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@@TheGreenyRiotthat even made me feel old, before that we didn't have to give a crap about anything tech until we cranked on the tv or a phone call, lol just joking around friend
This was back in the days when people were out to dance. Not to pose at the bar, not to take pictures to put online. People were out for the dancing. What a great era.
Has it ever crossed your mind that some people take pics and vids as personal mementos so they can preserve the memory? Not everyone uses social media 🙄
@@ED-XCI You're absolutely right. I have not dedicated my life to the scientific study of selfies. Therefore, I am not qualified to comment on such complex topics. You have exceptional perception. You should work for the CIA!!
they still do and the events are still happening they are called raves. unfortunately they have been severely reduced by the police and property all getting bought up
Yeah and you had to have a meet up spot for when the rave ended and a rough time and hope everyone adhered to that. But without fail everytime only two people out of the group made it to the meet up spot at the correct time. 🤣
They existed, but they were massive, couldn't exactly fit inside your pocket. And that's all they were 'phones'. Not computers with phones and hd cameras fitted.
People can dance how the want but I don't quite agree that it is better this way. When everyone's facing the same way, we're like a big wave, all one type of feeling, us against the DJs mad beats hitting our faces. Here everyone is chilling on their own, which is super sick but also seems like people don't know where to face and it looks all jumbled. I dunno it feels weird a bit.
@@forthehood7466 yeah they look a bit lost. The dancefloor needs a energy focuser, the dj is that conduit! Being one myself, i felt it my duty to help amp up the crowd and get everyone on the same page so to speak. I dont like watching djs who dont engage the crowd at all. U dont have to be doing a jesus christ pose all the time, but giving back some love and energy goes a long way. However poeple shouldnt be weirded out when faced by others either, which i find these days when im on the dancefloor rather than behind the dex. Sad. Both have there up sides ...and down i spose. 😊 wish i was there to throw some light and love (...and focus). i came to this country for the club and music scene, we didnt have raves yet in South Africa like this.
All these different people, different backgrounds, different colors, different clothes, all jamming to music. No politics or BS. So glad I grew up in this era. These times will never be the same. The government has you ALL on their agenda even though you think it's yours.
No mystery grinders either haha everyone was so respectful considering we were all so off it. No alcohol for a period too, the staff must have thought it was some kind of very friendly Christian gathering, until they spoke to one of us trying to buy water
Best days off our lives wee just didn’t give a shit the music the beat and non stop raving on the dance floor no one can forget these days my heart is still beating hard watching this ❤
I go to Duffy’s every couple of months , acknowledge the DJ & dance my a$$ off by myself…2 hrs drinking water & lemon & buy a drink f t DJ. I b the only one dancing & DGAF! while the DJ is doing his thing. Duffy’s in Miami, Florida…DJ THURS-Sunday over looking the INTERCOSTAL…NYC to Miami 20 yrs ago & STILL LOVING IT❤❤❤❤❤ ✌🏾
I read the comments about time travel and wishes, and somewhat have a nosgaltic cry. I'm in this video @ 0:14, 4:29, 6:54, 7:45, 8:14, 8:36. Blonde bob haired guy in the white Smiths Tshirt. I'm now 51.
This was Energy Dance 89 at Raydon Airfield, Suffolk on September 23, 1989. Charity event put on in aid of the marchioness disaster where all profits were given to the Thames tragedy fund. The event was organised by Tin Tin and Jeremy Taylor , initially it was supposed to be held in Southark Park London but due to pressure from the local council the venue got cancelled at the last minute, the event was then moved on to several other locations which were also stopped and the party finally ended up in an aircraft hanger at Raydon Airfield, Ipswich, Suffolk at dawn on Sunday 24th September 1989. 15000+ people followed in convoy's to attend the party, causing travel chaos along the way. DJ's were Richie Rich, Paul Trouble Anderson, Little Louis Vega, Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold, Jumping Jack Frost, Evil Eddie Richards, Frankie Bones & Fabio.
