In one sense, the rave scene has always been encrypted. In its heyday, when news of illicit parties spread by word of mouth, you just needed to know the right people. But new technologies are adding ...

McQueen as a house has long traded on a kind of sartorial and sensorial darkness—and the light that can be found within it. Lincoln's Inn Chapel, the show venue—a Gothic Revival chapel built in 1315, ...

In many ways, the mountain city of Baguio, Philippines, is an unlikely place for rave culture to thrive. Located in the northern part of the archipelago, it’s known for its cold and quiet environment.

In Off the Record, rave historian Michaelangelo Matos takes a critical look at the culture surrounding dance music—from food to clothes to design and writing. In this installment, he reviews Black Dog ...

From left: DJ Manny, DJ Phil, and Hieroglyphic Being will be among the DJs at the launch party for the Midwest Rave Culture Archive. Credit: Courtesy Moveltraxx (DJ Manny, DJ Phil); FotoSchiko ...

Black Rave Culture is a DJ collective from Washington, D.C., consisting of James Bangura, Nativesun, and Amal. The trio are all long-established figures in their city’s underground scene, and their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryan “Kaskade” Raddon performs his set during the EDC music festival at the Las Vegas Motorway in Las Vegas on May 21, 2023. | ...

With its historical roots digging deep into the soil of the city, it still holds ancient values at bay. The city notoriously closes at 2:00 a.m., and partygoers are usually home by 3:00 a.m. Very few ...

With the electronic dance music scene largely on hold because of the pandemic, Joanna Yanetti spent much of the last two years posting TikTok videos of her dancing to EDM in her bedroom, modeling a ...

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But then Rihanna's new track has some great, weird rave chords, and there are Lady Gaga's dance tracks, and of course you guys. It's interesting to turn on the radio and hear sounds that were ...

After three months of confinement, the footage seemed otherworldly: bucket hats, balloons, a heavy techno beat, and a few thousand young people crammed into a small clearing in the woods. But the ...