this was such a great party. brought tears to my eyes to see this. that night was epic for me. in some small way my life change at that party. dose anyone remember the guy on top of the dunes during sunrise? he had long hair that blew in the wind and was wrapped in a blanket. when he opened his arm as to embrace the sun and wind, his blanket had a huge lion embroidered on it. that was a very power feeling for me to see him up there. i felt his energy. the energy of a lion.......... yes this is the u.s. southern california mojave desert. it was held near where they have coachella now. yes parties like this do take place. and the old feeling we use to get back in the 90's can still be felt today.
that night changed my life too u had to be there to understand what we went through that night it was the best filling I ever had the love the vibe the stars the music being able too sit on the speakers man oh man I Miss my brother's and sisters from that night how life pulls is apart I remember the mountains at night with the fam with the red flares I remember an ice cream truck and how I opened my third eye of u understand me much love its not the same me and my brother's were on the hill for sunrise man the vibe when the sun was coming up and the big allien rose up words cannot explain and the guy with the blanket is my brother j dog aka Justin Williams from Pomona ca I Miss him so much
Benny Lucero how intense is this right now? im blowen away... So his name is j dog. i think about him often and that night plays like a movie in head.you said you miss him? has he passed? I hope he knew the love and energy he shared on that beatiful windt morning. how crazy, all these years later and we are still making conections through that day... the vibe carries on.
Yes it is crazy how its been so long and we are still connecting you had to be there to know what we went through brings tears i try and tell my story how we were all on the same vibe but you just had to be there
Glad you guys enjoyed the footage. I think I was the only person there with a camera so I took as much footage as possible. Wish I would have had 2 batteries for my cam, would have had more. Anyway, more old school videos on my page and posting more in the future...about 30 or so videos from my days raving in L.A.
This will always be one of my favorite raves I ever went to. Something about that night was just magical. Oh to be young again. I’d go back in a second. 💞
when you look at the rave scene in this point of view you can see that back then the age group looks more mature than now. today there are alot of youngsters
Seriously thank you sooooo much for uploading all the DUNE videos. One of my first actual parties in the desert. Memories.....Nothing can compare to the parties back then! Old school for life
Absolutely fantastic party I remember it well. The glow sticks from the dancers on that ridgeline at night was amazing. Great great times with amazing friends. I hope all you old ravers are still kicking around and having the best life! PLUR
The days of vinyl in the desert. That is one significant change. And wow... totally forgot about the whistles. The vibe was different back then. More energy and how the style of dance flowed. You can definitely see it in the hype as the music builds in this video.
I still have the directions to it. In 2015 I went there to scout it for a possible Desert Party and it doesn't even look the same as I remember it. Rain and plant growth has changed that area drastically.
These were the best partys and at 34 this brings back memories. I always liked going to these partys back then. One of the main reason was the music was good and you never felt threatend or had to be on guard that something was gonna pop off. In the mid 90's cali had some dangrous back yard and warehouse partys always shootings and people getting hurt at those. Most of these raves were a long drive out if you lived in the l.a area but well worth it because the music was good and pieceful vibe
By 1998 this scene was kind of dying a death IMO. The Spring/Summer of 1997 was definitely a pinacle, and probably the best. There was this party, the very first Juju Beats, a couple of massive Moontribes, Armageddon, and some dope underground warehouse events in LA. The second wave of rave that hit 1994-1998 were some of the best years of my life. We were lucky because let's be honest, this sh!t will never happen again, no matter how hard anyone tries.
Not true. Anything is possible my guy. Instead of trying to make it like 1997 again, let's take the essence of rave and make it even better. All things are possible for those who believe. We need this to continue. It's more than just music and drugs, it also was a spiritual journey for humankind. To open their hearts to love and gather with strangers and just have an amazing time. If you believe in chakras, humanities heart chakras were blasted wide open with these events. I don't think people understand from a metaphysical side that this was incredibly healing for the world. And the world needs to stay on that path.
