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.

Nufound should be employed by Heineken for this pic – check out the magical effects of their beer at the Seba party at Culture Box, 2006.
And Chriszka and PZ should really be on the payroll of Tuborg for this one. The sunrise floor at RAW 2006 when it was still at Islands Brygge. Pic by jonask.
Oldskool junglists drink their magic potion at Mariii’s Garden Party. July 2006.
Svingsen and Vitus enjoy their schnapps – 2006. The only proper way: Synchronously.
Chriszka and Svingsen drink their summer beers synchronously in Mediebyen at Roskilde Festival.
Svingsen and Asen drinks synchronously at the Depeche Mode party at Culture Box 2007.
Chriszka teaches everyone at her ‘YOU HAVE GREAT FRIENDS’ party to drink synchronously.
Mika impresses everyone including Elisabeth with a perfect dance move while holding a drink at the Burn party 2006.
Sofus and Jkamata dance with their beers at the Distortion Final Party 2007.
Getting ready to drink the entire bottle of bubbles on a hot day at Fusion, 2010.
Svingsen and Ida pose with a beer at Lurendrejeren 2022.
Al Lindrum enjoys a magical red potion at Chriszka’s vernissage party at H22. 2019.
Chriszka drinks to survive after climbing for hours on the Great Wall of China, April 2004. One should think that being a junglist, I would handle a challenge like that elegantly and with ease, but I must admit that I suffered during those climbs. Hard work, that wall!
Sherm digs deep in his plastic bag for drinks. Elektronisk Karneval 2010!
Drinking bubbles at Chriszka’s birthday dinner, 2021.
Two oldskool junglists get ready to sip the bubbles at Chriszka’s vernissage at H22. May 2019. In the background you see my Drawing Aztec Challenge which I made after a super-interesting trip to Mexico. It was later turned into a flyer for Nufound’s jungle party.
This is proof that people actually drink while raving at Turmbühne. Playful ravers have spent the morning at Fusion building creative pattern sculptures out of empty bottles after the raving on the main stages stop.
Steen Koerner prepares a magical electric boogie coffee in his kitchen.
Adam drinks with style at a great party on Refshaleøen. January 2019.
Kim pours the bubbles for Mikkel and Anders at Chriszka’s Vernissage at H22. May 2019.
Three members of the Coincidental International Meet-up of Experienced Ravers celebrate the arrival of their drinks at the best restaurant on the paradise island off Holbox.
2xChr and Thomas enjoy The Glögg at Chriszka’s Birthday Bash – many years ago.
But not THAT many years ago, because this is the same flat, but some years earlier. Important intermezzo: I FOUND A PHOTO OF THE DIMENSIONS POSTER!!! HERE IT IS!
Wilcks is FORCED to drink rum at Ohoi!s 6 Year Birthday Bash on a very secret underground location.
Svingsen and Chriszka drink like masters in Shanghai 2004.
Zimmermann enjoys a quiet drink at the bar at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.
2000F gets ready to drink bubbles at RAW 2006. Pic på jonask.dk
Chriszka and Muad’Dib drink sophisticated microbrewery beers like proper firstmovers, many years before this became a thing that everyone did. Just look at our first mover faces.
Mariii and Chriszka enjoys fruit cocktails at Roskilde Festival 2008. Later this evening: Spleen United on Arena.
Sofia waits for the magic potion to work at Mariii’s garden party.
A Junglist enjoys a sunny beer in Mediebyen at Roskilde Festival.

DID YOU MISS A DAY OF JUngLEkalenderen? Go here:

December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters
December 9th: Ravers are the Experts: Party Animals
December 10th: How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods
December 11th: Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix 
December 12th: The Jungle Diaries: the Meaning of Life
December 13th: Blasts from the Past: The Babyface Special – Extended Mix
December 14th: How to be a Junglist: The T-shirt Special – Extended Remix
December 15th: How to be a Raver: Hands in the Air
December 16th: Ravers are the Experts: Our Natural Habitats


Find all seasons of the calendar here: JUngLEkalenderen.

Ravers Are the Experts: Our Natural Habitats

Posted on December 16, 2022     8 Comments

Outdoor parties are the best.

A Høj Luft party looking beautiful at dusk in Copenhagen.

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 barefoot, connecting to earth.

Chriszka enjoys the open air dance floor and feels her soul.

Like Marcus from Son Kite says:

“This ritual is built into our DNA. We are supposed to do it, and we have always done it. Something important happens when we dance to hypnotic drum patterns for several hours. It gives us energy and fuels us with creative ideas. It’s healing, like yoga and meditation. It’s so important that we know this and don’t forget our roots”.

(You can read my interview with Son Kite here: Dancing is a very important ritual.)

Another absolutely awesome thing about outdoor parties is the fact that they are usually require some effort to get to. You have to find it, if it’s hidden, like the outdoor pirate parties. Or you have to endure the long travels out there (like the Boom festival, situated in the middle of nature, far from everything).

If you can’t make the effort, you won’t make it to the party. This means that everyone attending is super-dedicated to the music and the atmosphere. Result: Perfect.

