I was there...I had recently moved to CA from South Africa. I remember that night Hale Bopp was visible all night. A spiritual experience for sure. I don't think any event has come close since. Those of us who were there and who experienced it are fortunate...we all shared something special that night.
And that wasn't a fail proof dj set up either. Back in our day you had to mix live with vinyl and no beat matching software. You had to do it yourself. Image that.
I met my first love @ this party, Dannel dain aka DOT at this party,saw a 60 tank crack in leave a 50 cloud sailing to the stars,and to me was up there with situation critical,and was the inspiation for narnia endore and ju ju beats,moontribe and la raverz merge to the moon!!tide uti la s first raver! tiderone@yahoo.com
The greatest party I have ever been too. Even after WMC MIAMI 11. Still dancing on and love it the same. But what I'd do to go to another Done or Moontribe.... Those were the good ol days
By 1998 this scene was kind of dying a death IMO. The Spring/Summer of 1997 was definitely a pinacle, and probably the best. There was this party, the very first Juju Beats, a couple of massive Moontribes, Armageddon, and some dope underground warehouse events in LA. The second wave of rave that hit 1994-1998 were some of the best years of my life. We were lucky because let's be honest, this sh!t will never happen again, no matter how hard anyone tries.
Dead. There's an underground revival starting up again in LA right now with old school parties in warehouses, but this scene pretty much died by the end of the 90's. After the incidents with the deaths at the 1999 JuJu Beats, and Moontribe anniversary, it was pretty much over. Cops had started using the Crackhouse Law to try and bust promoters for distribution. I got hit up by a soccer mom looking for E at TIME one night in 1998, turned out it was LAPD. I kissed the scene bye!
thanks for posting these. so many memories is there someplace or site that we can watch the full feature instead of in cut youtube segments and increments?
haha, the backpack and face mask phase, i went through it too ::facepalm:: still wouldnt trade my memories during the warehouse dayz for anything in the world!!
PS - Thumbs up to anyone who can correctly guess the number of JNCO jeans in this video!!!! :D
im 16, and i want to learn from the real ravers....
All i see in the "raves" now is dumb teenagers trying to get sex and look cool and keeping up with trends... Where is the love?!?!!! where is the P.L.U.R!?!!
i loved electronic music ever since i first heard it as a kid, never thought it would be used in a bad way like it is now....
P.L.U.R to all the real ravers who keep it real till this day...
Lol! I love watching this! I am in the orange Adidas shirt at 0:24. WTF am I doing?!?! I was wandering around alone for hours. I took a black pyramid at around 3:00am that night, and I know that I was still tripping when we left late in the morning. I honestly don't even remember the daytime, except that I had a fu@king blast.
hi everyone... I used to love desert parties =) I'm the girl at 4:34 you see in a long sleeved blue shirt and peach ear muffs shaking my head dancing... I love this video!
I really miss this time in my life raves where so sweet every one felt so connected is like the crowd was one person lol.
you could dance what ever way you wanted or just move head up and side to side.I only saw one fight in over 5 years of going to raves it was a parking lot those two idiots had nothing to do with the rave they where just outside .people where to happy to mad lol im 34 now i rave from 19 to age 25 lol
I remember getting to the rave around midnight and leaving nextday 7pm
I got some footage of a party called HALLUCINATE that was on a reservation out near Anza around the same time as this. It's at my parents house in a box somewhere, I need to find it. There was some crazy Indian guys with guns stopping people before you drove onto the site, making people open their trunks and shit. I think it was some sort of golf course, but there was no grass.
i think things have just evolved, not gotten worse.
there are still many people out there that pour their heart and souls into this just like then and don't care about the drugs at all.
there are still parties with amazing music and amazing vibe, texas' scene has recently come back again and we just had our biggest massive ever-the vibe was wonderful.
i know most of you aren't in texas, but i'm just saying.
dave, whenever i'm bored at work, i watch your videos and crack up. im 34 now but i remember the raver days like they were yesterday. one thing i hate about those damn desert raves- the next day, ie. black snot and a wheezing cough that didn't go away for a week, bleh.
@aprilzap You forgot about the 2 to3 hour drive back home at 7 am in the morning and the desert heat was intense if you stayed later. But it was our generations Woodstock. Hippies turned Ravers.
That was the best party ever - by far. The production value was amazing and the coordinated DUNE clip at midnight with the flares on the surrounding hilltops can't be repeated. They don't show it on any of these clips, but does anyone remember the giant alien from Toy Story that they put on stage in the AM? They had ropes attached to his arms and were making him dance. Robbie Hardkiss in the morning. I even saved a chick from tumbling down a cliff. Can you tell I'm pining for more?
Doran morning sets in the desert...Nothing Better. I can't find me anywhere...I'd say look for the guy with the black beanie but there are so many beanies...haha.
I'm pretty sure this wasn't on an Indian Reservation because I've been on an Indian Reservation twice to rave and this is not one. I still have the directions to this location in my file cabinet. Its very close to the Salton Sea.
I have a bunch of original pics from this event(not uploaded)
I can't remember if this was a res or not either, but I do remember driving to this, and it seemed we were driving forever on these dirt fire roads, and didn't see too many other cars. Then we got up to the top of this huge hill overlooking this valley and I couldn't fu@king believe the HUGE line of brake lights I saw going on forever; so many cars! I just remember thinking this was going to be HUGE and its gonna get shut down. I was so wrong! I think we left at 11am.
Per DJ Doran, "It's called "The Show" by Discodroids (Peter Nijborn & Ferry Corsten) and it came out on Tremolo Records (cat#: TRE2004) in 1996. Silly fun party music... ya gotta love it."