Wow!.. yeah I didn't even realise that... Til just now.. Even I was caught up in the moment watching it.. ( Even though I'm watching it on my phone. ( Oh the irony
@@LaJuera25 True but people connected with each other not a little plastic device. Today I meet "twenty somethings" who tell me they have no friends. I find that really sad.
Tracklist now complete: Corporation of One - So Where Are You (Hashish Dub), Latin Rage - Sueno Latino (Extended Remix), J.D. - Good Vibrations, BCN Orchestra - Quien Tu Te Crees?, Bits & Pieces 89 (R/U/DEF/BOY. Mix), Looney Tunes Vol 1 - Another Time, Another Place, Mark Imperial - Bonus Krafty Beaver (Rock This House '89 EP), Sheila - Acid Kiss (Love Machine Mix), Liaisons-D - Heartbeat, The Centrefield Assignment - Mi Casa (DJ's Dope Long Mix), The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital Mix), Mickey Oliver - In-Ten-Si-T (Aca-Bass Si-T Mix)
Wow how I loathe these hard days we are now living in. I was going to art school during this time. I miss those days of connection, infinite inventiveness, and unending possibilities...
@Mr Conutus Cognitive dissonance much? You say this is not about belief and then go on to mention belief multiple times in the rest of your comment... Yeah, deuces bro.
00:00 Corporation of One - So Where Are You (Hashish Dub) [Smokin', 1989] 04:00 The Latin Rage - Sueno Latino (Remix Version) [Out, 1989] 07:44 J.D. - Good Vibrations [Requestline Records, 1988] 10:03 BCN Orchestra - Quien Tu Te Crees? [BCM Records, 1989] 13:23 Bits & Pieces 89 - 89 Dynamite Mix (R/U/DEF/BOY? Mix) [Not On Label, 1989] 14:04 Frankie ''Bones'' & Lenny ''Dee'' - Another Time, Another Place (Brixton Bass Remix) [unrealesed] [Then: The Looney Tunes EP Vol. 2, XL Rec., 1990] 15:38 Mark Imperial - Bonus Krafty Beaver (Rock This House '89 EP) [House Nation Records, 1989] 16:21 Sheila - Acid Kiss (Love Machine Mix) [Quark, 1989] 17:55 Liaisons-D - Heartbeat [Music Man Records. 1989] 20:42 The Centrefield Assignment - Mi Casa (DJ's Dope Long Mix) [Next Door Records, 1988] 22:44 The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital Mix) [KLF Communications, 1989] 23:36 Mickey Oliver - IN-TEN-SI-T (Dash Rip Rock Mix) [Hot Mix 5 Records, 1988]
Which is what it’s all about! It’s the more in the know parties that I prefer. You know the ones you hear about through having a really good conversation with the guy who buys in the electronic music for your local record shop. You start chatting about how you’ve been listening to some soundtracks lately after hearing something in a film, then they recommend someone, you say “yeah I’ve got into that David Holmes who is done all these soundtracks for …” He then tells you he is playing a 5 hour set at this pub in Todmorden Yorkshire that is owned by a super eccentric Thai lady. The Gold Lion, which were totally unaware of, but turns out Goldie played there the other week. Sadly it’s sold out :( But it’s all these places where you will still find the quality crowds. They can make or break a night as much as the talent playing!
I think the Rave scene in the UK definitely changed the outlook of a lot of people. It was a great thing spinning vinyl and letting the peace and love flow.
Phones are rarely ‘needed.’. People’s narcissism and ego mistake this as a ‘need.’. Sad sad state of affairs when everything and everyone ‘needs’ to be documented all of the time.