Spontaneous dance floor at the Boom Festival 2022.
My own raver career started very indoors-y (jungle + London) but my preferences changed as my musical horizon expanded and I started listening to psytrance. The origins of techno are indoor urban environments, but the origins of psytrance are the outdoor parties on the Goa beaches. Totally my vibe, man. This is Camp Electric by Stevns Klint 2001, the outdoor (trance) floor, and even though there was an indoor jungle floor, this is where I spent most of my time. Open air wins. Spot yourselves! (I am right next to Svingsen (who is very blond at this point) in the middle of the photo).
This is one of the dance floors (the German Floor) at the Somewhere Festival 2016. Beautiful spot, but I must admit I spent quite some time longing for some more psychedelic sounds, considering the surroundings.
I love visuals and lasers, but dancing next to natural beauty like this is phenomenal. Somewhere, 2016.
All the raver equipment looks great in nature: Flags! Colored lights! The friendly crowd! Secret party in Copenhagen 2022.
And then bringing lasers to nature so that we have ALL the good stuff in the same place is obviously the best idea ever. Christiania, 2022.
And then there’s the Natural Sky Show to watch. Below the clouds: A warm-up concert at one of the Høj Luft parties, 2022.
Always bring your glittery disco balls to nature. Høj Luft, 2022.
Place them in interesting spots. Somewhere Festival 2016.
Someone brought a super magic disco ball to the hidden forest floor at Fusion. Find the secret light switch (you have to jump to reach it), and the light show is on. ❤
Thank you to Tobias for this magical excursion.
Liquid just EATS nature at the Dyssen party after the Hifly Pigfest, 2010.
Two friendly mädchens look at a tiny green plant at Fusion 2009.
This is what a garden party made by ravers look like. ❤ Løgtenborg Slotskur 2014. Photo by Mathias Vejerslev.
Chriszka brought a glittery flower to the Dyssen Party 2010.
Martin meets the flower on the dance floor. The Dyssen party 2010.
Experienced ravers drink bubbly stuff at an electronic picnic in nature. Copenhagen 2010.
Thomas and Jonas love nature at the So Verbot party, 2022.
Chriszka and Elisabeth also love nature. This evening turned into one of the Jungle Bells parties later on.
Flowers adorn the dj workspace at Elektronisk Picnic, Copenhagen 2010.
Ravers hanging out in trees above the dance floor at Bachstelzen, 2019.
Chriszka brings a bunch off German ravers out in nature to rave by the ocean. Copenhagen 2021.
Mariii brings a lovely piece if nature to Chriszka’s vernissage at H22 in May, 2019.
A dj takes a break in nature at Elektronisk Picnic 2010. But still connected to the machinery.
Kresten and Chriszka walk through the forest towards the dance floor at Freaky Fields 2010.

If you forgot why it’s so important for ravers (and JUngLEkalenderen) to be out in nature all of a sudden, let me remind you. Let’s jump back to a quote from my Son Kite interview:

““Back in the 90s when the techno revolution started, the whole thing was underground. It wasn’t about styles and genre, but more about a gathering on secret locations that felt new and refreshing and was a really strong experience for everyone. But then the scene evolved and changed and became popular in the mainstream. Parts of it reached the overground and turned into club culture. That was good for a while, but then the money striving and the business models took over and transformed into standard club nights with the typical setup and the typical dj’s and the same thing week in and week out. And those modern industry standards for clubs and techno are not enough for our souls”.

This is what the chill out space next to the dance floor looks like when you rave in nature, far away from standardized club culture. ❤ Somewhere Festival 2016.
Early morning ravers on their way out into nature after the Distortion Final Party 2022.
Raver arrival by the ocean at the afterparty of Distortion 2022. Very Copenhagen.
Ravers slow down and enjoy the dusk and long conversations at a secret party in Copenhagen, 2022.
Classic open air setup at Elektronisk Karneval in Copenhagen, 2008.
Incredible views (and a weirdly blue drink) on the dancefloor by the ocean at Somewhere 2016.
Chriszka, Svingsen and Asger shrunk dramatically (like Alice in Wonderland) and look at plants from a new perspective.
Ravers belong outside, but some ravers love the sun in their face more than others. Here are some blondes seeking shade on a hot day at Somewhere festival.
Liquid just wears nature at his own birthday party. Copenhagen 2022.
Filip has decided to wear nature permanently on his body. Turmbühne 2014.
Ravers enjoy the incredible beauty of the natural light show and feel their soul at Somewhere Festival 2016.
Yup, obviously there should be more tropical outdoor parties for junglists. Chriszka gets completely lost in nature in her most junglistic moment ever – in a jungle waterfall on Bali.

Read about my choice between outdoor trance and jungle here: The Secret Junglists

DID YOU MISS A DAY OF JUngLEkalenderen? Go here:

December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters
December 9th: Ravers are the Experts: Party Animals
December 10th: How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods
December 11th: Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix 
December 12th: The Jungle Diaries: the Meaning of Life
December 13th: Blasts from the Past: The Babyface Special – Extended Mix
December 14th: How to be a Junglist: The T-shirt Special – Extended Remix
December 15th: How to be a Raver: Hands in the Air

Find all seasons of the calendar here: JUngLEkalenderen.

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 the energies of the cosmos.

A truly awesome hands in the air moment at the sunrise session at RAW, 2009. Someone feels blessed to be alive.
Whohooo, I actually FILMED for a few moments (60 seconds!) at this sunrise session at RAW 2009. Djuna Barnes and Jean von Baden on stage, lots of group hugging and hands in the air moments, nice and tired faces (spot yourselves) and entertaining morning vibes everywhere. Watch this and feel happy! (You might wanna turn down the volume a bit before watching: This is filmed with old pocket-sized technology and the sound is not enjoyable. But the images are, haha). ❤
Frede enjoys the sun and the vibes at Kaj Din Ven I Solen, 2022.
Binge imitates the dancing emoji (many years before it was invented) at Tanzwiese, Fusion 2010. A dance floor conversation about the awesomeness of Fusion followed. I was still in the honeymoon phase with Fusion at this point (it was my third time, and I still considered everything to be absolutely perfect), while Binge had been going since before it was called Fusion and thought it had grown too big).
Daniel San magically pops out of a laptop with a hand in the air, like a jack-in-the-box. Docken, 2007.
Drop does something awesome and endless enthusiasm is expressed with hands in the air AND a flag (?) at the Rolodex party, DNBZone, Culture Box, 2006.
Alex extends an arm into the air at Turmbühne as a farewell gesture before disappearing completely from the Fusion dancefloors, forever, bohooo.
Psytrancers appreciate the water splashed onto them from a fire truck at the Ozora Festival, 2015.
One Critical Choice arm appreciates the moment while playing at the Ozora Festival, 2015.
Happy arms up front while slow dancing at the So Verbot all-dayer (and all-nighter), 2022.
Happy hands in the air at the Rolodex party, Culture Box 2006.
Happy psytrancers rejoice under the trippy flowers at Fusion, 2014.
It’s pretty hard work to dance with your hands in the air a lot, but dancing with your hands in the air INCLUDING umbrellas is an accomplishment. Surush joins Meinhardt, Sacki & Defrost (and Steen Koerner) and dance on stage at the Christiania Birthday party 2022.
Chriszka is very happy about the sunrise.
A classic hands-in-the-air dance floor moment at Tanzwütze, Fusion 2014.
…(but no-one does the hands-in-the-air moves better than psytrancers and junglists). This is psytrancers (and my favorite photo from the dance floor at S.U.N.), in Hungary 2015.
Kresten appreciates the music at Elektronisk Karneval.
Casper appreciates the music at the Dyssen party – 2007.
Two weird hands-in-the-air in the crowd on a lovely summer’s day at Turmbühne, 2010.
Oldskool junglists download the cosmic energies at Chichen Itza and the temple of Kukulkan – one of the New Seven Wonders of the world.
Tina-Marie enjoys the sound waves at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.
Chriszka disturbs everyone with her enthusiastic hand in the air at RAW 2007.
Someone has clearly just won something in pakkeleg at a Yulefrokost many years ago.
Chaca extends one arm full of stars to the sky on a hot day, appreciating the universe at Fusion 2010.
Peter appreciates the moment at RAW 2007.
Music appreciation at Tanzwiese, Fusion 2010.
A truly classic hands in the air moment while everyone appreciates dj Hype at Stengade, shot by Vitus.
Hands in the air from the crowd at the Meinhardt, Sacki & Defrost concert at Christiania, 2022.
Chriszka enjoys the moment fully at her birthday bash at Nadsat.
Kim Kemi and Daniel San enjoys the music (while playing music) at Nadsat.
Sofus truly enjoys the music at Elektronisk Karneval.
Another classic hands-in-the-air-moment by darkside junglists Chriszka and Nufound.

