[Closed] 90's Rave Generation - Music Thread

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Junkyard - Member

There are pictures of me gurning on the Internet

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They were simpler times that I re lived a few years later ......

I was 11 when something good came out 😯 (1992)

And who will admit to being in the whistle posse and wearing white ravers gloves and a smiley t-shirt?

I was also a teeny bit young to go to the early raves but very much enjoyed some of this stuff - the golden era for dance music imo.

I thought about making a similar thread the other day - I think there are quite a lot of people who used to go out and take 'recreational substances' who are now into mountain biking: my theory is that it is trying to get a similar buzz but in a more wholesome way. 🙂

I think you're onto something there Grumm!

my theory is that it is trying to get a similar buzz but in a more wholesome way.

The correlation is looking good so far 😆

Best days of my life the 'rave scene', started on a friday night and finished monday morning, young free and single, clubs, all nighters, illegal raves, great fun! Lived on the Wirral so had Quadrant Park and then Creme in Liverpool, studied at Stoke so had Shellys and Entropy, life was perfect. Sasha and Alistair Whitehead were gods.

Quad reunions at Isis weren't up to much 5 or 6 years ago although was good seeing K Klass again, shame it can never be repeated....got alot to do with the drug scene changing, pills werent essential but definitely made the night. Zanzibar in Liverpool used to have Hazydayz a ferw years ago run by old ravers.....they were the best reunions but sadly not running anymore. Oh well, on the bike it is then!!

the golden era for dance music imo.

It was, but this isn't the music to represent it for me.

There were some great tunes about though:

TUUUUUUUUUUNNNNEEEEEE!!!!!

(STILL GOT THIS ON VINYL)

Nice B side to playing with Knives ^^

I used to play this one out at the end of the under 18's disco. Crowd loved it. Good times

It was, but this isn't the music to represent it for me.

For me, a big part of the appeal is the crazy energy from the fusion of hip-hop, reggae, acid house, breakbeats etc in rave music - the more straight house/techno side of things never really did it for me.

I also like the way the breakbeat hardcore side of things didn't take itself too seriously unlike lots of house/techno heads that I knew. (of course the other side of that is that the ravier stuff then turned into happy hardcore 😯 )

89-94: The golden years: great events at clubs, warehouses, fields and beaches around the country. Unbelievable music, people, drugs and laughs and some of the fondest memories of my life!

hardcore will never die!!

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I thought most rave music was in the 80's? I vaguely remember it having a second coming at Uni around 1991.

Is that the david brent dance above?

I turned 16 in '92...love early house music and acid house.

Listening to that early stuff reminds me of me youf.

By the time I was 18 dance music was much more mainstream and we used to spend all our money at the weekends driving to different clubs across the south (and sometimes further afield) on Friday and Saturday nights. My group of friends were never into drugs, we just liked the music.

I don't listen to music or the radio as much as I used to as I have severe tinnitus and my hearing isn't great (apparently it wasn't caused by loud music) - which sucks as I love listening to good music. As a result I don't know much about modern pop music...but if you ask me it's all shite compared to the music of my youth.

I never thought I'd think that...it's exactly the same thing my dad would say when I was playing a 'rave' tape from my room.

I guess every generation thinks that their music is the cutting edge...many people think that acid house was the first music genre really owned by the youth. But it's exactly the same thing when rock and roll emerged in the 40's/50's...adult generations tried to ban it and claimed it caused unrest and hooligans listened to it.

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Sasha is still one of the best IMO.

My raving days started at Dreamscape in 1994 and I was blown away by LTJ Bukem's style linked with Conrad on the mic.

http://dnbforum.com/showthread.php?8582-LTJ-Bukem-MC-Conrad-amp-MC-Ribbz-Dreamscape-10-1994

I give you THE ONE. THE ONLY. [url= http://www.ravegenerator.com/ ]RAVE GENERATOR[/url] (again)

I also like the way the breakbeat hardcore side of things didn't take itself too seriously unlike lots of house/techno heads that I knew.

I was living in Bristol in the early 90's and it seemed the other way around. In those days it could be broadly broken down into Techno and D&B. Drum and Bass nights were always quite heavy with lots of people who didn't want to dance and liked fighting, Techno nights were always filled with people painted fluoro pink and hugging.

Techno techno techno notice. Happy days.

I can remember going to the G-Spot in Blandford for a DJ Ramos set.

