Christina Majcher

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.

Chriszka lets her inner hippie shine through at Roskilde Festival.

Experienced ravers enjoy the sunny days for grown-ups at Kaj Din Ven I Solen. Notice how Karsten Loud, the host of the party, packs a lot of raver skills into this shot: 1) Two drinks in one hand 2) Optimistic hand sign and 3) Wearing the original LOUD t-shirt. The only LOUD.

Binge wears sunglasses without wearing sunglasses in a perfect casual way at Fusion 2007.

Dollars wears something much more fun than sunglasses at the Hifly Pigfest 2010.

Wearing superlarge sunglasses on a grey day at the Fusion Festival adds a mysterious movie star vibe to your being.

Wearing sunglasses inside adds the perfect rockstar vibes to your look.

Wearing sunglasses at night AND a gold top adds a rockstar vibe to the entire event. This is Elektronisk Karneval in Fælledparken, just after dusk.

Feltman wears the light summer party look and a dark drink at the Culture Box Day Party at Fælledparken. This is July 2008.

Mikado is wearing aaaaall the cool-down gear at Kaj Din Ven I Solen. Yup, you thought that was earphones, obviously, but it’s a wind-in-your-face mechanism.

René (probably) enjoys the moment behind mirrored sunglasses at Turmbühne. A hot and sunny day at Fusion, 2008.

Mikkas wearing classics at Elektronisk Karneval 2008.

When relaxing by the ocean with a bunch of other hippies at the Somewhere Festival, definitely wear pink shades.

Zimmermann goes for the early 70s look at Roskilde Festival 2010.

Most excellent sunglasses vibe in this dance floor shot at Elektronisk Karneval in Fælledparken, May 2010.

Le wears sunglasses AND swimming goggles to the RAW party 2006.

Jkamata has traveled from a dark future back to Stella Polaris 2007 to deliver a troubling message.

With a noteworthy attention to detail, Tøndering has made sure that his glasses matches his shirt that matches the trailer that matches the brand of his drink. Casually fractalizing the universe at Roskilde Festival 2010.

Hjeppe Mann – wearing optimistic yellow shades – shares all his secrets about a modern life without a smartphone at the Tanzwütze stage, Fusion 2019.

Santa Claus wears sunglasses at Turmbühne 2013. (This turned out to be the most exhausting costume to wear ever, by the way. At a festival packed with unicorns, pink elephants, fairies and hundreds of other mythical creatures, Santa Claus just appealed to absolutely EVERYONE. Do you need human contact? Do you want hundreds and hundreds of strangers to talk to you with great enthusiasm, all day? Get yourself a Fusion ticket and jump into a Santa Claus suit. You will not walk alone.)

Probably the coolest pic in this selection. Red-mirrored sunglasses adds a perfect vibe to this Turmbühne shot: Kind of menacing and also action-movie-like but fun at the same time.

Oddly similar body postures but very different sunglasses. Walking between music stages at Somewhere Festival 2016.

Neo hides his friendly face behind a pair of supervillain glasses, dark as black ice. An otherwise happy moment at Distortion 2022.

Speaking of supervillain-y sunglasses: Behind Friendly Sommer and Friendly Daniel, check out David’s glasses: Pitch-black portals to a dark, alternate universe.

Svingsen steals Lewis’ sunglasses at Roskilde 2006.

Let’s end this on a sweet, summer-y note: Ginda wears discreetly glittery glasses to the dance floor at So Verbot.

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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
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
December 17th: How to be a Raver: Nectar of the Gods
December 18th: How to be a Raver: The Power of the Hands
December 19th: Ravers are the Experts: We Love Machines

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Ravers Are the Experts: We Love Machines

Posted on December 19, 2022 7 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 more than 20 years of experience in the gaming industry, and the game-o-sphere is EXCELLENT at squeezing fun out of technology, for sure.

Here I am, having fun with a game inside an HTC Vive.

And here I am, flying a plane inside the PSVR, which was EXTREMELY fun – at the GDC in Cologne, 2014.

