2

      I wondered the same thing, surely he'll be followed now?

    • @spht9ng
      @spht9ng 2 місяці тому +1

      I don't think there's that strong of a persecution. As long as they keep the event location a secret (which always changes), they should be fine.

    • @Blap552
      @Blap552 2 місяці тому

      ​@@zombiehellmonkeygaming1956SCS?😮

  • @idontrustu6156
    @idontrustu6156 2 місяці тому +1

    AP it's so funny how you portrait the chinese gov as super repressive but u can have raves undeclared in the streets. So awkward how you try to spin everything.

  • @shadow.banned
    @shadow.banned 2 місяці тому +2

    Try Hong Kong.

  • @christianauswien
    @christianauswien 2 місяці тому +1

    🌍🌎🌏🔥

  • @jonsage5486
    @jonsage5486 2 місяці тому

    Brilliant

  • @sandpaper4483
    @sandpaper4483 2 місяці тому +1

    Stay safe

  • @AtheismScientism
    @AtheismScientism 2 місяці тому +10

    So happy to see this for the Chinese people. Just hope they don’t adopt drugs and alcohol culture like America did.

    • @carsonchan5102
      @carsonchan5102 2 місяці тому +3

      of course they will; that is the whole package with free market capitalism

    • @chicano_travels
      @chicano_travels 2 місяці тому

      Only a matter of time

    • @mooxjesus
      @mooxjesus 2 місяці тому +2

      There music is still beautiful with or without the enhancer.

    • @Archikuus
      @Archikuus 2 місяці тому +3

      each to their own brother, moderation is key. But if your spirit is weak then stay away.

    • @personnamed2764
      @personnamed2764 2 місяці тому +1

      I went to a rave like this in Beijing, plenty of drugs. Just theyre super careful. also China produces tons of Xtc that they sell to thailand and other places

  • @gadogneiss
    @gadogneiss 2 місяці тому +6

    People who need drugs to stay up have never caught the spirit of dancing

  • @IAMYAMAMA
    @IAMYAMAMA 2 місяці тому

    AND NOW THEYRE GETTING CAUGHT 😊

  • @Johnny-tw5pr
    @Johnny-tw5pr Місяць тому

    That girl at the start is mad fine

  • @Alexo_
    @Alexo_ 2 місяці тому

    🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @b0diggly
    @b0diggly 2 місяці тому

    FREE THE RAVE 🙏

  • @JeremyBank
    @JeremyBank 2 місяці тому

    Techno is the way

  • @Djan9o33
    @Djan9o33 2 місяці тому

    I wanna go to a rave in china

  • @vampirzhul8115
    @vampirzhul8115 2 місяці тому

    interesting

  • @bazedjunkiii_tv
    @bazedjunkiii_tv 2 місяці тому +1

    imagine what it might mean for labels if this movement grows and a small fraction of the chinese population discovers their love for electronic music on vinyl....

  • @mallarddaduck4446
    @mallarddaduck4446 2 місяці тому

    Anybody got any Vera's 😮😂

  • @syedahmed3828
    @syedahmed3828 2 місяці тому

    Wont they trace him from this? Lol

  • @785Natty
    @785Natty 2 місяці тому +5

    Every video on China these days always gotta say something negative about the government lol.. Oh no, they're raving outside! Seems like none of the interviewees even spoke about any repression, and it looks like they've got some nice venues - more power to these people pioneering electronic music out there

    • @veriteinternational
      @veriteinternational 2 місяці тому

      True---especially when you consider the terror that the US exports through war and proxy wars

  • @Enjubi
    @Enjubi 2 місяці тому

    广场舞???

  • @vblock_zaza
    @vblock_zaza 2 місяці тому

    this has nothing to do with raves but ok 😂

  • @jackmercer4244
    @jackmercer4244 Місяць тому

    molly

  • @august01st73
    @august01st73 2 місяці тому

    Seems I have to go to China to re live the real plur

  • @evanthomas445
    @evanthomas445 2 місяці тому

    Rave to the grave!!!

  • @michaelroper4237
    @michaelroper4237 2 місяці тому

    \o/\o/\o/

  • @bobrik335
    @bobrik335 2 місяці тому

    To all those who say China is super power ! LOL.... . people cant listen to music freely even ! hahaha physical gyms were banned until 1968 or something too HAHA... just like in Soviet Union karate and rocka nd roll were banned until 1989 rofl... pathethic system.

  • @S550GOD
    @S550GOD 2 місяці тому

    PLUR!

  • @into_the_void
    @into_the_void 2 місяці тому

    Dj wooo and dj meee

  • @PFII111
    @PFII111 Місяць тому

    Anti drugs

  • @Djan9o33
    @Djan9o33 2 місяці тому

    Cant stop raving

  • @hellacooook
    @hellacooook 2 місяці тому

    MDMA heals mental health

  • @youdontknowmestopasking1173
    @youdontknowmestopasking1173 2 місяці тому

    And people in America would claim it’s facist

  • @ChiefExecutiveOrbiter
    @ChiefExecutiveOrbiter 2 місяці тому

    Shen Yun 🎉

  • @CRAZY4BEINGCRAZY
    @CRAZY4BEINGCRAZY 2 місяці тому +1

    Of course they would they're cringe

    • @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxxxxxxxx
      @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxxxxxxxx 2 місяці тому +1

      Invaluable input bro

    • @merickful
      @merickful Місяць тому

      ​@@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxxxxxxxx
      But very revealing.

    • @CRAZY4BEINGCRAZY
      @CRAZY4BEINGCRAZY Місяць тому

      @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxxxxxxxx ,👈😂 this is coming from someone who's username is.

  • @tranquoccuong890-its-orge
    @tranquoccuong890-its-orge 2 місяці тому

    SKIBADI SKIBA-DANGER, I AM THE RE-ARRANGER