It's in an industrial estate and we couldn't find it at first...we opened the car windows and drove in the direction of the bassline.

Then we saw building with steam rising off the roof.

I wasn't a huge happy hardcore fan but that was a good night...the other people there were an enthusiatic bunch - I've never seen so many people with pin sized pupils.

I was another one who was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time (and the right age, it appears). A true Epithay = Sasha at the Hac and White Doves - Aaaaaaaaaaaah happy days 🙂

Drum and Bass nights were always quite heavy with lots of people who didn't want to dance and liked fighting, Techno nights were always filled with people painted fluoro pink and hugging.

I would agree with that...perhaps it depends on teh area. I went to a D&B night at the Brunel Rooms once and there were a few scuffles.

I was another one who was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time (and the right age, it appears). A true Epithay = Sasha at the Hac and White Doves - Aaaaaaaaaaaah happy days

We always planned to drive up to the Hacienda but never got round to it...

In those days it could be broadly broken down into Techno and D&B. Drum and Bass nights were always quite heavy with lots of people who didn't want to dance and liked fighting,

Most of the stuff posted above is before D+B really existed as a genre in it's own right though. Raves at that kind of time would just play everything from the housier stuff to the more breakbeat stuff all in the same room.

I would agree there was a darker element to D+B when it split off. I have to say though, that I used to sort of enjoy the edgy atmosphere that you got at some dnb nights/raves - made it more intense.

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the edgy atmosphere that you got at some dnb nights/raves - made it more intense

Fair enough, I always liked to feel safe to get off my face and dribble into a strangers lap. 😯

Went to a few raves that got nasty, tried to go to one on Solstice night in about 1996 and a massive crowd formed in a car park in Amesbury, some local hard nuts turned up in their Cavalier SRI's and started trying to run people over. We would have tried to call the police but they had already turned up, formed a human barrier around the entire car park, watching and informing us that if we rioted, they got paid extra. Not the best night out that one. 😀

I think there are quite a lot of people who used to go out and take 'recreational substances' who are now into mountain biking: my theory is that it is trying to get a similar buzz but in a more wholesome way

Definitely onto something there.

Coming through from the acid jazz of the 80's into house and then, much more to my taste, trance, this always epitomises a truly wicked time for me which was sadly coming to an end around when this came out 😀

god id have loved to have been old enough for this era 🙁

my contribution

Occasionally comes up on the ipod, great for riding through traffic

and a classik

I went to see the ratpack about a year or so ago at a festival, they did an old school set on an out door stage. It was amazing...! 😀 I was off my T*ts.! 😯

I was also a touch too young for the early stuff but we used to listen to it on cassette in my school days. I went to a lot of the helterskelter's during the mid to late 90's. Shite loads of drugs and some brilliant time were had.

"And who will admit to being in the whistle posse and wearing white ravers gloves and a smiley t-shirt?"

[GF puts his hands in the air]

Yes, pretty much. First allnighters were in about 91, Top Buzz, Ratpack, Carl Cox, SL2 etc.

Later on I used to go to Rezerection in Edinburgh a lot. Went to every one for about three years while at Uni. Used to go to Club Kinetic in Stoke quite regularly too, even ended up DJing there a few times.

My top tunes would be Bomb Scare by 2 Bad Mice, various bits and bobs by The Scientist, Acen, Prodigy, Altern8, Messiah.

Later on I was quite into the hardcore stuff (DJ Brisk, Billy Bunter etc) that was popular in Scotland at the time. Not so keen on the Force & Styles sort of cheesy happy hardcore though.

I still like to hear the music now and again and Hit the Decks 3 is in my car CD player at the moment and Messiah is in the player in the living room. 🙂

Nothing can save us London...

Two songs that stand out massively from my 90s "raving" days.

Love the SUF stuff too. Going to be seeing Chris Liberator and D.A.V.E. the Drummer again at Bearded Theory festival in May! 😀

Alright mate, what's your name, what you on?

FEEL THE RUSH!!

I am, unfortunately, old enough to have been there at the time. Revenge and Hardcore Uproar's Blackburn Raves from Sett End, Quadrant Park, Shelleys, Hac, Shaboo, Hacketts... etc etc.. Happy days.

My collection of Late 80 and Early 90's house music on MP3 is currently over 17 gig if you have any requests!

OK so who's up for a Singletrack rave revival weekend - go out biking all day then get mashed and dance to early 90s rave music?

