Raving
Music Is the Drug: A Deep Dive Into Substance-Free Raving With “The Sober Raver”
From non-alcoholic cocktail bars to substance-free music festivals, there has never been an era for sober raving quite like this one. To most people, ecstasy, LSD and vodka Red Bulls are practically synonymous with the “EDM” acronym. But over the last few years, a cohort of sober concert-goers have slowly brought their lifestyle to the mainstream, like the organizers of a “detox” music festival in Colorado and Electric Forest’s Camp Traction Sober Group Camp, which caters to those who want to get high off the music alone. Chelsie Cahoon has partied hard—and sober—since her late teens. Now she owns a clothing brand called Music Is The Drug and hopes to continue bringing awareness and acceptance to all corners of dance music culture, one t-shirt...
“Dance Is a Rave-olution”: ADE Shares Mini-Documentary Ahead of 2022 Conference
In honor of the return of Amsterdam Dance Event, organizers have unveiled a new mini-documentary inspired by the spirit of the music that fuels the influential gathering. Titled Dance Is a Rave-olution, the documentary is fleshed out through footage of the 2021 edition of the music conference and its many parties. Emphasizing freedom of expression, the short film features appearances from Honey Dijon, Octo Octa, Hyperaktivist, Colin Benders, Luke Slater and more. Through a combination of show footage and voiceover storytelling, the beauty of club culture is explored by the meaningful connections and unforgettable memories it engenders. This is done via a variety of different viewpoints, but all come to the same conclusion: these moments are powerful and have a monumental effect on th...
“Sausage Rave”: Watch 8 Dachshunds In Festival Gear Party In the Trunk at a Car Wash
Wiener dogs: life is short, and so are their legs. A creator named Grace Park, who owns eight dachshunds, recently threw the world’s cutest rave. Adorned with holographic smiley stickers and glowsticks, the wiener dogs paraded into a trunk and went buck wild to the night’s mainstage performance: a car wash. Soundtracked by Darude’s inescapable trance anthem “Sandstorm,” the first rave for Meatball and the gang seemed like the coolest function so far in 2022. And after the most paw-some party in the scene, one important question remains: How do we get on the guestlist for round two? Check out the puppy party below. Recommended Articles [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form...
Watch This DJ Perform for 192 Passengers at Rave Aboard International Flight
French dance music artist Charles B threw quite a party over the weekend—30,000 feet in the air. The Parisian DJ entertained travelers on an international flight with a full performance which spanned the entire trip from Paris to Malta, he told EDM.com. The two-and-a half-hour set saw Charles dropping a medley of house tunes, from surefire party starters such as Daft Punk’s “One More Time” to singalong cuts like David Guetta’s remix of Shouse’s “Love Tonight.” The normal cabin lights were dimmed down, leaving a rapid swirl of neon lights from external machines and the glow of passengers donning LED headwear to wash the area in a sea of color. Charles B tells EDM.com that a total of 192 people (186 passengers, four stew...
Narcotics Control Bureau Raids Drug-Fueled Rave on Indian Cruise Ship
Eight people were arrested on a Goa-bound cruise liner after India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided the ship and seized an enormous amount of party drugs and cash. Between 800 and 1,000 passengers total were on the drug-fueled Cordelia Cruises ship, 200 of which opted not to continue on the trip after the bust. Several “high-profile” DJs were reportedly invited to perform and the high-profile party also involved a number of Indian celebrities. The NCB arrived around 1PM on the ship’s first day of sailing and seized a total of 13 grams of cocaine, 21 grams of charas (a cannabis concentrate), 22 MDMA pills, and 5 grams of mephedrone, in addition to more than 130,000 Indian rupees, or around $1,742.85 USD in cash. Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh...
