Silent Rave on April 18th, 2008 @ 6:17pm in NYC

[adodobirdify]

lol at the awkward asian guy

[spitfire5505]

most of the people look completely confused

[MrWoofington]

@spitfire5505 Well, they ARE ravers, after all.

[awesomemama1]

please take the freakin music off the 'silent' rave!!!!!

[alecxei031088]

I tought silent rave was going to be more like a rave outdoor with dj's playing all night but I'm dissapointed these are just like this video.....:(......I tought these are more like playing and sending like soundwaves Idon't know :S......................I apologize for my english!!!..........can please anyone tell me if there are silent raves with sound waves?? and can I get a link of it???....if it exists!!

[eskimoturtles1]

whats the point of watching a silent rave if you add music?

[137Nobby]

exactly what i said!

[landbridge]

As one of the first promoters out of Brooklyns Storm Rave crew and NASA/Limelight days, I coincidentally happened to be at 14th street when this was happening. Me and my girl watched these kids in horror. It was a silent dirge to the rave scene you all wished you could of known for one night. To me, this was a holographic silent projection of souls wanting the scene back. Don't thank Bloomberg for not arrest you - thank him and Guiliani for enacting strict cabaret laws that killed the rave.

[NewYorkArtistSeries]

Been around a long time and remember the parties you were talking about with Adam X in Brooklyn but i think it was still good that the people could get together without incident and have a good time... There is another video on here called silent rave raw footage that i shot and it shows more of the late night footage.. I do agree the laws need to be amended.

[landbridge]

Since I wrote that, the scene is actually coming back. There are "candy raves" popping up, Scotto is throwing another MASArave in October, yadda yadda. Plus lots of the old guards are dying. 2 DJ's a week seem to be the death toll. I do like my line about "holographic silent projectiong of souls wanting the scene back", I think that silent rave may have created the needed non-physical energy.

[NewYorkArtistSeries]

Most of the people there werent old enough to even remember those days.. Might be a subconscious yearning for what they missed though..

[vivatron]

i would've loved to have been there!!! plur

[lorivig]

I wish you didn't put music behind it...it pretty much ruins the whole point of the thing, no?

[devour5231978]

comment # 17

[unkownkilla]

Fuck that can there plz be a rave in nj soon?!?!?!

[dariansookhai]

Create an event, spread the word.

[LadyDesdemonna]

We have one here in CT coming up on Saturday. I can't wait to go and fight the power lol

[Crake8]

It seems like every video posted of this "silent" rave adds music. i want to hear what it was like for people passing by. and anyway its not like everyone was listening to the same song. Adding a soundtrack kind of homogenizes each individuals unique sound experience.

[seabury]

Why would you put music to this video? Kind of ruins it IMO.

[OpticalFascism]

How idiotic. A videoclip _with music_ about a silent rave. Doesn't capture the atmosphere at all.

[eddy76833]

well said m8

[theodoraka]

it was my last day to Ny and i was nt there ... such a pitty!!

[bamahama36]

those are so cool to do

[OfficalBabyBoy]

HA HA HA i was there it was soooo fun! RANDOM DANCING!! And some dude that looks so stupid with a black and white mask it was funny!! and the start of the "HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" lol

[mariaangel2003]

i was there ahaha

[Kenshin11212]

I made it to the one yesterday, luckly. But I hate how they have these on Sundays. Sunday is like the worst day for me. But yesterday's Silent Rave was reeeaaally fun. I uploaded 2 videos of it, if anyone wants to see.

[SuburbanRock]

This is sweet, though some of the people seem a little...stiff. Love the guy with the striped hat unabashedly rocking' out ^__^

[kxttxya]

free hugs, lol

[migueldelmar]

I thought it was 'silent'? Why the background music?...

[NewYorkArtistSeries]

Right on! I have about an hours worth of footage but this video only uses the 1st 10 or 15 minutes..

[danaaaz]

Dude I'm in this video like non-stop... I'm the blonde with the big glasses and the rainbow vest.

[kiherlaly]

this is why im going to nyu next year

[girlygirlindahood]

way cool!!!!!!!! NYC ROCKS!!!!