View Full Version : How old are we old skoolers anyway?
Msraver
18-Apr-06, 11:54am
Just curious about you all. I'm 38, got into the Sydney scene NYE 93/94.
Djlenny
18-Apr-06, 12:20pm
33, got into it 89/90
Psychosis
Got into proper dance in Melb 90/91
FünfundDreizig
queen_vee
18-Apr-06, 06:27pm
I'm practically 23, got into the Melbourne scene in 2002. I'm waaaaaaay old skool.
Oh for a warehouse party with Prodigy and Shamen playing rave tunes...
I'll be 30 in June. Started in 1995.
Cosmica
18-Apr-06, 07:10pm
34 this year.
Hi old skoolers, young and old
interesting thought....how old are old skoolers?
that leads to the question, when did old skool become "old skool"?
PS....I am 40 something
started 95 at shed 14... now Im 28 years old and so very bitter. grrrrr
j/k
Damn Id love to go back to those days sometimes.... and thats not even really oldskool. Id say pre 94 was where the real action was. At least I got to see a decent slice while it was on the way down. so.much.fun!
wonder if any of us ever met in the forgotten past???
Spectrum
18-Apr-06, 09:02pm
32 this year, first party: Prodigy 4 Outdoor @ Water Ski Park, Wiseman's Ferry, North-Western Sydney (1993).
akashanelson
18-Apr-06, 09:31pm
32 this year, first party: Prodigy 4 Outdoor @ Water Ski Park, Wiseman's Ferry, North-Western Sydney (1993).
hmmmm... got a sneaky suspision we've probably crossed paths on more than one occassion mr spectrum ;D
:blush: 33:blush:
....my clubbing days started in 90/91 @ places like Freezer (the real Icebox), Dome & Ziggies
... but didn't start "raging" until 93.
danceonthegroov
19-Apr-06, 12:57am
25.. too young to have any "real" rave memories.. but i have the tapes passed down from an older sibling to pretend I was there! Sis used to come home and say.. "mannn you would have loooved this party". And I'd be like... ahhhhh shheeeettt. The closest I got to the scene was Pump at the Apia Club in 1995. haha. Not terribly oldskool, but you only need exposure to the music and you're hooked. hehe. Remember seeing Dye Witness live there tho. "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 wana do wada want all night"... no idea what he really says. LOL! Ahhh those were the days. I guess since I wasn't lucky enough to have made those real memories that's why my friends and I have started to revive our own oldskool scene. You guys should come to one of our parties some time. We try to get through as many absolute belters and classics each time.. whilst not forgetting the less common, but must play ones. Bit of Elephant Paw.. Space Party People.. Fun Tribe etc.
Funkedub
19-Apr-06, 08:29am
im 31 ... didn't really "start" anywhere ... just merged into it over the years coming at it from various angles
always been a keen music/musician since i was about 17 though
polanski
19-Apr-06, 09:10am
I'm 33.........first rave Quadrophonia at Alexandria Basketball Stadium.....1991.......lovely
old timer
19-Apr-06, 11:39am
am 32, 1st parties were
psychosis 2 (1992)
aztec
mixed beans
beyond
ecology
most parties until collossus 2 (eastern creek) then pulled the pin
they certainly did impact our lives if we are here 15 years later still talking about them
36. Started dj'ing in 86.
Occasional promoter/producer and stuff from 88-
27 ,
First big one was Space Cadet IV in 95.
Went through to early 99 but merged into clubs about 97 with a few warehouse doofs thrown in for good measure.
Have just come out of retirement for the odd event but am totally natural.
OldManRaver
21-Apr-06, 10:23pm
Im 33 years young (and still going to raves !!!)
The missus is 39...............
Digital Hippie
22-Apr-06, 01:15am
Started going to parties in '92....in the fabulous melbourne underground scene and well not to give my age completely away but i'm between 30years and 35 years.....:P
Spectrum
22-Apr-06, 10:10pm
hmmmm... got a sneaky suspision we've probably crossed paths on more than one occassion mr spectrum ;D
Maybe?!! Refresh my memory... do you spit or swallow??? :drool: ;D :lol:
I wish (like many of us I s'pose) that I'd really made the most of the first year I was "in". From Prodigy 4 came Mixed Beans 3, Freedom 2, and Happy Valley 3. I was hooked. By late '94/95 it was magic that was Sundaze sessions at Sydney Park. Truly special times.
From there it rapidly turned to crapola following too many 3 day benders, and loitering at the Pav 'til all hours on a Sunday eve. People I knew were using needles, a couple of them died (OD and suicide). It really opened my eyes to the worst - yet still some of the best - times of my life. the Yin and the Yang?
As happy hard errupted, I was outta there. House parties were a hit as they steered towards progressive and tribal. Then came more fun with parties at various homes (lowercase that is), amongst close friends, two crates and endless shelves of vinyl...
'Tis been a while now! ;D
Where where your haunts in that 1994 era? Like you said, we probably crossed paths... And who/what is "franger" from my download thread?
akashanelson
22-Apr-06, 11:39pm
ummmm....yuck!!!!! :-*
Franga was a dude!!! And he was also a senior advocate of the rave scene. He was also involved with the original Happy Valleys with Ming and Abel. He also threw the Mortuary recovery parties.... often verbally shewing away the police and protesting ravers rights etc, etc.
I guess I hit the scene the hardest through-out late 93 early 94... with most of the parties being shut down and moving into pubs and of course the Agincourt. I too experienced the loss of friends in the scene such as Dave D. and Arthur and I'm not even going to go near the whole needle thing (soooooo bad, some kicked it some I just have never seen again).
"The crossing paths", statement basically meant (in a friendly way) that I went to pretty much all the same events, including the Sydney park recoveries and the early Pav recoveries too. But during this time I was also going to the house events during the mid week like pink lint and Kinselas on Friday (after Cloud 9 folded).... by mid 95 I was completely burnt out and basically stuck to the underground house movement parties.
Taking almost a year off I slowly edged back into Sabotage, Love, Decadance etc.... but at much slower pace (this is not say I still didn't have some sketchy benders along the way)!!
... with all that aside I was just curious that we may have met or knew each other through the scene, but I must say your picture does not spark any memories, but that's not say we haven't met... those days/months and years are very hazy at best.
Spectrum
23-Apr-06, 12:07pm
Yep, we must be one or two degrees apart (and I'll refrain from any more references to kinky rendezvous meet-ups or rubbery figures, and sorry, not sure if you misread my drift, yes, I too am curious to how close we've crossed paths). I was at the exactly same gigs, incl Arthurs "afterparty" at the Angincourt. Then onto Syd Park, Pav, and the house parties. My name's Phil, if that helps???
Oh, and Dilly Dally (http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=162564&page=5) is a far worse stirer than me. :lol: I like people to explore their matter of fact - and often controversial - statements. He's been only been banned 3 times in 6 months!
Anyway, If we (wife and I) were in your neck of the woods, it'd be great to meet up for a beer and I'm sure we'd eventually nail a particular moment in the universe when we met. :)
Oh no...
Im 28. Started overgage when I was 16, underage parties when I was 16.
My first overage show was We are the future, at Cheltenham race course (SA) 24th July 1993. 2 days after my 16th birthday.
^^^I was at that too.
I remember driving round Cheltenham looking for a close park. The rest is kind of blurry. Was it good?
Miss Jax
28-Apr-06, 10:24pm
Yep, we must be one or two degrees apart (and I'll refrain from any more references to kinky rendezvous meet-ups or rubbery figures, and sorry, not sure if you misread my drift, yes, I too am curious to how close we've crossed paths). I was at the exactly same gigs, incl Arthurs "afterparty" at the Angincourt. Then onto Syd Park, Pav, and the house parties. My name's Phil, if that helps???
Anyway, If we (wife and I) were in your neck of the woods, it'd be great to meet up for a beer and I'm sure we'd eventually nail a particular moment in the universe when we met. :)
Mmm...I'm from the same era and parties too....plus am Spectrums Mrs (we've been partying together since 94). And I'm 35....small world, huh?
