State of the dance nations from Sherburne

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The Academisation of Rave: Is Everyone Talking About Dancing, Rather Than Doing It? | The Quietus

The biggest trend in British dance music isn’t DJs rinsing Spice Girls edits or men in dressing gowns playing trance on TikTok, depressing as those actualities may be. No, the real shift underway is that clubs are in decline. Festival lineups may be packed with cost-effective DJs, but dedicated...

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[shakahislop]

it's pretty good actually. thought this bit sounded about right

One confusing factor is that while clubbing in the UK has slowly retreated from its mainstream position as a driving force of youth culture, the opposite has happened in North America, where rave culture has shaken off the baggy PLUR vibes of the 90s underground and been juiced up by a generation who discovered electronic music after the 2010s EDM explosion.

 

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[old goriot]

it's pretty good actually. thought this bit sounded about right

One confusing factor is that while clubbing in the UK has slowly retreated from its mainstream position as a driving force of youth culture, the opposite has happened in North America, where rave culture has shaken off the baggy PLUR vibes of the 90s underground and been juiced up by a generation who discovered electronic music after the 2010s EDM explosion.

Idk maybe it’s just the UK that’s kind of dead now? Based on what I’ve seen travelling and partying in the last 3 years, you can add South America and most of continental Europe to the list of places where electronic music has been on an absolute tear for the last 3 years.

Clubs may be declining a bit due to high rents and young people disliking alcohol now, but there is absolutely no shortage of ravers willing to pay very high ticket prices for one-off raves.