AN INSIDER ACCOUNT OF SYDNEY'S EARLY
RAVES, DOOFS & FESTIVALS
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“High Fidelity meets Human Traffic…Australian style"
Dr Noel Burgess (Vision Four 5)
A journey through the rave crucible into the birth of modern Electronic Dance Music.
Explore the Second Summer of Love through its farthest-flung outpost: Sydney, Australia.
CRAZE
A deep-dive in to Sydney’s early raves, doofs and festivals, and though them, the history of Electronic Dance Music. A story shaped by those behind the decks and on the dance floor; written by a 35-year veteran of the electronic dance music community.
A Vinyl Legacy
In the 1990s, Sydney’s lower Oxford Street was home to up to 17 vinyl dance music stores. Today, just one remains: RecordStore.
Born in 2003 from the ashes of BPM Records (est. 1994), it carries the spirit of a cultural phenomen shaped by the city’s queer underground, unrelenting music pioneers, and dance floor misfits.
The author’s journey from baby raver and BPM customer to co-owner of the Recordstore, mirrors the evolution of Sydney’s DJ culture.
Arriving in Darlinghurst in 1991 he found a place where music and community collided.
From the first moment, he knew it was home.
Crazy Journey Into Sound
Video editing: DJ Matrix. Audio Collage: pH (author). Samples used listed below.