Hey, seriously, if you think it’s hard work to extend your hands in the air, have a look at my yoga mats and see if they can inspire you to do some daily tree poses and backbends. You will happy that you did: Chriszka’s artwork page.

For more body language and music appreciation, revisit How to be a Junglist: The Dancefloor Moves.

DID YOU MISS A DAY OF JUngLEkalenderen? Go here:

December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters
December 9th: Ravers are the Experts: Party Animals
December 10th: How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods
December 11th: Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix 
December 12th: The Jungle Diaries: the Meaning of Life
December 13th: Blasts from the Past: The Babyface Special – Extended Mix
December 14th: How to be a Junglist: The T-shirt Special – Extended Remix

Did you miss a day of JUngLE? Find the entire calendar here: JUngLEkalenderen.

How to Be a Junglist: The T-shirt Special (Extended Remix)

Posted on December 14, 2022     10 Comments

When you belong to an awesome subculture, you need to be able to communicate your sophisticated taste to your tribe instantly. You also need to communicate it when you walk around in mainstream areas of society, just to underline how much cooler you are.

Let’s have a look at some printed t-shirt strategies applied by a large bunch of junglists and ravers through the years.

My most favourite JUNGLE top! Oh, what joy, when I found an entire shop in London called JUNGLE. Pretty easy to find some gear that expressed my musical passions in there.
Chriszka wears her most favourite JUNGLE top. This is Roskilde, the most excellent sunny year of 2005 where Ohoi! was playing.
The JUNGLE t-shirt goes out to meet other t-shirts. Much joy. Tim Driver pretends he feels, you know, whatever, man, chicks just dig me.
Chriszka wears her most favorite JUNGLE t-shirt again – and goes out to meet other t-shirts. We are at an Ohoi! party at Basement. Photo courtesy of jonask.
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F.U.K.T. bass player Lars behind the decks, appropriately wearing a F.U.K.T. t-shirt. This is the Infiltrata party, DNBZone at Culture Box, in 2006.
Look at thiiiiiis! So, I was moving flats, and we are wearing matching JUNGLE t-shirts to rise to the challenge of the hard work ahead. /That's what friends are foooooooor.
Chriszka and Svingsen are wearing matching JUNGLE t-shirts to prepare ourselves for hard, sweaty work (we are about to move furniture).
And here we go again. Some months later I was getting ready for the second move, and Svingsen made these t-shirts for the occasion. Jungle Movers Inc. Friiiiiiiieeeends.
I am getting ready to move flats, and Svingsen made these matching t-shirts for the occasion. ❤
Some people get a t-shirt, other crazeeeees get the darn thing BURNT INTO THEIR SKIN
Some people get a t-shirt to express their feelings for the music style they love. Other people just get the thing burnt onto their skin forever. This is Mariiii, expressing herself.
Chriszka travels back in time and makes a statement in China, 2004.
Stebbing wears a family t-shirt at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.
Wearing a RAW t-shirt at RAW 20089 – and an appropriate amount of stuff to drink.
Tim Driver and Garridge Bwoy each wear their own favourite extinct species on their t-shirts at Mariii’s garden party.
Chriszka travels back in time again while wearing her favorite jungle t-shirt (again) and making more (confusing) statements at The Forbidden City, 2004.
Rumpistol teaches the new generation about time travel wearing a t-shirt signaling cosmic friendliness, no matter where you land.
Are you constantly surrounded by needy fans? Frydenlund’s t-shirt could be your solution.
When your t-shirt is super aggressive, make sure to look super friendly in your face. Drop smiles to the world in Nadsat. Pic by Miss Popo.
Nis just wears himself on the t-shirt. This is probably 2002.
Not one single toss is given in this pic.
Not one single toss is given in this pic.
Basic and to the point! Nico DeFrost at the Infiltrata party, August 2006.
Another basic and to the point t-shirt. Nico DeFrost at the Infiltrata party, August 2006. Pic by Miss Popo.
Fuck art, let’s dance. Best photo ever taken of Filur. We’re at the 4WARDshow in Vega, 2004.
A BIG classic sported by the one line Vitus here! (Jeeeez, where IS this? Is this how the basement in Culture Box looked back in the day? A blitz sure kills everything dead).
A BIG classic Junglist t-shirt sported by Vitus here. Take a look at the surroundings. This is how the basement in Culture Box looked way back (before improvements).
This t-shirt! A provocation all wrapped up in glitter!
This t-shirt! Most awesome, worn bu Sulu. A deliberate provocation all wrapped up in glitter. Much like the man himself. This is RAW (and it says ARE YOU DUMB?).
The one like Kristobal sporting a t-shirt from Dansk Sound Clash Mesterskab 2005. Lion an' everythin'. Pretty junglistic.
Kristobal wearing a t-shirt from Dansk Sound Clash Mesterskab 2005, with junglistic lions and everything. Extremely cool party set-up and great sunset.
If you really wanna wear that, that's the way to do it, Laura! Looking sharp, on our way to the very hot DNBZone party with Infiltrata.
This t-shirt needs some attitude, Laura. We are on our way to the very hot DNBZone party with Infiltrata.
Is that a pixellated chainsaw on Soulmatic's t-shirt?
Is that a pixelated chainsaw on Soulmatic’s t-shirt?
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Yes, it is! IT’S A PIXELATED CHAINSAW! Soulmatic playing live at Rum’n’Bass on a playful toy keyboard, June 2006. Pic by Vitus.
Yes, Chrois! This t-shirt speaketh the truth! (Great move, too). Culture Box, September 2007.
Yes, Chrois! This t-shirt speaketh the truth! (Great move, too). Culture Box, September 2007.
This t-shirt tries to grab everyone's attention. Hand signs thrown in for extra effect. Difficult crowd, it seems. Tim Driver's birthday at Rust, June 2009.
Tim Driver dries to grab the crowd’s attention at his own birthday party at Rust, June 2009.
Ssssshh, don't mention dubstep here. But I am just breaking my own rules and throwing this t-shirt inhere anyways. We're warming up to the Caspa party, November 2009. These guys REALLY know how to play Taboo! :D
Jeppe expresses his love for deep basslines while we’re warming up to the Caspa party, November 2009. These guys REALLY know how to play Taboo! 😀
Pyro wears a magic t-shirt!!! DNBZone, 2008, the EBK party. (Who took the pic?)
Pyro wears a magic t-shirt!!! DNBZone, 2008, the EBK party.
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Here’s a fine collection of junglists at Nadsat, enduring the blitz.
And here they are, Chriszka and Mariii on their most excellent and sweaty oldskool London adventures where... NO WAIT! This is 10 1/4 years earlier, June 2004 - the Ohoi! party at Basement! See how nothing changes. Nice but confusing.
Chriszka and Mariii are having a short break from the dance floor at the Ohoi! party at Basement – June 2004. Pic by jonask.dk.

