THE 90S RAVE CULTURE: A LEGENDARY ERA THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
BACK IN THE EARLY 90S, SOMETHING TRULY MAGICAL HAPPENED IN THE UK. A MOVEMENT EXPLODED THAT WOULD DEFINE A GENERATION AND CREATE UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FOR THOUSANDS. THAT MOVEMENT WAS RAVE CULTURE, AND IF YOU WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A PART OF IT, YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW SPECIAL IT WAS.
THE ENERGY, THE VIBES, THE FREEDOM—THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT. THE RAVES WERE MASSIVE, THE MUSIC WAS ELECTRIC, AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WAS UNREAL. IT WASN’T JUST ABOUT DANCING ALL NIGHT; IT WAS ABOUT BEING PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER, SOMETHING THAT FELT LIKE A CULTURAL REVOLUTION. FROM WAREHOUSE PARTIES TO OUTDOOR RAVES IN FIELDS, WE WERE CONNECTED BY THE BEATS, THE BASS, AND A SHARED LOVE OF MUSIC.
THE RAVE SCENE BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE—UNITED BY A LOVE FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND THE DESIRE TO ESCAPE THE EVERYDAY. THE SCENE WAS RAW AND UNFILTERED, WITH NO INTERNET OR SOCIAL MEDIA TO HYPE IT UP—IT WAS ALL WORD OF MOUTH, AND IF YOU KNEW, YOU KNEW. FLYERS WOULD GET PASSED AROUND, AND SOON YOU’D FIND YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASSIVE CROWD, FEELING THE VIBRATIONS OF THE SOUND SYSTEM TAKE OVER YOUR BODY.