I could DJ for a bit, anyone else? Just need a suitable venue....

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Remember similiar thread a wee while back that had some good tunes on It , I was a space cadet from the end of the Madchester scene till probably about 95 -96 when I had kids. I used to frequent the Rumbha , Rezerection , Fantazia as well as local nights In Elgin and Aberdeen . When I moved to London In 95 it was The End, Gardening club , Leisure lounge and Turnmills. Great nights and I think Grum has a decent theory regarding Raving And mountain biking.

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Theres talk of my old club the Bishops In elgin doing a 20 year reunion which would be a laugh , I cant be arsed with partaking in any recreationals these days so would probably be a sorry drunken mess doing the running man whilst steaming. 😆

OK so who's up for a Singletrack rave revival weekend - go out biking all day then get mashed and dance to early 90s rave music?

I could DJ for a bit, anyone else? Just need a suitable venue....

I'm in. 😀

ill dig out me whistle, British Knights trainers & TROOP shellsuit!!

I would be, but I'd probably be asleep by 1am.

Or maybe not?!

(got some Tiger Balm knocking around somewhere)

Few more for the mix

I cant really remember 1990-1993, about the time of my a-levels. I spent most Sat nights and often all nighters at Sterns nightclub, Worthing.
Lots of festival raves, Universes, Big Loves, Vision, early Fantasia's inc Bournemouth one, which was epic! Lots of additives, god knows how I afforded it! And how the f did I manage to work most Sunday mornings?? Come to think of it, I did get sacked quite a few times 😆

What an experience 🙂

OK so who's up for a Singletrack rave revival weekend - go out biking all day then get mashed and dance to early 90s rave music?

I could DJ for a bit, anyone else? Just need a suitable venue....

I'm in!

OK so who's up for a Singletrack rave revival weekend - go out biking all day then get mashed and dance to early 90s rave music?

I could DJ for a bit, anyone else? Just need a suitable venue....

Lee Quarry free party 🙂

My techno days were spent in Liverpool (93-96) at either Cream allnighters with likes of Carl Cox and Laurent Garnier on the decks, or at the much seedier Voodoo held in a tiny club down Seel Street. Even there they had the likes of Ritchie Hawtin, Dave Clarke, and Dave Angel. Happy days.

OK so who's up for a Singletrack rave revival weekend - go out biking all day then get mashed and dance to early 90s rave music?

I would say yes - but a bunch of middleaged men with no recreationals? It'll be horlix by 1 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYt0XNCr6B0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B31zBdHgqA

In the last thread on this theme I promised to do a mix for the STW massive, stuff packed away for moving but will do it when we are settled

I'd be in too.

Not done any mixing for a long time, but could bring all my vinyl.

Altern8 still do the odd PA here and there...

ooooooooooooooooooh FREQUENCY!

all we need is a venue

surely as a loosely tangled web of woodland.. misty mountain and moor dwellers we should be keeping the faith and organising our dadrave in the great outdoors.. preferably in a nicked marquee or a second hand big-top.. I loved those days and embraced the whole ethos wholeheartedly... culminating in me running off to live with the hippies for most of my adult life..
love life and unity man.

I'm getting goosebumps reading this thread. I got into rave in '89 (I was 23) and partied on a reasonably regular basis until about 5 years ago (kids, sensible wife and crap quality recreationals)
They were the best times! What would it be like tryin to recreate now? No idea until you try! I'd be in to the STW revival weekend (family ties permitting)

Great Thread 🙂

Eclipse, Coventry = AWESOME

surely as a loosely tangled web of woodland.. misty mountain and moor dwellers we should be keeping the faith and organising our dadrave in the great outdoors..

I didn't say it had to be an indoor venue 🙂

It would actually be pretty sweet, but I'm not sure if I'm up for the organisational challenge - anyone who's not too addled from all the partying and is actually capable or sorting it out? 🙂 I would help.

I was DJing fairly regularly in clubs up until a couple of years ago - not done owt since then. I did a gig with Altern8 actually - you could hire them for not massive amounts of money. Could be like the rave version of the BBB.

Got some mates who stayed here and said it was ace - apparently they were fine with them setting up decks/PA and having an all night party. 😯

http://www.baskervillehall.co.uk/

Any biking nearby?

Alright mate, what's your name, what you on?

FEEL THE RUSH!!