Thanks so much for posting this. I have been trying to find the rave that we went to at a reservation around this time. It was 6 months to a year after after my first rave at Organic at Snow Valley ski area. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and station in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
@aprilzap You forgot about the 2 to3 hour drive back home at 7 am in the morning and the desert heat was intense if you stayed later. But it was our generations Woodstock. Hippies turned Ravers.
I had just gotten into the scene and had read of this party and despite only being 14 my friend and Iswore we'd find away from WI to the Dune in '98 which obviously we didn't and then the news broke about the kid that wandered off alone on the dark and fell to his death. One of the saddest and well known stories from the rave scene. Still this event and all the Moontribe parties look amazing. Here in WI we had the Drop Bass Network farm and barn parties where too much insanity happened. That scene was basically metalhead and industrial heads turn part raver who hated house and trance and lived for hardcore and hard DnB, lol. I love how each region in the US had their own niche and they all seem equally unique and awesome. At least I got to experience some of it.
I remember that morning seeing so many officers, search dogs and even a helicopter looking for that college student. His tragic death really changed the desert Rave scene as it did years in LA county. From then on any desert parties to the reservation Interstate off ramps were closed by the California Highway Patrol. So no partiers could get there.
Yes, thanks so much. It feels like a dream or from another life now, It's hard to believe I was even there dancing on the hills with lite flares P.L.U.R.
The Comet that was above us all night was the shit.. Great time lots of good memories. Oohhh how i miss the raves of the 90's. Everyone was original back then. Had their own dance style. It wasn't thousands of kids doing the shuffle. These raveres now a days will never know what we experienced.
So so sadly true!! I am from Florida. Home of some of the most legendary DJ's of all time and home of some of the greatest breakbeats to ever be made. I was introduced into the rave scene and culture in 1996 at the young age of 17. I felt like that's where I belonged. The music, the people (so friendly, nice, and loving! No judging) from 1996 until about 2002 was some of the greatest times of my life! We danced our own dance, we had bad ass DJ's that knew how to "create" music, and the drugs were pretty incredible too!
That night i was on acid mushrooms and selling nos out of my white jeep and from my boys pugsleys toyota we just ended up giving the nos out for free i left my jeep on with the jerp running when i heard the dopest set come on and it was all good the rest of the night
@@bennylucero7610 yes! I watch these now and wonder... who's an awakened Starseed here??. I see Indigos...lol. I try to think back then and wish I could remember a ship uncloak, or power up...💫 gee, if I knew then...🖖
I was at this party. That's Doran on the decks. I see Mike Fix and a few other old friends. And I think I just saw myself! I was certainly out on that floor at dawn! Nothing ... *NOTHING* ... was better than these parties! By contrast, today's raves feel more like you're partying in a prison yard full of middle-school students, surrounded by watchful prison guards. The freedom was so beautiful. Dangerous at times, but that was part of the beauty; that's part of freedom.
@@kstrain1 I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
I can't remember but I believe I was at the first dune in 1996. if not then it was this one. but I'm still looking for any videos of 1996...and it changed my life too, in a huge way! very great full to have been at that party!
Christopher Michael Dune 96 was in a different location, and slightly smaller than this, but it was a great party. I’ve never seen any footage of that night on here, but I do have a friend that video taped a lot of it. I’ll have to ask him but I have no idea if he still knows where a VHS from 22 years ago is. He actually taped two desert parties that year, Dune 96 and some party that was on a golf course on an Indian res. I’ll look into it.
@@gregs76 Do you remember what the locations were for both? I'm now leaning towards the 97 dune (this video) I remember a huge sand storm, literally rocks flying in the air lol and I remember seeing other, very odd things throughout the night LMAO those tapes would be awesome to see!
@@gregs76 I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
The first one was out in Johnson valley in the high desert. The next 2 were in Mecca at painted canyon. I'm a resident of the high desert and I was ready to move out of the desert till I went to the first dune off Poe Rd in Johnson valley and it opened my eyes to the beauty of this place and I never left. Been here ever since.
