Your First Rave? (and A Thank You To The Rave Scene Of Montreal)
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 7:52pm |
 Coolness: 685550 | oh man Scream in 2003 was the fucking bomb! No one thought Neophyte was gonna show up since they'd played in QC the same night, and I think there was some story going around about their equipment having been stolen.. And right as I was at the top of the stairs about to go down and leave, they start playing!
totally one of the awesomest parties! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 8:19pm |
 Coolness: 102725 | Originally Posted By BLISSS
Cant remember all the names, but I went to a bunch of cool parties here in the early nineties See The Light Tour with Moby, Aphex Twin, Orbital (metropolis) 1993 The orb live (Metropolis) 1994 Nebula with Frankie Bones, Adam X 1994 or 93? Creative Lapse with Autechre Live 1993 Fractal Surfers party, forget the name 1993 Nexus party with Doc Martin 1993? Josh Wink + Tiga (Metropolis) 1994 BLISS (- this party fucking rocked, in an airport hanger 1994 I wish i'd kept all the flyers from back then, had a huge collection, still have the bliss flyer though ;) Creative Lapse, Nebula, were in '94 for sure. If you were talking about Adam X at FouFs then it was in '93. Fractal Surfers had lots of parties, could've been anytime. After such a long time, 1 or 2 years diff doesn't matter anyhow. Bliss pictures are here [ www.rave.ca ] and yeah it was regarded as one of the best party ever in Montreal Old Shool days.  |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 8:22pm |
 Coolness: 2603945 | In Canada Motive2, no clue when it was, probably 1997-1998... Was in a garage in the Peel Industrial Area...
In France no clue what it was called, 1997... I came back from France a new person! Whoot... Then I started looking for the parties... :) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Hidra replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 8:43pm |
 Coolness: 88385 | swirl 5 ,may 99
almost 10 years ago... time fly :/ |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Choda_Bean replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 9:05pm |
 Coolness: 219930 | Originally Posted By SCREWHEAD
I really miss Loco on the mic.. one of the best MCs! Never over the top, never cheezy, and always complementing the music really well! 
LOCO! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 9:10pm |
 Coolness: 265915 | Originally Posted By KUZUTETSU
NTK outdoor party near the Fairview Pointe-Claire was sooo great! ^_^ that party was mad fun (minus the millions of mosquitos) first time it only took me 15 minutes to get home after a party.. mawwhwahhaaha. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Blisss replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 9:24pm |
 Coolness: 129680 | Originally Posted By TREY
Bliss pictures are here [ www.rave.ca ] and yeah it was regarded as one of the best party ever in Montreal Old Shool days.
Awesome 
Lol...I remember dancing beside this guy for like an hour back then ravers really took dancing seriously, people would be busting the illest moves everyone had phat pants too, and the pants just kept getting larger over time 
Remember this guy too, he wouldn't stop dancing, insane |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 10:59pm |
 Coolness: 294935 | Originally Posted By JOEY
October 31st, 1998? somewhere in a massive parking lot in Laval (dans garnotte solide). I don't remember much except for taking most my clothes off, eating a bunch of power peaches and telling strangers that I'm intellectually challenged to embarrass my friend. Hmm wot else... My legs were itchy, I sat on a tire for 2 hours to play rock paper scissors and watch the hairs on my arms grow. I think I might've danced with glowsticks... That's about it. Drugs. They blur the best memories... ahahaha this one was near my house when I was living in laval!!! I almost went but had to work at 8h am... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» sex.is.boring replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 11:12pm |
 Coolness: 78230 | versus 1 in 2000
not a good thing to start raving at 13 y-o, look how i'm crazy now.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» kwickStah replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 11:16pm |
 Coolness: 65505 | Electric church au gravity after hour.. Il y avait un poi contest pis les dudes deguiser avec des guitards j'me rappelle pu leur nom, mais je sais qui ont arreter de faire des shows apres je sais pas trop pourquoi.
Hard as fuck 2044 etait vraiment hot c'est le cas de le dire la climatisation avait lacher, mais peu importe le party etait vraiment memorable et la musique ecoeurante!! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» kittah replied on Wed May 20, 2009 @ 11:22pm |
 Coolness: 29985 | mine was Meow Mix - Aug 19th 2000 on Vancouver Island - Cassidy on a farm just outside Nanaimo, BC
I was mostly into the club scene at the time, so my coworker told me i had to go and she got us a ride there, she dressed me up as a candy kid - fun fur, phat pants, candy up to the elbows, visor, pigtails, you name it - i was a candy kid. I had done E before, so when i got there it wasnt too overwhelming. there was about 700 people there. I stayed until 7am or so, then had an after party at my place and then i went to work. i didnt go to another rave for about six months, but still partied with the same group of candy kids. My favourite style of music is speed garage. Im also a sucker for drum n bass. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Blisss replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 1:03am |
| Coolness: 129680 | Originally Posted By SEX.IS.BORING
not a good thing to start raving at 13 y-o, look how i'm crazy now.. its part of your charm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» humaloger replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 1:29am |
 Coolness: 49800 | Swirl 4 in 1998... wow 11 years already. Just goes to show that done in moderation, raving can be a lasting pleasure |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» recoil replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 1:34am |
 Coolness: 86465 | hmmm.. went to some warehouse party in 93 in Toronto.. fuck knows what it was or who was playing... but it was a big production. I was strictly a hip hop head so I had no idea.. my friends in Hamilton were going and they just got me to go with em