Sooo True, Kellys Portrush 1992 Harmony with The Time Frequency and Carl Cox, euphoria like you would not believe, got any vicks mate? 😆

Charlie Heggarty's Bangor with Gleave (my first pill).

Went to the MET Arena Reunion with Robbie Nelson on 28th December last year, amazing, pills are not what they used to be though 🙄

pills are not what they used to be though

'A mate' tells me that MDMA powder is the way to go these days. 😳

Hate to spoil the nostalgia trip but "the scene" went downhil not long after it went mainstream 1990ish IMHO. Along came all the new genres and subgenres techno,hardcore etc with their speeded up bleeping rehashes of rehahses and the early inspirational fusion of diverse musical styles got lost.
Got back into clubbing mid 90s when soulful house music re-emerged in the clubs .
I'll still come 😀

'A mate' tells me that MDMA powder is the way to go these days.

I heard that too.

Hate to spoil the nostalgia trip

lol... no you dont!

Great thread evoking great memories, I grew up in rural Oxfordshire and my village was a regular meet up point for people heading off to parties up in the hills and at abandoned aerodromes.

Still got a deep house crew here in east Kent who put on free parties every full moon. Music is a little more sedate these days but still a great vibe.

Would be bang up for a ride/dance

IMO most proper rave stuff sounds dated and pretty crap now. It was even then probably only good because of the scene and the fact you were off your tits on doves. There is very little that still sounds fresh. This does though:

All the good tracks on this thread are not really rave, they are techno.

Oh look those boring techno heads (that take everything too seriously) I was talking about earlier have arrived. Yay! 🙄 😛

Guilty as charged, but rave was still S&!t.

Hmm couldn't find the tracks on YT I was after for Speedy J and Black Dog some good stuff though .. LFO too

Yunki> tuuunnnes!

Loving the 'Son's of a loop da loop era'

Would kind of agree with ianv in that I'd struggle to listen to some Old skool rave these days , there are still some epic mixes that survived from that era Jumping jack frost and Grooverider but an awfull lot of shit as well (Bass generator and co). Still the house stuff from 92 Is still great , Im away to listen to a Michael Kilkie mix from the tunnels and If Its any good I'll stick up a link.

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This takes me back to one of the fantasia do's, just as the sun was coming up, I'd lost everyone I had gone with and done loads of drugs 😯

and now I'm just another fixie riding **** monkey.

Can't believe no one has shoved this up yet!

yossarian - Member
Great thread evoking great memories, I grew up in rural Oxfordshire and my village was a regular meet up point for people heading off to parties up in the hills and at abandoned aerodromes.

Ahh, the nights we spent driving around having heard the buzz about something going down, small groups meeting up in lay-bys, petrol stations, motorway services and Little Chef car parks.

Someone get's the word on the location. We head down to this hooge aircraft hangar and find 4 local coppers trying to stop by then at least a thousand ravers from getting in. The sound system cranks up, several k, the opening strains of Charly, we all charge forward push down the perimeter fence and are in! Rave on!

Can't believe no one has shoved this up yet!

because it is shit?

The problem for me with rave was that it became androgenous, all the sex got taken out of the music, it was just about being caned and listing to silly novelty records. Yeah it was fun but **** knows why you'd want to listen to it now, and for that reason, I'm out.

I was never a fan of Charly I have to say. Some of the Prodigy's stuff was ace though - No Good is one I really like.

Nick as I said 2 or 3 posts ago , Rave / Breakbeat / Hardcore hasn't aged well . That said original house or progressive house hasn't aged at all In my mind. If you were about In the late 80 and very early 90's you knew that Hardcore and mixes like trip to trumpton etc were the end of the Rave era. In Scotland the scene was even worse but ran on for years after It died down south .

That didn't stop us all form pursuing recreational pursuits and enjoying the vibe... Thank god.

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You can't say that breakbeat hardcore was all about Trip To Trumpton and Charly. Progressive House has always been dull and pretentious though. 😛

Fantazia have started putting events on again this year in Stoke.
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Grum the thing was Charlie and Everybody in the place were absolute classics at the time . I'd reckon even now at any 40 th birthday party dropping Bassheads or felix would bring the 'House' down because we at that age grew up with them. I'm not knocking Rave because they were the best times of my youth but It's not aged well.

"ill dig out me whistle, British Knights trainers & TROOP shellsuit!!"

😆 the cheese posse

Helter Skelter in Stoke on Trent Club UK in London and Free Parties in Wales... ahh good ol days 🙂