Episodes
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Episode #43: Battlebots [2002 House & Hard House]
Having learned about the beginnings of the rave scene around the United States the story always seems the same. House music was getting some play throughout the eighties but not quite catching on to the level where it could be played exclusively. Around the turn of the decade at the beginning of...
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Episode #42: Psilocybin
Gil The DJ aka Goal Gil grew up in California through the sixties and was attracted to the San Francisco concert scene ‘s sound & light shows. By 1969 he grew fed up with the number of junkies who had crowded into San Francisco so he moved to India, where he encountered the sadhus – Hinduism’s...
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Episode 41: E-Tard [Hardhouse 1996-2001]
In 1986 the Music Factory Mastermix DJ Service was organized, creating megamixes through a special license. These megamixes were for DJ use and were only available through very strict channels. Some of the earliest mixes were created by Andy Pickles and Martin Smith. A few years after, Amadeus...
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Episode #40: New Frontiers [2001 Trance]
On April 9, 2001 in Houston, Texas the owner of Club Waxx at 101 Leeland began receiving pressure from the local sports authority. The owner, Mike Jacksis, was advised to shut down Club Waxx to make way for a new basketball arena parking garage. Jacksis had intentions of keeping the club open,...
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Episode #39: Down 2 Earth [2001 Progressive Trance]
During the mid-nineties the sound of Northern California’s raves helped received it’s mold by DJs like Jeno, Galen, Solar and Spun. The scene in San Francisco was able to expand rapidly because there were no curfew laws and venues like Homebase and 85th & Baldwin were making it possible to host...
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Episode 0A - Futuristic Method [1913-1964]
“Ancient life was all silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of the machine, Noise was born. Today, Noise triumphs and reigns supreme over the sensibility of men. For many centuries life went by in silence, or at most in muted tones. The strongest noises which interrupted this...
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Episode #38: Agents of Change [2001 Minimal + Ambient]
Underground Resistance was a musical collective from Detroit, Michigan. They were the most militantly political example of Detroit Techno with a grungy sound and an anti-mainstream business strategy. The collective formed near the end of the 80's and related their music to the President Reagan…
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Episode #37: Ravers To The Rescue [2001 breaks]
Lonnie Fisher founded Ultraworld in 1992 after attending several Catastrophic raves that were hosted in DC by the Baez brothers. Ultraworld is known for throwing the first rave in Baltimore city on October 3, 1992 which was titled “Ultraworld Excursions.” The warehouse that this party was hosted…
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Episode 36: Late Night (2001)
The evolution of house music in the UK in the mid 1990s led to the term "garage" to describe the style. It is said to have been previously coined by the Paradise Garage DJs in New York. Artists such as The Artful Dodger and Sillo brought garage music to the mainstream in the UK. Other artists…
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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...
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Episode #34: Vibe Alive [2000 House Music]
During the early years, dissemination of "rave" within North American media was relatively slow. However during the late 1990s noise complaints were waking up neighbors in cities all over the continent. After the 90's more parties had media hype surrounding events as a result of overdoses, and...
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Episode #33: Higher Learning [2000 Tech-House]
Humans have the tendency to demonstrate a need to connect with one another in some form of group activity. For all communities to be psychologically healthy there needs to be a way for people to gather and exchange ideas or expressions as well as share common goals. Primitive humans spent a lot…
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Episode 32: Spiritual Light [1999 Progressive Trance]
The year 1999 was said to have been the major explosion of the global rave culture. Just as the life of stars in our cosmos, the year 1999 built up to one of the last years of the main sequence which carried across the span of a decade. Interest had grown dramatically in the dance & rave scene...
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Episode #31: The Burial [1999 drum & bass]
In 1999 drum & bass some of the most popular drum & bass dj's were AK1200, Dara, Aphrodite, J Smooth and Dieselboy. Along with them was dj's like Shy FX, DJ SS, DB and John B were popular. J. Majik was continuing to innovate, having started his own label known as Infrared a few years prior, he…
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Episode #30: Alien Night 1999 [Techno]
As the nineties rushed on the media hype surrounding raves continued to grow. Daily newspapers as well as the evening news dedicated themselves to attempting to uncover the underground world of the rave scene and educate the public about the events, selling the older demographic on the notion…
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Episode #29: Stargasm [1999 HOUSE]
The untold story of Chicago is that after the birth of house, the city developed a major underground scene that mirrored other areas of the United States. By 1993 the Chicago rave scene had really begun to flourish with parties like 100% Pure Hardcore which featured Phantom 45 & Hyperactive;...