Not necessarily, although I know what you mean but back then you were only known within the scene, now all you need is a radio hit and you're pretty much everyone's favorite
@@AgentHurt As a DJ you have to listen carefully to a lot of music and choose what to play at the right moment. Also you have to bring a powerful sound system. Don't fuck it up. Then there're good ones and bad ones. It takes as much skill today as it used to. It's something that can be learned by practice. It's not a unique profession, but what profession is? Even piloting works on the autopilot today. It is to avoid crashes. :)
Ahhh, sweaty hair and face, t-shirts with stretched long sleeves, having to stand still because you'd danced so much and needed a little break, just feeling the beats and when a tune you really loved came on, regaining the energy to rave again! I was a metal head in the 90's but rave music had the same uplifting vibes ❤
what's up with the phones ? .. around that time there were no cell phones ... I still watch a lot of Boiler Room videos were people are just dancing .. it's up to the deejay ..if he is good .. people dance .. if he is just a poser doing nothing spectular .. people grab their phones
I was there. Now 50 years old, a grandfather with my own business. Still listen to the tunes and now my kids are all grown up. Myself and my wife who i met at a rave way back then have just started going out again to old skool reunions. We dont indulge in the chemical side of things no more but its these days which made us and am so glad we didnt have social media back then. Life back then was alot less complicated...
Those were the days when you had to be there to understand it - AI can't replicate that, not in a million years. We experienced music and a movement which never existed before, but not only once -dozens of times from the 70s to the millennial end - nothing but genre revolutions.
Went to my first 1989, north London, illegal. Asked my mate what to wear. He said anything no one will care. Didn't really like the clubs, but loved the music on my tapes. That night just blew me away. All walks of life just there for the music. I was finally with like minded people who didn't judge. I had some fantastic times for the next ten years in tents and clubs, but nothing will compare to those early years and I feel so lucky to have been part of it.
90s kid here. Its difficult now. Platforms like boiler room brought the DJ in front of the camera. Its very cool to go to a (legal) rave, and we have 'festival chic' to prescribe what to wear. On the other hand, there are a lot of uninviting squat raves, not the same type of crowd (have witnessed stabbing at one). Saying that, I made lasting friendships in fields and in clubs in the 2010s. There is vanity, pretentiousness and elitism in dance music today, and a lot of money, but clubbing culture is a broad spectrum and at the more carefree end you have places like Plastic People in London with almost no lighting and no door policy, other than keeping out big groups of pissheads. Those places where you face each other and not the DJ, where you'll share a water with a stranger, its still there if you can find it, but you often have to get to it early or let the commercial aspects of today's scene wash over you. (Plastic People couldn't maintain their license in a gentrifying London.) Today I think the sanctuary offered by raves has been replaced by internet culture - check out VR raves...
"Went to my first 1989, north London, illegal" Is 1989 a place? I was thinking it was the year. [Ignorant Yank here, but I was going to guess this was London!]
I'm way younger, when I hit the scene it was 2011. I look back on it fondly and wouldn't change it at all, but to go to one of these 90's warehouse raves would be amazing.
Yep the money went on drugs, vinyl, drugs n petrol money and more drugs! Most fun times ever, we were total caners. Feel sorry for kids now, plastic nails, hair, eyelashes, hooker heels and dresses - and camera phones for everyone to judge each other. People only dressed up for wedding/funeral🤣and only took photos on a camera at crimbo, birthdays and holidays.😂not one photo exists of me as a raver, to my knowledge, probably a good thing, looked wankered like a sweaty owl.🤣
Times were more chill back then. No censorship, no government meddling, no restrictions, no political correctness, no social media, people with cell phones in their faces and it was better.
@@YuBetchya wait, resident advisor doesn’t give out locations 🥺. I thought resident advisor was the perfect website to catch on current djs who play secret music away from mainstream
Happened all the time in the 90's Bay area. We had SFRaves calendar. No cell phones, no social media, just drive to location A for ticket, drive to location B for good time...
I think it could still work today, find some turntables or better yet DJs with their own setup, do better on what to do if scenarios pop up, accept people are still going to use their phones - if they had them or a pager - and pick the place - maybe recreate the days of the hellfire club and throw money together and buy all these abandoned lots.
Oh My Old Skool Days!!! I am 61 years old lol This Video Just took me back to when I was 25 and Raving like there was no tomorrow. Great Content Video showing How it really was. Love and respect to the Person Uploading This Thank You
Am i the only one who noticed the excellent picture quality of this video? This was recorded nearly 35 years and is better than modern recordings. Even the sound is brilliant!
