NPR Feature: “How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene”

8 Replies to “NPR Feature: “How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene””

1. thanks, can never read and fantasize enough about early 90s net + raves that i was never able to experience.

2. a big feature of the jungle documentary magda and i were working on was really touching on how the internet was influencing music production.

   but ya..all my ftp and news group activity back in the day was in an around ravers mostly..almost all of whom where in american universities (using that online infrastructure).

   does chris leamy still check his email on telnet?

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3. nope he has gmail like the rest of us now… I was still using putty to check my mail up until about a year ago when my account accidentally got deleted.

4. Although I’ve admittedly become one of those ‘grown ups’ who drives around listening to NPR on the radio, I must approach this article cautiously. I do generally enjoy NPR; I find their programming to be rather progressive and often enlightening. However, the topic of raves, rave culture and all things ‘electronica’ fall under my personal jurisdiction and will always be subject to mistrust and hypercriticism no matter which news agency brings it to the table

   Regardless, I must Mr. Matos his props. Within the first paragraph, he drops a Massive mag reference – and that legitimizes his entire article as far as I’m concerned. I will enjoy reading this, and thanks for posting!

5. +1
   supposedly there was way more research done on this which had to do with the us rave scene in general back then but they just took a few random quotes from each person and focused more on its connection to the internet (granted, a not-uninteresting aspect to look at)… wish I could see the full transcript tho!

6. Btw, you can check out a bunch of amazing old issues of Massive mag (PDF format) here: http://ravearchive.com/zine

   The record and party reviews are hardcore… those guys really knew their shit. Midwest = Analog purists.

7. I used to read massive, might have a copy or 2 from the late 90’s left over at my parent’s house somewhere still.

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