Do people still trance anywhere? I never actually went to a rave. Does anyone trance at Bisco or anything?
I'm usually in a trance... :dizzy2: It's worth it to check out a "rave". If you're really game, check out a big event with multiple stages. They get HUGE these days, even in the US. Just saw this one on TV which showcased the European acts for Americans. (Under the Electric Sky: EDC 2013) Mostly Dutch DJs, looked like 10s of thousands of ravers (just at one stage!) And they were cream of the crop. I know at least one of the Dutch Djs. But "House Music" which started the dj scene began in the US. Europeans seem to like dance music cause it doesn't usually have lyrics or if it does, they're easily understood, no matter the language. And it's the scene for Molly. But if she doesn't interest you, you won't really get into the scene. That's what always amazed me. The subcultures (including music) that surround the use of various drugs. And history has in the past and even today is shaped by the drugs being used by various peoples around the world. Pill-popping, powder-using, capitalists and conservatives have been marginalizing cannabis users for decades. Anyway that sounds like something for another thread...
Raving is perhaps just as, if not more popular than at any other time since it's been around. However much of it has become commercialized and alot of it is in larger EDM festivals such as : EDC Ultra Music Festival Tomorrowworld Burning Man and Cochella also feature EDM music More underground type raves seem to be region specific in terms of their frequency and prevalency. Trance music is not as dominant a style of music as it once was but there are trance djs playing large arena venues as well and it's heard in the UG scene to a lesser extent.
there is a meaning, an ancient and eternal meaning, of trance, that is about spirituality, is closely linked to meditation, and has nothing to do with raves, or genres of music. i am quite sure, it is completely unaffected by the rise and fall in popularity, of things it is at best, only tenuously related to. if at all. yes i am quite sure, just as many people go into meditative trances now, as did before the terms rave, that the use of the term trance for a genre of music, had ever been thought of.
At their best, raves can be incredibly powerful and transformative experiences, with a significant spiritual component. Raving on MDMA , particularly the first few times has an aspect to it that reminded me very much of what I've read about peyote dances, with a distinct technological component to it. Repetitive electronic music creates a hypnotic, unwaivering, trance quality which potentiates the MDMA experience (as well as acid and ketamine to lesser extents) often leading individuals to express their body in novel ways to channel the music, explore physical entactogenic bliss through massages and a softening of ego, which may allow for disinhibited empathic opening.
It is the Electric Daisy festival that I was referring to: You can watch this video to see what a GOOD rave is all about: Under the Electric Sky: EDC 2013
House began in the US -but also got going in Ibiza at about the same time. Some styles of EDM originated in Britain -progressive house for example. Some Israeli trance is also quite good. There are lots of good events and nights still going on - but for me the atmosphere has changed from what it used to be.