The best thing about this is that everyone is learning what to do with this music. It was literally just invented the year before. Kids today can't fathom it. This was literally a completely new music genre being born. No, this is not the same as a SUB genre coming along like dubstep, etc. A whole new genre. I'm not sure we'll ever see anything like it again.
Way what a flashback! This is wear it all started,we worked hard and on the weekend we raved even harder! I'd go back to these glorious times in a heartbeat if I could!👌❤
My cousin went to England in the late eighties and when he returned, we did what he learnt her in oz. Late eighties, early nineties,😅Back then the DJ wasn't the focus, the music, loosing your self in it with other people who were also into the zone was the drawcard. When you had nights of great music, the peaceful, comradery could be felt in the air. I miss the early raves. Going out and finding an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere and getting it going with like minded people at 1 in the morning till after dawn. The feeling is amazing. Pure love for all! Of course we made sure there were enough party favours for everyone at the door. Great time to be alive. And before the police got involved it was so good. It was a great way to forget the stress and pressure of life.
Definitely the best times..kinda weird thinking back that we didn't have cellphones etc everyone just knew where to meet up.. Socialising was a good laugh back then..always good times and plenty people to meet..nowadays with social media n shit instead of going out for a laugh with friends people just go talk to friends on here and other social networks etc...kinda killing society tbh.
Shoutout to everyone who randomly stumbled on this & will never forget the awesomeness of breaking into an abandoned building & wilding out like that until the sun came up 🌞
This was a young generation having had 10 years of the old establishment and Margaret Thatcher we’d had enough we fought back they wondered what had hit them 😊. I was lucky to be a part of it all also timed perfectly with a drug called Ecstasy 👍
Dancing is so healing…. Late 80’s and early 90’s was the best times…people didn’t care what you looked like or how you danced. There was so much more acceptance and open mindedness than today. Without raves a lot of those people would’ve been drugged out on the streets like today’s situation. There are so many legal things that hurt people.
>people didn’t care what you looked like or how you danced. There was so much more acceptance and open mindedness than today. Yeah, what the FVCK happened ? LOL And people say now is much more accepting ?
For those who were not about at the time this is what I remember of those days: buying a ticket in advance £15 to £25 (back in 1989) from independent record shops in Soho to raves with names like Hysteria, Genesis, Biology, Fantazia etc. Then listening to pirate radio stations for the time/ location to meet up or phoning a contact number written on the flyer when you bought the ticket. Then heading to the meet at the Windmill Pub in Clapham Common at about midnight. From there about 200+ cars with blaring rave music all headed out of south London to the M25. By about 2am you finally arrived in some field or warehouse and raved to about 10am. One time we ended up in a warehouse in Watford and another time a disused airfield in Hampshire! Colourful, crazy times!
LMAO The 2 girls in polka dot jumpsuits @ 22 mins were definitely trippn balls. It brings joy to my heart to know that is on the internet forever now!! That's just awesome. lol
Everyone in this video is now in their mid to late forties...Worrying about their own kids and what they are doing... I know because I'm one of them... I was 18 in 89 ... 'Happy Days' !
Amazing thing is, nobody is showing off, they just look like ordinary people enjoying the atmosphere, just being themselves. Nice to see lots of black and white people mixing, no trouble. Everyone happy. I remember the 80s being like this, people were so much nicer to be around. Nowadays everyone is image obsessed and arrogant, all about me me me, the labels on my clothes, the car I drive (you mean lease LOL) and posting everything about themselves on Instagram or Facebook etc. People have such a horrible self important attitude these days with no time for anyone else. Social media has turned everyone into sickening attention seekers. Get me a time machine please.
Eric Cowan yeah you right bro it’s true you know I was thinking that our people are snobs and states are better I’ve traveled and understood our youth is massive in its positivity . Love uk just off the rave six story building old street packed up Bro , dogs , police ain’t no hatred just literally can live off your years like that . In London most of the clubs being on the shut down more than half in a mere decade you get me People penned up like literally do we have a choice yes we do and we fighting gentrification by rocking and whacking this places
Eric Cowan no Bro I’m for real anytime you in London go to rave parties bro you’ll make lifetime friends and might will stay here altogether I knew some geezer he moved oout from states found a British girl , from now on beanies on a toast and good warm up at the dance floor
So true and no sjw crap and people getting offended by every little thing oh and only two genders now we have people identifying themselves as garden chairs and all sorts.