Spectrum
29-Apr-06, 12:06am
.plus am Spectrums Mrs (we've been partying together since 94).
:love: :blush: ;D
^^^I was at that too.
I remember driving round Cheltenham looking for a close park. The rest is kind of blurry. Was it good?
I thought so, but it was my first rave and I was 16 so of course I am going to think that. I dont remember much of it but all I recall were a whole swag of guys in white suits walking about the place.
ac1d3o3
02-May-06, 01:55pm
I love these old school threads! :thumb:
Great read!
Im not anywhere near as old school as any of you guys, but my passion for music started long before partying.
Im 23 now (24 soon) and my first party was when i was youngin at the age of 16. I have a lot of older friends who were all ravers back in the day, so my appreciation for old school music stems from them. Id hang out at their houses while they mixed and played all their anthems mix tapes, budds and stoo, jade, shade, akira etc etc. I loved the music before i had even experienced a party. They all went to the FODs, Prodigys, utopias, happy valleys and all, as you all did. I feel like ive missed out on so much. :(
First Rave was Utopia 6 at magic mountain(?) in a tent near liverpool somewhere. My earliest raving memories consist of Shade scratching and doing tricks to anthems. Gotta love the memories. Pure Gold ;D
Long since then, ive stopped going to raves. People evolve and change, as does the music.
First party was Prodigy Beehive, April 1994. Shit, it's scary to think that was 12 years ago! Haha at least it's not as bad as some of you :P I'd been to a few other events previously that had played techno (as it was all called back then) but Prodigy was the first one that really opened my mind to the brave new world. After that, it was on like Donkey Kong. Astral Flight, Mayday, Space Cadet, Alfebet Soup, Colossus, MDMA, Pleasuredome and on and on.
I couldn't believe how much it changed in a year though, I remember hearing Hardequencer play Dancing Nations and thinking this is the hardest shit that I've ever heard yet within a year all this hard as nails shit coming from Rotterdam was getting played and by mid 1995 happy hardcore really took off. It was such a shame as I really loved the music before then, but I took a liking fairly quickly to happy (still play it today lol) and it was on. I also remember thinking how much the scene had changed, especially when Here's Johnny went to #1. All of a sudden there were so many gronks at parties who were at raves because they were the cool place to be... It was never the same after that, the whole underground feeling and the feeling of being part of a new movement dissapeared... Or maybe that's when I first started getting a wee bit jaded hahaha...
Still in the Sydney rave scene as both a DJ and promoter, anyone who was in the scene back then would not even come close to recognising the rave scene of today. It's completely different in every aspect: Music, legality, venues, attitude and average age of the ravers etc etc... But most importantly it's still alive for whole new generations to experience/enjoy, and that bears testiment to the strength of rave.
Msraver
02-May-06, 08:06pm
First party was Prodigy Beehive, April 1994. Shit, it's scary to think that was 12 years ago!
Midian, that was my second party ever. Do you remember the beehive design thingy hanging from the centre of the ceiling of the warehouse? I also remember the sound bouncing off the giant metal rollerdoor at the back, the whole wall was vibrating and going whoomp, whoomp. I was experimenting with standing with one ear facing the stage and one facing the rollerdoor, so I was getting the delayed bounce of sound between the two. Those were acid days, unreal. I think that rave was the first time I heard Nik Fish.
Spectrum
03-May-06, 12:17am
First party was Prodigy Beehive, April 1994. Shit, it's scary to think that was 12 years ago!
I had an absolutely MAD time @ Prodigy 5 Beehive. :offchops:
Great music, great sound, great vibe. Loved it.
Then had to face the relatives, maybe Easter Monday(?), where the easter egg chocolate was burning against the rawness on the top of my mouth, all the while being interrogated by family re what goes down at "rages" having seen the media hype that Easter weekend.
And did anyone else think...
Prodigy 4... Outdoor
Prodigy 5... Beehive
..and then,
Prodigy 6... Pick Up Sticks? ;D
Anyway, fond memories. :love:
Oldskooler
08-May-06, 06:18pm
I'm 30 in September this year.. urrrr.. held on to those 20s as hard as I could for as long as I could, but alas.. time shall weary me.
Went to my first techno clubs here in the west in '92, before going to my first rave at the end of that year.
Rinsed it hard in clubs and raves until 1997 when I decided I'd had enough.
Turned 40 in Febuary. Still listen to Rave tapes all the time. Would love to go and check one out again just for the heck of it. Maybe someone could organise an old skoolers reunion rave.
Minsky
Oldskooler
11-May-06, 06:29pm
Turned 40 in Febuary. Still listen to Rave tapes all the time. Would love to go and check one out again just for the heck of it. Maybe someone could organise an old skoolers reunion rave.
Minsky
I do one every year for my birthday in September - gather up the geriatric DJs and get them to dust off the old classics - strictly nothing past 1992.
Only problem is for most of you its a long way to Perth! :P
I do one every year for my birthday in September - gather up the geriatric DJs and get them to dust off the old classics - strictly nothing past 1992.
Only problem is for most of you its a long way to Perth! :P
Gotta let me know when it is on, never know I just might make the trip, it would make for a good holiday.
sasha_p
12-May-06, 09:00am
i'm not oldskool cos i only started in 97 (but have long since finished :P) and am (only?!?) 27 but got into the historical side of things when i was going to uni with the brothers and cousins of the buck rogers ravers- subsequently became good friends with guys like blocka and john koumo (if any of you guys know them??). then met another older crew through my now ex girlfriend.., ended up building a pretty good knowledge of it all and a pretty extensive music collection by spending many hours hunting through second hand shops, dubbing tapes and buying up records when guys like vic and mark dynamix started selling theirs...,
anyway what i want to know is how you guys cope with aging- because frankly, the thought of turning 30 terrifies me :|
and daniel- did brett really call prodigy 6 'pick up sticks??' cos i remember talking to him once and he was saying he tried to rhyme the themes with the numbers
dolphin72
12-May-06, 09:41am
Wow, im not the oldest... PHEWWW!!!!!
Im 33 and I started to get into the scene in 1990, cant remember the first party i ever went to, but remember going to the hordon, homebush, alexandria... to name but a few... bring back to old days!!!!!
Spectrum
12-May-06, 10:25am
I do one every year for my birthday in September - gather up the geriatric DJs and get them to dust off the old classics - strictly nothing past 1992.
Only problem is for most of you its a long way to Perth! :P
Keep us posted. We'll make it if work permits.
Spectrum
12-May-06, 10:33am
did brett really call prodigy 6 'pick up sticks??' cos i remember talking to him once and he was saying he tried to rhyme the themes with the numbers
Nope. :lol: That was only what we dubbed it as before it was even announced. Pretty funny though.
If my memory serves me well, it was NYE'95 and was given the name Prodigy 6 - Rave Paragon, or something like that. It was held in a massive warehouse around Rosehill Racecourse, getting off the train at Clyde. Seemed like the venue was too big, the stage off-centre, with large curtains trying to sections to make it work better. I think Southend and/or Vision4/5 played that night too.
The moment the clock struck midnight, I was crammed into a portaloo with my girlfriend of the day.
Class. :| ;D
Spectrum
12-May-06, 10:39am
anyway what i want to know is how you guys cope with aging- because frankly, the thought of turning 30 terrifies me :|
The older I get, the more I realise how little I change. Hitting 30 was the same me that hit 25 half-a-decade earlier. Same memories, only some more great experiences under my belt.
So pretty much, it's the same "me" the whole time, so all's good...
...until I see club photos of today and it looks like a Year 10 school dance. :|
akashanelson
12-May-06, 10:40am
hehehehe... you dirty old fart
anyway what i want to know is how you guys cope with aging- because frankly, the thought of turning 30 terrifies me
My First big rave was Colossus at Homebush (I started Raving late compared to others I hung out with and knew) Had been to a few smaller ones before that. My Brother, 8 Years younger than me was an old Schooler from the Ziggurat days.
