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Nick Dem Q use to go deep

Ed Rush and Optical

Hi-Fi Bar 2001

(I guess you could say that was the first party i went to)

Club i have no idea and rave it was in altona with zinc, pascal and fats 2001 (i think), there was also heaps of candy raver shit there but i didn't pay any attention to it.

ummm not sure.

but my first Techno experience was Will E Tell at this shitty little bar in morwell lol.

First rave was out in a little camping ground called Starlings Gap out in the yarra valley. Hoffman 2000s for my first acid experience when I was 17. Think Solaar at lounge was my first club night. Ahh the good ol' days!

Belfast in '96 @ the Docks

I don't remember too much other than I had acid for the first time and everyone sounded like they where a jockey with a high pitched voice.

'twas Every Picture Tells a Story '99.
paranoid we would be checked for id, did the mushie mash and got into the acid and poppers.
lol. good times until the sun came up and we realised how rank the whole place was.
i'll never forget the smell of the burning foam throughout the night as people stubbed out their ciggies on the floor in the 'chill out room'.

Was lucky enough to attend Global Village, inlcuding Global Village shut down. Went to my first party at Dome around the same time. Must have been 1995 summer of 96? Around the same time started going to Filter, Pervayors and Big Bamboo once.

^ Nice one D - lots of my mates went to Global Village - I never attended though.

Good thread this is

Wow....

Can't recall...

I think the first "rave" I went to was Welcome NYE with Loxy and Ink on the Docks.

Although I'd been to a few 33 1/3 parties @ POW (Freestylers etc) and BW shows prior.

prob started properly leaking into electronic tunes at BDO tbh- boiler room for a look-see and loved the vibe

first big rave fat boy slim at arena in bris- got trolleyed sideways, danced on stage all night. still sitting in valley mall mash lounge at 6am and was supposed to be at work at 7. fa1L but so worth it

docks raves were an era i'm so glad i knew. we had some crazy times down there- and also at the goods shed. proppa raving- welcome straight onto summadayze. lol filth.

first local rave adamski or guru josh at guildford civic hall circa 89/90
first london rave pirate club at rocket holloway road 90

Trans Atlantic @ Palis in St Kilda was my cherry. found the breaks room and loved it.

Then it just seemed like every weekend after that for a good 2 years wa spent in dodgy Altona. absolutley loved it when sean or 1lc would put on dnb in a sideroom at a rave.

loxy and ink was speacial too, such a bender so much rack i didnt know what to do with it all.

dnb parties in chch around 97?

bush party in a riverbed in otago, dredford on decks... jungle...

parties put on by hyperchild (jacob) etc, again chch

gathering 1999?

hmm poor memory

first tech I heard at a club was at Pure, which was at the back of the Palace until it got raided and had to move.

first rave was Hardware 1, circa 93

:showingmyage:

party called FUSE in adelaide...with HMC and dirty house crew aruond 1996
and saw my first melbourne shufflers too talc and all and was like WHOA WTF?

first outdoor party was small ones in melb in 97, and mt dissapointment earthcore and decided to move here...
first HUGE rave melb styles was hardware at docklands with jeff mills...
spent three days making art that we had to hang from the roof at last minute.

first proper mega rave was 2 tribes, not sure wot year 99'?
gosh what an awful place, but so mega ravey at the same time. loved it.

i remember the many muzzas very very well (i didnt even have a name for them back then :1 just knew they were disgusting), breaks 'room' in a hallway and drum n bass, was good.
a girl was bending over to do up her shoes on the dancefloor, i thought she was a stool and sat on her, crushing her into the floor whilst pinging really really hard. vivid memory.

good thread imo. i feel old rofl, would do again.

a nic

Actually, I think 'Gatecrasher' was my first... precursor to Welcome NYE.

Bukem & Conrad, De La Soul and Roni Size & Dynamite... much fun with good friends despite the best efforts of management.

nic wrote:breaks 'room' in a hallway and drum n bass, was good.