Naveed Khan bro come on whr do u live ? What county bruff in London it’s still s thing nicest people no one gets offended , pure plur who seeks thou finds
Dont be , i was 20 in 1989 so i got the full blast of acid house/rave but i would have prefered to get the full blast of Jimi Hendrix live and 60,s lsd we carnt pick unfortunately .
@Sometimescloudy I hear ya. I think it’s the underground aspect of the acid-house scene in those early days which is so appealing (along with the music of course and sense of community.)
Or maybe it was just that the drug had only just become available when this was filmed & nobody had any tolerance to it. Everyone was having their first times on it at the same time.
@@eiyhka8779 lol aww thank you ❤️, but me a legend?.. No 😁, it was a time of real peace, love, and all colour, racist barriers were not to be seen anywhere. A real revolution in the simplest of forms, basically to dance... And i mean dance anywhere... I have 1001 stories to tell of the most wonderful times to be had. Great people, atmosphere, and music. Best days of my life ❤️ ❤️ 💃💕
@@tamjames1496 Compared to these times that seems like heaven and that's the way it should still be. I bet you do have some great stories! 😁 I bet in a million years you never thought you'd see a video on YT one day where you were at So damn cool isnt it..
@@eiyhka8779 Absolutely, to think someone recorded this for posterity is indeed a fine thing, but to see it on RU-vid, well that's just magical. For those who were not there or too young at the time to attend, this is some beautiful footage in its finest form to look and see how lovely partying back then really was 🕺💃🕺♥️💕💞🎼🎼
Think of the billions of years and all the distance of the universe and these people ended up right there and then in a banging warehouse rave in 1989...
that will come back for a few after the demons rape creation and then kill it again …while calling themselves worthy as they raped and abused. same hole always.
@@barbarabeard3904 in Berlin this time allso, best time, Russians give up let the people free, Wall is down end of 1989 and the Party was on - Eva 240 mg and 180 mg pure and strong 👊🏻 - nice to see you have the same partys this time 👍🏻👏🏻
I did security, easiest gigs ever. Kids thought we were the coolest, they'd think we were busting them for smoking and we'd just join in. Only times I ever had to deal with violence was when there was alcohol involved - and it was NEVER brought in by the promoters.
Even using a DDJ isn't as easy as you think. With today's technology the sound is alot cleaner from a crackling vinyl. Although I've been around the scene. They both have positives and negatives. The reason DJs of today go wrong is they use beat match way too much. The sound in the video has came along way from the Original Sound of Kraftwerk... You cod put Paul Kalkbrenner's Mixer he takes to his live sets in front of that DJ and he would be lost. Yet you could put Kalkbrenner infront of those Decks and he wouldn't be lost at all.
@@CeruleanSky1111 - It has absolutely no relevance whether it's on a computer or real decks. It's not the instrument and hardware that determines the dj or musician.
I remember those days! A good DJ would build the music layer by layer, and just when you think it couldn't get better it took you to a whole 'nother level and you felt like you could dance forever.