I no longer Rave. Got out of the scene just after I met my wife. As for how do I cope with getting old? Well to me it's all good. I have my memories and the music still.
A few of my fondest memories are the rave in the old Allen's Factory on Gardiners Rd? Got closed down after about an hour and everyone ended up in Sydney park. No Music at the start except what came out of the cars in the Car Park.
Another was the rave in the old Wheat Cylos near Pyrmont.
I have many many more fond memories.
Was anyone else at these two?
Michael
akashanelson
12-May-06, 11:17am
Another was the rave in the old Wheat Cylos near Pyrmont.
I have many many more fond memories.
Was anyone else at these two?
Michael
The 1st Ecky Thump - Jam Jams party :thumb:
Spectrum
12-May-06, 11:22am
A few of my fondest memories are the rave in the old Allen's Factory on Gardiners Rd? Got closed down after about an hour and everyone ended up in Sydney park. No Music at the start except what came out of the cars in the Car Park.
Was going to say, Space Cadet 33 1/3, but I think that was Botany Road, and I can't recall exactly where it ended up, but I remember one morning hitting up the tail end of a Vibe Tribe gig at Sydney Park. Damn these memories arre hazy!
If I recall, the beginning of Sydney Park's Sundaze, was following a gig at the Crystal Palace, Broadway, with a few car stereos into the sunrise. The next week, it was generator and decks and the legend was born. People dancing on rickety brick stacks. Not sure how often it was used before that.
Another was the rave in the old Wheat Cylos near Pyrmont.
Ecky Thump, maybe?
Never been to this venue. Think it was used in the real early rave days ('91/'92?) also.
Spectrum
12-May-06, 11:27am
hehehehe... you dirty old fart
Hahah!!! I didn't say they were attractive! :lol:
Most need a good slap around their heads for wearing belts up around their chests and for looking so uptight and self concious as they try and maintain some sense of dignity as their semi-drawn curtains flap across their fronts. :slap:
It's all good. :lol:
sasha_p
12-May-06, 11:29am
sydney's changed so much in the last 10 years.., particularly south sydney. units everywhere now, no more rages...
akashanelson
12-May-06, 11:30am
Hahah!!! I didn't say they were attractive! :lol:
Most need a good slap around their heads for wearing belts up around their chests and for looking so uptight and self concious as they try and maintain some sense of dignity as their semi-drawn curtains flap across their fronts. :slap:
It's all good. :lol::lol: :lol:
akashanelson
12-May-06, 11:33am
Ecky Thump, maybe?
Never been to this venue. Think it was used in the real early rave days ('91/'92?) also.
If Mike is refering to post 94 it was Ecky Thump
Ecky Thump, maybe?
Never been to this venue. Think it was used in the real early rave days ('91/'92?) also.
I think it was Ecky Thump.
Went to way to many parties in such a short time, most of them blurred into one big party.
Anyone remember the one that was in an underground Carpark on Broadway opposite Central Railway station?
[QUOTE=minsky]I think it was Ecky Thump.
QUOTE] Yes you are right it was Space Cadet 33 1/3 on Botany Road, My Mistake. I know what you mean about the haze.
Spectrum
12-May-06, 11:46am
Anyone remember the one that was in an underground Carpark on Broadway opposite Central Railway station?
Hmm... struggling here. Was it Peak (circa August 1994)? This was the next night after a great party down in Canbera on the lawns of the ANU the night before. Went to both, including the drive there and back, so a little weary by the end. :lol:
Met my wife at Peak, not sure if it was a carpark or not, but it was around Broadway.
Met my wife at Peak, not sure if it was a carpark or not, but it was around Broadway.
It was around that time. If it was the same one I remember it as an underground Carpark. Entrance was on George Street??
Took my first Cali at that one.
Only other one I remember around that area was in a vacant lot surrounded by buildings behind a pub on Harris street. You entered via a short narrow alley. They were giving out MACH 5 tapes that night.
akashanelson
12-May-06, 11:58am
Only other one I remember around that area was in a vacant lot surrounded by buildings behind a pub on Harris street. You entered via a short narrow alley. They were giving out MACH 5 tapes that night.Agincourt baby - Jurasic Rave
Lenny Dee headlined it.
Agincourt baby - Jurasic Rave
Lenny Dee headlined it.
That's the one. Man. You guys have a much better memory than I do. I Must be getting old, either that or mine was trashed at the time.
I guess it is both.
Spectrum
12-May-06, 12:27pm
Agincourt baby - Jurasic Rave
Lenny Dee headlined it.
And where the "chill out" room went harder than the main floor.
Geoff Da Chef was heard to grab the platter and spin it to wind the beats up well past 200 BPM! Stupid music! :lol:
Loved the Agincourt. Large, open air, and it was "ours"! Good times.
Ahh it's all coming back now. I remember the Chill out room now.
Anyone else used to get down to the Bondi Hotel and was it the Paragon on Wednesday night in the city near Darling Harbour? My Fav though was the underground at the cross.
M
Msraver
12-May-06, 12:52pm
anyway what i want to know is how you guys cope with aging- because frankly, the thought of turning 30 terrifies me :|
and daniel- did brett really call prodigy 6 'pick up sticks??' cos i remember talking to him once and he was saying he tried to rhyme the themes with the numbersI'm 40 next year and honestly, I just CAN NOT believe it. I don't look it, not nearly, thank goodness. I feel like someone in my mid to late 20's. I'm not stressed about turning 40 at all, I'm just... amazed.
I did a huge mid-life crisis at 30 and don't think I will be going through anything like that again. Back then I was in a rotten relationship, with friends I couldn't trust. Made some changes there, find myself in a different place now. I'm soo much more self confident.
So please, relax about turning 30. There are plenty of other major birthdays for you to stress about in your future, I'm sure.
And I still go clubbing, every 6 weeks or so these days.
As for the Prodigy parties:
Prodigy 5 - the Beehive
Prodigy 6 - Rave Paragon (incredible party, best NYE ever!!!)
Prodigy 7 - 7th Heaven
Prodigy 8 - Accelerate - advertised but never happened, I think?...
DomJuan
12-May-06, 03:58pm
As for the Prodigy parties:
Prodigy 5 - the Beehive
Prodigy 6 - Rave Paragon (incredible party, best NYE ever!!!)
Prodigy 7 - 7th Heaven
Prodigy 8 - Accelerate - advertised but never happened, I think?...
Prodigy 1-A Rave of extraordinary force
Prodigy 2-The first true winter rave
Prodigy 3-Rave Trilogy
Prodigy 4-Outdoor
Prodigy 5-The Beehive
Prodigy 6-Rave Paragon
Prodigy 7-The Seventh sign
Prodigy 8-The Return(it did happen)
:thumb:
skewiffed_beats
12-May-06, 09:51pm
Agincourt baby - Jurasic Rave
Lenny Dee headlined it.
Thanks for the memory jolt.
It was a great venue especially when they were building the new ABC building. I went tripping through the scaffold a few times. Chased by security. They lost me I lost them I will never know :lol:
I am entering my 16th year of not going to pubs :lol:
A genuine R.O.T.
Cosmica
12-May-06, 11:03pm
I`m glad I`m not the oldest one here!
Miss Jax
13-May-06, 12:24pm
Nope. :lol: That was only what we dubbed it as before it was even announced. Pretty funny though.
If my memory serves me well, it was NYE'95 and was given the name Prodigy 6 - Rave Paragon, or something like that. It was held in a massive warehouse around Rosehill Racecourse, getting off the train at Clyde. Seemed like the venue was too big, the stage off-centre, with large curtains trying to sections to make it work better. I think Southend and/or Vision4/5 played that night too.
The moment the clock struck midnight, I was crammed into a portaloo with my girlfriend of the day.
Class. :| ;D
Ha! And for the record, that girlfriend wasn't me!
Yeah, rave paragon - what a let down of a name. And it was Southend that played.