For more body language, revisit How to be a Junglist: The Dancefloor Moves.

Read about Chriszka’s and Mariii’s most excellent trip to London: How to be a Junglist: Going to London

DID YOU MISS A DAY OF JUngLEkalenderen? Go here:

December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters
December 9th: Ravers are the Experts: Party Animals
December 10th: How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods
December 11th: Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix
December 12th: The Jungle Diaries: the Meaning of Life
December 13th: Blasts from the Past: The Babyface Special – Extended Mix

Did you miss a day of JUngLE? Find the entire calendar here: JUngLEkalenderen.

Blasts from the Past: The Babyface Special – Extended Mix

Posted on December 13, 2022     11 Comments

It’s time to have some time travelling fun. Let’s rejoice in the fountain of youth that true junglism bestows upon us and dive right into the ultimate BABYFACE SPECIAL!

So where does this eternal youthful glow come from? Witchery? Dark magic? Chriszkas’s Time Machine? No. It comes from high bpm’s, high pulse and never leaving the dancefloor until the very end.

A true classic, soooooo rare. The babyface group hug! Warming up for Just Jungle at Eigens Ballroom (I had actually forgotten that we had jungle parties at Eigens). Check out someone’s teenage room style furniture. This was way before digital cameras entered our lives.
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The babyface version of Pfeffermouse shows up behind Daniel Dreier at Nadsat. Dreier is very babyfaced, too, but with a confusing moustache.
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My most babyfaced jungle pic. We’re just about to jump into 1995 at the The Harder They Come rave at Stonebridge Park Complex, London. Footnote: That’s the only rave I’ve ever been to where the music was so loud you could feel your ear drums moving, and not pleasantly. Troubling volumes.
Babyface Tim, very early in his long raver career, in the bus on his way to Mayday.
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The most babyfaced picture of dj Nis that I have. This is in the kitchen where Nis – many years later – started playing about with a new fountain of youth: veganism.
Innocent Emok looks babyfaced at Elektronisk Karneval in Fælledparken.
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Blitzed babyfacin’ in front of Jolene, Kødbyen. This is at the reopening.
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Okay, extreme babyface DJ (who in no way looks old enough to spin records or even be at a party) in front of two grown-ups.
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Rune RK, 2000F and Dr. Disk do some extreme baby facing in this gem of a picture scan. We’re at Jungle Fever IV, January 1995, Operaen, Christiania.
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Chriszka the Time Traveller babyfacin’ and Adidas’in, junglist style.
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Children smoking cigarettes.
Massive babyface doll stare from Svingsen. Private party from when her Jungle Hut was at Frederiksberg.
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Advokatorex’ best babyface pose. At the Raw After After After party, August 2007.
Tøndering tries to hide his babyface behind hat and glasses.
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Svingsen wins this babyface trilogy battle. Old scan, private party.
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Okay, maybe Kristobal wins the entire babyface competition right here. At Stengade. Photo by Vitus.
Young Babyface Smokey enjoys some daytime partying with a breezer at Turmbühne 2009.
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Mariiiii puts on a babyface to fool the world after her sneaky jungle monster exorcism.
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Babyfaces and aliens (and me taking a short nap) at the Silo party at Islands Brygge.
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World famous dj and producer Axl Rise does a real baby face while toying with sound effects.
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Babyfacin’ at the Public Service festival at Strandgade by Luftkastellet. Possibly 2004.
Teenage Babyface Chriszka seems to eat corn directly from the can in camp at Roskilde Festival. I probably thought this was super practical and a massive win. My festival eating habits have become immensely more sophisticated since then, but so has the selection of food (!) at the festival. When I think of Roskilde Festival these days, I primarily think of eating, LOL. (Buuuut I haven’t forgotten that magic year where they had an actual techno tent and booked an entire evening of jungle. Still kind of weird to think about that. So oddly detached from what followed in later years, like it never happened.).
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A babyface arrival by Casparados – at a private party at the Jungle Hut.