OOOoooh my gosh! I was so here at this party. It was one of MANY that I attended back in the day ( I was 20 then). I remember hearing about the guy that fell off one of the dunes and it was so tragic and such a reality for me. about makin sure to enjoy the music and the dance floor in it's purest form.....sober! Bless him!!
Damn I always thought the elder ravers would be much more understanding of the whole rave/trance situation. It comes across as elitism to me. "We knew how to do it and anyone younger than us does not and is ruining it". Quite the generalization. Its obvious that ugly shit happens everywhere and im sure it went down in the old days just like nowadays. That said, I hope the spirit of music and dancing and yes even drugs saves us all, and fast.
God bless you for posting it bring back the memories of what a damn a rave was...Does anyone remember the rave Called Circa it was thrown in downtown l.a.?
Anyone have pics or vid on it?
I hear everyone on that price shit now these days ...all dj's selling out.. no one just wants to grab some decks speakers fuck it and start grooving
Glad you guys enjoyed the footage. I think I was the only person there with a camera so I took as much footage as possible. Wish I would have had 2 batteries for my cam, would have had more. Anyway, more old school videos on my page and posting more in the future...about 30 or so videos from my days raving in L.A.
I have always felt I was born a decade too late. I'm REALLY glad there is still a rave scene, but most of the time I feel like it's only still around so people could make money off of it. P.L.U.R. is all good yo, but I'm saying F.U.C.K. when paying $60 to get into a rave nowadays. My relationship with the 90's pretty much sums up my life, I'm always a little too late for the party, but always there in time for the tail end of it.
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raves now are waaaayyyy better......old people always talkin about how back in my day this and that....yallll werent doin or have done half the things we yungsters have...respect to you old timers for gettin it started but we perfected it and blew it up....PLUR!!
@monterrosa13 Epic fail!!! sorry you missed out on the scene when it was good but you must be delusional if you think the scene is better now than it was in the early 90's. I have been to parties all over the world and nowhere is as ill as it was back in the beginning!! I am still traveling around to parties You act as if none of us old schooler even go out anymore..
We passed the torch and you "yungsters" dropped it!! trust me on that!!
@monterrosa13 Actually you "yungsters" have lost the whole meaning and intention behind what a rave was and ruined it completely. Now its all abt how F'd up you can get.. how hard you can act to try and hit on the half naked rollin chick that can't even stand up let alone dance, it's become quite disgusting actually. Tell me how many half naked chicks you see humping some bro in this video(0). Thats because we still had respect and responsibility. Used to be PLUR*R* u lost the R's and unity imo
@Adeptmind well theres still some "youngsters" that still believe in PLUR. actually theres a lot but you're right theres more and more people getting into raving just cause of the x and stuff. i was only 6 when this video came out so i cant say shit
@ravedaily I'm more of a believer of PLARR instead of PLURR.. unity is really, even among good people, just not realistic to achieve. However Acceptance is completely achievable. Most kids just want everyone to be nice and never disagree and think that is plurr. When really disagreements with respectful conversation is how we make the world a better place for everyone. You could even keep plurr but instead of unity, change it to understanding. My 2 cents
@Adeptmind unfortunately i wasnt around in the days when raving was actually about plur. but i know i would've liked it a lot better. all i see now is a bunch of little kids who think dubstep is good edm. people say that raves used to be a sort of spiritual experience. i wish more than anything i couldve been around back when that was the case.
@MandalorianSquid Same here. While I was in middle school when raves and Trance were making their way on the airwaves, I watch this video and think, wow...
LOL you are freaking out of your mind if you think parties today are better than the ones 15 years ago. A better light show doesnt translate to a better party, sorry...granted, there are some kick ass parties today (Shambhala) that capture some essence of the old school vibe, but you can never recapture the moment when this was truly underground (to give you a comparison, no matter how many Woodstock concerts you throw, youll never re-live the experience of the first one).
Well we cant help it, I must have been 6 when this was happening.
Alot of us know what a rave is but we don't know that it was enjoyably and not just some jerk playing sandstorm by dune while playing with glow sticks.
The closest we have to rave are the last bits of Nu rave which has become Hipster trash and other really bad indie bands that play crunk core some times.
Introduce yourself to the hardstyle community, well in Australia anyway. We still have bush raves, Goa trance, Hardstyle if ur more into melody mixed with bass kicks.
i am glad we have youtube now cuz i do partially have a clue!! haha i do wish to party like this but yea its not our fault we were much too young at this time, so i do my part in supporting local rave scenes and i understand we will probably never get this back so i just have to live with it, but yes many of us have lost all of PLUR... :'(
The late 80's were NOT the golden era of electronic underground. Just because it was the 'beginning' doesn't mean it was the peak. The peak of rave quality was absolutely in the late 90's, probably topping off in 1999 when the genres began to expand.
if youre referring to techno and house, you gotta be joking if you think the late 90s was the peak. even producers who were making music back then will tell you the late 90s was crap (dont take my word for it, search for the history of house here on youtube). that was around the same time it began to become commercialized (unless you think Venga Boys and Spice Girls is your idea of peaking). genres were expanding way before 1999, it just didnt have the exposure until later on.
as opposed to the cool shit you listen to now you mildly retarded cocksucker? go cut yourself while listening to your hollywood undead cd you dumb twat
lol im 27 shit for brains. if u knew anything about electronic music you would know the late 80s - early 90s was the golden era for the undergound scene. Youre right, the whistles and kicks have been replaced by shitty electro basslines that have been played to death. Quit dropping so many x tabs, its affecting your taste in decent music.
just because you have a different opinion doesn't mean everyone elses musical tastes is 'below' you. i dont need some typical old school raver bullshit talk, the new EDM is bringing in large crowds. techno will be coming up on a second golden age here soon.