Venue was filthy - my pants had 3 inches of water and dirt on them by the time we left. :lol:
Miss Jax
13-May-06, 12:30pm
It was around that time. If it was the same one I remember it as an underground Carpark. Entrance was on George Street??
Took my first Cali at that one.
Only other one I remember around that area was in a vacant lot surrounded by buildings behind a pub on Harris street. You entered via a short narrow alley. They were giving out MACH 5 tapes that night.
That was the one. Spectrum said a rushed "hello" then ran away not to be seen again until the next day when he came to my house (not far from said carpark!), turned my stereo up full volume with "the future", woke up my flatmates, then promptly fell asleep on my bed!
Redeemed himself the following week by calling me and offering me a lift to Pleasuredome. Bless.
Also waaaay too many times spent at the underground. Those definately were the days *sigh*
Msraver
13-May-06, 04:55pm
If my memory serves me well, it was NYE'95 and was given the name Prodigy 6 - Rave Paragon, or something like that. It was held in a massive warehouse around Rosehill Racecourse, getting off the train at Clyde. Seemed like the venue was too big, the stage off-centre, with large curtains trying to sections to make it work better. I think Southend and/or Vision4/5 played that night too.I had the most incredible NYE of my life at that party. So it's interesting to hear other people's memories of it don't concur.
I remember I got off the train at Clyde and the train station attendant looked at me and said "Tell me you're not going to the same party as all those weird people" and I said "Yup."
I don't remember Southend being there, but definitely Vision 4/5 - they played that "Everything You Need" song and did quite an interesting show with a screen projection up the back that had visuals, like flames coming out where the guys' hands were. (Yes, I was on acid at the time, but yes, this was really happening.)
I was still somewhat tripping when the sun came up and when I walked outside with my friend we looked at all the cars parked in the street and thought they were completely smashed up.
Spectrum
13-May-06, 09:06pm
I had the most incredible NYE of my life at that party. So it's interesting to hear other people's memories of it don't concur.
Yeah, that's cool. :) And fair enough, it was a party with a grand-scale production and acts...
...plus it went all night too, uninterrupted! :thumb:
Yeah, it is interesting how: different people, different verdicts. It's so hard to remain objective and not let the emotions (good/bad/indifferent) cloud the experience. Only *you* know how it was for *you*! :lol:
It was the end of 95, wasn't it, or was it end of 94? Either way, a very messy - though unforgettably fun - couple of years, and perhaps I just needed time out to let the friends, music, and myself develop into something new, fresh, different.
And when the weekends were starting 5pm Friday and finishing midnight Sundays, week in, week out during that era, it would have taken a pretty special NYE to get a full grasp of my undivided attention.
Anyway, still had fun, and certainly enough fun to grab my obligatory Tropical Gatorade in the 500ml bottle from the servo the other side of the walkway bridge the next morning. :)
All this old-skool talk has had many feelings of "back then" come flooding in. Such good trip* back.
*cheap tricks!! You take 'em, you will die, ok?!! :lol:
Spectrum
13-May-06, 09:10pm
That was the one. Spectrum said a rushed "hello" then ran away not to be seen again until the next day when he came to my house (not far from said carpark!), turned my stereo up full volume with "the future", woke up my flatmates, then promptly fell asleep on my bed!
Redeemed himself the following week by calling me and offering me a lift to Pleasuredome. Bless.
Also waaaay too many times spent at the underground. Those definately were the days *sigh*
<...mmmwhah!!!> :love:
akashanelson
13-May-06, 09:18pm
... get a room :lol:
Spectrum
13-May-06, 10:11pm
... get a room :lol:
hahaha! :drool: Yeah mate, we'll definitely be in touch should we get our annual October "business" trip this year. We'll know in the next month or two. Even if we don't, we may just book a trip regardless.
So desperate to see what tapes are tucked away. I know there's a hefty shopping bag's worth.
Got the feeling my "Wicked - Paul Holden" tape - my first - may have regrettably disappeared along the way.
Still hanging to hear some mid-90s German-esque trance, ala HiShock stylee again.
akashanelson
13-May-06, 10:17pm
He has them for sale on his web site http://www.cia.com.au/hishock/
Spectrum
14-May-06, 12:45am
He has them for sale on his web site http://www.cia.com.au/hishock/
Hey, cheers for that.
Threw me when I read he got started in 1996 (typo - should read 1986, I'm sure).
The "flyer" section is pretty neat, including links to various scans of the orginal flyers.
Just gotta work out the tape ordering system... no links? Can't see 'em in the shop? Need to get out more?
Thanks for the link. :)
akashanelson
14-May-06, 09:34am
Hey, cheers for that.
Just gotta work out the tape ordering system... no links? Can't see 'em in the shop? Need to get out more?
Thanks for the link. :)They are all priced under their various genre's.
http://www.cia.com.au/hishock/hishock.htm
Then, I guess you've got to send him an email with the name of the mix you want. I've been tempted, but aud20+ for an unlicensed demo is too steep for me.
Mr HiShock if you visit ITM, the pre 96 stuff should be hosted here (esp the Totem mixes)
http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=154290
Join the ranks of your peers and preserve our rave history!!!
Speaking of Totem I've gotta a Gemma mix lying around somewhere.....
25.. too young to have any "real" rave memories.. but i have the tapes passed down from an older sibling to pretend I was there! Sis used to come home and say.. "mannn you would have loooved this party". And I'd be like... ahhhhh shheeeettt. The closest I got to the scene was Pump at the Apia Club in 1995. haha. Not terribly oldskool, but you only need exposure to the music and you're hooked. hehe. Remember seeing Dye Witness live there tho. "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 wana do wada want all night"... no idea what he really says. LOL! Ahhh those were the days. I guess since I wasn't lucky enough to have made those real memories that's why my friends and I have started to revive our own oldskool scene. You guys should come to one of our parties some time. We try to get through as many absolute belters and classics each time.. whilst not forgetting the less common, but must play ones. Bit of Elephant Paw.. Space Party People.. Fun Tribe etc.
Yeah im 26 and fall in the same category! wish i could have been there with you guys! have some older mates who tell stories damn it would have beed good. but the music and the feelings live on!
Msraver
15-May-06, 12:12am
Only *you* know how it was for *you*! :lol:
It was the end of 95, wasn't it, or was it end of 94?
It was goooood for me. Lucky I can remember any of it clearly.
Yes, it was NYE 94/95...
Went to the first Warehouse Rave party in Adelaide called Warehouse 1 in 1989
Was playing in clubs June 1989 and still cranking it 17 years later at 34 years of age
krafty_x
19-May-06, 04:35pm
32.
First parties were in the bush at the North Coast of NSW in 1991 and raves during my semester breaks in Sydney.
First one was a Raving Butterfly production at the Motor Museum from memory but I could be wrong. Memory's a little hazy.
k_x oxo
five five five
25-May-06, 09:05pm
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Brett Mavric
06-Jun-06, 01:54am
Hi to you all "old skoolers". Brett here just wanting to say thanks for all the respect on here and like you i have missed the old days. when you have been so high i life it is very hard to top and other times become naturally boring. I always consider that it was an amazing time shared by many to have an experience in life that not all will have. Thats about it really.
Dont forget Prodigy 7 (the 7th sign) and Prodigy 8 - (the Return).
Are there any questions you guys have?
DomJuan
06-Jun-06, 04:04pm
Are there any questions you guys have?
Can i get a copy of the video you have.Someone stole mine.
How you been btw,talk soon.......
Dom
robin banks
14-Jun-06, 02:29am
Im 32
First party i went to was Life (I think) at the Dome.
