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Encyclopedia > Rave music
Type of DIY party  v  d  e 
Free party / Squat Party Teknival
Freetekno Sound System
Music Played at the Parties
Also see Rave music
breakcore - free tekno - gabba - jungle - psychedelic trance - speedcore - terrorcore -
acid techno and techno
Famous Parties
Castlemorton Common Festival - CzechTek - Stonehenge Free Festival - Reclaim the Streets

Rave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. Most often, it is used to describe music that depends heavily on samples and is high energy. A free party is a party free from the restrictions of the legal club scene. ... Paris Teknival, May 2005 Teknivals (the word is a portmanteau of the words tekno and festival) are free parties which take place worldwide. ... Freeteknitians at Teknival 2004, Ontario, Canada A group of friends enjoying Northtek 2005, Ontario, Canada Freetekno is the name for both a type of music (also known as hardtek) and a cultural movement that is present in both Europe and North America. ... A sound system is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music. ... Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of industrial, jungle, hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented sound that encourages speed, complexity, impact and maximum sonic density. ... Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free parties in Europe. ... Gabber, gabba (pronounced gahba or gahbuhr in Dutch), or hardcore, is a subgenre of electronic music that is a subgenre of hardcore techno. ... Jungle music can mean: Drum and bass - the current term used to encompass the entire musical genre of jungle and drum & bass Oldschool jungle - a style specific to the earliest form of drum and bass, it is still produced to this day Ragga jungle - a substyle of oldschool jungle, characterized... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The introduction to this article is too long. ... Terrorcore (sometimes shortened to terror), originated in The Netherlands, is a term used to describe a subgenre of hardcore techno. ... Acid techno is the term used to describe a style of techno that originated in the London squat party scene in the early 1990s. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from Chicago House, electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at... The Castlemorton Common Festival was a week-long festival held in the Bristol area, in 1992. ... © 2005, Techno. ... The Stonehenge free festival was a festival from 1972 to 1984 held at Stonehenge in England during the month of June, and culminating on the summer solstice on June 21st. ... Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a group of people with a collective ideal of community ownership of public spaces. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... A rave party, more often called a rave, is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. ...


Rave music closely followed the acid house phenomenon. Initially "rave music" was considered a particular style that was a combination of fast breakbeat and more hardcore forms of techno. Early 1990s efforts by Nebula 2, Acen, The Prodigy (Experience), Utah Saints and The Shamen (En-Tact) were quintessential "rave music" and were being played at massive all night raves like Fantazia, Raindance, Universe and others. A yellow smiley face is considered the emblem of Acid House. ... Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). ... There are several musical genres known as hardcore: Hardcore punk, a subgenre of punk rock Tribal hardcore, a subgenre of hardcore metal or hardcore punk Hardcore dance music in general Hardcore techno, a subgenre of techno, closely related to the gabba style Breakbeat hardcore, also known as oldskool hardcore, the... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Acen Razvi was an early 1990s UK rave and hardcore breakbeat techno producer. ... The Prodigy (or just Prodigy) are an English band, whose music consists of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno and industrial in the early 1990s to alternative rock and bigbeat with punk vocal elements in later times. ... Experience is an album by rave act The Prodigy. ... Utah Saints are a British dance band from Leeds in West Yorkshire. ... The Shamen were an innovative, experimental electronic music band, initially formed in Aberdeen, Scotland by Colin Angus (b. ... En Tact was an album by The Shamen, released in 1990. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...


By the early 2000s, the term was used more generically to mean any one of a number of different styles (or combinations thereof) that might be played at a rave party. In this sense, rave music is more associated with an event than a particular genre, per se. At a rave there can be different "arenas" or areas which play different styles of rave music. Very large raves called massives may include ten or more separate arenas, each with their own music style. This article is becoming very long. ... A rave party, more often called a rave, is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ...


Raver styles of music continue to grow and evolve. Some genres and an iconic artist include (not an exhaustive list):