Learn how to fucking read the entire convo before you hit the reply button you stupid twat. EDM isnt dead, dubstep is alive and kicking, same with nu school breaks and the minimal scene, but like i said before electro and generic techno is too repetitive, why do you think dnb is dead? Typical nu school dipshit who types before thinking. Keep waiting for that second golden age, the rest of us have moved on to bigger and better things.
Maybe i don't feel like wasting my time reading shit typed up on youtube about an asshole like you. dubstep is fucking garbage and is all you needed to say for me to know that you really don't know what real music is lmao. maybe if you can get your head out of your ass for a few minutes you can see that the entire fucking scene is pouring with new people. but stupid people are funny, i thank you for giving me a good laugh.
oh fuck, nevermind..i saw your favourites and realized youre a deadmau5 fan. That's a dead giveaway your parents were related and you have no idea what good electronic music is. Sorry for the harsh words before you downie.
im fairly new to the electronic music scene, been a hip hop head all my life, similarily both genres have been raped w/a big black dildo wrapped in a hundred dollar bill by corporations in the U.S. but both seem alive nd kickin in U.K...so i was wit u, but that deadmau5 talk, cmon, that mans music is incredible
How much was the ticket price for this event? It seems the same as todays raves except that corporations can now make lots of moolah off this shit now
Looks like it was a wicked party.. 97 was about the time or maybe a little earlier when the scene died over here in Australia. Now raves are plain shit. Still smaller underground ones tho, mainly in the bush and old warehouses.
still gives me goose bumps... i went to all the dunes and moontribes also. these were our times...a coming of age, everything was new. we all learned from these parties, and transfered it into life...plur forever.
so cool to see these old parties on youtube, I am so glad that I really danced my ass off during these years of my life, wow i sure miss those days (wow listen to me) I went to all the Dune/MT/newmoon/fresh prduce/family parties and met alot of cool people. I hope you guys are doing well! I'm 33 years young and still have some PLUR left in me :)
Hi guys... Doran here. I recently got an email from djbobdjagevents asking about the track in this video and, since a few other people seemed interested in it, I thought I'd reply here.
It's called "The Show" by Discodroids (Peter Nijborn & Ferry Corsten) and it came out on Tremolo Records (cat#: TRE2004) in 1996. Silly fun party music... ya gotta love it.
Anyway, the Dune parties were pretty amazing and this was a nice little trip down memory lane.
I was at this party. That's Doran on the decks. I see Mike Fix and a few other old friends. And I think I just saw myself! I was certainly out on that floor at dawn!
Nothing ... *NOTHING* ... was better than these parties! By contrast, today's raves feel more like you're partying in a prison yard full of middle-school students, surrounded by watchful prison guards.
The freedom was so beautiful.
Dangerous at times, but that was part of the beauty; that's part of freedom.
Hey...not all of us were born waaaaaaay back in the day to experience the lift off of the rave scene. You should be happy generations are still trying to keep it going today.
we all partyed hard in the old days so you will never experience what it was actaully all about even though you just might have been a glint in youre daddys eye lmao
@redemption136 party on young brother!! get a pair of decks and DIY like your predecessors. it only takes some passionate people to make some special happen. ps start by boycotting commercial missive's like together as one
Yes, these still happen. But except for the most famous crew, MT, they're teeny-tiny, and usually promoted by word-of-mouth only. I was at one about 3 months ago.
EVERYONE.....we need to find out what the name of this song is......who is spinning ? one of you guys that said u were at this party must know........
I was there...I had recently moved to CA from South Africa. I remember that night Hale Bopp was visible all night. A spiritual experience for sure. I don't think any event has come close since. Those of us who were there and who experienced it are fortunate...we all shared something special that night.
TechnogrrlLondon 3 weeks ago
C'est sa k'cest BON !
TraceurGraffeurDims 3 weeks ago
anyone know the name of the first song that plays? sounds like its saying pancho radio ready to flow?
stevenr107 1 month ago
There rollin Balls!
Bryant2141871 1 month ago
beauty at it's finest. people for the music. i could only hope for something like this to happen again these days <3
MsAngry420 2 months ago
i remember always wanting to go when i was in highschool, well im 30 yrs old now mom and im going if you like to or not!!!!hahaha
stevenr107 2 months ago
thanks for the memories..
gatinmarlia 2 months ago
I would kill to go to an 'old school' rave...
LavaLoveNoise 3 months ago
And that wasn't a fail proof dj set up either. Back in our day you had to mix live with vinyl and no beat matching software. You had to do it yourself. Image that.
atripa645 3 months ago
0:20 song name, track nema pls!
adidas1071 3 months ago
@adidas1071 Discodroids-The Show ;)
aleantonacci 3 months ago
Do they even do desert raves anymore?
