The rave is the common name for large discos and parties based on electronic music. In a broader sense, this term is applied to the designation of a subculture born at the turn of the century as one of the symbols of freedom.
Translated from English, "rave" literally means "rave, rage." Indeed, the main purpose of the disco is to give young people complete relaxation, release emotions, liberate themselves, reincarnate and, in a good way, go a little crazy.
How it all started
If you are really interested in knowing what rave means, then it's time to dive into the distant 80s. It was then, in 1988, that a rave arose in London in connection with the appearance of acid house in music clubs. The first rave parties were organized illegally in abandoned buildings, warehouses, hangars, and even in the forest. A gathering of uncontrolled youth, loud music, drugs - all this, of course, caused a wave of indignation in society. Ravers have always been prosecuted by the authorities as malicious violators of public order and, of course, were condemned by society.
However, everything forbidden has always been the most attractive. And therefore, raves were considered a kind of protest, opposing themselves to society. Getting to know the ravers was pretty easy. The concept of “acidity” that appeared at that time was reflected in everything: acid music, clothes, accessories, makeup, hairstyles of unimaginable colors - all this distinguished the pioneer ravers. By the way, contrary to popular belief, drugs were far from mandatory attributes of the raver.
Russian rave
Soviet youth instantly reacted to a new fashion trend, joining the rave culture at its very beginning. The most famous raves of the early 90s were Gagarin Party and Mobile, which took place in Moscow.
Nowadays, rave is a phenomenon characteristic primarily of the Northern capital. All significant events take place in St. Petersburg under the leadership of the promo groups Rosdance and KontrFors. The most famous among them are: “Workshop”, “East Impact”, MayDay, Sound Tropolis.
Rave today
The rave combines such areas of music as acid house, drum and bass, trance, hard style and electro. Today, all these genres are developing independently. And the time when young people had to prove their individuality by protesting against the rules established by society has long passed. Today's rave is rather a large-scale club party.
The most striking example of a modern rave is the Kazantip electronic music festival. It was first held in 2000 in the Crimea, near the village of Vesyoloy. Since then it has been held annually, up to 2013 under Evpatoria. The festival has gained incredible popularity among young people.
Incendiary psychedelic
Electronic music, so honorable among the ravers, is represented today by many styles and genres. But they are all connected by one feature - music is played on electronic musical instruments - a synthesizer, electric guitar, theremin ... Moreover, it can be "programmed" and used only for recording by a computer.
The genres of electronic music today include:
- embinet;
- breakbeat;
- Disco
- downtempo;
- electro;
- gridge;
- house;
- high energy;
- industrial;
- drum and bass;
- electronic rock;
- trance;
- techno
These are far from all areas in which electronic music is developing today. However, one must understand that raves are not evenings of listening to music, but incendiary in every sense, dance events. Therefore, not all genres, even electronic music, are in demand among ravers.
It is believed that without narcotic substances, young people could not reach the conditions that result from a rave. However, as mentioned earlier, drugs are not part of the philosophy of ravers. They themselves say that music is the main drug, and everything that helps them to be liberated is connected with it.
Performers
Music is one of the most important components of a rave. It was she who served as the starting point in the birth of a new trend.
The most famous performers in the west were The Prodigy, Scooter, The Shamen, U 96, Grid, Westbam. It was these performers who were able to gain recognition among such a difficult listener as ravers. Until now, former rave adherents have been introduced into a trance state of the composition of these groups.
As for the Russian rave, such rave groups as “Cast Iron Walker”, “Bricks”, Loc-Dog shone brightest of all. Of course, the huge list of groups is not limited to these artists only, but fans of the 90s rave celebrate them.
It seemed that these days nothing can shock the public. But, as usual, development has no limits. A real shock in society was caused by the modern rave group Little BIG. Charismatic participants simply could not leave the audience indifferent. The concept that the guys come up with sounds something like this: to destroy the delusional stereotypes of society. We must pay tribute to the guys, they succeed in it at 100%.
The rave is a subculture that has played a huge role in millions of fates. This alone indicates that it is impossible to mutilate human nature with invented standards and patterns.