Welcome New mdma mod Pissed_and_messed and ALSO Didgital

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I wrote an essay a few years back about the origins of rave/club culture.

I can't remember all the details off the top of my head, but the emergence of rave culture is pretty tightly tied up with the popularisation of acid house music (which itself has roots in the Chicago high nrg disco scene) in the UK towards the late 80s with clubs like Shoom and the Hacienda (check out 24 hour party people with Steve Coogan, great film) popularizing the music.

It was around that time that MDMA/Ecstasy (and the associated pacifiers, or dummies as we call them) began to be associated with the rave scene, and then a few years later club culture after the man started cracking down on the rave scene from the early to mid 90s.

So basically the music has its routes in the North American disco scene but then the Brits got their druggy mitts on it

"24 hour ... party people" saw that in the movie-theater, as soon as it was released. Recommended watch for MDMA people.
You ll love it, was all in that crossover to, my music taste is pretty broad, like The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses.

Shame though that Maracas and freaky dancing never catched on.

Wonder when it first hit Europe, at 17 or so, 33 years ago [edit] a guy in my class. Surname translated speed, helt a school lecture on MDMA/ MDA and the rave or acid scene. Neither me my friends or the teacher att knew anything more then rumors about.
But apperently it had already started as he was part of one of the first in the scene.