SxEMETALBLADE 5 months ago
Lol shit looks dope. Al
FRR333SSSSHHHH 6 months ago
Hehe tho im drug free :)
whitesaberwolfy 6 months ago
Lol I was born the year an awesome rave happened-is that why I love techno so much?
whitesaberwolfy 6 months ago
I met my first love @ this party, Dannel dain aka DOT at this party,saw a 60 tank crack in leave a 50 cloud sailing to the stars,and to me was up there with situation critical,and was the inspiation for narnia endore and ju ju beats,moontribe and la raverz merge to the moon!!tide uti la s first raver! tiderone@yahoo.com
tideruno 7 months ago
good times
tideruno 7 months ago
mecca!!!this party changed me,i stole a jeep from sd and drove 5 people with no light on acid....good times!!
tideruno 7 months ago
DO THESE STILL HAPPEN???????????
thebayareapimp 7 months ago
Seems like everyone is on the pill.
xr2kid 7 months ago
Im so pissed that raves are no longer like this anymore.... Its sad... Everyone forgot the real meaning of plur and partying in the Desert!!
Tasit1er 8 months ago
@Tasit1er Come to Australia, the parties are still alive here. Look up 'Rainbow Serpent' Festival.
wanderpants 5 months ago
@wanderpants That would soooo freakin ill to party in Australia!! I will check out the party your talkin about!!
Tasit1er 5 months ago
I'd love to see part five, when the music finally stopped. This collection is fantastic.
brycepunk 8 months ago
I wish I was a raver back in the "golden" days. Unfortunately I was too busy watching rugrats.
MandalorianSquid 8 months ago 3
The greatest party I have ever been too. Even after WMC MIAMI 11. Still dancing on and love it the same. But what I'd do to go to another Done or Moontribe.... Those were the good ol days
axwellove 8 months ago
HAHHAH Tanta roba!!
SuinotEk 8 months ago
I brought a 60 pound NOS tank to the first one. Thanks Brad
ZAVAONE 9 months ago
These people look totally off chops
TrentSki80 9 months ago
whats that song at 4:30???? it sounds so familiar!!!!
stupidfag100 9 months ago
i would want to kill teh guy with the whistle
crazycracker187 10 months ago 7
@crazycracker187 . Well, that feeling hasn't changed since 1996...
BDDave 10 months ago 7
@BDDave
ROFLMAO
kimosabesun 6 months ago
@crazycracker187 Gosh... I was listening to the live streaming from EDC 2011 and some people were doing that too.
@BDDave, true dat! LOL
SxEMETALBLADE 5 months ago
By 1998 this scene was kind of dying a death IMO. The Spring/Summer of 1997 was definitely a pinacle, and probably the best. There was this party, the very first Juju Beats, a couple of massive Moontribes, Armageddon, and some dope underground warehouse events in LA. The second wave of rave that hit 1994-1998 were some of the best years of my life. We were lucky because let's be honest, this sh!t will never happen again, no matter how hard anyone tries.
gregs76 10 months ago 2
Do you guys in America still party like this? Or has the scene died like it has in the UK?
manicbassa 11 months ago
@manicbassa dead
GaarasFlameFlower 11 months ago
@manicbassa
Dead. There's an underground revival starting up again in LA right now with old school parties in warehouses, but this scene pretty much died by the end of the 90's. After the incidents with the deaths at the 1999 JuJu Beats, and Moontribe anniversary, it was pretty much over. Cops had started using the Crackhouse Law to try and bust promoters for distribution. I got hit up by a soccer mom looking for E at TIME one night in 1998, turned out it was LAPD. I kissed the scene bye!
gregs76 10 months ago
shit my dad was at this....
hella old school :}
bottle2lip 11 months ago
thanks for posting these. so many memories is there someplace or site that we can watch the full feature instead of in cut youtube segments and increments?
egobooster 11 months ago
CREARLY DRUG's BEHEViour, or how i write that word, hahahha,
LETS GO INTO SPACE!! if i need XTC OR WHAT FOR IT I TAKE IT ALLLLL:D
SniperUpdate 11 months ago
haha, the backpack and face mask phase, i went through it too ::facepalm:: still wouldnt trade my memories during the warehouse dayz for anything in the world!!
PS - Thumbs up to anyone who can correctly guess the number of JNCO jeans in this video!!!! :D
MOllySixxxCA 11 months ago 4
Did you go to Dune III as well? That was fuckn crazy in the middle of the El Nino Storm? Our faces were sandblasted in The AM.
djesco1200 11 months ago
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djesco1200 11 months ago
@MIGUELLL602
Rave is already different...it has changed drasticly over the years...
ecstass 1 year ago
Btw, does anyone know the name of the (awesome) song that starts at 4:30 ????
It's so relaxing!
o0L4nc3r0o 1 year ago
@o0L4nc3r0o
Not quite sure of the remix, but it is the Bladerunner theme. Hope that helps.
L3D0L3 1 year ago
@L3D0L3
Ok thanks, i know the Bladerunner theme very well :)
I'll search for a remix of it ;)
o0L4nc3r0o 1 year ago
Ok, there's one annoying guy there... the guy with the whistle >:(
Damn, I'm trying to enjoy the music :p
o0L4nc3r0o 1 year ago
i only wish raves lasted this long!! time to find one!
afropick8 1 year ago
why the fuck did i have to be born in 93... shit looks groovin
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im 16, and i want to learn from the real ravers....
All i see in the "raves" now is dumb teenagers trying to get sex and look cool and keeping up with trends... Where is the love?!?!!! where is the P.L.U.R!?!!
i loved electronic music ever since i first heard it as a kid, never thought it would be used in a bad way like it is now....
P.L.U.R to all the real ravers who keep it real till this day...
