Rave music

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Rave music consists of forms of electronic dance music that are associated with the rave scene.

Most often, the term is used to describe high in energy music, including some forms of trance music, that features samples, loops and synthesizers. Less intense forms of rave music include ambient music, and chillout music, usually used in separate areas of raves known as "chill rooms" that provide a place for "ravers" to rest and relax from the intense dancing.

Rave music closely followed the acid house phenomenon and was initially considered as a combination of fast breakbeat and more hardcore forms of techno. Early 1990s efforts by Nebula 2, Acen, Altern-8, The Prodigy (Experience), Utah Saints and The Shamen (En-Tact) were quintessential rave music and were being played at huge all night raves like Fantazia, Raindance, Universe and others.

By the early 2000s, the term was used more generically to mean any one of a number of different styles (or combinations thereof) that might be played at a rave party. In this sense, rave music is more associated with an event than a particular genre, per se. At a rave there can be different "arenas" or areas which play different styles of rave music. Very large raves called "massives" may include ten or more separate arenas, each with their own music style, ranging from hi-energy techno and trance to chillout and ambient in the chillrooms situated next to or within the surroundings of the main event.[1].


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[edit] Genres

Raver styles of music continue to grow and evolve. Some genres and an iconic artist include (not an exhaustive list):

Non-dance styles which might be heard in a rave "chill-out" room include:

Some ravers are selective between genres, showing little or no interest in one area while finding great satisfaction in another. House often has roots in funk and disco while trance has its roots in new age and symphonic music. Many DJs mix genres, remix existing sounds, or leave electronic music entirely.

Among the new forms of rave music is "Makina", a distorted spelling of the Balkanian word for "machine". It is mainly produced in Spain but also in Italy, Germany and France.

[edit] Drug use

Main article: Rave#Drug use

Rave music is often tied closely to the drug Ecstasy because of the drug's capablity to enhance the music in an amplified sense. While on Ecstasy, listeners say rave music sounds clearer, crisper, and more "fluid", ultimately making the sound more enjoyable. Rave music is heavily repetitive in nature, and "ravers" state that when the listening or dancing experience is combined with Ecstasy, the effect produced is a heightened and surreal pleasurable experience.

Even though the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) is tied to the drug use, there are many people against the use of it, from listeners to the same DJs and Producers. They claim "Music itself is enough to enjoy it".

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://music.hyperreal.org/library/fewerchur.doc

Bennett Andy, Peterson Richard A.: "Music Scenes: Local, Translocal and Virtual." Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2004

Reynolds, Simon: Generation Ecstasy: into the world of techno and rave culture Routledge, New York 1999.

Lang, Morgan: "Futuresound: Techno Music and Mediation" University of Washington, Seattle, 1996.

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