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Episode #7: Field Trip [1990-1992]
House music hit big internationally in 1987. It was popular in most big cities and in New York and Chicago it was primarily played in gay nightclubs. However in San Francisco, the gayest city in the United States, the crowds continued to listen to high energy disco. A lot of people felt that…
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Episode #5: Summer of Love [1989-1991]
1988-1991 was considered "The Summer of Love" because the expression of youth culture and their culmination at mass gatherings reflected the same sort of hedonism seen in the original Summer of Love in San Francisco in the 1960's. During this time warehouse parties began getting busted by the...
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Episode #28: Deep Audio Release [1999]
The underground scene of Australia in the 1980s was made up of artists such as Soho, Planet Patrol, Yaz, and Serious Intention. Many of which were producing a combination of electro, disco and funk. A popular form of dance called the Melbourne shuffle came out of this era. It was a fast heel-toe...
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Episode #27: Future Teknology [1999]
Owner of Marine Parade Records and one-half of the production crew Tsunami One, Adam Feeland, released a breaks album called "Coastal Breaks" in 1996. At that time Freeland, Rennie Pilgrem and Tayo were hosting a party called Friction. They coined the term "nu skool" to describe the music that…
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Episode #26: Liquid Groove [1998]
In 1990 a teenager in Montreal named Ryan Lair had begun his days of partying in the gay house music scene. At the time the only place you could go to hear this type of music was at a club called Crisco. Within a year Ryan found himself promoting for the first rave in Montreal, titled Solstice.…
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Episode #25: Continuum [1998]
As the drum & bass sounds of the mid-nineties began to move towards lighter sounds such as that of intelligent or jazzy drum & bass. In 1996 there was a rise in drum & bass sub-genres such as "hardstep," "techstep," and "darkstep." These were attempts to bring the genre back towards it's darkcore...
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Episode #23: GHETTO HOUSE [1995-1997]
While Cybotron, the first major release from Juan Atkins in Detroit, may be considered the first techno record it is also arguably known as the first electro record. Across the United States, Afrika Bambaataa released "Planet Rock" in 1982 while Hashim released "Al-Naafiysh" in 1983. Electro was...
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Episode #24: Mental [1997]
Since 1990 Nicole Maalste had been studying drug use and drug cultures in the Netherlands. In 1995 she started a project, subsidized by the Ministry of Health, that would monitor "risky behavior" and drug use at raves. The study found that one-third of partygoers have felt ill at raves but only…
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Episode #22: Vision of Rhythm [1997]
In 1995 a website named Erowid was founded by an organization called “Fire & Earth Erowid.” The site actually remained as a part-time project up until the end of the 90’s. The website specialized in the controversial niche of providing accurate, specific and responsible information about how...
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Episode #21: Elevate [1997]
Rewind to San Diego, 1986. Leading up to this year die-hard San Diego party kids make a 2 hour drive to downtown Los Angeles. Many of the popular Los Angeles parties in the mid-80s were hosted in hotel banquet rooms. One of the most famous was The Park Plaza Hotel. When Todd Zweig went on a trip…
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Episode #20: Solar [1994-1996]
In 1994 Paul Oakenfold broadcasted a set on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix that was largely inspired by beach parties taking place in Goa, India. The two hour mix was seperated into two parts, one half being the Silver Mix and the other being the Gold Mix. This mix was a springboard for many…
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Episode #19: Evolutionary Rhythm [1995-1996]
Between the year 1995 and 1996 jungle began splitting further into other sub-styles. What was once known as jungle was now being recognized as drum & bass by newcoming fans. During 1995, P-Funk introduced "P-Funk Era" which would revolutionize the sound of drum & bass as many artists began to...
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Episode #18: Fantastic Voyage [1993-1996]
Some Orlando, FL doctors estimate that there were approximately 60+ drug related deaths in the city between 1991 and 1997, many of which were linked to the Orlando rave scene. The city had risen quickly and fell quickly due to the widespread amount of excessive drug use. Heroine was very popular…
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Episode #17: Pure Pleasure [1994-1995]
After the 1994 Criminal Justice Act nearly left the British free party scene in ruins many traveler artists moved away from Britain to Europe, United States, Goa (India) and even Australia’s East Coast. The free party ideology spread through Eastern Europe. This period marked the rise in French,...