TranceAnnunaki 1 year ago
Lol! I love watching this! I am in the orange Adidas shirt at 0:24. WTF am I doing?!?! I was wandering around alone for hours. I took a black pyramid at around 3:00am that night, and I know that I was still tripping when we left late in the morning. I honestly don't even remember the daytime, except that I had a fu@king blast.
gregs76 1 year ago 2
the things i would do to go to a rave like this...... raves nowadays only have people trying to show off and pick up chicks. FUCK IT TAO baby
ravedaily 1 year ago
EVERYONE'S PEAKING WOWOWOW
MrJas1991 1 year ago
track id at 05:23 please........
patouhas 1 year ago
Well, it's nice that I could bring back some good memories for you ;)
BDDave 1 year ago
@BDDave Thats how i remember gatherings!!!
djthomasbell 11 months ago
@BDDave hello guys, can somebody tell me which track is played at 5:28 and further...a wonderful tune but i don`t know its name!
Bobby3902 7 months ago
@Bobby3902 The song is "Interspace" by Discodroids(Ferry Corsten). What I wanna know is the name of the song that starts at :20 and peaks at 3:37.
MrGus367 6 months ago
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@BDDave hello guys, can somebody tell me which track is played at 5:28 and further...a wonderful tune but i don`t know its name!
Bobby3902 7 months ago
hi everyone... I used to love desert parties =) I'm the girl at 4:34 you see in a long sleeved blue shirt and peach ear muffs shaking my head dancing... I love this video!
terririchichi 1 year ago
There are still events like this happening in the the SoCal underground. The spirit has not been lost, you just have to search it out.
fleshcap 1 year ago
damn... this is what my mom ment about how crazy raves used to be? this isnt even bad lmfao
ILikeShuffling 1 year ago
@MIGUELLL602 I can tell you now I WISH I had all those LED lights and toys and clothes then!
BDDave 1 year ago
I really miss this time in my life raves where so sweet every one felt so connected is like the crowd was one person lol.
you could dance what ever way you wanted or just move head up and side to side.I only saw one fight in over 5 years of going to raves it was a parking lot those two idiots had nothing to do with the rave they where just outside .people where to happy to mad lol im 34 now i rave from 19 to age 25 lol
I remember getting to the rave around midnight and leaving nextday 7pm
TheRedstormshadow 1 year ago
this is what it must be like to have the movie dune all up in ur drink
Scone54 1 year ago
wheres the shuffling?
ILikeShuffling 1 year ago
People did not shuffle back then we just moved to the beat. We did break dance!
georgemcurious 1 year ago
i wish I was around for this
ivanhouston100 1 year ago
I got some footage of a party called HALLUCINATE that was on a reservation out near Anza around the same time as this. It's at my parents house in a box somewhere, I need to find it. There was some crazy Indian guys with guns stopping people before you drove onto the site, making people open their trunks and shit. I think it was some sort of golf course, but there was no grass.
gregs76 1 year ago
i think things have just evolved, not gotten worse.
there are still many people out there that pour their heart and souls into this just like then and don't care about the drugs at all.
there are still parties with amazing music and amazing vibe, texas' scene has recently come back again and we just had our biggest massive ever-the vibe was wonderful.
i know most of you aren't in texas, but i'm just saying.
ravercidknee5 1 year ago
dave, whenever i'm bored at work, i watch your videos and crack up. im 34 now but i remember the raver days like they were yesterday. one thing i hate about those damn desert raves- the next day, ie. black snot and a wheezing cough that didn't go away for a week, bleh.
aprilzap 1 year ago
@aprilzap You forgot about the 2 to3 hour drive back home at 7 am in the morning and the desert heat was intense if you stayed later. But it was our generations Woodstock. Hippies turned Ravers.
BDDave 1 year ago 4
That was the best party ever - by far. The production value was amazing and the coordinated DUNE clip at midnight with the flares on the surrounding hilltops can't be repeated. They don't show it on any of these clips, but does anyone remember the giant alien from Toy Story that they put on stage in the AM? They had ropes attached to his arms and were making him dance. Robbie Hardkiss in the morning. I even saved a chick from tumbling down a cliff. Can you tell I'm pining for more?
omelehan 1 year ago
looks fab but have you checked out (rave in forest in russia) its like this but more off it
MrHoweller 1 year ago
Doran morning sets in the desert...Nothing Better. I can't find me anywhere...I'd say look for the guy with the black beanie but there are so many beanies...haha.
I'm pretty sure this wasn't on an Indian Reservation because I've been on an Indian Reservation twice to rave and this is not one. I still have the directions to this location in my file cabinet. Its very close to the Salton Sea.
I have a bunch of original pics from this event(not uploaded)
See more history at: Facebook/LARaveHistory
LARAVEHISTORY 1 year ago
Mecca was the exit. Its in Indio off Mecca.
LARAVEHISTORY 1 year ago
@LARAVEHISTORY
I can't remember if this was a res or not either, but I do remember driving to this, and it seemed we were driving forever on these dirt fire roads, and didn't see too many other cars. Then we got up to the top of this huge hill overlooking this valley and I couldn't fu@king believe the HUGE line of brake lights I saw going on forever; so many cars! I just remember thinking this was going to be HUGE and its gonna get shut down. I was so wrong! I think we left at 11am.
gregs76 1 year ago
Does anyone know the song that's going on in like half of the video? [For example like, 2:00]
laughingperson5 1 year ago
@laughingperson5
Per DJ Doran, "It's called "The Show" by Discodroids (Peter Nijborn & Ferry Corsten) and it came out on Tremolo Records (cat#: TRE2004) in 1996. Silly fun party music... ya gotta love it."
BDDave 1 year ago
wtf? :) this is in the U.S.?
gregi384 1 year ago
Lol. grandpa partying at 4:51- 4:56.
This is an awesome video.