Went to most of the prodigy parties Awesome..except the last one
Phycosis parties
anything by the welsh embasy, A+A, Raving Butterfly
Dave Kirkpatrick always threw mad parties
Quite Earth
Flim Flam
Mixed Beans
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Happy Valley 1+2+3
Sweet Science (My mate asked his missus to mary him)
Bounce at the Tom Tom club ..turned into the underground
Lenny Dee at Bounce..holy shit there was only about 20 people there but he played one of the most
amazing sets ive ever seen.
the Eden Parties were heaps of fun
I remember the first one had a massive snake you could run around inside of
A jumpy castle and this weird maze made out of skewers and balls of clay
(got lost in there for a while, nothing to do with blurry vision)
Ov the Earth Tribe Parties
Carnival of the mind
Amageddon... Carl Cox 3 deck mind blowing madness in a whare house that was litterally falling down around us from the BASS
Mayday 1+2
Midnight maddness
Pure
Space cadet parties were fun, one in particular, where the warehouse only had a half a roof
so they had 44 gallon drums all blazed up to keep us from freezing our asses off.
Buck rogers ravers they wernt to badd.
Smurf Villiage.
Yippie Kai yay Mother fucker...was fun except for the stairs
Star Wars
MDMA
Field of Dreams
The infamous Graffitti Hall of fame (RIP) recoverys and sitting under the E Tree
In the public school across the road
I also spent a year in Perth when I was 17 and ran into some seriously sick Raves
cant remember the names of... Telepathy was one of em.
I remember the flyer was just a hand drawn foto copy type of affair
with a map on the back..
turned out to be one of the sickest parties ever. Massive wharehouse rammed,
Huge walls of speakers, massive lighting rig, and they had built this huge wooden Pyramid
right in the middle of the dancefloor you could climb up and dance on.
Coppers were there all night but didnt shut it down till about 6-7 in the mornin
10 bux on the door..
(what ever happened to prices like that)
I could go on but its late
anyway
i had a misspent youth and proud of it
Dias_303
23-Jun-06, 10:58am
Crikeys....here we go!
My first big dance party was the Rat party which Grace Jones played at on NYE 1988 - I was 17.
My first rave was probably around 1990. Does anyone out there remember the "Whole of the moon" or "Hole in the Moon" party which was put on by some crazy poms out near Windsor Rd? It was about 6 months before Happy Valley 1.
Happy Valley 1 was insane. Anyone who was there was involved in a magical piece of history. We need to try an preserve the tales and photos etc etc. I still have much of the music on vinyl and even more on tape - but I don't have any photos. Please - if anyone has any photos - please share what you have.
Other parties that should also be mentioned include Tribal II out at Glenworth Valley way - this was an awesome party, firmly etched into my mind.....I have vivid memories of the sun rising and that track Mayday, mayday, mayday, mayday going off. People just going absoultely bonkers! I can even remember names and faces of people I haven't seen for over a decade......
Anyone remember Sweet Science out in some semi-rural area inside a giant air filled greenhouse?? It was cold - but a great night.
All the Alexandria, Mascot and Botany parties are now all a big blur - but Sweet Science, Tribal, Mixed Beans, Welsh Embassy, the SUB parties by Sudeep, the Mike Jay parties - Ov thee earth tribe etc were just sick.....the wheat silos at Glebe Island were unbelievable. I saw ELVIS there!!!!
O'Malleys on Sunday mornings were also most important back then....I actually used to DJ in the early days there......anyone remember me? My name is Raff. I also used to play in a two-man techno outfit at some raves - Tribal, Sub, PUNOS. We were called DIAS. If anyone remembers - please drop me a line!
I could go on forever.....but this is already getting a tad long!
Ahhh......great days they were......
Cheers,
Raff
the wheat silos at Glebe Island were unbelievable. I saw ELVIS there!!!!
I went to a rave in one of the Silos at Glebe Island. the one I went to was around 93-95. From what I recall I had fantastic night.:tripping:
I Believe that raves were held there earlier than that so you may have been to one of the earlier ones than I was at.
DomJuan
23-Jun-06, 01:43pm
- Ov thee earth tribe etc were just sick.....the wheat silos at Glebe Island were unbelievable. I saw ELVIS there!!!!
Raff
I saw him as well.That was one trippy party to say the least.In my top five parties ever.
I'm 37 soon and my first party was Fantasy in Fun at the Hordern in April 1989. Most memorable parties for me where Armageddon @ Hordern, Step Back 1 & 2 @ Alexandria, Summer 1 & 2 @ Alexandria, Beyond @ Homebush, most Saturday nights at DCM in 1990. When I think about it there are too many to list.. I kept clubbing right up to 1999, even got to go to Pacha to see David Morales and Carl Cox in Ibiza 1998. I still love the tunes and have decks setup in the garage and 13 crates of tunes.. It gets a little hard to get on em' though with 3 kids and a wife to keep entertained.
I'm 29 - first rave June 22, 1996 - Sweet Liberty next to an airfield in Western Sydney.
Dias, if you're looking for old party photos (happy valley etc), there are some on another thread. I saw them yesterday...Maybe on the old-school flyers thread? They're here somewhere...someone dug them up and put them on.
Dias_303
30-Jun-06, 09:57am
Dias, if you're looking for old party photos (happy valley etc), there are some on another thread. I saw them yesterday...Maybe on the old-school flyers thread? They're here somewhere...someone dug them up and put them on.
Cool - thanks!
Will have a squizz now!
Dias_303
30-Jun-06, 10:04am
Cool - thanks!
Will have a squizz now!
Whoahh - thanks NK17!!!
I've found heaps of flashie backie materials!! The O'Malleys flyer has my name on it (Raf) - man I remember those days like they were yesterday!
Also The Punos flyer has my band on it (DIAS) as we played at a couple of Punos parties and were responsible for the name and logo......
Good to see people remember!
G0ldyL0x
03-Jul-06, 11:55pm
I'm 31, started clubbing at 16 (well technically was still 15), so that would be 1990. Thats when i also went to my first rave, rather hazy as to what the actual event was. just a natural progression from me loving 80's pop dance. HAven't looked back since ;)
gymboxer
06-Jul-06, 07:11pm
Probably the first dance party as such I went to was a RAT party in late 1988, or early 1989, in Brisbane. Unfortunately it was a failure - Brisbane just wasn't ready for it.
I had been clubbing since 1981 at that point - it was so different to what it all became....
There were gay parties I went to in the 1980s, but they were primarily focussed on what would now be called commercial dance.
With long periods of being into completely different scenes, I have been back into the dance scene since the late 1990s. I am 42 (Remarkably, given my history, I dont quite look it).
:zabiela:
Spectrum
06-Jul-06, 08:50pm
I am 42 :zabiela:
Oldest old skooler ever! ;)
Welcome to the club.
:)
gymboxer
07-Jul-06, 12:57pm
Oldest old skooler ever! ;)
Welcome to the club.
:)
i often head out with a guy from Holland who now lives in Brisbane and he is over 50!
We just love the music of today. :)
Spectrum
07-Jul-06, 09:15pm
i often head out with a guy from Holland who now lives in Brisbane and he is over 50!
We just love the music of today. :)
Awesome... A couple of years back, we went to a birdy party day pub/club recovery thingy for a guy turning 50! A very trashy day/night was to eventuate... And we're only around 1 1/2 decades away ourselves, and can see us partying into 5-0 in style too. :lol:
robin banks
12-Jul-06, 12:34am
at my 50th Ill be havin
A massive system
maybe the new Turbo flashlight rig. flown from either side of the Dj booth,
Subs and fill scattered throughout the venue for maximum sound quality
20 mac 2 k's hung from a 5 pointed moving star hung directly over the dancefloor
surounded by 5 automated truss' with.....
PoyntToo
12-Jul-06, 02:49am
I am 26 but I started in '92, they were some good times.... From what i can remember
:p
at my 50th Ill be havin
A massive system
maybe the new Turbo flashlight rig. flown from either side of the Dj booth,
Subs and fill scattered throughout the venue for maximum sound quality
20 mac 2 k's hung from a 5 pointed moving star hung directly over the dancefloor
surounded by 5 automated truss' with.....
Wot? No terror-strobes?