The one Hyper played at in the hallway yeah?

Can't remember who was in the DNB room, Storm perhaps?

nic wrote: a girl was bending over to do up her shoes on the dancefloor, i thought she was a stool and sat on her, crushing her into the floor whilst pinging really really hard. vivid memory.

I honestly can't recall (bad sign I guess). May have been Aphrodite and Mikey Finn at Capsule. Found out much later that my future ex boyfriend Paranoid Edge was sitting about four feet from me the whole time. First time I saw OneLc live after hearing him on Future Unknown for so long.

1999?

First proper party was Earthcore 1997. Attempted to go to one at Mercat hotel in 1996, but the guy I went with was taking his first acid trip and wigged out in the line to get in. They said he couldn't go in, so we had to leave.

witty_pseudonym wrote:'twas Every Picture Tells a Story '99.
paranoid we would be checked for id, did the mushie mash and got into the acid and poppers.
lol. good times until the sun came up and we realised how rank the whole place was.
i'll never forget the smell of the burning foam throughout the night as people stubbed out their ciggies on the floor in the 'chill out room'.

hahah. so wrong.

ghetto kitty wrote:

nic wrote: a girl was bending over to do up her shoes on the dancefloor, i thought she was a stool and sat on her, crushing her into the floor whilst pinging really really hard. vivid memory.

gold mash moment

^ That makes me laugh

Shit, Earthcore, Mt Disappointment 199x. Almost got gangraped by a pack of woggy middle agers in slacks at 5am. No wonder I tried to forget

First clubbing....hmmm...totally commercial, but I used to hit Redhead in Albert Park and Silvers in 1998. I even used to drink vodka with a raspberry mixer. WTF!

I just turned 18, gimme a friggin' break. Also went to Every Picture Tells a Story 1999, can't really remember a lot of it though! Fell out of clubbing around 2000-2003, but still listened to dance/electronic. Then frequented Arkitekture at Lounge after that a little bit whenever that was still around (pre-Out Of Order) days. Wow, my memory banks are really being tested!

I used to fuckin' smash it at Redheads

took my first ever phingaz there

breaksRbest wrote:I used to fuckin' smash it at Redheads

took my first ever phingaz there

FOAM PARTIES. Illusion Shakers. LOLZ

Direkt wrote: a nic

Actually, I think 'Gatecrasher' was my first... precursor to Welcome NYE.

Bukem & Conrad, De La Soul and Roni Size & Dynamite... much fun with good friends despite the best efforts of management.

Gatecrasher was my first rave - But it was the Wet (blue) tour in '99. Still think that album is one of the bestest ever cause it just brings back memories of first time out and proper wasted.

The Gatecrasher with Bukem and Roni etc was absolutely smashing - The vibe with 3000 people going nuts inside that tent was fuckin amazin'

First dnb gig was a Tekstep party with Fierce @ POD on Lil Bourke St. Smashing gig, I remember meeting some randoms and going back to their house, never saw them again - but one of the girls there was stupid hot I rememeber that much

I've lost YEARS!

When did Roni Size play Big Day Out? 1999? 2000? Onalee was in a silver catsuit

DJ Hype dropping jungle and jump up in some stinky warehouse in 97 . The shit changes the wiring of a young mind.

Wasn't my first gig, but it was my first gig with the missus - Grooverider @ SALT Nightclub... anyone remember that one... RAM PACKED!

Direkt wrote:Wasn't my first gig, but it was my first gig with the missus - Grooverider @ SALT Nightclub... anyone remember that one... RAM PACKED!

that night was pretty crazy - I think that was with Warren G wasnt it?

Really liked that venue - as did all the crazy swordsman in Melbourne too taht ruined it.

Direkt wrote:Wasn't my first gig, but it was my first gig with the missus - Grooverider @ SALT Nightclub... anyone remember that one... RAM PACKED!

Yeah that was a fun night, wasn't that the last groove therapy? Good times

Yeah I think so - and yep, Warren G from my recollection.