Whoever remembered to document this moment is amazing. :]
linkinparkrox24 1 year ago
shit looked like a down ass time. too bad it dont look like this anymore..lol
FRR333SSSSHHHH 1 year ago 2
plurrrr
missprettygirl91 1 year ago
4:54 4:55... guy in khakis.. rad
godistrukto 1 year ago
that party was off the hook! crazy memories!
jchepak 1 year ago
OOOoooh my gosh! I was so here at this party. It was one of MANY that I attended back in the day ( I was 20 then). I remember hearing about the guy that fell off one of the dunes and it was so tragic and such a reality for me. about makin sure to enjoy the music and the dance floor in it's purest form.....sober! Bless him!!
mmacleo1 1 year ago
I was there and I have footage, just need to digitize it...
LasVegasHedonist 1 year ago
thats soo cool! why today it hasn't happy parties like this??
EarlyRaveMusic 1 year ago
A college student died that night in the desert. High on acid, he wondered off, fell and broke his neck.
BDDave 1 year ago
@EarlyRaveMusic Because the scene has changed big time. Parties in LA close by 3-4pm
YOu can still find parties like this but there underground ;-) just where the scene should stay.
rdlovesej 1 year ago
@EarlyRaveMusic people now are 'too cool' to be happy, im not though!!! :D
Scone54 1 year ago
what's a rave?
mrswartz 1 year ago
Damn I always thought the elder ravers would be much more understanding of the whole rave/trance situation. It comes across as elitism to me. "We knew how to do it and anyone younger than us does not and is ruining it". Quite the generalization. Its obvious that ugly shit happens everywhere and im sure it went down in the old days just like nowadays. That said, I hope the spirit of music and dancing and yes even drugs saves us all, and fast.
Gnarboots 1 year ago
I need this song:D anyone have the name of the whole track here :D
errantseed 1 year ago
God bless you for posting it bring back the memories of what a damn a rave was...Does anyone remember the rave Called Circa it was thrown in downtown l.a.?
Anyone have pics or vid on it?
I hear everyone on that price shit now these days ...all dj's selling out.. no one just wants to grab some decks speakers fuck it and start grooving
errantseed 1 year ago
THE BASS MUST FLOW
zeonicgeneral 1 year ago
Glad you guys enjoyed the footage. I think I was the only person there with a camera so I took as much footage as possible. Wish I would have had 2 batteries for my cam, would have had more. Anyway, more old school videos on my page and posting more in the future...about 30 or so videos from my days raving in L.A.
OldSchoolRava 1 year ago
Yes, thanks so much. It feels like a dream or from another life now, It's hard to believe I was even there dancing on the hills with lite flares
P.L.U.R.
BDDave 1 year ago
@OldSchoolRava I miss it so much! I wish that beautiful vibe was still around at parties.
rdlovesej 1 year ago
I was there!!! Once you find the PLUR you don't lose it. Bring it on to your daily lives.
Dj Doran rockin' the Technics!!! no shitty pop-electro. Just techno
crackmunch 1 year ago
I have always felt I was born a decade too late. I'm REALLY glad there is still a rave scene, but most of the time I feel like it's only still around so people could make money off of it. P.L.U.R. is all good yo, but I'm saying F.U.C.K. when paying $60 to get into a rave nowadays. My relationship with the 90's pretty much sums up my life, I'm always a little too late for the party, but always there in time for the tail end of it.
xAtticCatx 1 year ago
@xAtticCatx
you're not the only one my friend :/
wish I could be hitting my 2 year back in 1999 rather than 2010
plurfadelic 1 year ago
haha i hear ya, i gotta pay 50-100 for a nice 12 hours now :/ id love to go back a decade be this age and party it up with all these ppl woo!!!
4t2h0c 1 year ago
whats the name of that track??????
rommel909 1 year ago
nice free party still prefer squats tho
psykomen 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
raves now are waaaayyyy better......old people always talkin about how back in my day this and that....yallll werent doin or have done half the things we yungsters have...respect to you old timers for gettin it started but we perfected it and blew it up....PLUR!!
monterrosa13 1 year ago
I said the say thinks to the hippies of the 60s.
BDDave 1 year ago
@monterrosa13 Epic fail!!! sorry you missed out on the scene when it was good but you must be delusional if you think the scene is better now than it was in the early 90's. I have been to parties all over the world and nowhere is as ill as it was back in the beginning!! I am still traveling around to parties You act as if none of us old schooler even go out anymore..
We passed the torch and you "yungsters" dropped it!! trust me on that!!
ACEN111 1 year ago 3
@monterrosa13 Actually you "yungsters" have lost the whole meaning and intention behind what a rave was and ruined it completely. Now its all abt how F'd up you can get.. how hard you can act to try and hit on the half naked rollin chick that can't even stand up let alone dance, it's become quite disgusting actually. Tell me how many half naked chicks you see humping some bro in this video(0). Thats because we still had respect and responsibility. Used to be PLUR*R* u lost the R's and unity imo
Adeptmind 1 year ago 23
@Adeptmind well theres still some "youngsters" that still believe in PLUR. actually theres a lot but you're right theres more and more people getting into raving just cause of the x and stuff. i was only 6 when this video came out so i cant say shit
ravedaily 1 year ago
@ravedaily I'm more of a believer of PLARR instead of PLURR.. unity is really, even among good people, just not realistic to achieve. However Acceptance is completely achievable. Most kids just want everyone to be nice and never disagree and think that is plurr. When really disagreements with respectful conversation is how we make the world a better place for everyone. You could even keep plurr but instead of unity, change it to understanding. My 2 cents
Adeptmind 1 year ago
@Adeptmind unfortunately i wasnt around in the days when raving was actually about plur. but i know i would've liked it a lot better. all i see now is a bunch of little kids who think dubstep is good edm. people say that raves used to be a sort of spiritual experience. i wish more than anything i couldve been around back when that was the case.
