wow, strange to see a mention of Spiral Tribe, I met the tribe outside of Amsterdam in the early 90s, it was fall of '93 I think. Am an American from an unhip part of NY state, and while we'd heard about the rave scene in Europe and England, where I was from there was nothing like it going on at all, we were mostly still grungers and didn't even quite get what the burgeoning rave thing was about. Met the tribe "by accident', some dude at the hostel I was at in Amsterdam said the tribe was camped nearby, and he and I and a couple others brought a bunch of cookies and biscuits to a big field outside of town and hung out with the tribe for an afternoon. Whole scene blew my mind, it was sort of like being with the Dead and a bunch of euro hippies except they had like 2 full trailers (just that I could see) filled with amps, lights and electronics. Whole thing felt like a dream and later couldn't even explain it to friends back home cause they didn't even get what the tribe did, just kept asking "So is it a band or what?"
Funniest part of whole thing I guess is the guy who took us out to meet the tribe was a thief and ripped off a chick at the hostel before disappearing, got everything but her passport.
anyway sorry rambling, just memories of a long time ago from a yank who's feeling good tonight, nice combo of stims and opiates. Hope all's well with everyone across the pond.