But this is what having fun with machines looks like from the outside for gamers. (This is Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, 2014.

And this is what having fun with machines looks like from the outside for ravers. The ravers win. Again. (This is Turmbühne af Fusion, 2016).

If you haven’t read my article describing the similarities between the gaming world and the rave-o-sphere, you absolutely have to: Gamers and Ravers: The Amazing Similarities Between the Two Worlds.

Yes, go on. Read it!

Here’s what Turmbühne at Fusion looks like at night, like a spaceship has landed in the middle of the giant dance floor. So much machine fun. (I only use my own photos on these pages (or sometimes photos taken by people I know), but If you want to see some depictions of what the massive machinery of Turmbühne actually looks like when you are there, taken by a proper camera (that can catch all the details) and not just my iPhone, check these pics out.)

And I recommend that you watch my video of ravers at Boom having fun with machines at nighttime (or maybe it’s the machines having fun with the ravers): Boom festival 2022: Out playing with the night animals

Here’s 2000F loving the machine buttons at an Ohoi! party in 2004. Pic by Vitus.

Here are some fusionists enjoying the yellow submarine machine at the Tanzwütze Floor in 2018.

No one is happier close to lots of machines than Stebbing. No one! Look at his happy machine smile! Private party, June 2021. (This pic is taken about an hour before Christian Eriksen suffered a heart attack on the pitch during the Euros. Eriksen now has a matchbox-sized defibrillator machine pacing his heart, which is quite techno, really).

Four ravers are enjoying a light machine at the Henry’s Dream festival, 2014.

Yo Akim behind a classic machine: The Roland 909!

Here’s Danny, fixing a machine at Fusion 2007.

Chriszka plays her favorite jungle tunes on this magic machinery.

This digital camera already looks like a rare machine. As far is I remember, we are at Seebühne. This is taken with my Olympus Digital Camera. Fusion 2009.

A bunch of tireless ravers dancing to fast machine beats by (and on) a big red machine – next to the windmill machines. This is the Distortion afterparty, June 2022. A wild and memorable event.

Emok is explaining the exciting details of what is going on inside his Clash of Clans machine to an eager crowd on their way to Fusion 2014.

Testing some truly weird workout machines in China.

Sulu excitedly takes a picture of the pig soon to be eaten with his picture machine at the Hifly Pigfest.

All dj’s love machines. Here’s 2000F playing on the machines next to a big machine at the RAW After After Party, 2007.

And here’s the grill set-up inside the big yellow machine at the RAW After After Party 2007.

Anton, probably fixing a music playlist for the camp on his computer at Fusion 2009.

Two happy fusionists, showing off their wondrous pocket machines at the Sonnendeck stage on Fusion, 2018.

Lene catches a romantic moment in nature with her selfie machine at the Somewhere Festival 2017.

Chriszka and Rasmus pose in front of Jonas’ Click Machine after the Jeff Mills party at Culture Box, 2006.

Bjørn Svin, inside a hologram – on stage at Kulturværftet during the visual concert project Silicium. Photo by Mathias Vejerslev. You can read the article I wrote (in Danish) about the hologram concert here: Mennesker, alger og hologrammer (the link to the magazine doesn’t work anymore, though).

Here’s Chriszka, flying a FPV drone for the first time. Extreme machine fun! August 2018.

Being a raver, Chriszka loves the virtual reality machines more than most gamers. Here we are, walking through the horror corridors in a Virtualizer (which allows you to walk inside VR) at GDC Europe, 2014.

Here’s an actual robot built by kitchen utensils, taking a walk at Fusion, 2012. <3 I LOVE THIS!

Intermezzo: If you are confused about ravers loving BOTH nature AND machines with such intensity, dive deep into that confusion and find the small computer hero that Chriszka has hidden deep inside her drawing ‘The Garden’ (2017):

Chriszka skiing downhill through a forest of mushrooms, which is an important skill as a raver – at the VRUnicorns offices.

Chriszka and Mariii use the time traveling machine to travel back to previous parties for a bit – before embarking on new adventures: This is the night of Jungle Bells 2005!