I got some footage of a party called HALLUCINATE that was on a reservation out near Anza around the same time as this. It's at my parents house in a box somewhere, I need to find it. There was some crazy Indian guys with guns stopping people before you drove onto the site, making people open their trunks and shit. I think it was some sort of golf course, but there was no grass.
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
The greatest party I have ever been too. Even after WMC MIAMI 11. Still dancing on and love it the same. But what I'd do to go to another Done or Moontribe.... Those were the good ol days
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
For your info guys, this was the next morning at around 8 AM in the morning, it started at 6 pm the previous day. So this true ravers have been parting for 14 hours straight! Now that my friends is F@cking Hardcore!
@@scottylovesthings I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
God bless you for posting it bring back the memories of what a damn a rave was...Does anyone remember the rave Called Circa it was thrown in downtown l.a.? Anyone have pics or vid on it? I hear everyone on that price shit now these days ...all dj's selling out.. no one just wants to grab some decks speakers fuck it and start grooving
Everyone was. But there were ways to overcome shyness. At least that's what I heard of, not that I can speak out of my own experience as a shy person of course.
@demaskus2016 know what you mean man, I´m the same, still and back in the day. Being shy is f....cking shit. One can be as ugly as the Hunchback of Notre Dame, as long as he´s cool like Snoop dog, he gets the best girls in the world.
I was in the Marines at the time and we had high and tight hair cuts and brought 30 packs of cheap beer. I was nervous too dance at first but everyone accepted us just the same
I almost forgot about the whistles! Funny how they didn't seem at all intrusive back then - i guess I'm just old now : ( Nouveau ravers have all these crazy LED toys now - I yearn for the days of simple glowstix!
these are the hardcore!!!!!!!!!!!! this is the shit. True CAlifornia style partying 14 hours straight!!!!! Sacked and high and still going to the tunes. Damn this takes me back to the LA underground scene! RAVE ON!!
@laughingperson5 Per DJ Doran, "It's called "The Show" by Discodroids (Peter Nijborn & Ferry Corsten) and it came out on Tremolo Records (cat#: TRE2004) in 1996. Silly fun party music... ya gotta love it."
@LARAVEHISTORY I can't remember if this was a res or not either, but I do remember driving to this, and it seemed we were driving forever on these dirt fire roads, and didn't see too many other cars. Then we got up to the top of this huge hill overlooking this valley and I couldn't fu@king believe the HUGE line of brake lights I saw going on forever; so many cars! I just remember thinking this was going to be HUGE and its gonna get shut down. I was so wrong! I think we left at 11am.
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
Yes, these still happen. But except for the most famous crew, MT, they're teeny-tiny, and usually promoted by word-of-mouth only. I was at one about 3 months ago.
At about 4:53 into the clip you can catch a glimpse of the infamous hacker known as Captain Crunch. He looks like an old hippie with a white tshirt. ... I was there btw and Crunch made it to all the Dune parties... Davesky
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
@rodster333 From what I remember, Dune line-up's always were Christopher Lawrence, Sandra Collins, Doran, and maybe Thomas Michael (Not totally sure about him)?
Lol! I love watching this! I am in the orange Adidas shirt at 0:24. WTF am I doing?!?! I was wandering around alone for hours. I took a black pyramid at around 3:00am that night, and I know that I was still tripping when we left late in the morning. I honestly don't even remember the daytime, except that I had a fu@king blast.
Introduce yourself to the hardstyle community, well in Australia anyway. We still have bush raves, Goa trance, Hardstyle if ur more into melody mixed with bass kicks.
sorry bud but back in the days the whistles just added to the whole vibe of the parties. if you listen the whistles are actually in beat to the music. in fact everyone was in beat with the music. those were the days
Well the 1st rave that I had ever gone to, you spun at Aldo. It was Jan of 96' my buddy Colby of Atlanta's Outer limits was in town and we met you at some warehouse rave outside of L.A. I think we even met you at your office for lunch.
@Adeptmind unfortunately i wasnt around in the days when raving was actually about plur. but i know i would've liked it a lot better. all i see now is a bunch of little kids who think dubstep is good edm. people say that raves used to be a sort of spiritual experience. i wish more than anything i couldve been around back when that was the case.
