In abandoned warehouses, empty apartment lofts, and open fields, high-energy all-night dance parties were happening. It was the early 1990s and these raves — held in secret with party details often ...

George Orwell's 1984 starts with, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Nights of techno ravers end similarly—dancers stepping out of the club after a long night ...

Watching old footage of clubbers raving in a sweaty, delirious mass is endlessly entertaining, and YouTube is full of it. From Highland sweat-boxes to classic London raving 90s UK rave culture remains ...

“You shall awaken to the nexT generation of rave culture.” — NASA flyer/motto In every era, there seems to always be a beacon of New York nightlife that acts like a lightning rod, its resulting ...

New music, old basslines :D This is one of those tracks I relaxed with in my off time and did whatever until it felt done! It ...

RE'IM, Israel — In a small clearing in a eucalyptus forest, a lone DJ on a stage blasts out pulsing electronic music that punctuates the otherwise quiet landscape. There are no concertgoers. His crowd ...

Lyra Pramuk’s music has a sparklingly ethereal, woodland quality—like disco meets Midsommar (minus any residual fascism). The Berlin-based artist was born in Pennsylvania and grew up singing in ...

The 2008 BRIT Awards were something of a fever dream. For anyone who had spent the past two years living through the new rave era – a short-lived, chaotic fusion of electronica and indie-rock – it ...

Australian DJ Lenny Pearce fills venues across North America with toddler raves: techno dance party fun for the whole family.

This post originally appeared on VICE UK. There are some stories that never stop being told. If you’d taken a huff through one of Altern8’s gas masks at Fantasia, or spat at someone at the Sex Pistols ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lisa Kocay covers electronic dance music. The Internet and social media revolutionized how music was shared, making music more ...

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