Nico Defrost plans important stuff with his planning machine on Christiania.

Here’s Chriszka, sucking the new generation into her Fun Game Machine World like a pied piper – in 2011.

Ah yes, don’t forget, there’s a dark side to the machines as well. Here’s Niels, being sucked into the camera machine on a New Year’s Eve, while people have fun around him.

Here’s Oli, getting sucked into the Distraction Machine on Fusion, 2011.

Here’s Lars, trying to have an important and heartfelt conversation during the wonderful sunrise session at the Distortion Final Party 2022, but Tim is far, far away, hypnotized by his Distraction Machine.

Here’s two grown-ups having an exciting conversation using their hands (which means that they communicate directly from their soul – as we learnt yesterday) – but Young Haddock misses all this, sucked into his Distraction Machine. Kødbyen 2022.

Here’s Bernd Knys missing all the rain-fueled fun of the Fusion surroundings because of the Distraction Machine. Fusion, 2011.

Bo tries to suck Sisse into his Distraction Machine at Byhaven.

Emok is still stuck in his Clash of Clans machine. People gather to watch the battle.

Chriszka, having cartoonish fun inside her first Oculus experience. This is the opposite of a Distraction Machine.

**Info from the internet robots**
To end this selection, I got some interesting information from the internet robots today, and it seems like a perfect time to share it:

The most popular post from all the seasons of JUngLEkalenderen ever is…. drumroll… The 13 Best Darkside Jungle Tunes Ever. People just keep reading that one. Darkside jungle lovers from all over the planet, unite! 🙂

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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.

Tim Driver looks at the power of his hands at the Distortion Final Party 2007.

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, describing the dark side of digitalization: The loss of our physical connection to the vinyls (and the stressful implications of the endless abundance in the digital realm – you can read it here): The illusions of the big machinery.

I have also written hundreds of articles on computer games, but I have returned to one indie game in particular several times, writing articles on it in both Berlingske and Weekendavisen: The computer game ‘The Dream Machine’ (a masterpiece), built entirely by hand by two dedicated Swedes. (I will post the article at the end of this, after all the pictures).

More hand power, expressing the soul: I like the powers of the hand so much that I have decided, again and again and again, to paint fractal-like complexities by hand. To show the computers who is boss. This is me and The WipeOut painting after about 20 hours of work.

And then there’s all the hand signs
Anyone who has followed JUngLEkalenderen through the seasons (this is the fifth season) will know about its big interest in body language and hand signs.

The first collection about the secret world of hand signs is from the first year of JUngLEkalenderen, 2014: How to be a Junglist: The Hand Signs Special

This pic is from that collection. Dr. Disk throws a very complicated origami style hand sign at Collins’ and Colston’s birthday bash in Vega, Copenhagen 2007.

The year after, the How to be a Junglist: The Hand Signs Special part II followed.

This is a pic rom THAT collection: Super sharp shooting at Tim Driver’s birthday party at Basement 2009.

Aaaaaand then: How to be a Junglist: The Hand Signs Special Part III.

Probably my best hand sign pic from that entire year: Magical hand signs by three grown-up wizards at the Dyssen party 2007.

With all this in mind, let’s go deeper, again:

Earlier this year, I met the writer Tine Frellesen at at social event at my yoga studio. We started talking, and it turned out she had just published a book called “Håndkraft”. Obviously a title that I was immediately very excited about.

It’s an entire book about the intelligence of the hands, their creative and healing powers, hand gestures and speaking with your hands, the electromagnetic hands, the hasta mudras of yoga (hand positions to control the flow of energy in the body), what happens in our hands and fingers when we touch things, etc. etc. etc. A great idea for a junglistic Christmas present: https://muusmann-forlag.dk/haandkraft/

So let’s dive back into our beloved world of hand signs, looking at it through this new lens:

This is the author of Håndkraft, Tine Frellesen, in London 1996. A very junglistic year in a junglistic city.