I was at Destiny 1 in Toronto I think, but I can't be sure.. went to a couple of the early Destinys in 94 .. think I saw Cosmic Baby at Destiny in like February 95... but other than that I don't really remember any of the names of the DJs performing though.. it was all new to me those parties were amazing.. they put so much work into the deco and chill out rooms - REAL chill out rooms with comfy couches and pillows and crazy lighting and a DJ playng trip hop or other funky breakbeat - ... and these crazy tunnels covered in cobwebby fluff that you'd walk through, and fog everywhere with crazy lasers shinging through also went to the Delerium jungle parties, Syrous, Pleasure Force, Warriors of the Dance - with Krome and Time the last jungle rave (and yes they were called that back then) that I went to was Syrous - the Empire Strikes Back with DJ Phantasy and the first North American appearance of DJ Hype... that was in Spring 95 oh and I caught Speedy J doing a live PA at this Storm/Eclipse rave in Hamilton in summer 95. that was the last one I went to until I was DJing years later not long after that I started university and never went to those big parties anymore... just listened to my mixtapes those old parties were hype though ... really friendly vibes.. I never did *any* drugs at any party either. I'd have a couple pints at Sneaky Dee's in Toronto before we'd head out, and that would be it for the night my friends would get all mangled on acid and shrooms and stuff and would get all freaked out and hide in the corner... I just danced all night till sun up completely sober.. the music was so good it kept me going... I remember at Warriors of the Dance in the techno room, the sun was coming in thru the giant warehouse windows, the DJ let the record play and came down and danced with us... really good vibes.. I met most of the people in the jungle and techno rooms- they'd come up and introduce themselves at one point or another and were super cool cats.. in the jungle room, Krome and Time were amazing, even though I didnt know who they were yet... that might have been my favourite party ever actually.. everything was perfect those were good times |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Blisss replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 1:47am |
| Coolness: 129680 | Thats cool, I never did any drugs either back then, didn't even drink
Had the best times of my life, meet most of my oldest and closest friends at those parties Proof that you don't need to do drugs to rave or enjoy music I actually used to get pissed at the media for always promoting the drug side of raves, because most of us were not like that at all. It was guys like me and Recoil, tripping on the music...most of my friends smoked a little weed here and there, or did the odd "e" if it was a special occassion, but that was pretty much it. The media is actually partly to blame for how bad the drugs got in the rave scene, cause it did get really bad (people dieing and shit)...All of a sudden you had kids were showing up like "oh, we HAVE to take drugs to enjoy these parties, lots of drugs", when nothing could be further from the truth |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Rakoon replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 2:47am |
 Coolness: 175400 | 
It was in 2004 :) Sick Party Belladonnakillz rawks! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ONE.LAB.RAT replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 3:02am |
 Coolness: 76100 | Cream '99
Swirl 6 2000 : arr i was too late for luke slater and i missed a big part of Mix Master Mike set Klear-hize 2000: my first hardcore rave. i was high on mushroom when lenny d was playing (good time) oh yea back in the days the weekly içi & mirror had article about rave unlike today. 
i started dj to not long after, from house to techno to d&b to hardcore. Cream 2000 Astro 2001 : the 2 dj i remember was aone and Capital J. Connected 2001: mdma + speed + Josh Wink = i will never forget this moment. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 3:32am |
 Coolness: 83835 | Originally Posted By JOEY
October 31st, 1998? somewhere in a massive parking lot in Laval (dans garnotte solide). I don't remember much except for taking most my clothes off, eating a bunch of power peaches and telling strangers that I'm intellectually challenged to embarrass my friend. Hmm wot else... My legs were itchy, I sat on a tire for 2 hours to play rock paper scissors and watch the hairs on my arms grow. I think I might've danced with glowsticks... That's about it. Drugs. They blur the best memories... I was at that party too!!! I was pretty fun... i don't remeber too much either except that i was wearing a jason mask, maestro fresh wes was there and that i came home with mud encrusted up to my knees. if memory serves me correct it was ray juniors annual Halloween party ever so realistically called "halloween". |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Zaruen replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 4:03am |
 Coolness: 50800 | Go Desmond! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» recoil replied on Thu May 21, 2009 @ 9:22am |
| Coolness: 86465 | Originally Posted By BLISSS
Awesome
Lol...I remember dancing beside this guy for like an hour back then ravers really took dancing seriously, people would be busting the illest moves everyone had phat pants too, and the pants just kept getting larger over time
Remember this guy too, he wouldn't stop dancing, insane haha those pics you posted bring back memories of 94.. I'd always wear my kangol backwards like that too =) (or sideways) ... wear adidas tracksuits hehehe. I thought that was the shit and ya... I would see some totally incredible dancers at those old raves... they were so good it was fun to just watch them and re: phat pants... lol! I always wore super baggy jeans back then... not raver wear though - it was hip hop gear. but one thing I liked about those old days was the wide spectrum of people I would see.. "ravers" were just all kinds of different people.. people would dress up like total freaks. the first warehouse party I went to my friend was dressed up in this crazy bubble costume lol! you'd see really crazy gangster looking people with crazy futuristic dreads - who were usually pretty friendly anyway, whole crews of Vietnamese gangster kids hanging out all wearing matching adidas.. and just lots of very normal looking friendly people. it wasnt about how you dressed at all... not for the real heads anyway. that's why I kind of resent the later wave of jungle people who came around and made it a much more urban thuggy vibe. certainly wasn't like that in the beginning. people were very open and non-judgemental at the parties I was at there was pics of me in some Toronto nitelife magazine at some PLeasure Force jungle party in 94, but I lost it ages ago. it would be pretty funny to see now.. I looked pretty hardcore back then... man I would *love* to have taken pics at those parties to remember all the crazy people I met there, but back then it never crossed my mind to bring a camera. it wasn't like now, where every party has a bazillion high quality pics. maybe someone I know in Toronto has some hidden away somewhere |
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