Hardcore is voor mij ook nog altijd een offshoot van techno wat dat betreft...
De focus ligt daar ook meer op het ritme dan op de melodie...vooral de hardcore die op tekno feesten word gedraaid...daarom kiezen ze die muziek juist uit...
Another very important stream of commentary has been the techno beat not being part of our Western "performance" idea of music and art.
The Western idea is that one person is better than the rest of us and we sit and listen to ego-driven music with its standard, quite rigid classical beat system.
We as the audience are alienated, out of the loop, we gaze passively upon the chosen few who perform.
We are not part of them. Techno is a whole different trip. At events everyone is there to express, to involve, to enjoy, to love, to be seen, to be accepted, to feel and emote, and to participate actively. A good event is fully participatory.
Good DJ's play what the dancers are feeling; they move people in a positive way and bring them to an emotional and energetic climax. The best DJ's dance, too.
Raves are sacred spaces or Temporary Autonomous Zones, according to modern philosopher Hakim Bey.
These TAZs are to free ourselves and others of the ideas and mindsets forced upon up by the fucked up corporate entity which passes for culture.
The TAZ is a direct response to and escape from the crap (people we know throwing their attitudes and expectations at us; the mass media brainwashing us into consuming and being good little mindless cogs) that fills up our lives.
The TAZ is a space for all of us to move forward emotionally and spiritually by allowing us to be who we really are and who we really can be. No coercion, no bullshit. Specific improvements to reach closer to the ancient idea of the beat:
The beat, the dance, the feelings and energies invoked at raves need to be consciously focused, the techno-pagans say. That is, a person should have some intention or reason to be there and make good on a feeling, a wish, something they want to do for themselves (e.g. to make themselves better, stop smoking, etc.) or another or the earth or what have you. Use the energy you put out in dancing to achieve what you will ("Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole of the Law; For Love Is The Law, Love Under Will" - Crowley).
Raves/Events need to invoke specific energies which will help and heal everyone: people who participate, the rave community, even the world and all species.
Sometimes that energy raised is best expressed or channeled through specific "god-forms."
These patterns or archetypes are visualized and invoked in various neo-pagan and wiccan circles as the god Pan, or Venus, or Eris, the goddess of Chaos, or ... ?
Insert a favorite deity you would like to contact here; or, read "Programming and Meta-Programming the Human Bio-Computer" by John Lilly on how to make anything or anyone a deity.
Herbs, from sage to tobacco to marihuana are part of the offerings, and also key in raising or meeting with specific energies. Human beings have evidently been tuning into interesting mind spaces with the aid/use of this ancient technology for a very long time.
They should only be used with intention and reverence.
There is no room for abuse of substances or "getting wasted" in sacred space.
Listen to Africa, especially West African tribal drumming, where the blues, jazz and the Voodoo drums all come from.