Do You Remember What First Attracted You To The Scene?
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ufot a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 12:07pm |
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I started going to raves in 1994 and the scene was totally different back then, I was 15, and up and until my first rave, I'd only just started listenning to industrial(NIN), I'd never heard techno or acid hourse etc. The first rave just blew me right out of the fucking water, I instantly fell totally in love with the music, the people, the fashion, the atmosphere, the lazers... what can I say, I'd never experienced anything like that before in my life, the closest thing would be a school dance or concert which are completely different... But everything was so different back then, no interwebz or sites(other than a couple of bbs) so everyone relied on word of mouth and info lines and a hand full of stores with flyers. Being a raver back then meant you were rolling with an alternative crowd, you were part of something special, something at the time a lot of people didn't even know existed or just really didn't understand(in some ways, this can still be said). IMO, I think when you are in your early to mid-teens, association with a cultural movement is a healthy and pretty natural part of your evolution as a person. Identifying with one movement or another allows you to adapt your values and goals etc, almost helps define your personality. So ya, me personally, after my first party, I was hooked, a lifer if you will and 16years later, I have nothing but awesome memories, no regrets and some of the best friends I could have ever hoped for :) Ufot-rave on people! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Party_Girl a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 1:06pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Daf a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 1:43pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 1:47pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» recoil a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 5:29pm |
 Coolness: 86500 | Originally Posted By PURESEXMEGS
Im 25 born in 85, I started when I was 13. Do the math And theres lots of parties without deco or a nice venue. Heck montreal just through one am i not correct , where eveyrone came back dirrty, last time i check that would be outdoors and theres no roof to hang deco or post up pictures... so it happens and people think its epic. Cuz you dont need deco or a nice venue to have an epic rave jeeez. Rave snob? Or reformed clubber? Before going to my first rave I listend to electronic music since i was 9. Having a brother 6 years older then you will do that, so would living with that brother and his 4 friends and gf. The gf is now my sister. My sister who took me to my first rave thank you ok fair enuff.. you started in 1998. I'm just saying.. a lot of legendary raves happened in Toronto in the early 90s that were before your time. and what was goin on in Toronto in 1994 was wayyy different than 1998 - like apples and oranges... I only went to my first rave in late 93 so I missed out on a lot em too - incl. the CN Tower one and no - I am absolutely not some "rave snob" or "reformed clubber" (whatever that is lol - I hate big clubs - I've never been to the Government or the Docks in my life). you just said 90s raves had no deco or good venues and I know that's not true I really dont care about deco.. what I do care about is DJing with fun unpretentious people who arent primadonna douchebag slimeballs - and next most important thing is that they play good underground music and try not to play too much HHC - lol. but that's it that's all I went to a lot of grimey raves too back in the day.. the one in Hamilton with Speedy J for instance. no deco at all I dont think... just a big dirty warehouse and a bunch of ravers and Speedy J doing a live PA - vibe was off the hook so ya - please don't misunderstand.. I love little grimey jams with close friends and a generator - the Pink:sox jam under Bathurst Street bridge was off the hook. and Epic Coalition was crazy but I missed it. I'm just sayin some promoters back in the day put an awful lot of work and creativity into scouting crazy locations and deco. to this day I still dont know how they convinced them to let them do a techno and jungle rave in the top of the CN Tower - lol! that would *never* happen now |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» puresexmegs a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 6:16pm |
 Coolness: 48725 | I didnt mean they all had no deco and good venues, it was the last thing i typed online before bed so i was trying to make it quick and my brain was already in sleep mode.
What I was trying to emphasize is, its nt about the drugs,the venue,the deco, all that really matter is good sound quality and good talent and good friends. I never went to any toronto parties unfortunately till 02, so I wouldnt know though I had heard stories, but they reminded me alot of shtuff I went to. I do agree with alot that you say though, dont get me wrong. My first toroto party that i can remeber was nasty as shit but i had fun, and i travelled from brampton a week after moving there, knowing no one. It was across the street in an alley way form turbo i think? reform did some parties there..... I remember as a kid not going to any parties except for at march break,xmas breaks and summer because thats when i lived with my brother. and thats when my sister could take me to a party... I never had internet my brother did and i would go on xvi and scout out parties not knowing who any of the djs were, I didnt know dj names. Just knew sounds from being given mixed tapes from my roomies. We didnt do drugs, we would just drink wine coolers in the car before going in...lol The cheaper the party the better since we were using alot of our little money on gas so alot of nthe shtuff i was exposed to whe i was a lil tweeny was those dirty ass in the middle of no where generator parties, or in a abandoned church.. or xvi bbq's hahaha *shutters* At the end of the day Im , and I dont think anyone really buy a ticket to a party or pays cover at the door for the deco. How do you even know what it looks like? If the crowd is right you dont need deco to help bring the vibe. Its just there Theres less of this I see, but I do try my best in toronto to go out to those that give me the impression it may have that oldschool feel. I get disappointed because on the youngins actions but im sure its like life. A cycle. Im sure the oldskoolers hated me when i was 13 at their parties. Heck when i was 16 and someone asked me if i wanted to dose i said whats dose? and they said you know e.. and i said eeeeeeeeeeee??? whats the rest of the word?I didnt even know what e was or was short form for. All I knew was raves had gereat music and everyone smoked weed and i thought that was cool just like that party on dazed and confused and that no one made fun of me for being skinny, or blonde, or having a speech problem and for once people emberaced me as a new kid. Someone after moving 22 times and 6 different schools i never felt once as a child |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AYkiN0XiA a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 6:47pm |
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Originally Posted By RECOIL
tunnels made out of trippy cobwebby stuff. probably the best deco I have ever seen - light years above anything I've seen lately (I wish I'd thought to bring a camera and take pics back then =( i also wish you did, i'm interested to see this. there are no pictures at all? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mali a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 10:41pm |
 Coolness: 202110 | I just wanted to go cause I heard stories from my cousin and I knew my brother would get mad haha |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Holly_Golightly a répondu le Thu 3 Jun, 2010 @ 11:35pm |
 Coolness: 158730 | melo: bahahah le laaaaab...
ca ete def. buste around 97... rip le laaaaaab hahaha |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 2:16am |
 Coolness: 201220 | it was still good back in 04-05-06 but since the last 3-4 years...