@@lina4inampa901pparently, it's actually because of the indoor smoking ban. now that ppl go outside when the set mellows out, djs have to play banger after banger to keep the crowd interested. I don't smoke nicotine products so the constant intensity is a little overwhelming for me and I end up leaving for a break anyways 😂 a double edged sword
Oh cool, I was at this party. It was an illegal warehouse event by Energy in 89'. Me and mates were driving a Peugeot 205 gti and at about 5.00am I went to the car to get some skins, I had a football in there too so I took it out and kicked it in the air. Next thing there was like 50 to 100 of us out of our faces passing and kicking the ball to each other, it was so hilarious trying to kick the ball as we were so gone we kept missing it and falling over 🤣😂🤣 best time ever. Trust me when I say this, these were beautiful times to be alive, the parties, the music, the people... Epic in every sense... The dj playing is Evil Eddie Richards who I first met at Clink Street in 88'... Best days of my life ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ xxx
@@YoutuBerry1993 i don't anymore Berry. But I still have all the original vinyls and even better, you see my profile pic, it's a book, not just an ordinary book, this was my diary that I wrote in daily of all the parties and illegal warehouse, field events that I went to between 87' and 88', its absolutely full of stuff including an original press release of Roland's Tb 303 known as the acid sound that was published in 1982. 😁
@@tamjames1496 that's sick man! Love hearing stories from the 80/90ies. I almost could not believe house/techno did exist back then. The music is timeless, the dance is timeless. I'll be at awakenings festival near Amsterdam in about 2 weeks. It's the biggest of Europe. 💪💪
I feel sorry for the kids today. The abiding thing here is togetherness, connection to each other through music and culture. All faces, all races coming together as one in Love. Magic Magic Magic
I started at 17, 26 now. Even since I started it has gotten much much worse generally and im still a baby, can't imagine how great it was back then. This video was 7 years before I was born lol.
@@chop8557 Yeah, I did a lot of partying in Israel and when it was a smaller party, somewhere underground, in a shelter or a beach, people danced facing each other. But once it was some bigger DJ, all facing him.
the fault also lies within the fact that nowadays most venues place the dj at the center of stage in plain sight, whereas before they were usually kinda hidden. at least in raves and teknivals the focus is set on the soundsystem and not the dj
I’m 36 and so old fashioned as I grew up in the 90s I love that I grew up when I did without phones computers TikTok shit and hey everyone taking the piss out of me as I’m crap with technology I don’t care I love living a life not knowing about it
Very true it's almost like people dress up based on the genre being played. Recently went to a Dubstep Riddim show nothing but black including my self.
@@tylermcneil5239 he is most probably talking about racial diversity. I have seen more blacks in this video from 1989 than I've seen in today's mainstream music festival
This is going to be difficult to explain. We did not notice "diversity". I don't know what else to say other than I feel sorry for the generations that came after me that they see others the way they do. The way they are programmed to do.
Yes man. We used to sell herb at these parties. Never saw a fight, never had anyone OD. We arrived as a group, made new friends, and we left together to eat breakfast when the sun came up.
Spot on comment. The early raves were just anyone who liked the tunes getting together. Later on there was more of a uniform. Hoodies for some, white gloves, safety vests, beanies etc. All the different areas making their own look. Still lots of peace and love back then 🙂
Remindes me of a rave my cousins took me to in the summer of 1989 in London. I was 15 yo and lived in Brooklyn NYC in the hood. WHAT A GREAT MEMORY!!!!!
For anyone that’s curious, yes this was indeed from 1989! The flyer for this event stated all the following: The event was Dance ‘89 (Presented by Energy) Saturday, September 23, 1989 Raydon Airfield, Suffolk, UK DJs included: Richie Rich, Little Louis Vega, Paul “Trouble” Anderson, Evil Eddie Richards (whom you can see DJ’ing in this video), Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold, Jazzy M, Fabio, Jumping Jack Frost. Live Acts: Soul II Soul, Bomb the Bass, Inner City, M.C. Merlin, Smiley Culture
@@oakenfoldmixes Don't listen to them. Its 100% 1989. I'm in that crowd not on film. I know or knew at least 4 people in this vid. It is in fact on Sunday. It didn't get going till around 5- 530 am. I don't think any of live acts were there and only a handful of DJ's. Its strange watching it. It brilliant but also gives me a heavy dose of melancholy. It was without doubt the best era of my life.
@@Zaandick Thanks for the info! I forgot to mention all the info listed was from the flyer for the event. Just updated my comment to reflect that. Amazing! You were so lucky to have experienced those days! 😍
@@Nasty_J people on acid don't dance with the beat like that. They're all over the place. Some videos on RU-vid show what people dancing on acid actually looks like. It's more of an interpretation than a dance.
