Magick. Music. Family.
(Maybe that should all be one word).
Eternal respect to the global rave underground, in all its forms, with all its beautiful creations, and all of its sick, sick minds. I love you people.
I'd like to meet:
I'm open to your interests. I won't laugh at your skull tattoo, if you won't laugh at my love for techno music. ...well, on second thought, we could both use a laugh.
Yo, my DJs, artists, producers, magickians, philosophers, sound systems, promoters, distributors, labels, record stores, broadcasters, venues, listeners, dancers, scientists, maxers, relaxers, and all-'round party peoples who are interested in the power of techno specifically, electronic music widely, or amplified sound in general to shift the consciousness of human beings.
Even better are those who would like to push that consciousness toward more community. I think it would be incredible if all the wandering, splintered techno tribes out there began to reform under the banner of the rave nation, bringing back with them what they learned in the wilderness.
Does anybody still long to go to a party where they will actually be surprised at what comes through the speakers? Each dj and performer bringing a different, individual flavor? Rocking out to shit you'd have never heard if you were stuck back in your box? Yes, it's necessary to represent for your stylie, whatever it is. But in my eyes, the incessant genre-fication of techno--as distinguished from American "house music"--has led us to a state where there are, on a given weekend in San Francisco, about five clubs and 4 parties that each turn out 30 or 40 people, instead of 300 people turning out at the same shit to bang it off the hinges. What happened to us, ravers??
Look, anyone can have a sound party, and while fantastic, that's all there seems to be anymore. The rave, on the other hand, was and should be a full-sensory experience. Who remembers? Who wants to remember...? Pushing your body and mind to that peak experience was the point. It's not just about the music, and it's definitely not about $5 well drinks. At its best, the dancefloor is a gnostic church--there is worship, panic, astral travel taking place. A voodoo of possession and surrender. One dancefloor, one breath, one god-consciousness housed in many bodies. This is what it can be, anyway, for those who seek it. If you're interested in creating it, message me about the Rave Infrastructure Project (tRIP)!
Music:
Records new and old currently on the decks [mostly old, 'til I can afford another mailorder!]:
VA [ Teen Suicide ]::Welcome to Bayshore
X23 ::Lucid:8
VA [ Null vs. Mental Industries ]::Null Meets Mental – Suisse Edition
Luke's Anger ::Dead Like Elvis ::Fistful of Donkeys ::Give 'Em Some Freq
VA [ Growth Recordings ]::Remedies for Nervous Disorders and Hearing
Bob Brown ::Everything Mine
The Doubtful Guest ::Electrobotz
Rotorik ::America's Most Wanted
Various ::The World Is Gone
Norman ::Yellow Dummyprotector
Norman & Syntax Error ::Pussy Flörborner remixes
Stockhousen ::Stockhousen EP ::E-Mission ::Liza's Number 1
Bill Youngman ::Kleingeld ::Who Stole Bill's Jacket [w/Neil Landstrumm
VA::[ Perce-Oreille ]::p~o.24
Mazdaratti ::Fox Hunt ::Mazdaratti
PTV ::For Charles
2CB ::Earth Mover ::2CB 4, ::7, ::8
The Glove ::Blue Sunshine
Dexorcist ::D.exe ep
Spac Hand Luke ::Sidthug ::Amen Andrews vs...
Paul Birken ::Speaker Freakin 2006
Kit ::Rukno Rockets
VA [Soundthology]
::Früchtentee ::Trash2Loop Vol 1 & 2
Aeox ::Richandfamous ::Under Fire/Ever Lost a Friend to God?
VA [ Tonewrecker ]::I'm In The Pocket
Curtis Chip ::Untitled [Zod.04]
R-Zac ::R-zac 2000
Jason Leach ::Beateater ::Death to Vinyl ::Death Two Vinyl ::Fix13
[ White Label ]::Dead Letter Drop 2
Mascon ::Neutrum
VA [ Miditonal ]::Amplify the Force v1.0, ::v3.0, ::v4.0, ::v5.0 ::Midi Meets Chan 'n' Mikes
Mochipet ::Dim Sum
stEph & Lo.max ::Brothers In Arms
stEph::Rumpelkammer
Radio Boy ::Rude Workouts
Tubeway Army ::Replicas
Cannibal Cooking Club ::Recooked Vol 1 & 2 ::Rest In Pieces
Audion ::Kisses ::The Pong ::Just Fucking ::Suckfish
Bjørn Svin ::Before You Suite ::Highscore [w/ Tobias von Hofsten ]
Caribou / Manitoba ::The Milk of Human Kindness ::If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be an Airport
Signal Electrique ::???