Spectrum
12-Jul-06, 10:47pm
I am 26 but I started in '92, they were some good times.... From what i can remember
:p
You were ravin' at parties at the age of 12?
How did you get through your secondary schooling?
PoyntToo
12-Jul-06, 10:55pm
You were ravin' at parties at the age of 12?
How did you get through your secondary schooling?
I didnt really do to well at school... Thats why I am a chef now!!! :P I didnt hit raving really hard untill 94 and I didnt find out about chemies untill about 96, so its not as hectic as it sounds, but I watched the scene progress from 92.
Spectrum
12-Jul-06, 11:37pm
Cool mate. 8)
robin banks
14-Jul-06, 02:58am
Wot? No terror-strobes?
how could i forget
terror strobes for as far as the eye can see...and .ummm
lasers lots of lasers.full colour badboys, all round the dj booth..
which is suspended from the ceiling above the dancefloor..
and Massive video walls, playing twisted visuals
and..
;]
PoyntToo
15-Jul-06, 09:26am
I'm 37 soon and my first party was Fantasy in Fun at the Hordern in April 1989. Most memorable parties for me where Armageddon @ Hordern, Step Back 1 & 2 @ Alexandria, Summer 1 & 2 @ Alexandria, Beyond @ Homebush, most Saturday nights at DCM in 1990. When I think about it there are too many to list.. I kept clubbing right up to 1999, even got to go to Pacha to see David Morales and Carl Cox in Ibiza 1998. I still love the tunes and have decks setup in the garage and 13 crates of tunes.. It gets a little hard to get on em' though with 3 kids and a wife to keep entertained.
Respects man
miss dj
15-Jul-06, 07:55pm
I'm 27, and i came into the rave scene in 94' when i was 15. Loved it!! Never looked back.
robin banks
22-Jul-06, 01:16pm
Was gonna say..... :)
And Jumping castles ..lots of em
so we can Bounce
DS Nixa
25-Jul-06, 12:43am
I'm 31. First really got into the rave scene in 93 when I was 18 when I moved to the UK. I never really paid any attention to flyers, what it was called or where we were going. i lived in beaconsfield for a while and used to go to some dancehall about 45 mins away somewhere which got converted to a rave most weekends with about 2000 ppl. I remember lots of outdoor raves... bought a tape set from a universal gig. Then I moved to London and went to various very dodgy underground clubs. There used to be one in Wandsworth I went to a lot until too many ppl got shot and it was shut down. Laserdome in crystal palace (I think) was also pretty dodgy. Then I stepped out of the scene completely for a few years and survived on pirate radio stations (kissfm before it become proper like!). I returned to Perth and after a while got back into the scene with a passion and started learning who the Dj's were and the new genres that had emerged and going back and rediscovering the names of old skool tunes that I had lost. Now I have my decks at home and a healthy vinyl addiction. The last 3 clubbing yrs have been the best years of my life. I definately love it more now than when I was younger. Music is my first love it will always be my last! I would love to run a radio station or a club but am currently completing a law degree and would love to combine this with my passion for music/dancing/entertainment somehow.
thanks for listening!
RadioDog
30-Jul-06, 01:23am
Hi my name is Rob, I'm 33 this year and I'm a reformed raver ;D
My first rave was Ov Thee Earth Tribe by Tribal and Virtual Bass. Hit the parties pretty hard in 1993. Welcome 93 at the State Sports Centre (Felix!), Birth down at 77 William Street, Chaos at the corner of O'Riorden St and Botany Road, Tribal's First Birthday (the hardcore room was two shipping containers end on), Carnival Ov Thee Mind in the everleigh railway yards, Vic on the Park on Sundays, the Prodigy parties, the Grafitti Hall of Fame (R.I.P), Mixed Beans, freedom 2 at Darling Harbour (with DJ Edge playing trumpet in the crowd!), Pure (with those interesting flyers). I'm surprised I can remember that much! Started throwing parties easter of 1994, and it all went a bit haywire from there ...
I'm rambling again. Sorry.
Chizzle
05-Aug-06, 10:27pm
Was going to say, Space Cadet 33 1/3, but I think that was Botany Road, and I can't recall exactly where it ended up, but I remember one morning hitting up the tail end of a Vibe Tribe gig at Sydney Park. Damn these memories arre hazy!
If I recall, the beginning of Sydney Park's Sundaze, was following a gig at the Crystal Palace, Broadway, with a few car stereos into the sunrise. The next week, it was generator and decks and the legend was born. People dancing on rickety brick stacks. Not sure how often it was used before that.
Ecky Thump, maybe?
Never been to this venue. Think it was used in the real early rave days ('91/'92?) also.
Oh man you are bringing back some great memories!
I'm 27, and my first rave was Pleasuredome 1994. Another rave that had a major effect on me was Field of Dreams 3, at the Alexandria Basketball Stadium - so much so I bought a house a few streets away and I take my dog for walks to the stadium. It's a place that hold some found memories...
Ecky Thump in 1995 was wicked. I went to the first 2 down at the silos in Balmain - every time I drive past now I get a huge grin on my head and one day I'd like to live in one of those big old houses in Glebe that over looks the silos so I can remember those nights every time I look out my window. What an adventure they were! I believe the original party in the silos was called Eon.
Anyone used to go to the Hardcore Cafe?
xoxChizzle
Chizzle
05-Aug-06, 10:29pm
It was around that time. If it was the same one I remember it as an underground Carpark. Entrance was on George Street??
Took my first Cali at that one.
Only other one I remember around that area was in a vacant lot surrounded by buildings behind a pub on Harris street. You entered via a short narrow alley. They were giving out MACH 5 tapes that night.
I still have that tape!!!
;D
soundmind
07-Aug-06, 10:09pm
From what i can remember :p
Hee hee. I turn Three-One this month and was a mere 17 when I danced like a fucking lunatic all night long at my first party, the Melbourne Love Parade with Dr. Motte at Sektor 3 in '93. And I remember most of it :]
markeee
27-Aug-06, 12:15am
wow, i missed this thread, only saw it because i am currently stalking digital hippie.
32 in september, first rave was psycosis III
went to every rave for the next few years before ending up ... well that's another story.
*goes back to stalking.
further_ahem
28-Aug-06, 01:05pm
Im 35 (two weeks ago) and my first party was Levitation (90 or 91 - a little hazy there)
Msraver
01-Sep-06, 07:53pm
Another rave that had a major effect on me was Field of Dreams 3, at the Alexandria Basketball Stadium - so much so I bought a house a few streets away and I take my dog for walks to the stadium. It's a place that hold some found
I'm impressed, that's had some effect on you. I went to FOD 3 too. I always think of it when travelling thru Alexandria, even though it wasn't one of my personal faves. FOD 4 was though.
robin banks
03-Sep-06, 11:42am
wasnt fod 3 in ultimo ?
in the old car/motorbike museum thingy
mmmm might of been been 2 now i think about it
Msraver
04-Sep-06, 08:13pm
Robin, it was at Alexandria basketball stadium.
22 now... got into it round 98/99....
Msraver
05-Sep-06, 05:55pm
Some of us are now 39. One year off 40, wow, unbelievable.
Some of us are now 39. One year off 40, wow, unbelievable.