Do you want more veganism?
Go to Jungle Confessions: “I Get Goosebumps on My Legs Thinking About That Party”
Do you want more vintage Tim Driver?
Go to Jungle Confessions: My very first big raver experience


DID YOU MISS A DAY OF JUngLEkalenderen? Go here:

December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters
December 9th: Ravers are the Experts: Party Animals
December 10th: How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods
December 11th: Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix
December 12th: The Jungle Diaries: the Meaning of Life

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Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix

Posted on December 11, 2022     13 Comments

Ravers are effortlessly good-looking because of their glowing I-have-danced-all-day-in-the-sun skin, their beaming eyes and their positive attitude towards life.

But not in a vain way.

Vanity (or pride, if you want) is one of the 7 deadly sins, as anyone who has seen David Fincher’s “Se7en” from 1995 might remember. Or read Dante’s The Divine Comedy for more gory details on the deepest level of Purgatory. 

So: Vanity = deadly sin. Ravers know this. Why do you think there are no mirrors in Berghain? And does anyone spend time checking their appearance at the Fusion Festival? OF COURSE NOT. Everyone’s too busy enjoying themselves.

Let’s celebrate this un-vanity with a Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix.

Tøndering remembers something very important and maybe unpleasant at the ØVSA Stage, (off)-Distortion 2022.
Phono also remembers something unpleasant and maybe outright disturbing, but 12 YEARS EARLIER – at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.
Wilcks slows down and lands in an extremely weird face situation at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.
Chriszka and Sofus are distracting you with their big raver smiles in the centre of this pic. (Distortion Final Party 2022!) But look closer. The weird face magic is in the crowd. Big ups to Thomas for this dance floor masterpiece!

 

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Maximum big-ups to the Ohoi! crew, deliverers of lots and lots of Weird Faces moments. This is Tim Driver, pulling an anniversary face at Ohoi!’s 2 year birthday celebration.

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No, Sofus the Amazing Shapeshifter is not just a pretty face. He can be totally not vain if he wants to. This is at the opening of Docken in 2007, followed by the Distortion Final Party.

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Jens pulls a weird face in a twisted Titanic moment at Ohoi!’s 2 year birthday celebration on a boat.

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Vitus, a Master of Discreetly Weird Faces When Cameras Are Out pulls another one at DNBZone on Nadsat, 2005.

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A truly magic moment starring PZ on the dancefloor. Yes, we’re back at Ohoi!’s 2 year’s birthday party on the boat. Guest stars: Dollar$, Lau and Chriszka the Time Traveller.

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Muad’Dib and Bateman pull a double ‘too much confetti’ face at the Distortion Final Party (well, afterparty) 2006. Yes, on a boat again. What a maritime raver kingdom we are.

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Enough sun and confetti. Let’s go below deck again. 2000F pulls a mean pirate face behind the decks at Ohoi!s 2 year birthday bash.

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Three very weird faces, but Svingsen wins.

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Mike Sheridan flashes a magic rubber face at the opening of Docken (which was followed by the Distortion Final Party) – 2007.

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Lewis introduces a truly weird face on the dancefloor in the belly of a boat.

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Lori pulls a threatening face on the dancefloor at Nadsat. Nothing disturbs the peaceful zen bubble of Advocatorex here, though. We’re at the Crystallizer party at Nadsat, 2006.

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It will take you a moment to process just how much Weird Face is represented in this picture. Thanks to Laura for the pic. Caught at Nadsat.

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Pure mastery by Vitus and Asger.

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Okay, maybe this face wins. This is Culture Box’ 3-year’s birthday celebration 2008.

Larry makes a Weird Face Masterpiece at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.
Yup, I know you have seen a picture of these two fellas just minutes ago (depending on how fast you scroll), but this time around, the (truly) weird face is not theirs, but in the crowd.
Steampunk glasses plus weird face plus sad face at Fusion. 2019.


Recommendations:
For more Ohoi!, bass face providers, jump back to the 4 year celebration on Stubnitz: Blasts from the Past: Ohoi! turns 4.

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December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters
December 9th: Ravers are the Experts: Party Animals
December 10th: How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods

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How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods

Posted on December 10, 2022     14 Comments

Some people think that ravers don’t eat, but this is obviously one of many misconceptions about the rave scene. It goes without saying that to dance for eight hours straight, you need proper fuel for the body.

Here are some ravers in the early stages of preparing a cooked protein-rich meal in camp at the very vegetarian festival Fusion. 2009.
And here are four experienced ravers after eating something that others prepared for them at Sulu’s birthday bash in Kødbyen, 2022. (Sorry – one out of four is still eating). 😉
And here’s what they had, approximately. Thanks for the buffet, Chef Mami!
Here’s Kristian, testing the spirituality of the veggie food stalls at Boom, 2012.
And here are two enlightened beings, testing the food stalls at Elektronisk Karneval in Fælledparken.
A watermelon has been introduced to ‘the table’ at a Danish/Swedish combo camp of experienced-ravers-from-the-90s at Fusion, 2007.
Two happily smiling junglists are very excited about their newly served breakfast in Mexico, while an android named Drop with weirdly blue laser eyes, but seemingly friendly, has joined the table.
Svingsen and Jakob eats Chriszka’s signature dish at the time (something with apples, salmon and balsamico), before heading to Nadsat for the unforgettable birthday bash, December 2005.
Smokey eats straight from the bag at Fusion, 2009, while Healthy and Spiritual Kristian goes for rugbrød and questions her food choices with a discreet but disapproving look.

After a series of unlikely coincidences, an international crew of junglists and psytrancers meet up for dinner at the beach on Holbox, Mexico. 2022.

