The Ive Experience
Watch the Indigenous Namibian Himba Tribe Experience Raves for the Very First Time
“What I like most is watching my village dance,” says a young child in a new mini-documentary about electronic music. Now, that experience has been brought to the world. Cinematic and celebratory, the film is part of an ongoing series that will capture the introduction of electronic dance music and raves to indigenous African tribes for the very first time. Its producers’ first visit was with the Himba of northern Namibia, a semi-nomadic tribe of about 50,000 people. c/o The Ive Experience The doc, which was edited to be one long music video, captures daytime dance circles, polychromatic nighttime light shows, and everything in between. It’s all set to original music by DJ and artist IVE. Recommended Articles “Imagine introducing electronic mus...
New Film Captures Remote African Tribe’s Introduction to Electronic Music: Watch the Trailer
Do you ever wish you could go back and experience hearing dance music for the first time? The organizers of a thought experiment called The Ive Experience hoped they could instill a similar feeling of joy in a population that had never been exposed to the genre before. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the team behind the initiative had to travel to one of the most remote locations in the world to conduct and film the experiment, according to one organizer who shared a statement with EDM.com. The Himba tribe, a nomadic group hailing from Namibia in southwest Africa, haven’t even owned a radio let alone been exposed to electronic music. Nonetheless, many members of the tribe—believed to be around 50,000 strong—have a penchant for dancing. The tribe even has its own dance for everyday ...
