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Ravers Are the Experts: Big Smiles and Extreme Happiness
Posted on December 24, 2022 Leave a Comment
This has to end with an explosion of emotion, every year. Enjoy this collection of feel-good snapshots of moments in the past (and the very recent past) where you were all clearly TRULY happy. Intermezzo: Read some of Tim Driver’s insights about rave culture right here: My first big raver experience. Intermezzo: Enjoy some more […]
Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives – part II
Posted on December 23, 2022 1 Comment
Let’s get back to how it all started out this season: With slowing down. On purpose. Here’s another sweet selection of ravers slowing down in the middle of everything. – Read more about the ‘slowing down in the middle of everything’ skill here: 5 problems only ravers know about– Here’s some family fun for the […]
How To be a Raver: The Conversationalists
Posted on December 22, 2022 2 Comments
Back in 2016, I had a JUngLEkalender conversation with fellow junglist Sofus about our first many years at raves. And how we always always always had to be the last person standing on the dancefloor. How important that was. This is a bit of the conversation: Sofus: “Now, it’s a lot easier for me to […]
Blasts from the Past: The Well Dressed Raver
Posted on December 21, 2022 3 Comments
Dressing for the dance floor is not an easy task. You need to be comfortable, flexible AND possibly in for the (very) long haul at the same time. But you also need to entertain your fellow ravers. Elements of joy, sensuality and surprise are welcome. We all have different strategies. Let’s have a look. Do […]
How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special – part II
Posted on December 20, 2022 4 Comments
Days couldn’t be much darker than they are RIGHT NOW here in Scandinavia, and we need to add our own lights to the situation, so let’s enjoy another round of pics from brighter days in the rave-o-sphere. DID YOU MISS A DAY OF JUngLEkalenderen? Go here: December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast […]
Ravers Are the Experts: We Love Machines
Posted on December 19, 2022 5 Comments
Ravers love machines, more than most people, and we are really, really good at it. We are probably the best on the planet at loving machines, because we get such incredible amounts of fun out of them. You could argue that gamers are just as good as ravers at having fun with machines. I have […]
How to be a Raver: The Powers of the Hands
Posted on December 18, 2022 6 Comments
JUngLEkalenderen loves the hands of skillful dj’s and anything made by hand, really. We like vinyls picked by hand at the record shop and mixed by hands on the decks. I have written hundreds of articles on electronic music, but the ONE article that I keep jumping back to is the article on Son Kite, […]
How to be a Raver: Nectar of the Gods
Posted on December 17, 2022 7 Comments
To everyone out there who enjoyed How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods – here’s the drinking version. Featuring mystical garden potions, synchronous drinking tricks, bottle magic on the dancefloors, electric boogie coffee, Ohoi! rum, people pouring bubbles like experts, and a little bit of schnapps and glögg. DID YOU MISS A DAY […]
Ravers Are the Experts: Our Natural Habitats
Posted on December 16, 2022 8 Comments
Outdoor parties are the best. Electronic music sounds great under the open sky (this is where it really and totally unfolds properly), the blurpy and creaky sounds of psychedelic trance and techno just makes a whole lot more sense when you dance next to trees, and the tribal beats make cosmic sense when you dance […]
How to be a Raver: Hands in the Air
Posted on December 15, 2022 9 Comments
Showing your deep appreciation for the music, for the mixing, for life, for the universe, for everything! – is a massive part of being a proper raver. Enjoy this selection of images (including a rare movie!) depicting people truly enjoying the moment with the reckless abandon of the open-hearted body: Hands in the air, receiving […]