i don't like london

It was about 10 years ago. I don't think many people go to 'raves' anymore.

In the early 2000s illegal parties still exist, albeit on smaller scales, and the number of sanctioned events seemed to be on the rise. The few constants in the scene include amplified electronic dance music, a vibrant social network built on the ethos of the acronym PLUR, "Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect", percussive music and freeform dancing as a basis for drug use, and an ambivalent attitude toward "club drugs" such as ecstasy, methamphetamine, speed and Ketamine, also known as "special K". However, increased cocaine usage, preponderance of adulterated ecstasy tablets and organized criminal activity has been detrimental to UK-based rave culture, although free parties are now on the rise again.

According to some long-time observers, rave music and its subculture began to stagnate by the end of the 1990s. The period of grassroots innovation and explosive growth and evolution was over; the flurry of passionate activity and the sense of international community were fading.

By the early 2000s, the terms "rave" and "raver" had fallen out of favor among many people in the electronic dance music community, particularly in Europe. Many Europeans returned to identifying themselves as "clubbers" rather than ravers. It became unfashionable among many electronic dance music affectionados to describe a party as a "rave", perhaps because the term had become overused and corrupted. Some communities preferred the term "festival", while others simply referred to "parties". True raves, such as "Mayday", continued to occur for a time in Central Europe, with less constrictive laws allowing raves to continue in some countries long after the death of rave in the United Kingdom. Moreover, traditional rave paraphernalia, such as facemasks, pacifiers, and glowsticks ceased to be popular.


It's all bloody 'urban' 'R n B' and 'hip hop' music now

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/hiphoprnb/index.shtml

 

bloody hell - that was one detailed post - u must've been a right raver.I'm in the lake district - 70's rock is all the rage here haha probably cos a load of ageing bikers/hippies end up retiring here

 

Well i know loads of people that were [past tense]. It gave me a friggin headache to be honest with you. I guess there are still 'raves'.. We just don't call them that anymore. I don't know what the post modern reference would be nowadays. 'The Club Scene' i would imagine ?.

I probably should have included :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave_music

I suppose it would have been obvious when clicking on the blue writing.