Interesting piece by Michaelangelo Matos for Racket about Minnesota deejay crew Crimes Against Ravers and their 200 bpm nu-gabber sets, which are drawing local youth to alarmingly crowded house parties.
Here's one of the crew with a Cocaine Induced Psychosis Mix
Even the cru's graphix flashback to the era of Mokum and K.N.O.R. and Forze.
"For a recently made limited-edition screenprint T-shirt, Matt drew “a ’90s gabber goblin Calvin [of Calvin & Hobbes] pissing on the turntables.”
Does seem to be a general drift back to velocity happening on various fronts
Maybe it's related to this point Matos makes:
"After the pandemic, a lot of kids were locked up for two-three years and are ready to rage. And C.A.R. is an outlet for that.
"“That was definitely what I felt a lot at the start,” Joe says. “I think a lot of us felt and still do feel the itch—you’ve just got to get out and dance your heart out.”
But also this:
“It’s that, plus just how fucked up the whole world is,” Matt says. “This is a nice outlet to let off steam.”
I was just at one of their raves the other day for my birthday and I find my favorite writer blogging about them the day after - whowouldathought?
ReplyDeleteAlso of note Portland Oregon has had just an equally mental if not more so gabber/breakcore scene with a lot of overlap with LGBTQ+ culture and subcultures like the furry fandom. Its been going on since the early 2010s if not before so with crews such as fukdup and norm corps throwing a bunch of shows. All the mainstream clubs in Portland are rather pathetic and play mostly mainstream EDM/brostep so the real rave culture in Portland thrives through renegades.
Fun birthday?
ReplyDeleteFurry gabbers! That could get sweaty real fast
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