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Rave Culture: Aliens, spaceships and cosmic adventures
Posted on December 21, 2025 Leave a Comment
You might have noticed that mainstream culture has turned its gaze towards UFOs, aliens, and possible parallel universes in recent years. But as always, ravers are decades, if not eons, ahead. Rave culture is PACKED with references to space travel and aliens and has been so since day one. The entire festival looks like it’s […]
Ravers are the Experts: Slowing Down in Fast Lives – part II
Posted on December 23, 2022 1 Comment
Let’s get back to how it all started out this season: With slowing down. On purpose. Here’s another sweet selection of ravers slowing down in the middle of everything. – Read more about the ‘slowing down in the middle of everything’ skill here: 5 problems only ravers know about– Here’s some family fun for the […]
How To be a Raver: The Conversationalists
Posted on December 22, 2022 2 Comments
Back in 2016, I had a JUngLEkalender conversation with fellow junglist Sofus about our first many years at raves. And how we always always always had to be the last person standing on the dancefloor. How important that was. This is a bit of the conversation: Sofus: “Now, it’s a lot easier for me to […]
Ravers Are the Experts: Our Natural Habitats
Posted on December 16, 2022 9 Comments
Outdoor parties are the best. Electronic music sounds great under the open sky (this is where it really and totally unfolds properly), the blurpy and creaky sounds of psychedelic trance and techno just makes a whole lot more sense when you dance next to trees, and the tribal beats make cosmic sense when you dance […]
How to be a Raver: Hands in the Air
Posted on December 15, 2022 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 […]
My thesis on psychedelic festivals: Festivals, flow machines and feathered dragons
Posted on January 20, 2021 Leave a Comment
My thesis is about rave culture as ritual: I look upon psychedelic festivals as – flow machines – ilinx generators (what’s that, you say? Read all about it in the thesis!) – and– transformation rituals for the 21st century. Read the full thesis here (in English): Rave culture likes to imagine itself as the direct […]