MandalorianSquid 8 months ago
@MandalorianSquid Same here. While I was in middle school when raves and Trance were making their way on the airwaves, I watch this video and think, wow...
SxEMETALBLADE 5 months ago
LOL you are freaking out of your mind if you think parties today are better than the ones 15 years ago. A better light show doesnt translate to a better party, sorry...granted, there are some kick ass parties today (Shambhala) that capture some essence of the old school vibe, but you can never recapture the moment when this was truly underground (to give you a comparison, no matter how many Woodstock concerts you throw, youll never re-live the experience of the first one).
MOllySixxxCA 1 year ago 3
I almost forgot about the whistles! Funny how they didn't seem at all intrusive back then - i guess I'm just old now : (
Nouveau ravers have all these crazy LED toys now - I yearn for the days of simple glowstix!
funsammy 1 year ago
hmmmm ! house music being played at an outdoor rave !
i don't get it, i always thought house belonged in clubs.They look like they are have fun,mornings are the best !
fractalign 1 year ago
Back then a lot of styles were still being played at underground events. Those were the days :)
NateBiggity 1 year ago
So sad what parties have become. :(
Kids these days have no clue.
shiherostar 1 year ago 2
Well we cant help it, I must have been 6 when this was happening.
Alot of us know what a rave is but we don't know that it was enjoyably and not just some jerk playing sandstorm by dune while playing with glow sticks.
The closest we have to rave are the last bits of Nu rave which has become Hipster trash and other really bad indie bands that play crunk core some times.
Gmancrap 1 year ago
Introduce yourself to the hardstyle community, well in Australia anyway. We still have bush raves, Goa trance, Hardstyle if ur more into melody mixed with bass kicks.
Stl2iFe 1 year ago
i am glad we have youtube now cuz i do partially have a clue!! haha i do wish to party like this but yea its not our fault we were much too young at this time, so i do my part in supporting local rave scenes and i understand we will probably never get this back so i just have to live with it, but yes many of us have lost all of PLUR... :'(
4t2h0c 1 year ago
very different atmosphere than now.....nice!!
bagnool 1 year ago
i love how you could totally tell this was 1997.
YewLogs026 2 years ago 2
1997 rave hahahhahaha
xxghostxxihmxx 2 years ago
The late 80's were NOT the golden era of electronic underground. Just because it was the 'beginning' doesn't mean it was the peak. The peak of rave quality was absolutely in the late 90's, probably topping off in 1999 when the genres began to expand.
hrl2k 2 years ago
if youre referring to techno and house, you gotta be joking if you think the late 90s was the peak. even producers who were making music back then will tell you the late 90s was crap (dont take my word for it, search for the history of house here on youtube). that was around the same time it began to become commercialized (unless you think Venga Boys and Spice Girls is your idea of peaking). genres were expanding way before 1999, it just didnt have the exposure until later on.
sextypething405 2 years ago 8
great stuff! Anyone knows the tune around 6 mins mark?
gbxgbxgbx 2 years ago
Discodroids-Interspace ;) enjoy
aleantonacci 2 years ago
@aleantonacci Thanks! :D
gbxgbxgbx 2 years ago
Anyone know what the dj line was for Dune II?
rodster333 2 years ago
@rodster333
From what I remember, Dune line-up's always were Christopher Lawrence, Sandra Collins, Doran, and maybe Thomas Michael (Not totally sure about him)?
gregs76 1 year ago
looks like dave seaman djin
eoinmcgowan 2 years ago
song at the end is pretty kewl. yay trance. cool footage looks fun
inflikkt 2 years ago
terrible music back then huh.
ComplX18 2 years ago
go fuck ur mother pussy...
surfdudezuri 2 years ago
as opposed to the cool shit you listen to now you mildly retarded cocksucker? go cut yourself while listening to your hollywood undead cd you dumb twat
junwylde 2 years ago 2
@junwylde. Calm down old man, you might pop a hip.
just becouse the music these days doesn't have whistles and crappy kicks, doesn't mean its shit
ComplX18 2 years ago
lol im 27 shit for brains. if u knew anything about electronic music you would know the late 80s - early 90s was the golden era for the undergound scene. Youre right, the whistles and kicks have been replaced by shitty electro basslines that have been played to death. Quit dropping so many x tabs, its affecting your taste in decent music.
junwylde 2 years ago
just because you have a different opinion doesn't mean everyone elses musical tastes is 'below' you. i dont need some typical old school raver bullshit talk, the new EDM is bringing in large crowds. techno will be coming up on a second golden age here soon.
k3llzor 2 years ago
Learn how to fucking read the entire convo before you hit the reply button you stupid twat. EDM isnt dead, dubstep is alive and kicking, same with nu school breaks and the minimal scene, but like i said before electro and generic techno is too repetitive, why do you think dnb is dead? Typical nu school dipshit who types before thinking. Keep waiting for that second golden age, the rest of us have moved on to bigger and better things.
junwylde 2 years ago
Maybe i don't feel like wasting my time reading shit typed up on youtube about an asshole like you. dubstep is fucking garbage and is all you needed to say for me to know that you really don't know what real music is lmao. maybe if you can get your head out of your ass for a few minutes you can see that the entire fucking scene is pouring with new people. but stupid people are funny, i thank you for giving me a good laugh.
