what about the drugs, was it really all MDMA/e? because a crowd loved up on it is a different crowd to the one on cheap coke and speed. Again I wasn't there, but how many people were actually able to spend £20 on a good pill?
so again that's an element of the narrative that I find hard to buy into - because a few tastemakers and cultural gatekeepers had a good pill (and could afford it) suddenly everything was peaceful and friendly and loved-up when in actual fact it's not hard to imagine that it wasn't quite like that for everyone.
They were quite varied. I think at their best you and your mates would head in there for a breather and a spliff. Generally you could hear each other so it was a good place to talk bollocks and sometimes you'd meet other people there too. The soundtrack was incidental really.what was the deal with chill-out rooms while we're at it? I've been in one club and one warehouse that had one and both were just really crap - people who wanted to be seen at an event because they felt they should, but having a safe space to not actually engage with the culture of Actual Dancing. I love ambient music and the ambient techno I'm familiar with but people floating about on beanbags seems completely pointless in this context
You have to remember people preserve their own histories and tell their own stories or as third says you run the risk of being very patronising
A place to skin up, basically.never been to a club or rave with chill out room so i dunno. Not going to pretend I can give you an answer. Silverdollarcircle is probably the expert on stuff like that.
They're mostly just a place to sit to get a breather if you feel a bit (physically or psychically) overheated. Or to actually talk with someone, as John says. Snog. Roll a spliff. See if you can find those pills you bought an hour ago.what was the deal with chill-out rooms while we're at it? I've been in one club and one warehouse that had one and both were just really crap - people who wanted to be seen at an event because they felt they should, but having a safe space to not actually engage with the culture of Actual Dancing. I love ambient music and the ambient techno I'm familiar with but people floating about on beanbags seems completely pointless in this context