The entire Hifly crew met up to eat at the legendary Hifly Pigfest – 2010.
JKamata explains about his home-built cooking machine at the Hifly Pigfest – 2010.
Someone brought an apple to his resting spot at Fusion. Check out the home-made water bottle pillow.
Someone ate the apple, the fruit of knowledge, at Somewhere 2016. Bonus points: Spot the white tiger.
A meal I will never forget. When I woke up in camp on my seventh Fusion, the year 2014, I was immediately served a Bloody Mary including a celery stick. That’s when I knew I was blessed to be in the camp-de-luxe of all camps. As I sat down in a chair with my drink, I quickly realized that Alex was actually preparing lobster. A short cooking break of about 20 minutes followed, because Alex needed garlic butter and went on a mission in neighbouring camps to procure it. He succeeded, somehow, and continued with his cooking. I am still super duper impressed and have to tell someone this story about once a year. The most exquisite and surprising meal I have ever had at Fusion. 10 stars.
Yes, food makes ravers happy. Nufound TRULY enjoys the salt sticks at Chriszka’s vernissage at Kapau, 2022. This vernissage turned into a tiny afternoon junglist party on the sidewalk afterwards.
Jeppe worships the deity of the pig at the Hifly Pigfest 2010.
Chriszka eats popcorn elegantly at Stella Polaris.
Junglists eats Mexican ice cream with lots of interesting flavors after a cosmic day at the pyramid.
Rowdy lights op the grill at Fusion 2016. I’m happy to know people that are camp builders like this. They cook, they bring lamps, they bring music and decorations and extra blankets and power banks and ice cubes and fresh juice. At Fusion, I spend so much time on the dancefloors that I rarely actually hang out in camps, but when I do, being surrounded by hygge is really, really nice.
Chriszka explores the crispy flavors of Peyote Land. A re-visit to Playa del Carmen, 2022.
Widell eats a champagnebrus like a boss, many years ago.
Someone brought a banana to the Pumpui stage at Ozora 2015. Aaaah, the miraculous banana. Truly a dance floor fruit for the stamina ravers.
Visiting German ravers eat food by the (harbor) water in Copenhagen before going to a rave by the (sea) water (after missing out on the first party at Hangaren because of a massive turn-up).
JKamata is preparing food for the masses yet again at a very underground location. Ohoi!’s 6th birthday, July 2008.
Normal Drop, pre-android-ization, gets ready for streetfood in Mexico after a pretty wiiiiild day of travels.
Chriszka and The Twins are very happy with their ecological Noma burgers at POPL, Copenhagen 2021.

Very important recommendation:
If you want more photos of ravers enjoying food (and sacrificing to the gods), go to Blasts from the Past: Ohoi! turns 6 – an extremely juicy selection of pics (and pigs).

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December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters
December 9th: Ravers Are the Experts: Party Animals

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Ravers are the Experts: Party Animals

Posted on December 9, 2022     15 Comments

Ravers are friendly people and it goes without saying that no-one loves animals (and aliens) with more intensity than us.

Obviously all junglists love lions and other predators (and all creatures from the jungle).

True psytrancers only rave in nature, in close contact with all the species of this planet (and other realms).

And who doesn’t feel the instant mood boost when listening to Trentemøller’s Killer Kat?

But I know you want photo proofs, so let’s dive into our animal instincts and have a look at all the Party Animals:

Dancefloors with sound systems built to make your entire human body vibrate are not optimal places to bring your favorite dogs and cats (or other pets) with sensitive hearing. But you can bring your inflatable friends instead. Here’s a proper grown-up squeezed tight by his friendly inflatable giraffe and also wearing a shamanic flute in case more spirit animals have to be summoned. Trancefloor at Fusion, a place of much fun, 2013.
Here’s animal lover and animal protector Joel Rowdy, bringing a tiger to the dance floor at Fusion. Turmbühne.
Hjeppe Mann simply wears cats at the Somewhere Festival 2017.
This guy always wears an elephant – at Roskilde, July 2010.
Copenhageners enjoy the sun underneath the flamingos at Kaj Din Ven I Solen, June 2021. This is hopefully a hint to Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking-Glass’.
In the newest incarnation of the Tanzwüzte stage at Fusion, which has a shipwreck vibe to it (including actual shipwrecks and a stranded yellow submarine) the crowd dances beneath circling pirate birds. You can spot three of them above the crowd here, behind someone’s ‘find-me-on-the-dancefloor-flag.
At Boom 2012, everyone at the Dance Temple danced beneath the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl. According to the Mayans, Quetzalcoatl would return around 2012 and mark the beginning of the era of The Sixth Sun, a sun of darkness. This time, followed by the long reign of The Fifth Sun (a sun of light, dominated by the masculine and science) will be characterized by the rise of the feminine and of irrationalism, reality gaining a dreamlike quality. Have you started feeling it yet, people? (The Aztecs were very frightened by the coming of the Sixth Sun and started sacrificing children to avoid it or maybe ease themselves into it).
Here’s a proper look at one of the heads of the feathered serpent, before the dancing crowds arrived.
Someone ALWAYS brings a unicorn to the dance floor. This is the Distortion Final Party, 2022.
Someone brought crocodiles and elephants to the rooftop party in Kødbyen of Copenhagen, August 2010.
This captain guy brought an octopus to Fusion. 2019.

This just reminded me how much dubsteppers love deep sea monsters. Reread my text about the Kraken release party (happened around March 2007) here: Gigantisk dybhavsmonster indtager Stengade.