SALT: swordsmen, shotguns - goodtimes for none.

witty_pseudonym wrote:'twas Every Picture Tells a Story '99.
paranoid we would be checked for id, did the mushie mash and got into the acid and poppers.
lol. good times until the sun came up and we realised how rank the whole place was.
i'll never forget the smell of the burning foam throughout the night as people stubbed out their ciggies on the floor in the 'chill out room'.

LOL! i was at that one, and a few of the others mentioned on here


can't remember the name of the first one i went to back 98' but it was at Spencer Street Station, or nearby, in some huge warehouse.

Direkt wrote:Yeah I think so - and yep, Warren G from my recollection.

SALT: swordsmen, shotguns - goodtimes for none.

From memory warren g didn't show up, it was pabs from adelaide

^ really?

Goodtimes memory here.

First rave. Some dodgy night down at Camden Palace when i was 16. School the next day.

Direkt wrote:Wasn't my first gig, but it was my first gig with the missus - Grooverider @ SALT Nightclub... anyone remember that one... RAM PACKED!

yeah i remember that night well, a work mate saw me dancing up on a chair the whole night off chops, good times.

Direkt wrote:Wasn't my first gig, but it was my first gig with the missus - Grooverider @ SALT Nightclub... anyone remember that one... RAM PACKED!

yup, I remember that

fuckin' awesoem night!

Goodtimes.

breaksRbest wrote:

Direkt wrote:Wasn't my first gig, but it was my first gig with the missus - Grooverider @ SALT Nightclub... anyone remember that one... RAM PACKED!

yup, I remember that

fuckin' awesoem night!

i was there too! one of my first big dnb gigs....i remember how the sound was fuckin great even in the toilets there...

Lizkins wrote:

Direkt wrote:Wasn't my first gig, but it was my first gig with the missus - Grooverider @ SALT Nightclub... anyone remember that one... RAM PACKED!

yeah i remember that night well, a work mate saw me dancing up on a chair the whole night off chops, good times.

*handup* yup, we were there too. You were probably on a chair Liz cause the floor was ENTIRELY covered in crap. I was skating on bottles of water and shit all night. Surprised I didn't lose an ankle

yea and salt RAN OUT of water and toilets only had hot water in them! nearly died that night i swear, biggups noah for saving me.

That's right, I remember the hot water! Dodgy bastards.

Lizkins wrote:can't remember the name of the first one i went to back 98' but it was at Spencer Street Station, or nearby, in some huge warehouse.

Madass i think those ones were called. Fuk warehouse parties were fun though.

although it was a bit later on in the piece anyone remember the Port Melbourne party with LTJ and Conrad at the Mitzubishi Factory were about 200 cars got parking tickets?

Direkt wrote:That's right, I remember the hot water! Dodgy bastards.

They used to do that at Cage too (now Roxannes).

DBoy wrote:

Lizkins wrote:can't remember the name of the first one i went to back 98' but it was at Spencer Street Station, or nearby, in some huge warehouse.

Madass i think those ones were called. Fuk warehouse parties were fun though.

although it was a bit later on in the piece anyone remember the Port Melbourne party with LTJ and Conrad at the Mitzubishi Factory were about 200 cars got parking tickets?

I went to a couple of those Madasss parties. Good fun!

mixtress wrote:I honestly can't recall (bad sign I guess). May have been Aphrodite and Mikey Finn at Capsule. Found out much later that my future ex boyfriend Paranoid Edge was sitting about four feet from me the whole time. First time I saw OneLc live after hearing him on Future Unknown for so long.

1999?

It was Mikey Finn @ Capsule...

My 1st dance party was NYE '94 @ this massive underground warehouse in Perth where I got massively chopped (1st time) and couldnt see or walk for about two hours

1st DnB party was Doc Scott n Nicky Blackmarket in '97 (can't remember venue). All I remember is walkin in n thinkin, this is dark!