Originally Posted by Psy-Kick
Hey,
I just came to America and am in Atlanta. Ive been browsing these forums for a few days now and have made the following observations.
1. Techno, drum and base, hard house... etc etc parties that go on all night here are being called raves... This is new.
2. I read some where someone who listened to psy trance called himself a raver and people responded with confusion. Then someone corrected him saying that he wasn't a raver but a trancer or some shit like that donno.
Anyway, I come from India and have been listening to psy since i was a kid and have been to many parties so here is what I have to say.
Psytrance as a genre has grown to become huge, and it is difficult sometimes differentiate due to fuzzy boundaries between different genres. Yet and a big YET, when I listen to a psy trance track I know its a psy trance track, simple as that.
Now as far as what a rave is... back home when I went to parties in goa ( and I've been to many, many many ) on the famous beaches of anjuna, vagator in places like hilltop, bamboo forrest, dolce vita etc we used the term 'party' and 'rave' synonymously. So I find it messed up that people here think to the contrary that other forms of music constitute a rave ( its almost derogatory). finally, in the city it is usually hard to have raves outside in the open, but I would not consider a psytrance event in a club to be a rave. So to me a rave is out in the open.
Now a rave ( my type of party ) is all about peace, freedom, acceptance unity and what not... there is no judgement. It is not about drugs etc though I have taken them at parties and I know what people mean when they talk about spirituality etc. Again, if it is about spirituality to some so be it Accepted!!
About the music at parties. I have been to festivals ( raves that last for 2 or more days ) and afternoon to evening parties, sunrise parties, sunset parties and the usual run of the mill evening to morning parties. And let me describe the music at the run of the mill evening to mornng parties. the party will start ( and again this is almost always the scene in outdoor raves, at clubs usually its just full on all night long, no transitions ).
So we start our journy with chillout around ten at night. Now chill out doesnt mean its slow... we're still sending at 140+ bpm. but the mood of the music is peaceful relaxing, not overwhelming, just tap your feet, take in the atmosphere, find your spot etc etc.
We then slowly transition to Full on full power music ( full on full power ... key terms here and coloqial in rave lingo ). you cant stop your legs from moving, hell you want to jump around, run , sit stand fly everything at the same time. the music is uplifting, full of sounds that throw you left right. This lasts till about 2am. ( depending on the mood of the party the dj etc )
Then past 2 we are getting into the dark of the night. the beat is persistent and there is no escaping the dark, spooky, eary sounds. The music is deep, tense, almost scary. It wont release you even if you want out. Yet, it captivates you, opens you up.
Just when you are about to give up and die, with the first rays of the sun as the morning greets the universe you've been in for a while and realise where you've been all night as faces become real, the dj plays the first morning track and it is happy happy music full of melodies that make you smell the flowers. you just wanna sway your head feel on the sun the morning dew and be swept away in the melodies behind/in front of the music thats been at 145+ bpm all night. this goes on from sunlight till 8-9 when the party ends.
After regurgitating all this, man I wish i was at a party. Also for a crash course, pretty much everything on IsraTrance.com is psytrance.
Hope this helps. Boom Shankar.
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