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Episode #16: Turn It Up [1994]
In 1994 Armand Van Helden released his first major track titled “Witch Doktor” which made it to the top 5 list on the Billboard Hot Dance chart. On the other hand Erick Morillo was continuing to pump out classic tracks. He had first gained speed with his productions under the pseudonyms Reel 2...
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Episode #15: Arcadia [1993]
In 1991 Chris & James Griffin started a small dance party in Cheltenham UK. This night eventually became known as Trance. Chris & James soon decided to part ways to hold their own individual parties. Chris formed Perception while James went on to organize Fantazia. New Years of 1992/1993 was the...
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Episode #14: Perception [1992-1994]
As stated in Wikipedia the term "electronica" encompasses a wide range of contemporary electronic music. The music is designed for a wide range of uses which can include foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and also background music. Electronica soon became a catch-all phrase for ambient,...
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Episode #13: Raveworld [1992-1993]
The Cleveland rave culture was inspired by a college radio dj from station WRUW named Stevie T. In 1992, he along with DJs Lars Fischer, Mike Filly, and Rob Bertrand attempted their first rave together. Unfortunately it was busted by the police before it even started. Soon after this, Mike Filly...
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Episode #12: Freedom 2 Dance [1991-1994]
Inspired by productions such as "Can You Feel It?" by Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers, deep house emerged from Chicago around the year of 1988. Producers such as Masters At Work and DJ Pierre helped define the genre leading up the 90's. Deep house tracks had a slightly dissonant feel as the jazz...
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Episode #3: Rise Up [1983 - 1987]
The following paragraphs are notes regarding major developments in house music in the United States. During this time there was consistent movement of records from the United States into Europe where the sounds of Chicago were motivating dj's in vacation places like Ibiza, Spain. In 1983 Jamie...
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Episode #2: The House That Jack Built
"In the beginning there was Jack... and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And while one day viciously throwing down on his box Jack boldly declared LET THERE BE HOUSE. And house music was born." Jacking was a form of dance that spawned from "punking out."...
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Episode #1: Precursor [1971 - 1987]
It can be awe-inspiring to investigate the very roots of a culture and even more-so to realize how fast an evolution has spawned. The Moog synthesizer was developed in 1964 and was the first subtractive synthesizer to use a keyboard as a controller. Since it's conception we have seen electronic...
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Episode #11: The New Sound Of Hardcore
In the context of Jamaican pop culture, a sound system was basically a group of DJs and MCs. The crews would load trucks with generators, turntables and huge speakers to set up street parties. Many of these dj's were very set on playing "exclusive" music which would only be shared amongst their…
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Episode #9: Pure X - Rave Enhancer [1991-1994]
At the turn of the nineties techno had become a catch-all term denoting anything less traditionally soulful than house music. Hardcore techno was the first fully fledged genre of European rave music. Almost as soon as it was produced and imported DJ's like Fabio & Grooverider conducted…
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Episode #8: Rave Krisp-E's [1993]
During the same time that WICKED was hosting their Full Moon events another crew with likeminded ideals was formed by Malachy O'Brien, Martin O'Brien and Jason Walker. This crew started a nightclub party called Come-Unity at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco. They eventually formed an event called...
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Episode #10: Deep Bass - Jungle Mix [1991-1993]
Early jungle evolved from acid house productions that sampled breakbeats. Key acid house tunes during the evolution period from 1989-1992 were 808 State's "Cubik" and Stakker's "Humanoid." Also during the same time Frankie Bones released "Bones Breaks" which was one of the first "breakbeat"...
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Episode #6: Techno Rave Candies [1990-1992]
Germany's involvement with the dance music culture paralleled that in the UK. The German scene also revolved around the Chicago sound in 1987 and in 1988 acid house spread throughout the country. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, free underground techno parties were found all over East...
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Episode #4: EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH E! [1987-1988]
After Chicago's birth of acid house, vinyl was moving more rapidly across seas. In 1987 it seemed as if more people were catching on to what was coming out of the United States. "Acid house" was also a term being used in England to encompass any form of house music that sounded "crazy." This was...
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