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ok so being rave adelaide youll prob be a wee bit biast, but still...
im from england, (hopefully) going to go study at uni in australia in 2007, and am looking at flinders. i was wondering what the adelaide rave scene is like, it seems on the tinternet lots of ppl say its crap compared to sydney, melbourne, etc? is it? is it still good?
Whats the oz rave scene like? is it illegal like here in the uk?, and so very much an underground DIY culture, or does it pritty much consist of commercial clubs (which over here are often filled up with pissed-up twats rather than the more friendly e-tards)?
Just wanna get to no a little before i move across the globe!
Cheers for any help!
edit by dbb : fixed up the spelling mistake in the topic title. It was annoying the shit out of me.
This post has been edited by dbb: Aug 23 2006, 08:23 AM
march EPosted: 22 Aug 2006, 11:01pm 
Keeping the Kandii Kulture Kickin!!adelaide is a very close knit raving community, everyone pretty much knows each other and looks out for each other. i love it here, it may not be as huge in numbers as the sydney and melb scene, but it is extreme quality, with amazing local dj's willing to push new and underground sounds to an extremely up for it audience.
adelaide has a mix of underground and more commercial rave style nights, with a nightclub right in the CBD that is extremely raver friendly.
great friendly crew u will find here. what genre's most interest you?
that's my 2c anyway. hope it helps
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SCOTT BOND @ Tonic picswww.myspace.com/march_eQuazzaPosted: 22 Aug 2006, 11:14pm 
12 years and countin!imo theres a lot more variety in adelaide compared to most other states
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thanks for the fast replies! i like almost anything, im mainly into breakcore/dn/jungle but thats prob cos most of the partys i hear of round here are that kinda thing. Also getting more into psy-trance and gabba/hardcore lately, but dont often get to go to any of those parties (all of my friends are junglists...) Are all the raves you have legal, or do you have the same problems we have over here with that?
'wishing out the days' - November 21stany rave's put on here are generally legal mate. if you like your jungle/dnb then adelaide is a must, it has a massive following here
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hexPosted: 23 Aug 2006, 10:03am 
Are you one?Dnb wise adelaide's the place, hardcore i'd go for brisbane, melbourne and sydney for the hard style and oink oink bouncy shit music!
And considering adelaide's pretty much the only place in australia that hasn't got over hard house yet i'd have to say adelaide for hard house/ NRG too.
Sydney's raves are big but the crowds are all young kids and really the vibe isn't that enjoyable from what i've found playing there. Brisbane goes off because they don't have a rave club scene so in order for the people to hear the music they have to go to the monthly or bi monthly parties which usually ensures there's decent crowds at most things.
my 2c
Guruill be sure not to play any of that nasty hardstyle stuff on friday then :P
Raver1Posted: 23 Aug 2006, 10:36am 
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BlitzPosted: 23 Aug 2006, 10:45am 
Imaginariumvery few young people due to there only being 2 or 3 unlicenced events a year.
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PrattyPosted: 23 Aug 2006, 10:46am 
Lock it in thanks Eddie!To much stuff to read in here and way to serious for this time of the morning.
I did see Hardstyle is wack. So yeah it was worth the skim over
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Guru I do play some hardstyle, one of the clubs I play at here is more hardstyle dominated
However I believe there is some decent stuff in most genres, I don’t play the stuff that sounds like slowed down gabba I cant stand it and hope it stays in Sydney
I play more stuff which is basically just real hard, hard trance, thumping basslines but the track still has drive and flow isn’t stabby and flat, a lot of stuff played that people hate is hard style/ jump style
TrasorPosted: 23 Aug 2006, 11:49am 
yoda's demi godQUOTE(hex @ Aug 23 2006, 11:03 AM)
melbourne and sydney for the oink oink bouncy shit music!
why do people list events in their signature when they don’t DJ or promote parties
answer: their old skool
slidePosted: 23 Aug 2006, 11:55am 
u smelladelaide for variety for sure!! close knit community which is both a good and bad thing.
melbourne for sheer scale and numbers and quality of production.
thats all i got to go off. still learnin to mix
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gigs OdysseyPosted: 23 Aug 2006, 12:00pm 
Yoda's Love ChildQUOTE(slide @ Aug 23 2006, 11:55 AM)
still learnin to mix
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NakedPosted: 23 Aug 2006, 2:20pm 
all class!Hmmm, having expereinced both Melbourne and Adelaide, they both weigh the same in pro's and con's really.
Adelaide having a close knit scene is one of the main things, it can be good and bad...for obvious reasons. But its quite an interesting scene, and you feel incredibly safe thats for sure. Melbourne scene is absolutely massive, but feels a bit commercial, and the music seems a bit samey. Also, the scene seems a bit more, drug driven. But your ALWAYS meeting new people, and the rave productions are of top quality. But when I was living there, I had the time of my life, and I would go back, for sure.
Then again, Melbourne doesn't quite have something special like Enchanted... though they do have those "McRaves", which, personally don't really appeal to me.
All in all, I love both scenes, but Adelaides where its at for me music wise. Freeform, NRG, Hard House, and quite a big DnB scene, that knows what its all about.
This post has been edited by Naked: Aug 23 2006, 02:22 PM
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NakedPosted: 23 Aug 2006, 2:30pm all class! QUOTE(Exa-Cist @ Aug 23 2006, 02:23 PM)
They do have some pretty magic parties here, maybe not quite the size of enchanted but they are here
Did you ever go to a party run by G.O.D or Smile police
The effort and atmosphere at these parties is amazing
Actually, I beleive the vodaphone arena parties (ie. Two Tribes, GodsKitchen) are far more massive then the Enchanteds... Enchanted is heaven for people that are into the harder blend of music I guess.
On another note, I used to LOVE the Hard Kandy nights when it was at Billboards (its only true home), had many MANY good times there. Car park next door, esky full of beer with mates, lots of cars with booming hard dance and running in and out
Ah yes, I did go to a couple of GOD parties, god they were SO MUCH DAMN FUN! GOD 666 special, in Altona couple of years ago is a standout night for me... I lost my phone that night, but I didn't care, I was having the BEST time! Altona is a fucking WICKED venue, and the vibe was just out there!
Golden part was someone being upset because they used 666 as advertising, and he was going to church in the morning coked up!
This post has been edited by Naked: Aug 23 2006, 02:32 PM"I can tell you what it is...
But not where its at!!!"
'wishing out the days' - November 21st i personally dont rate two tribes and godskitchen and rate enchanteds much higher, despite the fact they have less numbers
It's okay, do you want some more?
I said, 'yeah'
You'll see dragons after 3 or 4
I said, 'Yeah!!'SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - adelaide v melbourne: Gateway Friday 25th
Jesus... I hope I am reading that wrong... coz all I'd be concerned about is the Uni your looking at... not the party scene. It'd be pretty stupid to move accross the world to go to Uni based on the rave scene in that city.
