Episode #35: Silver Moon [Progressive Trance 2000]

On December 28, 2000 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported "Officials Cancel Party After Website Bills As Rave." The article then proceeded, "Washington County Fair Park officials have cancelled a contract for a New Year's Eve party after learning that it was being advertised as a rave party on the internet." The internet had become a major marketing tool since it's conception. Since then partykids and even federal & municipal authorities were using the internet to track down local raves. Websites like Hyperreal and email listserves were helping to spread the word of the next upcoming party. The irony is that raves have been historically reserved for those "in the know." In the early days it was hard to find a party unless you knew where to get rave flyers, had already attended events, or were friends with someone else who knew. It was often a matter of finding a local record shop or clothing store in order to find party flyers. However, the internet slowly began to replace this method as more and more people got connected. In 1996, a website called www.ravedata.com was founded by developer Matt Zinicola. The site put in place a real-time searchable database which was essentially a replacement of Hyperreal's "The GRID." The site was finally launched in 1997 and received 1100 hits on it's first day. Shortly after September of 1999 the site took on three regional rave mailing lists: Boston Raves, Florida Raves, and Southeast Raves. The number of subscribers had exceeded 4,000 and by the year 2000 the server was moving more than 500,000 messages per day. Similarly a private website had formed in Pittsburgh, PA which was hosted by Rich Stroud, titled www.lolli.org. The project had it's origin at the end of 1998 and the page was launched in 1999. The focus was to provide another way of communicating online with a single-page messageboard. The site also featured a series of Flash games. Ravers sought this site for entertainment as they played games like "Virtual Rave" or "Raver Beaker." The site was promoted completely by word of mouth and helped establish a tight clique of ravers. The site spawned out of a period where the region was utilizing www.andythepooh.com, PB-CLE or SCRIS. By 2000 www.lolli.org had begun to flesh itself out with the addition of member profiles which were featured in "Da Hood" and "Gangs" which members could use to create private user groups within the site. By late 2000 the site had 4 gangs and approximately 400 users. During the same year a movie titled "Groove" was released, dramatizing the underground warehouse experience in the San Francisco rave scene. The premise of the movie is that through a single email the word spread about a major party to take place at an abandoned warehouse. The movie illustrated many aspects of rave culture from finding a venue and setting up to personal interactions and relationships, tied together with music. The movie became immediately popular but did not receive great reviews. This mix was created at the end of the year 2000 and archived. Afterburn - Frattboy Mainline - Narcotic Steve Gibbs - Azure James Holden - Horizons Filter Tip - Liquid Lunch Gus Gus - Purple (T-World Remix) M.I.K.E. - Someone Somewhere Sonorous - Glass Garden Anjunabeats - Volume 1 (AnjunaDeep Mix)