THE GUESTLIST NETWORK | JULY 2010
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RETURN OF THE RAVE
The first raves happened in the late 1980s in fields or warehouses. The M25 London orbital linked most rave locations, but these parties were often disturbing to nearby residential areas, and a series of by-laws were passed, leading to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act in 1994.
Of course the most important thing about organising raves in the first place was the music which was played. The first raves were the pioneers of electronic dance music such as house, trance, techno and jungle, as well as light shows. This music drew huge numbers of people togeth- er such as One Step Beyond which brought 30,000 people together, and Vision which had 40,000 ravers! In the 1980s and 90s so many genres of mu- sic were emerging however that there was bound to be a split in tastes, and even though this was the case raves still continued to draw large numbers until the of- ficial ban in 1994.
After 1993 raves were mainly held in licensed venues and clubs, for example The Hippo- drome and The Laser Dome. Rave organisers were one step ahead of the game when they put on these shows, which were
nearly all pay on the door events. They moved towards more ‘or- ganised’ events, which led to the continuation of large-scale indoor raves as they realised that people were going to continue raving no matter what, and so still allowed ravers to do what they did best!
From 1994 spontaneous mass raves were difficult to organ- ise and publicise, and even though there were still some raves happening; the police were very strong and enforced the law stongly; however...! The noughties has seen a revival of the rave with grassroots move- ment events such as ‘teknivals’ - large, free parties which take place worldwide in empty ware- houses, forests and fields away from residential areas.
Teknivals are festivals which can last up to as long as week - meaning that the earlier split
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in musical tastes is no longer a problem as many different genres are covered throughout the teknival - satisfying every- one’s musical needs! Teknivals originated in the early 1990s, but were quickly put to a halt as The Criminal Justice and Public Or- der Act was enforced. You can still hear tales of the old raving days when being prepared for a high speed sprint across muddy fields was the norm when the police got hold of your rave! Un- derground teknivals still occurred throughout the mid 90s, however their real re-appearance came after the Millennium under vari- ous names.
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UKtek has taken place in Wales 3 times in the last 5 years. In 2008 UKtek was in Manchester attracting a strong police re- sponse - all precautions were taken with police dog units and
riot gear! Another popular tekni- val is Scumtek - of which there have been 4, after a shaky first which also drew a large police presence and was put to an end. In April 2010 there was a huge indoor and outdoor Scumtek event in the centre of London Docklands, and most recently Scumtek 4 was on 3rd July 2010 with nearly 30 sound systems - the new generation of ravers is firmly established and here to stay!
With teknivals taking place in France, Italy, Bulgaria, Czecho- slovakia and many more coun- tries worldwide, we can safely say that this is the era of the return of the rave and the summer of love! Whether you’re a first-timer or an original raver wanting to relive the old days, keep your ears and eyes open for raves coming to a field near you!
Rules of Partying Hard
1. Spend all your money 2. Be spontaneous - live a little!
3. Choose the right people - anything with the right people is going to be fun. 4. A night is what you make it - make the best of any situation! 5. Drink champagne - you can’t go wrong with a bit of bubbly! 6. Never say no, and don’t take no for an answer! 7. Drink so much you pass out! 8. Don’t leave the club until the bouncer chases you out! 9. Dance enough to lose a kilo a night! 10. Get to know the dj and the barmen!
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