Rave

Rave, from the English for " raging, raving, raging, fantasize ," is a during the acid house movement from the Second Summer of Love in 1989 arising term for dance parties with electronic music. At these parties, the conceptual emphasis was first placed on ecstatic dance. In their focus is primarily the DJs. A similar concept had already been available in the form of nightclubs, new, however, was that those in the form of "one -off events " (single events) were carried out in specially prepared locations, such as concert halls, warehouses, abandoned buildings and the like.

History

In the late 1980s, the electronic sound was at first hardly divided into styles or categories. There was therefore mostly a large dance floor and the two or a few DJs played within a party by various facets of electronic music. With the commercial success and the growth in visitor numbers, this concept was modified in favor of a better marketing in the collection of as many well-known producers and DJs. The playing time of the DJ was limited to less than an hour. This concept has had great success and was implemented more frequently on larger and larger events. The result was an enormously high pressure to succeed for the DJs. These had in such a short time " work," which logically had enormous impact on the music selection. The hits were repeated many times every hour. Thus, the music changed. It developed a particularly appropriate for this music.

The diversification of Techno in different styles with sometimes extremely different speeds led the mid / late 1990s, a new form of raves with many different floors. As the motto is PLUR rave culture developed.

Rave as a term for a genre of music

In general, all types of electronic music played at raves. From 1990 to 1992, was briefly also Madchester, a British indie rock-dance -junction, as Rave Music called.

From 1993 to 1996 Rave Music called then a particularly fast techno style. The rate was similar to the Gabber. The often distorted, hard bass drum was backed up frequently fast breakbeat samples in Rave. Because of the catchy, trance-like melodies and synth riffs, this music in the scene has also been called idiots or fair Techno (eg Marusha - Rave country, Dune - I Can not Stop Raving ). A the breakbeats even more emphasizing lower mold breakbeat hardcore. The meaning of the word Rave has changed over the years and today still mainly referred to the event. Rave as a particular style of music does not exist. If Rave music is mentioned, it refers mostly to old records and classics from the early days of techno. Generally one can say that what typical rave music has identified, there is a certain experimentation and abstraction, with great consideration of danceability.

Music at raves

Musically you can depending on Rave different styles of electronic music find. Whether it is a harder style is (Hardcore Techno, Hardstyle, Schranz, Detroit Techno ), moderate Techno, House or Breakbeat / Drum and Bass / Dubstep or more gentle, melodic styles are represented (Trance, Ambient, Goa, Hands up and chill out music ) is to recognize usually just the name of the DJ in the so -called " line-up " and sometimes to the naming and design of the flyer.

Rave Tourism

In addition to the more well-known trips to Ibiza or rave cruise ships especially spiritually -themed trips to India (Goa), Tomorrowland in Belgium, Thailand ( Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan ) or the cherry blossom in Japan are announced.

Large and well-known Raves

As one of the first big raves true of Spiral Tribe in 1992 in England initiated Castlemorton Common festival with 30,000 visitors, for the had to answer before the Court 23 of the organizers. For later unannounced or illegal events within the alternative freetekno scene but has to distinguish rather the term " Teknival " established.

The most well-known and now held legally in the context of the present are the Reincarnation raves in Hanover and the Street Parade in Zurich. The largest and probably the most famous event in this context was the Love Parade. After the city of Berlin no longer approved this event as a demonstration, the organizers were forced to change the venue. By 2010, the Love Parade was held in major cities of the Ruhr area, but will not continue in the future because of the accident on July 24, 2010 in Duisburg on the site of the former goods station Duisburg Gbf.

Other notable events in the German-speaking area are taking place since 1995, Nature One in former nuclear missile launch base Pydna in the Hunsrück in Kastellaun, the largest German festival for electronic music, as well as the Sun Moon Stars festival in Saalburg / Thuringia. Also held annual events are the Mayday in Dortmund and the Time Warp in Mannheim with its offshoots in northern and eastern Germany, its Love'n'Light - Rave, the Love Family Park and the Austrian Rave on Snow.

Organization

Larger raves are distributed with a few exceptions on several halls and premises, which are referred to in the jargon of the partygoers as floors. In each hall a slightly different style of music is played. In particular, the role played in the chill- out rooms is very avant-garde music in general. An important role for the success of raves plays next to the line-up, the DJ line-up, the PA used and the equipment with light and decoration. Since Raves start relatively late (rarely before midnight ), is then regularly celebrated until the early morning.