More glittery animals: Dancing beneath a unicorn at So Verbot, Copenhagen 2022.
Chriszka embodies Anubis with the jackal head, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead.
A monkey and a pink elephant show up at the Trancefloor on Fusion, 2013.
A mouse arrives at Dollars’ Campingvogn Party, August 2007.
Chriszka has turned into an icebear and is hugging Rosa (Rouladegade) Gjerulff (who did a show on Nørrebro Theatre called ‘Rosa in the Rhythm Forest’ which is a very raver title) – and the other ice bear Karen. This was a great day at work!
This is me, acting like a sad ice bear in the dressing room of Nørrebro Theatre. FUN WORK DAY!
Relaxing on a unicorn by Bachstelzen at Fusion.
Sofus the Shape-shifter embodies the spirit of the dead pig at the Hifly Pigfest, July 2010.
Chriszka embodies the spirit of the cat, many years ago.
Many years later, Chriszka recovers from the flu beneath her jungle cat Tybalt, lover of (and destroyer of) plants.
Since we are already talking about Tybalt, and since this post is about our love for animals, I think everyone should know that my hyper-intelligent jungle cat has learned to play fetch. Here’s proof.
A dear bunch of colorful raver musicians throw an energetic concert in front of the giant deer, watching quietly, created by Hackstage.
A butterfly thinks Chriszka’s raving shoes are phenomenal and must be flowers at Fusion, 2007.
Someone brought a bird to their head party on Roskilde Festival 2010.
Lützen plays with a dog. Islands Brygge, July 2010.
Chriszka brings her jungle t-shirt to the Chinese lion at the Forbidden City, 2004.
Someone wears actual wings (or has grown actual wings, who knows) at the Bachstelzen stage, Fusion.
A zebra overlooks the Øen Ved Siden Af stage at Distortion, 2022. For extra points: Spot the dragon.
Rowdy wears a friendly dragon hat in the middle of a sandwich hug at the Trancefloor on Fusion.

Chriszka is having a great time inside one of these rabbit costumes, exploring the world through new eyes. For more info on what was actually going on, read the article: https://www.berlingske.dk/kultur/se-koebenhavn-som-kanin

If you feel overwhelmed by your love for animals now, both the furry ones and the inflatable ones, here’s an idea: Join this event on Saturday the 10th, arranged by Joel Rowdy, protector of animals (and featured twice in the above collection with both tigers and dragons): Demonstration for the Ukranian Animals.

Thousands of dogs and cats are not having the time of their lives during the current situation in Ukraine but are left to their own devices in the streets with no food and no shelter. Rowdy has traveled to Ukraine to deliver donations and help out and has seen the situation with his own eyes.

Animal Rescue Ukraine will go back to Ukraine on December 22nd and help out some more, which is a very christmassy thing to do, and this is your chance to help out: The demonstration in Copenhagen is on Saturday 10th from 10-14 at Storkespringvandet, and there will be balloons.

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December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere
December 8th: How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters

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How to be a Raver: The Mad Hatters

Posted on December 8, 2022     16 Comments

For obvious playful reasons, you will find ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking-Glass’ references all over the rave-o-sphere, if you know what to look for.

At Fusion, there is an actual tea party table somewhere semi-hidden amongst the trees, not super far from Seebühne.

Here it is, the tea party table, getting sprinkled with water on a hot day in 2018.
And here are the signs not showing us were to find it.

Apart from the Hatter himself, no-one wears hats like ravers.

This is the day where I prove it. Let’s dive in!

Kresten wears a floppy mad-hatter-y style hat and gets a hug for it at Turmbühne, 2010.
Chriszka wears a psychedelic hippie hat in London, dreaming of the future.
Michael has cleverly decided to wear a warm and comfy knitted hat at Somewhere 2017.
Martinez wears a stylish but elegantly feathered hat splendidly – and about 10 full years before this exact style started to get super trendy at the outdoor slow-tech Berlin clubs and subsequently at Garbicz Festival and similar hotspots. This is the Distortion Final Party 2007.
Tøndering wears an aggressively stylish pirate hat at Turmbühne in 2012.
Rune RK keeps cool and wears a knitted hat on the super sweaty and enthusiastic dance floor at Operaen, 1994.
Mariii proudly wears one of those pumps you use to inflate your air mattress. Razor-sharp camping style at Fusion, 2009!
Someone wears the most TOTALLY AMAZING BOAT HAT at the Somewhere Festival 2016. LOOK AT IT! This is like the extravagant and absurd French hair styles of the super-rich of the 1700s. Chriszka the Time-Traveller absolutely loves this.
Jaco is wearing a hat while not wearing a hat, cleverly, like Kraka. Chilling for a bit in the camp between dance floor visits at Fusion, 2009.
Soft hat meets hard hat at the S.U.N. Festival main floor, 2013.
Svingsen wears a basket hat in one inspired moment on one of many New Year’s Eves.
Kim Kemi has decided to wear an inflatable cake hat at the Daniel Dreier party at Nadsat, 2008.
Wearing a floppy mad-hatter’y hat AND a splash gun from outer space to the Trancefloor at Fusion is totally the way to go. 10 points. Fusion, 2013.
The classic hat PLUS hoodie look at Turmbühne. Fusion 2009.
Hjeppe Mann wears the cosmic JA-HAT like noone else. Just owning the main floor at Boom, 2022, during Atmos’ opening set (exactly two hours in).
Alhad wears an aviator hat from WW2 to the Tanzwiese floor at Fusion.
Thomas decides to not wear a hat but to visit other cultural expressions at Fusion 2010.
Chriszka wears her absolute favorite festival hat ever at Fusion 2007. Bought in China, used a lot and now lost forever and never replaced. So sad. I loved that hat. Somehow the only hat that was ever big enough for my head and all the hair – and completely perfect on hot days, too. Every single hat since has been slightly too small or slightly too warm. Bohoooo.
And here I am again, happily wearing it at Turmbühne, Fusion 2009. Was THIS when I lost it?! On the way home?! When?! Soooo sad.
Here I am, TRYING to wear another hat at Fusion 2010.
Feltman wears a BOWLER HAT at the Hifly Pigfest 2010.
Adam wears a hat AND a drum on the day where we all said goodbye and good onwards journeys to Mika. An emotional and important ritual. January 2022.
Lasse feels powerful and strong wearing his straw hat in Mediebyen at Roskilde 2010.
Dalge also feels strong wearing his straw hat at Orange Scene at Roskilde 2010. The amount of pictures I have of Dalge having conversations on dance floors is pretty remarkable, by the way. I have a feeling we will have to return to this phenomenon later on.
Paulina wears the classic slow-tech raver hat (now copied by endless amounts of Garbicz/Bachstelzen visitors) at Løgtenborg Slot Sommerkur – juli 2013. In my diary, I described this garden party as the, and I quote: ‘vildeste havefest ever’. It was spectacular, for sure.
One place to effortlessly wear a crown is under your hippie umbrella by the Turmbühne stage at Fusion.