And some of us are 40 heading for 41 :(
Msraver
06-Sep-06, 08:16pm
And some of us are 40 heading for 41 :(
Oh, cool, someone (marginally) older than me on the oldskool forums! I salute you! :thumb:
Yep. I'm 39. I can't believe it was all so long ago. I started clubbing when I was 15 - in those days it was the Exchange, Patches etc. Somehow I didn't get over the bug and kept going through to about 1995 having been through the Hordern era, Dancedeleriums, and then the whole M25, Flim Flam, Welcome scene etc etc. Used to love the Cricketers and Lord Roberts on a Sunday afternoon, and any party put on by the Welsh Embassy. (Zippy and Mark u rocked even if I couldn't understand you). Best rave venue: 'Bourke St' and 'Mascot'. I rmember Welcome something or other and Happy Valley (all of them) the best. Well, maybe I don't really remember them... Now I'm getting all misty eyed...
klumsy0ne
19-Sep-06, 12:09am
Im now 30, i started raving in 1991 ( virtual reality )
almost every party after that until 1993 then on and off , stopping in 1995.
virtuall reality
pitstop 2
two prodigy parties
more than one tribal including the last dance
that one that ended up at the graphiti hall with lenny d
welkome 92
at least one party called chaos
one at sydney uni
one at ultimo (later 2 become hardcore cafe)
all of these in sydney homebush/alexandria ect.
i had so many raves tapes and now they have all gone,
given and/or stolen by friends and/or bad ppl.
i have recently gone quite mad buying all the oldskool vynil of dodgy websites!
dancerchick
10-Oct-06, 09:29pm
36
Spectrum
11-Oct-06, 12:41am
Less than a week to...
...32.
Heist9000
11-Oct-06, 10:10pm
23, Oldskool at heart
Began listening to the proper stuff after years of taping commercial dance that I dug off the radio. I just happened to hear what i've been told was the first ever JJJ mixup and I was all of a sudden obsessed with finding more of this space-age music with bizzare sounds and manic, high speed drums.
A friend of mine also in yr.7 at school had an older sister who had returned from living in Sydney with a swag of mixtapes which I was overjoyed to get my hands on. Loads of Vagas, Ultrasonic, Paul Holden, Nik Fish, Peewee and some mysterious german trancey ones.
The sounds on these tapes defined my music tastes ever since.
First rave was Atomic NRG in 2001, bleaurgh!
Oh to be born 10 years earlier
cavraver76
13-Oct-06, 08:32pm
30 in december been doin this since 92 and still going strong. just recentley went out 4 a anthems nite. oh the memories that sum of those tunes brought
johnjay
22-Oct-06, 01:54am
87
still hittting the clubs
87
still hittting the clubs
ROFL are they playing Italian House at RSLs now? *Scores feature and stomps to the pokies jingle*
I just read all your stories guys. There are some awesome experiences and wikid memories out there! LOVES IT! Can't wait to read more. Anyways heres mine...
I'm 27. Back in '96 I was working my ass off flipping burgers at Hinchinbrook Maccas while my mates were going hard at parties.
So they had finally convinced me and they told me about this party that was coming up and I couldn't miss it no matter what! So I told work I wasn't available July 6th and 7th and I got me some tickets to Field of Dreams 4.
Man what a crazy first party. We were dropped off in a van but there was still another van full of us to come so the driver had to go back to Livo to get my friends. So a bunch of us just waited outside the front entrance amongst the fairy lights for about an hour. I could hear the bass it sounded wikid! I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. Awesome night.
One of my favourite memories from the night was when the laser girl came out and when she pointed the lasers out to the crowd and the laser went over our heads the bass got louder. I have no idea how they did that.
Anyways from that day on I never worked a w/end again and just went hard '96 - '97 there was always something advertised in 3d world.
I just moved out to Campbelltown 3 or 4 months ago with my g'f of the time. And after a hard days work coming back from the city on the train and passing Minto's Cenntenial Basketball stadium always puts a smile on my face.
AlexFOD4
22-Oct-06, 12:52pm
im 27 ohh dear god first rave mdma and went to almost every party untill the end of 97 grew up in wetheral park westi still there
@ cazpa which high school did u go to ?
i used to know a fair few raves from fairfield area esp the guys from fairfield pats st johns park high edensor park high
nick,fernando,george,johnny,sasha, angelo,miroslav the best dancer i have ever seen and we still reamin a good mates
i remebre ultra sonic played at club marconi my brother went i think it was over 18 if anyone was there
im 27 ohh dear god first rave mdma and went to almost every party untill the end of 97 grew up in wetheral park westi still there
@ cazpa which high school did u go to ?
i used to know a fair few raves from fairfield area esp the guys from fairfield pats st johns park high edensor park high
nick,fernando,george,johnny,sasha, angelo,miroslav the best dancer i have ever seen and we still reamin a good mates
i remebre ultra sonic played at club marconi my brother went i think it was over 18 if anyone was there
Hey mate. My name is Jye. I went to St Johns Park. Spin out. Those name ring a bell. My best friend went to Pats... Johannes.
Yeah man Equinox? Pee Wee, Spellbound! LOL. I use to goto Elevation at the original Sublime too on Pitt St.
AlexFOD4
22-Oct-06, 01:14pm
Hey mate. My name is Jye. I went to St Johns Park. Spin out. Those name ring a bell. My best friend went to Pats... Johannes.
Yeah man Equinox? Pee Wee, Spellbound! LOL. I use to goto Elevation at the original Sublime too on Pitt St.
i knew a mark asian guy from fairfeild pats he was very tall at leat 6.2 cant remebre his last name ahahaha equinox they would play masterplan to death i think that was the platform to raves i used to play soccer for marconi i went to westfields sports high on a soccer scholarship that all went down the drain when i started going to raves i remebre fod4 everyone form fairfield area was going do u remebre that recored store next to fairfield station that fat guy bpm thats where we used buy our tkts from i had just got my lic we drove past fairfield staton there was 5 carloads of us fuck it was packed
You must know one of my best mates then... Dara? He went to Westfields Sports High too! Or maybe you were abit older then us do you know his sister Linna?
BPM records! Man I got my first beat mix there. :p GO THE WESTERN SUBURBS! =)
AlexFOD4
22-Oct-06, 01:36pm
i think i remebre linna was she good friends sarah i think her name was polish chick this is what i herd she changed her sex to become a guy blond chick she used to go to raves also fuck she was sexy. linna would know my mate nick serbian guy dont want say his last name they used to call him fabio cuz he was a pritty boy his my best mate as a matter of fact we are going to hook up in a hour and go to mounities to have a beer his getting married next year and im his best man im sure u know a zena from westfields everyone knows her
Dude..................
Olivia! Yeah of course. Yeah she was gorgous. I use to work with her little sister at KFC Bonnyrigg. Do you have any contact details for Sena I would love to catch up with her and Olivia/Jasper?
Do you have MSN? Add me if you like jyeeatock@hotmail.com
AlexFOD4
25-Oct-06, 08:55pm
Dude..................
Olivia! Yeah of course. Yeah she was gorgous. I use to work with her little sister at KFC Bonnyrigg. Do you have any contact details for Sena I would love to catch up with her and Olivia/Jasper?
Do you have MSN? Add me if you like jyeeatock@hotmail.com
yeah olivia fuck she was sexy b4 the transformation i havent seen sena for years last time was i think @ NY2K @ homebush grate party by the way if anyone went i see a few old skoolers the ones that havent moved from the area from time to time robbie, martin, steve jason if u know them around the area some got married with kids some are getting married 2 or 3 really fucked up junkies i used to see a few faces @ fairfield station when i used to work in the city have a chat catch up and thats about it really apart from a few close mates i used to go to parties with dont really hang out with them anymore i was funny for a mates 27 b'day we got hired decks 2 mates dj put up a big tent hired 2 lasers one green one red and had our own mini rave at his property out in kemps creek we blasted the speakers went to all hours of the morning about 4 months back good fun but my legs and back were fucked lol one of my mates knows steve sub zero he lives out moorebank way his cuts grass at a local prim school sad kunt asked him to play and he wanted 600 we told him to f off wild night
chapcity
30-Oct-06, 09:03am
Hi All, I am new to this I am "Old Skool" 31yrs I like heaps of music such as Ministry, Butthole surfers, Prodigy, The Darkness .
I make HOT Chaps for rockers so if you like check my site.
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Hi All, I am new to this I am "Old Skool" 31yrs I like heaps of music such as Ministry, Butthole surfers, Prodigy, The Darkness .
I make HOT Chaps for rockers so if you like check my site.
www.chapcity.com.au
Welcome to the ITM Old skoolers. :thumb: ;)
Tommy Cola
30-Oct-06, 03:28pm
Went to a party at the Wheat Silos in about 92/93, "Of The Earth Tribe" which was a collaboration with the Tribal guys and the Of the Earth Core team. Kind of warped venue but added to the madness that was.