I'll at least admit the rave since was dying when I got into it in 2000... Dude there used to be tons of 1000+ attendants underground parties. Very rare now. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» greatjob a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 3:47am |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Bad_Chemistry a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 8:16am |
 Coolness: 73080 | If we could get 1000 people at an event again we could really start to pull some crazy shit off. At just 10$ a head that gives you a 10,000$ budget, which is a pretty nice budjet |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 8:46am |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ufot a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 9:57am |
| Coolness: 93095 | Originally Posted By BASDINI
good luck Ian, stop living in the early 00's, you just say gluck now... it's less pretentious and assuming... Ufot-gluck ya f*ck |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MelooDie a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 2:51pm |
 Coolness: 248420 | Originally Posted By BETTY_HAZE
melo: bahahah le laaaaab... ca ete def. buste around 97... rip le laaaaaab hahaha Moi j'y ai été en 1998 ,apres ca jpense yavait eu Ataraxy a la même place,puis apres ca plus rien.C'Était comme la salle la plus cool ever avec le chillroom au plafond! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Holly_Golightly a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 11:10pm |
| Coolness: 158730 | moi j'allais la aux alentour de 96-97... p-e il y a eu d'autres party la plus tard aussi.. dans le temp c'etait ouvert tout les jours il me semble la semaine aussi on droppait la n'importe quand...chaque etages/places avait de la musique differente, il y avait tellement toute sorte de monde qui se tenait la! moi et les ami(e)s du parc molson(pere-marquette et JFP FTW!) on se tenait la a preparer nos mauvais coups hahaha avec steve le punk pis aussi il y a un autre user de ce temp sourultrafast il devait se tenir au lab aussi...
it was an old man who was running the place and selling beers like that i'm surprised it stays open that long hehe! went to my first party in 95 because of a guy named charles. i have so much memories of those times.. discovering the music dancing on the cult one for the first time...<3 i have great memories of parties in mtl up until i moved in usa in 2005 really// |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DynV a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 11:15pm |
 Coolness: 108800 | Originally Posted By BETTY_HAZE
i have so much memories of those times.. discovering the music dancing on the cult one for the first time... <3 PICTURES!!!!! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Holly_Golightly a répondu le Fri 4 Jun, 2010 @ 11:21pm |
| Coolness: 158730 | actually back in the days i don't even remember people or my friends taking pictures.. once in awhile someone would have a cheap one use kodak///i had my school agenda covered of artifacts tho.. pretty typical.. and haha i just had shaved my entire head and had 10 000 freaky face piercing so im actually happy there's no pic of that.
i have such a great memory that i don't need pictures but now with the time pass by i wish i could have those set recorded and see what i think.. i think Fishead might have pictureS of a party at the lab.. anyway i miss how back there the punk scene and all kind of others were hanging together.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» recoil a répondu le Sat 5 Jun, 2010 @ 2:52am |
| Coolness: 86500 | Originally Posted By YOSHIN
i also wish you did, i'm interested to see this. there are no pictures at all? well... I went to [ tribe.ca ] and made a thread askng for pics - [ www.tribemagazine.com ] it's a big Toronto-based site where a lot of oldskoolers lurk - I figured someone involved with that Destiny party would see that post and sure enuff, some guy posted a couple pics! no good shots of any deco..but I was just I was sooooo happy to see any pics from that night =) hopefully someone will post some more. 
this pic of the chillout room pic kills me - lol ! I want more of these dodgy pics! gold. the music was sooo good in that chill room too 
that party was super fun. In the main room during Cosmic Baby's set there was a huge stack of speakers - the soundwaves were intense even standing 30 feet away. I stayed well back from em, and still my ears were ringing a bit when I got home to bed... and I saw some guy with no shirt on - high as a kite on E - climb up on those speakers and start hugging them until the security came and ushered him down. lol. I'm sure it felt good at the time, but damn... that *cannot* be good for the eardrums Originally Posted By betty_haze
actually back in the days i don't even remember people or my friends taking pictures.. once in awhile someone would have a cheap one use kodak///i had my school agenda covered of artifacts tho.. pretty typical.. and haha i just had shaved my entire head and had 10 000 freaky face piercing so im actually happy there's no pic of that. i have such a great memory that i don't need pictures but now with the time pass by i wish i could have those set recorded and see what i think.. yeah exactly. back in the day I never took pics, and honestly at the time it didn't even cross my mind to take any either. I was on a pretty tight budget too. back then I would have much rather spent my hard-earned money on some mixtapes instead of a camera and getting film developed - lol (mixtapes were a highly valued commodity back then). but now, I wish I'd invested in a cheap camera and snapped at least a couple pics. cuz like you say, I pride myself on having a good memory - but 1994, 1995 is getting increasingly remote.. some pics or video would be great just to see and hear again how it really was at those nights |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Kishmay_Pinas a répondu le Sat 5 Jun, 2010 @ 3:21am |
 Coolness: 103250 | I atill have lying around somewhere a ton of old pics from the E! Space in TO circa 96' 97'
man what a great rave space! |
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