Obviously, because this is JUngLEkalenderen and nothing is random and everything is connected, Tine Frellesen’s brother is Peter Candy from Koxbox (a Danish psychedelic trance duo formed in 1990). Peter left Koxbox in the end of the 90s but toured the world with Frank E before that, playing everywhere from Burning Man to Roskilde Festival (1995).

This is what Koxbox sounded like in 1995. (Koxbox still exists, now with Frank E as the only member).

One of the many things you can read about in Håndkraft is the fact that we have 2000 receptors in EACH fingertip, providing us with tons of sensuous information. So much stuff happens when we touch things. A study from Yale University found out that people holding a warm beverage in their hands felt greater sympathy towards other people in their surroundings than the people holding a cold beverage. Ohoi! has the right idea serving hot glögg at their Julebass parties, then. Here’s Ida, experimenting with her feelings towards other people at a secret outdoor party, 2022.

Another chapter in the Håndkraft book is about speaking with your hands. An expertise area for JUngLEkalenderen.

The book explains that if what we say with our words and what we say with our hands contradict each other, our audience, the people listening to us and looking at us, will believe what our hands say. Because our hand movements are instinctive and comes directly from our ‘unfiltered inner selves’. Here’s Dalge and Thomas, expressing their complex inner selves at Turmbühne, Fusion 2014.

Here’s a very common sign in JUngLEkalenderen, done by Paulina. It’s the sign of victory and the sign of peace. It is ALSO the sign of the smile – in Japan.

The V sign with the back of the hand turned outwards is more of an insult, meaning ‘I will defeat you’, originating from archery in the 1400s. It’s a theory, anyways. Here’s Disguised Chriszka showing both versions of the V sign at once, one in black, one in white.

I have my own theory that in rave culture, this sign means ‘things are going really well’. This is So Verbot, 2022, a party where everything went really really well for many many hours.

Here’s a double peace sign thrown by Atle while Wilcks adds to the positive vibes with a friendly jazz hand gesture. Sulu’s Birthday Bash 2022.

The positive thumbs up sign originates from the gladiator fights at Colosseum, meaning that the audience decide that the gladiator lives. Here’s Fred Alert gaining extra life from the ice bath.

Here’s the positive thumbs up combined with the also very common hand sign in the rave-o-sphere, the sign of the horns. The sign of fierceness and nonconformity.

And here it is again, used by Svingsen at Roskilde Festival 2010.

And here it is again, used by Peter at Byhaven, 2021.

…and here they are again, in a complicated double version at Orientkaj Din Ven I Solen 2022.

The hand horn signs are used so often by ravers that I made an entire How to be a Junglist: The Hand Horn SpeciaI collection. But after reading Håndkraft I feel inspired and have decided that I will try to introduce the Hawaiian Shaka sign just for the sake of variation – extending the thumb and the little finger instead. Yes, it’s the ‘I will call you’ sign, but also the Hawaiian sign of friendship, love and a relaxed lifestyle.

For the sake of illustration, here’s a super friendly hand horn from Loke at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.

The sign of the open, weapon-less hand is a universal sign of good intentions and friendliness. Here’s Dalge, showing his friendly intentions on the dance floor at So Verbot.

And here’s another hand of friendliness extended from the crowd at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.

Yes, the rave-o-sphere is filled to the brim with mystical sign language. Here’s a Powerful Team Hand Sign from Phono and Kemi at Elektronisk Karneval.

And here’s a playful provocative little something from Advokatorex at Stella Polaris 2007.

And the rockstar one by Fabio Fusco at Turmbühne at Fusion.

And a secretive one by Elisabeth at the Vibskov show in Den Grå Hal 2008.

Lulu and Jonas signal that they belong to a secret cult – at Elektronisk Karneval 2010.

And this is Svingsen creating an ‘I am very hungry’ sign after the Jeff Mills party in 2006.

Let’s move on to another part of the book. The Mystical Hand! Exploring the healing powers of the hand, the hand as protector and the hasta mudras. Many traditions focus on the energies of the hand and its supernatural and magical aspects. A deeper knowledge of this throws a new light on many pics from all the seasons of JUngLEkalenderen. But here’s a classic that has always been about magic: The spell casting thrown by Mike Sheridan at a pre-party before we all head to the Distortion Final Party 2007.