Tommy Cola
30-Oct-06, 03:31pm
89/90 Rat party was my first big dance party, but Flim Flam in a QANTAS warehouse in Mascot was my first official "Rave". Now aged 31. Meeeeemoriiiiies.
Dj SteveWill
31-Oct-06, 10:12pm
32 and a half now and started in back in 89.
I'm currently in London (still going to raves) and its not uncommon to see people going out to nights over here at 50 and the oldest I have seen is probable 70+
robin banks
03-Nov-06, 02:26am
some one shoot me if im raving at 70...
akashanelson
03-Nov-06, 07:29am
^^f@ck... someone take a picture if I live to 70!!! :lol:
mmiissp
10-Nov-06, 01:05am
Im 28
First party was Tribal down on gardners rd alexandria, Apr 93. Then really took off early 95. Lots on for the next couple of years, the raveland gun thingo, ecky thumps, etc.
Definitely good timez...
anthems junkie
10-Nov-06, 12:37pm
Im 28
First party was Tribal down on gardners rd alexandria, Apr 93. Then really took off early 95. Lots on for the next couple of years, the raveland gun thingo, ecky thumps, etc.
Definitely good timez...
eckythump at the chinese gardens in 98 was wen i first discovered the wonderful world of xtc! ahhh no turning back! such a trippy environment too!
my first big party was freelove 98 - wen i was 15yo. friend and i snuck out and caught the train out to minto and snuck back home afterwards! parents none the wiser!
i have seen a few ppl who look arund 40 at sydney raves - its wierd seeing that. makes me wonder whether i would still be game enuff to go to such an event wen im that age. i know ill still like the music - but i dunno if id go...id like to think i would! spin other ppl out ...tell thme stories about wen i started going to parties, see how the scene/music has changed etc... *imagines the future of parties*
Msraver
13-Nov-06, 09:56am
i have seen a few ppl who look arund 40 at sydney raves - its wierd seeing that. makes me wonder whether i would still be game enuff to go to such an event wen im that age. i know ill still like the music - but i dunno if id go...id like to think i would! spin other ppl out ...tell thme stories about wen i started going to parties, see how the scene/music has changed etc... *imagines the future of parties*
I suspect my clubbing family is the oldest you'll see out and about clubbing in Sydney, we range from mid 20's to mid 40's. The lady who's 46, well if you saw her you'd think she was in her 30's.
I'm often told I don't look my age either, not sure sometimes whether that's the truth or whether it's just 18 year old gurners at 5am in the morning, overloaded on e and excess testosterone flattering my ego, but seriously, I get very tired of being chased around the dancefloor by boys when I'm literally old enough to be their mother! And I tell them so too!
We all still feel pretty confortable being out there on the dancefloor though, don't let anyone else make you feel any different when the time comes.
I might not still be there in 5 years, but I still will be for the next couple of years, for sure.
klumsy0ne
15-Nov-06, 09:46pm
i cannot belive age should b an issue in a conversation about raves. i mean every single rave i went to allways had freaks of all ages,,,,
the 30-40yr old coke`ed out orginiseres,
that at least 50 year old guy in the full military uniform blowing his whistle dancing like a marching band kinda thing,
the 15 year old stupid enuff to belive he wus invincible, (me)
and the 18-20 crew trendsetters , air max , kepper , melbourne shuffle( yes we did it in sydney thank u very much...),
anyway what i guess im feeling , is that raves as i knew them where about dissolving boundries of age and social prejiduce.With a little splash of chemical help(for some of us) and a big serving of choonz dished up with a garnish of parody, this was widley achived.
also, the vibe in clubs is still the same.and its not one i have ever enjoyed.
***im not intending to offend anyone***
fuziwuzi
27-Nov-06, 01:45am
i was in the blue mountains 93-94, we had paul holden and a few other DJ's come up and play. but will always call my first rave hyperbass jan of 95 in Melbourne. it was in a tiny hokcey shed around albert park lake. totally awesome event, was hooked from then. i'm now 33, and back raving after a 8 year hiatus.
coming down to melb in dec for the 2nd time in 10years, can't fooking wait. i soooo love melby.
hey to all the other 'skoolers
PandaMonium
27-Nov-06, 07:08pm
i was in the blue mountains 93-94, we had paul holden and a few other DJ's come up and play. but will always call my first rave hyperbass jan of 95 in Melbourne. it was in a tiny hokcey shed around albert park lake. totally awesome event, was hooked from then. i'm now 33, and back raving after a 8 year hiatus.
coming down to melb in dec for the 2nd time in 10years, can't fooking wait. i soooo love melby.
hey to all the other 'skoolers
Probably was at hyperbass with you Fuzi. (Saw New Order play in the other shed there some years before too - awesome gig!) I'm 43 now... or as I like to put it, celebrating the 13th anniversary of my 30th birthday. At work at the moment, listening to some classic Weirdo from 2000 mixed by Capt'n TinRib! Might see you @ Family fri nite!
Mr Pixilated
28-Nov-06, 10:50pm
Hey old skoolers.
Anyone out there from the north shore crowd '94 - 99?
Pocketesq
28-Nov-06, 11:46pm
30. Got into it during my yr 11-yr 12 days- But really hit it hard during Happy hardcore days of Paul Holden & Nick Fish..Chris Fresh.. Mine naive easily impressed ears to the 3 turntables of DJ Angus.. all time fav tracks like Intermission 6 Days, Starwash Disco Fans and Moby Next is the E.. Lotsa happy vibes and the drugs were so people could keep up to dem 150+ BPMs.. as opposed to these days where I ponder why anyone needs drugs to dance to 123bpm..
TSAR BOMBA MIX
29-Nov-06, 09:32am
32...
First Taken To Rear Of The Palace Aug 1991...
TSAR BOMBA MIX
29-Nov-06, 09:36am
i was in the blue mountains 93-94, we had paul holden and a few other DJ's come up and play. but will always call my first rave hyperbass jan of 95 in Melbourne. it was in a tiny hokcey shed around albert park lake. totally awesome event, was hooked from then. i'm now 33, and back raving after a 8 year hiatus.
coming down to melb in dec for the 2nd time in 10years, can't fooking wait. i soooo love melby.
hey to all the other 'skoolers
HYPERBASS PARTIES ROCKED HARD...
RICHIE PLAYED BRAINCLOUD HOUDINI THERE WHICH WAS THE HIGHLIGHT AND QUAZAAR PLAYING LIVE...
Chizzle
29-Nov-06, 10:19am
Hey old skoolers.
Anyone out there from the north shore crowd '94 - 99?
I used to hang out with some kids from the North Shore... Do you remember Bam (Amber) or Waldo?
Chiz
Chizzle
29-Nov-06, 10:22am
Im 28
First party was Tribal down on gardners rd alexandria, Apr 93. Then really took off early 95. Lots on for the next couple of years, the raveland gun thingo, ecky thumps, etc.
Definitely good timez...
Did you go to Ecky Thumps at the Silos?
Chiz
Mr Pixilated
03-Dec-06, 05:07pm
Hey Chiz,
Don't know those guys. I do remember the raveland gun thing. Spoiled a damn good ecky.
Donnie Darko
03-Dec-06, 07:52pm
19
i enjoy reading about the past of electronica, some great stories
and i love alot of the "older" music, prodigy, orbital, plastikman, richie hawtin, aciiiid...
Spectrum
03-Dec-06, 10:58pm
19
i enjoy reading about the past of electronica, some great stories
and i love alot of the "older" music, prodigy, orbital, plastikman, richie hawtin, aciiiid...
Awwww... such a baby!
And you know I love you anyway. ;)
Yeah, for the new generations, there's plenty of varying styles (fads?) of yesteryear to explore.
Give it another couple of years or so and even elektrohaus will be oldskool.
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