Non-dance styles which might be heard in a rave "chill-out" room include: Breakbeat hardcore (popularly known as rave music, originally referred to as simply hardcore in the United Kingdom, with old school hardcore a common term in the 21st century) is a style of electronic music that primarily uses breakbeats for its rhythm lines. ... Acen Razvi was an early 1990s UK rave and hardcore breakbeat techno producer. ... This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ... The Prodigy (or just Prodigy) are an English band, whose music consists of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno and industrial in the early 1990s to alternative rock and bigbeat with punk vocal elements in later times. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971 in Rockville, Maryland) is an electronica musician, better known by his stage name, BT. He has been called the Father of Trance for his pioneering in the trance genre [1],[2] and Prince of Dance Music for his multi-instrumentalist skills [3], and... Armin van Buuren (b. ... Ferry Bostoven Corsten (born December 4, 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch trance producer, DJ and remixer, and was one of the pioneers in the genre. ... Tijs Verwest on the cover of his DVD Another day at Office (2003) Tijs Verwest (born January 17, 1969) is one of the worlds leading dance DJs and trance musicians. ... This article is about the DJ. For the American historian, see Paul Van Dyke. ... Goa trance (often referred as Goa or by the number 604) is a form of electronic dance music and is a style of trance music. ... Hallucinogen is the stage name of Simon Posford, an electronic musician specializing in Goa trance music from England. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB or drum n bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Jungle music is one of the most deviant and punkish forms of electronic music, employing fast tempos (150-190 BPM is common), layering extended and mangled breakbeats on top of throbbing, authoritative basslines, originally borrowed from reggae. ... DJ Andy C Andy C, real name Andrew Clarke, is a British DJ and producer and co-founder of record label RAM Records. ... Clifford Price, better known as Goldie (born September, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. ... Dieselboy Dieselboy is the stage name of Damian Higgins, an American jungle (music) DJ and producer. ... Hardcore Techno, often referred to as hardcore (not to be confused with hardcore emo or punk, which is sometimes in the USA just called hardcore), and known as hardcore to people in The Netherlands, is a style of techno music that originated in the early-to-mid-1990s in multiple... Happy hardcore is a form of dance music typified by a very fast tempo (usually around 165-180 BPM), often coupled with male or female vocals, and saccharine lyrics. ... Gabber, gabba (pronounced gahba or gahbuhr in Dutch), or hardcore, is a subgenre of electronic music that is a subgenre of hardcore techno. ...

Some ravers are selective between genres, showing little or no interest in one area while finding great satisfaction and joy in another. House often has roots in funk and disco while trance has its roots in new age and symphonic music. Many DJs mix genres, remix existing sounds, or leave electronic music entirely. Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Brian Peter George St. ... Harold Budd (born May 24, 1936) is an American ambient/avant-garde composer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Aphex Twin (Richard David James, born August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is an electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid, and drum and bass. ... Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown (born c. ... Funk is an African American musical style. ... This article is becoming very long. ... New Age music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ... A symphony is an extended piece of music usually for orchestra and usually comprised of several movements. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...


A new form of rave is appearing based on the genre "Makina", the Spanish word for "machine", although distorted. It is mainly produced in Spain but also in Italy, Germany and France, and it has exploded in the North East of England with many clubs and all night pseudo-raves. Mákina, also called Bakalao, is an electronic music genre originating in Spain, similar in sound to UK Hardcore but with elements of bouncy techno, and other differences. ...


See Also

Contemporary electronic music includes many different styles or musical genres, such as: External links vagabondage: genres (Humour: Generates new names of electronic music genres) Genrerator (A little bit like above, but in Finnish) Ishkurs Guide to Electronic Music v2 (A guide hosted by DI.fm presenting 180 genres and...

External links

  • Fantazia Rave Music information - Download, label profiles and more.
Techno
Acid - Detroit - 4-beat - Gabber - Ghettotech - Hardcore - Happy hardcore - Minimal - Nortec - Rave - Schranz - Tech house
Other electronic music genres
Ambient | Breakbeat | Dance | Drum And Bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance

  Results from FactBites:
 
Rave party (1153 words)
Although raves were happening with increasing frequency in the U.S., the scene developed primarily in the UK and Europe until around 1991 - 1992, at which point it became a much more global phenomenon.
By the late 1990s the rave scene seemed to stabilize with mainstream status, the opening of many more clubs and it is still undergoing change, still finding its way towards becoming a fixture in youth culture.
Opponents of raves seek to outlaw the parties and the people who organize or host them, contending that rave parties are "drug orgies" that exist exclusively for the rampant use and trafficking of dangerous substances.
OLDSKOOL HISTORY: Elitism in the Rave Culture (1606 words)
A "rave," in the vernacular, "refers to a party, usually all night long, open to the general public, where loud 'techno' music is. played and many people partake in a number of different chemicals" (Hilker, 1994).
With continued publicity of certain rave subcultures (for example the "candy kids"), the "true" ravers see an influx of kids that have no idea what the scene is. The flashy newcomers have made the scene "trendy," about the drugs and escape from "the real world," rather than the music.
The music of the rave culture is classified by its collection of various world beats, sampling, and synthesized sounds.
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