Matt (tdk) ::Untitled [Tonal Research 1]
VA [ ZINCH ]::Beboten Vertreten
Mr. Oizo ::Nazis ::Stunt
VA [ Kugelbox] ::Crash Course, parts 1 & 3
David Bowie ::Hunky Dory ::Man of Words, Man of Music ::Ziggy Stardust ::Aladdin Sane ::Lodger ::Low
VA [ Antikonsum ]::AK003 ::AK004
Michael Forshaw ::Luring Disco Dollies 2 A Life of Vice ::Cheerleaders Remixed ::Wi Boaby An That ::The Last Starfighter EP ::Blackpool Rock EP
Crystal Distortion ::The Things I'm Not Supposed To Do
Geoff White & Sutekh ::Delay 6
Danielle Dax ::Jesus Egg That Wept
Ed Giles [ 3d!t ]::The Sting EP
Shitmat ::The Lesser Spotted Burberry EP
Si Begg 's remixes of Bolz Bolz 's::Take A Walk; and Lamb 's::Gabriel
Skeetaz vs. C. Mantle ::Spacebar Superstars Vol. 2
VA [ Bombtrap ]::Various Bombtists vol 2
Dave Tarrida ::Paranoid (Again) EP ::Playing the Game ::Danse Macabre ::Postmortem Pop ::The Test EP [w/ Tobias Schmidt ]
Eats Tapes ::Dinosaur Days ::Remix Party
VA [ Don't Recordings ]::The Rumpus Room Vol. 2
Ellen Allien ::Just a Woman
Hanson & Schrempf ::Rohrfaß EP
Alter Ego ::Transphormer [2006 rmxs] ::Gate 23 (Lost on Arrival)
Psimurgh ::Hysterikal EP
Kevin Burtt / Jonah Sharp / Jason Williams ::Bento Box EP
Peaky Pounder ::Kippis!
Brian Eno ::Here Come the Warm Jets
VA [ Robox-Neotech ]::Wir Grüssen Unsere Mami's ::Jubiläumsausgabe
Stewart Walker ::Spend the Day Frozen EP
Adam Beyer ::Tasty Bits
::Stereotypes
Brodie Guy vs. Doormouse ::Untitled [Zod.06]
VA [ Beta Bodega ]::Section 173.14
Neil Landstrumm ::Kids Wake Up ::Glamourama ::Understanding Disinformation ::She Took a Bullet Meant for Me ::Bedrooms & Cities ::Pro Audio
The Tokyo Assassin & The Verticals:: Life of Grime
Audision ::Solid State
KX Noizsystem ::Mucking Machine Trax ::Matrix Fire ::Altitude Jazz ::El Futuro
Fugo ::Tumult EP ::Robots Engaged in Bondage
Not Breathing ::Event Horizon EP
Beefcake ::Viande de Gateau
Cristian Vogel ::Boom Busine ::Two Fat Downloads 88 ::(Don't) Take More
Planetary Assault Systems ::The Drone Sector ::Planetary Funk Vol 6 ::Coad Warrior 1
Preast FX ::Fix 12
Emotional Joystick ::EP2 ::Untitled [Zod.03]
Kid606 ::Done With the Scene
GD Luxxe ::The 21st Door
Vincent ::D.Moo
Ian [SPAZ-SF]::Untitled [K.Ktus 0.4]
Din-ST ::Yamu d'-Din ::Club Goods
No Movement No Sound No Memories ::Acetate remixes
Julia Decay ::Oodaman EP
Speedy J ::Bugmod ::Tanga
::Collabs 100 [w/Adam Beyer]
Yves de Ruyter ::Best of Bonzai: The First Three Years [okay, that one's a cd]
Alexander Katz ::Side Road
DJ Maxximus ::Trust Me!
Subhead ::Baby Takes Three ::Disturbing House ::Hard Interview ::Subhead 4, ::11, ::18
Unit Moebius ::Life Mood ::Acid Planet 6
Audio_Riot ::Weltschmerz
Barbara Morgenstern ::Nichts Muss
SpankRock ::YoYoYoYoYo
Tomas Andersson ::Copy Cat ::Rock Acid
Persona ::Omnithrope EP
House of Fix:: 21st Century Fix
Solenoid ::Splendid EP ::Services Rendered
Johannes Heil ::The * Is Back ::Die Formel Der Liebe
VA [ Tigerbass ]::The Final Crackdown EP
and the list goes...round and round at 33 or 45 rpm!
CLICK 'EM...
Heroes:
Mothers and fathers who hang in there, and all those who take an active interest in the well-being of future generations.