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December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)
December 7th: Ravers Are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere

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Ravers are the Experts: Dancefloors Everywhere

Posted on December 7, 2022     17 Comments

Proper ravers make the best dance floors in the world, and everywhere: From tiny dance floors in livings rooms and secret dance floors in the forests to cosmic dance portals for tens of thousands of people like The Dance Temple at Boom or Turmbühne at Fusion.

Since I started raving, all other dance floors lost some of their attraction, because dance floors with junglists, psytrancers and techno heads on them are just more dedicated, more intense and tons more fun. And always more beautiful.

One of the most beautiful dance floors I have ever danced on: The Ozora main floor (2015). At night, the tree seemed to morph into a giant underwater octopus decorated by glittering jellyfish, but my iPhone camera couldn’t capture night images back then, so I can’t actually prove it.
Blue mushroomy jellyfish also floated at the edges of the So Verbot dance floor in Copenhagen, August 2022. Mathias feels inspired by the underwater theme and does a floaty tentacle dance move.
The magnificent Dance Temple at Boom 2022, at sunset. This place takes the dancing ritual very seriously and describes itself (the Dance Temple, that is) as the pulsating heart of the festival and a power source that transmutes the energy of the dancers and sends it up in the sky and into hyperspace.
Notice how the dancers at Boom bring their own colorfully tentacled jellyfish to the dance floor.
And this is what the Ozora dance floor looked like from the stage in 2015.
Junglist are a more urban species than psytrancers and just love to dance to the rumbling bass lines under busy motorway bridges. This is Bas Under Buen, July 2016.
This is what some dedicated dance floor moves looks like at Bas Under Buen 2019.
More urban grimey-ness. This is the multi-level dance floor inside the belly of the boat called Stubnitz. Quite a scary mainfloor filled with sharp corners, steel stairs and stumble hazards everywhere. But junglists can dance everywhere. Drop doesn’t look too pleased, though, and I must have felt a bit squeeeeezed, too, since I took the time to take this photo. This is Ohoi!’s 4th birthday celebrations, 2006.
To be honest, I don’t really enjoy dancing indoors anymore, event though that’s how raving started for me (it started with jungle in the 90s at The Paradise Club in London). For many years, now, I have preferred dancing out in the open, under the blue sky, at festivals like this. And during the day, even. Sleeping at night is awesome! (In this pic we are back at the Dance Temple at Boom 2022.)
Fortunately, at the right time of year, there are tons of outdoor parties to choose from, if you wish. Here’s a semi-secret one – in the morning at sunrise in Copenhagen.
And here’s a not so secret one by the water in Copenhagen. Bølgen 2022.
And here’s Chriszka and Helene above the dance floor at Bølgen, 2022.
Back in time! Here’s a Pirate Party Pack morning party dance floor ON A BOAT after the final party at Distortion, 2006. Good times.
Another classic transformed spot: The entire Dronning Louises Bro connecting Nørrebro to Central Copenhagen is shut down during the Distortion festival and turned into a dance floor.
Here’s a bunch of Danish ravers transforming a part of Fælledparken into a dance floor in 2008.
And this is the same park, but a slightly different location (I think) and definitely a different setup – two years later, at Elektronisk Karneval in Fælledparken, May 2010.
AMAZINGLY, I have videos of this! Remember not to turn the sound up too loud, this is caught with old equipment. Elektronisk Karneval in Fælledparken, May 2010.
Hey, let’s watch another rare video! This is the dance floor that erupted in the morning at the Promilleservice camp on July 6th, 2009 – Roskilde Festival.
But don’t forget the tiny dance floors, too. This is Chriszka and Nufie dancing in the living room of Svingsen’s Jungle Hut after Jungle Bells 2007.
Let’s jump slightly forward in time to 2008. Who remembers when Turmbühne at Fusion looked like THIS?! I really liked that centre piece flower. There’s a trippy joyfulness about it that was slowly replaced by more dark and industrial deco in the following years.
This is what the flower petals looked like from on the Turmbühne dancefloor.
And THIS is what Turmbühne at Fusion looks like in more recent years (this is 2016). Yup, it all grew a bit in size. And then – maybe – comes a year where you start to miss ‘the way it was’, and that’s when you move on to new festivals or take a small break and come back with revived enthusiasm.
Back to the tiny dance floors! Chriszka inaugurates a miniscule dance floor for maximum two people after moving into a new home.
And here’s a spontaneous dance floor that happened when two aliens popped up and started playing not far from the lake at the Boom festival 2022.
Aaaaah, dancing outside surrounded by nice people at pleasant summer temperatures. This is the daytime dance floor at So Verbot, one of the highlights of 2022 in Copenhagen.
Chriszka and Svingen dance in the hallway of the Jungle Hut before a Coma party.
Morten Kamper creates a spontaneous Depeche Mode dance floor in a café flooded with daylight.
The natural beauty of the outdoor dance floor (one of three) – by the ocean at the Somewhere Festival 2016.
The hippie-esque beauty of the afternoon ravers on the dance floor by the ocean at the Somewhere Festival 2016. This was the ONLY truly warm weekend of that summer, as far as I remember. Quite a weird year, sun-wise.
Chriszka wears a psytrance pattern to a jungle rave at the Culture Box dance floor.
And to conclude this tour of different dance floors: Enjoy the awkwardness of the soundless Silent Disco dance floor at Roskilde 2010!

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December 1st: Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives
December 2nd: How to be a Raver: The Sunglasses Special
December 3rd: Blasts from the Past: Birthday Bash Edition
December 4th: The 7 best things about being a raver
December 5th: How to be a Raver: Flags and Balloons
December 6th: Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)

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