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 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.

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.

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.










Thank you to Tobias for this magical excursion.














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”.












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.































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.























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.























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.





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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Three very weird faces, but Svingsen wins.

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

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

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.

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.

Pure mastery by Vitus and Asger.

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



Recommendations:
For more Ohoi!, bass face providers, jump back to the 4 year celebration on Stubnitz: Blasts from the Past: Ohoi! turns 4.
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
Go here for the complete collection of #JUngLEkalenderen, both past and present.
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.












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

















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).
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
Go here for the complete collection of #JUngLEkalenderen, both past and present.
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:











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.


















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.
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
Go here for the complete collection of #JUngLEkalenderen, both past and present.
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.


Apart from the Hatter himself, no-one wears hats like ravers.
This is the day where I prove it. Let’s dive in!


























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
Go here for the complete collection of #JUngLEkalenderen, both past and present.
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.

























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)
Go here for the complete collection of #JUngLEkalenderen, both past and present.
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