Here’s Mrtn Rasmsn healing his own heart region with a super powerful Mystical Hand sign at Fusion, 2010.

Here’s Lewis healing Svingsen at the Raw After After Party, August 2007.

And here’s Mariii, simply deciding to pray (the ultimate hand power move!).

Here’s Chriszka and Nufound traveling back in time in front of Chriszka’s piano, creating a hand-played piano sample moment while listening to jungle, thus combining one of their favourite tunes from the 90s with the tradition of the 1800s where the piano became the gathering point for family and friends in private homes.

And just look at the deep happiness of Katja when we gave her an instrument to play by hand for her birthday in 2014.

Creating things by hand and from scratch grant us a deep partnership with the objects in our surroundings. And being active and creative with our hands prevents depression. Yes, these are quotes from Håndkraft.

Just look at these two happy ravers creating a moment with their own hands at Hangaren.

Phew, this collection was hard work and my hands need to fold themselves around a warm cup of something to spoil my 20.000 finger tip receptors. The miracle of the Merkel cells, the Meissner’s corpuscles, the Ruffini endings! (Yes, it’s all in the book. Read, and re-read JUngLEkalenderen with new eyes).

See you tomorrow where things take a very surprising turn, of course.

(Here’s the short extract from my article on The Dream Machine, the hand-built (and also quite psychedelic) indie game (highly recommended)):

“Obviously you can create some really beautiful things with all our digital tools, but they are often completely soul-less with their smooth commercialized vibe. Physical objects, like a wooden spoon made carefully by hand, seems to give you so much more, because someone has spent time and put some love into making it. A commercial doesn’t give you anything, it just wants to squeeze itself into your head and take up space”.

Here’s a link to The Dream Machine on Steam (the two first chapters).

And here’s a link to the book Håndkraft.

If you want more psytrance, go to Trance Tales: The Ozora Adventures
(also known as: 10 ways to recognize a psytrancer).

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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.

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Ravers Are the Experts: Our Natural Habitats

Posted on December 16, 2022 9 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. <3
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. <3 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. <3 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

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How to be a Raver: Hands in the Air

Posted on December 15, 2022 10 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). <3

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.

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

Posted on December 14, 2022 11 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.

18 aug 06 dnbzone infiltrata IMG_5505 — 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. <3

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.

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?

rumnbass030606IMG_9227 — 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.

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.

dnbzone nadsat 19nov05 3 — 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

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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.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — The babyface version of Pfeffermouse shows up behind Daniel Dreier at Nadsat. Dreier is very babyfaced, too, but with a confusing moustache.

london — 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.

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.

jolene-maj-2008 — Blitzed babyfacin’ in front of Jolene, Kødbyen. This is at the reopening.

lewisleragerogco — 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.

jungle-fever-iv-2 — 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.

Chriszka the Time Traveller babyfacin’ and Adidas’in, junglist style.

Massive babyface doll stare from Svingsen. Private party from when her Jungle Hut was at Frederiksberg.

raw-afterafterafter — Advokatorex’ best babyface pose. At the Raw After After After party, August 2007.

Tøndering tries to hide his babyface behind hat and glasses.

Svingsen wins this babyface trilogy battle. Old scan, private party.

kristo — 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.

mariiiiii — Mariiiii puts on a babyface to fool the world after her sneaky jungle monster exorcism.

jonask — Babyfaces and aliens (and me taking a short nap) at the Silo party at Islands Brygge.

axlrise2 — World famous dj and producer Axl Rise does a real baby face while toying with sound effects.

strandgade — 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.).

caspar — 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

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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!

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.

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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How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods

Posted on December 10, 2022 15 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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Christina Majcher

I paint fractals by hand to show the computers who's boss. Paintings + Electronic music + Yogamats + Writing.

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How to be a Raver: Hands in the Air

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

Blasts from the Past: The Babyface Special – Extended Mix

Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix

How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods

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