To The NC Ravers Out There.

[Ravyn]

I've been in the rave scene for over 10 years now. I've raved from Maine to San Die to Frisco to Seattle. Seattle having the largest rave scene in the country. NC is my home and it's dissapointing to see very few raves at all. And the ravers here are a bunch of candy kid posers who have no idea what a rave is really about. In the last few months me and some friends have been working on bringing the scene down here. We've spoken to over 50 clubs over the State and talked to a few producers and well established DJ's. Basshuner to name one. Things are in the making for us and the rest of you. The party is coming. And it will never leave. I give props to you djravecandy for being so steady on this site. Here is somehting for the poser out there how ever. It's for everyone though. (If interested in helping us build on the NC scene please feel free to give us a shout. We'll look forward to it.)


The Raver Manifesto
Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy.
Our nourishment of choice is Love.
Our addiction of choice is technology.
Our religion of choice is music.
Our currency of choice is knowledge.
Our politics of choice is none.

Our society of choice is utopian though we know it will never be.

You may hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You maybe unaware of our existence.

We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would never judge you.

We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not naive children...

We are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself.

We are The Massive. One Massive.

We were first drawn by the sound. From far away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother’s heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring.

We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it,

We came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through our souls: we are all equal.

And somewhere around 35 Hz we could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward, pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies, and our spirits.,

Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution of the outside world. It is in that very instant, with these initial realisations that each of us was truly born.

We continue to pack our bodies into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you’ve abandoned and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one night.

Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in it’s purest, most intense, most hedonistic form.

In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilise and secure for us.

We seek to relinquish our inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackle’s and restraints you’ve put on us for your own peace of mind.

We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born.

Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible. Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops, and run through mazes and on hamster wheels.

Programming that tells us to eat from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourish ourselves with our own capable hands.

Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of open them.

Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing the dis-utopian reality of a world you’ve created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in:

Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility and Respect.

Our enemy of choice is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to stop us from celebrating our existence.

But know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given night, in any given city, in any given country or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party.

You don’t have access to that switch, no matter what you may think. The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party will never end.

I am a raver, and this is my manifesto.

[djravecandy]

I've always felt like that's what Underworld was saying in "Cowgirl."

I scream, I scream, I scream so much...
You know what I mean. this electric stream.
And my tears in league with the wires and energy and my machine.
This is my beautiful dream.
I'm hurting no one. hurting no one...
I want to give you everything.
I want to give you energy. I want to give a good thing.
I want to give you everything. everything...
In one final scream of love who could climb this high she looks beautiful
Like a child I feel tears. and I want to scream.
You know what I mean, this is hurting no one.
an erazor of love.

[Kalesss]

hi i was wondering if you all were gonna be around winston salem??
or greensboro?

[bjt24ME]

whats up ravyn and ravecandy right now i'm in iraq but when i get back i got myself and about 10 motivated heads that will work for beer and are all about making something happen i'll keep my eyes on here and anything i can do when i get back i will talk to you guys soon

[Ravyn]

Thanks for the replys yeah We'll be down that way for sure. The more heads we have in certain areas the more we can do in those areas. Yeah most deff bjt. Get up with us.

also great post DJrave I like that.

[Rowrowfightthepower]

My god that was the best thing I ever read. I now know what I want to do with my life.

[shiva87]

you are right....... i just have like 4 years in the rave scene but the last year when i came to NC, i didnt find a real rave, im hungry, i need it, i miss the beats in my chest, the melodies in my head, looking the stars, the moon and the sun rising, feel the vibes of brothers and i can keep going... but the point is that, why i need to go so far, why i cant found a rave here i know that is almost imposible in raleigh but in nc we have a lot of open spaces.....and im here if you need something and sorry for my english, good luck

[thom3x24]

I am new to the Raleigh area. I have been out of the scene since 1999 (when it went commercial in ohio) started going in 1996 when it was still the real underground.

Since then I have been dying to dance and have been to many clubs and the vibe just isn't the same. The love for dancing and music is was no where to be found.

I would really enjoy meeting up with some like minded people. I have time to help put things together.

[Ravyn]

I'm really glad to be getting these replies. I would really like to start working on this very soon. I am currently in Key west atm doing fire poi but will be back in NC within the next few weeks. To those of you who showed interest in helping getting some shows established please post some contact info such as messengers or emails. I would love to talk to you. Thanks.

[SeeingBlue]

I wish your motivation would spread a little west into East Tn.

[Rowrowfightthepower]

I have wanted to be a part of a scene like this since I was like six. I come from a family that moves around alot so I've never really been able to get roots into a community. I want to be part of this

[Ravyn]

You never know. If we grow we may head out that way. Alright. Lets put a small project together. Lets get a small rave together amongst all of our friends and there friends and see how it goes. lets strive for a 100 head count show. Not alot to ask. Will be a realitivly easy number to hit. We will throw it in eastern NC. In the Greenville or Little washington area. I have many connections with venues down there that will AID us in any thing we will require such as sound systems, sound permits. etc.. Do I have any takers willing to undergo in this project?