rave culture
What It Was Like Selling Ecstasy in the 90s Rave Scene
In the heyday of raving, you could walk into a party with a bunch of pills and walk out with £6,000.
How Ecstasy Has Evolved in the New Millennium
Colorful, candy-like pills have been replaced with gelcaps, but despite what some people think, that doesn't mean the drug has gotten any purer or safer.
Why Molly May Be More Dangerous and Deadly If You're a Woman
Popping molly is more complicated than you think—especially when you're a girl.
How Big Fashion Appropriated Rave Culture at New York Fashion Week
Who benefits when rave hits the runway—and what do we lose?
Moms Who Do Molly
These moms are raising their kids with peace, love, unity, and respect. What could be wrong with that?
The World's First EDM 5K Was Incredibly Wholesome
Welcome to Nocturnal Lands, where rain forces the DJ to close his set two hours early, kids attend with their parents, and you can't run 50 feet without coming across something that reminds you of Instagram.
NORTHMIX: Phil Kieran
Phil Kieran brings us some thumping techno in preparation for his upcoming event series, Anon.
Sweaty Photos from Detroit's Movement Festival
As a Detroit native, going to Movement has been a tradition of mine for the past ten years, but this was the first time I decided to document what happens there.
This Guy Wants to Trip You Into a Parallel Reality Via Bagpipes
Andy Letcher is a neo-pagan, musician, and ex-instructor at Oxford Brookes University who spends a good deal of time thinking about psilocybin mushrooms, trance states, and how to expand the minds of others through folk music—perhaps without them even...
DB's No School Like the Old Skool: LTJ Bukem
DB recalls the early days of drum 'n bass and the father of the style, LTJ Bukem.
DB's No School Like the Old Skool: Frankie Bones
DB unearths a 1993 mix from the "Godfather of American Rave Culture."