In tenth grade Mike and I decided to get into techno.
Electronic music. Dance music. Rave music.
The decision was made during Social Studies.
Mike bought the Rave 'Til Dawn compilation.
Through Columbia House. Or BMG.
The starting point.
Expanding.
Speed Limit 140 BPM compilations.
Our tastes improved. Moby. The Prodigy. Orb. Orbital. The KLF. Keoki.
They continued to broaden.
With the ability to drive. Came the ability to go to South Street.
611 Records.
Mix tapes. Magazines. Discs. Records.
More artists. More genres. Sub-genres.
We liked the same things. Similar things.
Though. There were preferences.
Mike liked ambient. I didn't. As much.
Tastes. Mine in particular. Moved towards jungle. Drum and bass.
We listened to. Purchased. Discussed. Dance music.
For years. A few years.
Before we actually went to a club. To a "rave."
Baltimore. 1995.
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral). Princeton Record Exchange bargain used.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Rave 'Til Dawn Is Gonna Rock You
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i miss going to 611 and buying jungle, D&B, they had great mixes. i still listen to alot of it...them. i remember we had fun going to shampoo, b4 it got really bad.
Ah yes. Shampoo. We did have fun there.
Does it still exist? In some capacity?
I was there a few years ago. To see Franz Ferdinand. At Making Time.
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