k3llzor 2 years ago
@ Junwyld, so our defending(poorly i might add) somthing you weren't old enough to go to
ComplX18 2 years ago
oh fuck, nevermind..i saw your favourites and realized youre a deadmau5 fan. That's a dead giveaway your parents were related and you have no idea what good electronic music is. Sorry for the harsh words before you downie.
junwylde 2 years ago
im fairly new to the electronic music scene, been a hip hop head all my life, similarily both genres have been raped w/a big black dildo wrapped in a hundred dollar bill by corporations in the U.S. but both seem alive nd kickin in U.K...so i was wit u, but that deadmau5 talk, cmon, that mans music is incredible
lakid87 1 year ago
even when we had big name dj's back then ,we still danced anywhere and everywhere not just watching the dj. the music thats all it was about .
s0ntee 2 years ago
How much was the ticket price for this event? It seems the same as todays raves except that corporations can now make lots of moolah off this shit now
lakid87 2 years ago
@lakid87 and expensive party was 20 dollars back then
Adeptmind 1 year ago
MIss Cannabisx .. I couldn't agree more with you.. :(
So true..
Them prices are crazy to go to rave, since the senece seems so different
errantseed 2 years ago
<33333.
It breaks my heart to see what the raves have become present day.
xMissCannabisx 2 years ago 2
(Blows whistle) DAnce dammit :D !!!
Still grooving.. kicking the dust...oh yeah
errantseed 2 years ago
this looks so ghey to me now. It was fun though wandering around out there.
lynsaylyns 2 years ago
Good time when we were able to dance on the speaker now we can even touch the damn things... >: (
Sorry to say but nothing does beat the old school way baby to rave it, JAded RAvers I know I is :Pm FUCk why can it be like old times no mmoe... :(
Iwanna cry bring back!!!
STarts danicng!!! :D
errantseed 2 years ago
Looks like it was a wicked party.. 97 was about the time or maybe a little earlier when the scene died over here in Australia. Now raves are plain shit. Still smaller underground ones tho, mainly in the bush and old warehouses.
shamzam2007 2 years ago
i wasent at this party but thats bout rite around wen i started and hell thay wer like that in my town as well fuck i miss the good old days
cupofmoo 2 years ago
*cry*
Jinsanyu 2 years ago
still gives me goose bumps... i went to all the dunes and moontribes also. these were our times...a coming of age, everything was new. we all learned from these parties, and transfered it into life...plur forever.
tle1674 2 years ago
so cool to see these old parties on youtube, I am so glad that I really danced my ass off during these years of my life, wow i sure miss those days (wow listen to me) I went to all the Dune/MT/newmoon/fresh prduce/family parties and met alot of cool people. I hope you guys are doing well! I'm 33 years young and still have some PLUR left in me :)
AbePhromanHD 2 years ago
@AbePhromanHD I really miss the old F.a.m.i.l.y. and club soda parties
Adeptmind 1 year ago
ç_ç I cannot find this track called "the show" . is there anyone who can send it to me with mediafire?
aleantonacci 2 years ago
it was only released on vinyl....there are a couple sites where u can buy a shity recording of it taken from the vinyl but thats it
djbobdjagevents 2 years ago
Hi guys... Doran here. I recently got an email from djbobdjagevents asking about the track in this video and, since a few other people seemed interested in it, I thought I'd reply here.
It's called "The Show" by Discodroids (Peter Nijborn & Ferry Corsten) and it came out on Tremolo Records (cat#: TRE2004) in 1996. Silly fun party music... ya gotta love it.
Anyway, the Dune parties were pretty amazing and this was a nice little trip down memory lane.
I hope everyone is doing well.
dcent1 2 years ago
thank you so much for the track title! ive been trying to find out what it is for months now!
mollysixxOC 2 years ago
i knew that was you on the deck! i always liked your sets and even bought your cd monuments a long time ago. thank you!
tle1674 2 years ago
I was at this party. That's Doran on the decks. I see Mike Fix and a few other old friends. And I think I just saw myself! I was certainly out on that floor at dawn!
Nothing ... *NOTHING* ... was better than these parties! By contrast, today's raves feel more like you're partying in a prison yard full of middle-school students, surrounded by watchful prison guards.
The freedom was so beautiful.
Dangerous at times, but that was part of the beauty; that's part of freedom.
iolanthela 2 years ago 5
Nice last words there
MageAtYou 2 years ago
Hey...not all of us were born waaaaaaay back in the day to experience the lift off of the rave scene. You should be happy generations are still trying to keep it going today.
redemption136 2 years ago
listen redemption
we all partyed hard in the old days so you will never experience what it was actaully all about even though you just might have been a glint in youre daddys eye lmao
we partyed like you will never experience
so shut the fek up and enjoy our memories lol
docsmith181 2 years ago
I beg to differ.
redemption136 2 years ago
@redemption136 party on young brother!! get a pair of decks and DIY like your predecessors. it only takes some passionate people to make some special happen. ps start by boycotting commercial missive's like together as one
leftcoastrider73 2 years ago
very well said
drumcell 2 years ago
Yes, these still happen. But except for the most famous crew, MT, they're teeny-tiny, and usually promoted by word-of-mouth only. I was at one about 3 months ago.
iolanthela 2 years ago
I spotted myself several times in this video! Damn I miss California and the desert :)
risekevin 2 years ago
EVERYONE.....we need to find out what the name of this song is......who is spinning ? one of you guys that said u were at this party must know........
djbobdjagevents 2 years ago
It's Doran spinning, but I don't know what the track is.