The mid-90s raves in Az did rock. Did you see Aux88 outside Sedona in the mid/late 90s- it was a memorable party. Good Times, wish I could go back for a night or more.
"way better" my ass. These parties created the word epic. There was NOTHING like the Dune raves. I WISH I could go back for one night. Old and young got to just dance under the stars together. That is what Raving is all about and why I'm fucking PROUD to call myself a RAVER. These parties and others out in the desert are where I found GOD! And I'm not the only one.
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this was such a great party. brought tears to my eyes to see this. that night was epic for me. in some small way my life change at that party. dose anyone remember the guy on top of the dunes during sunrise? he had long hair that blew in the wind and was wrapped in a blanket. when he opened his arm as to embrace the sun and wind, his blanket had a huge lion embroidered on it. that was a very power feeling for me to see him up there. i felt his energy. the energy of a lion.......... yes this is the u.s. southern california mojave desert. it was held near where they have coachella now. yes parties like this do take place. and the old feeling we use to get back in the 90's can still be felt today.
that night changed my life too u had to be there to understand what we went through that night it was the best filling I ever had the love the vibe the stars the music being able too sit on the speakers man oh man I Miss my brother's and sisters from that night how life pulls is apart I remember the mountains at night with the fam with the red flares I remember an ice cream truck and how I opened my third eye of u understand me much love its not the same me and my brother's were on the hill for sunrise man the vibe when the sun was coming up and the big allien rose up words cannot explain and the guy with the blanket is my brother j dog aka Justin Williams from Pomona ca I Miss him so much
Benny Lucero how intense is this right now? im blowen away... So his name is j dog. i think about him often and that night plays like a movie in head.you said you miss him? has he passed? I hope he knew the love and energy he shared on that beatiful windt morning. how crazy, all these years later and we are still making conections through that day... the vibe carries on.
i fill you that night changed my life forever
No o dont know if j dog passed away we just grew apart
Yes it is crazy how its been so long and we are still connecting you had to be there to know what we went through brings tears i try and tell my story how we were all on the same vibe but you just had to be there
Glad you guys enjoyed the footage. I think I was the only person there with a camera so I took as much footage as possible. Wish I would have had 2 batteries for my cam, would have had more. Anyway, more old school videos on my page and posting more in the future...about 30 or so videos from my days raving in L.A.
You have no idea what your videos mean to us, a glimpse of the best times of our lives
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This will always be one of my favorite raves I ever went to. Something about that night was just magical. Oh to be young again. I’d go back in a second. 💞
does anybody know what is the song's name at 3:41 on the video's name ....please
when you look at the rave scene in this point of view you can see that back then the age group looks more mature than now. today there are alot of youngsters
I was there.... God bless, those were the days.
Seriously thank you sooooo much for uploading all the DUNE videos. One of my first actual parties in the desert. Memories.....Nothing can compare to the parties back then! Old school for life
Your'e welcome, it was a great night. I'm happy at least we have memories!
Absolutely fantastic party I remember it well. The glow sticks from the dancers on that ridgeline at night was amazing. Great great times with amazing friends. I hope all you old ravers are still kicking around and having the best life! PLUR
The days of vinyl in the desert. That is one significant change.
And wow... totally forgot about the whistles.
The vibe was different back then.
More energy and how the style of dance flowed.
You can definitely see it in the hype as the music builds in this video.
The sky was so clear and beautiful that night. Wish I could go back 😢
For anyone that attended that rave in the mountains years ago , this area in the desert is called Box Canyon near Mecca,CA
I still have the directions to it.
In 2015 I went there to scout it for a possible Desert Party and it doesn't even look the same as I remember it. Rain and plant growth has changed that area drastically.
These were the best partys and at 34 this brings back memories. I always liked going to these partys back then. One of the main reason was the music was good and you never felt threatend or had to be on guard that something was gonna pop off. In the mid 90's cali had some dangrous back yard and warehouse partys always shootings and people getting hurt at those. Most of these raves were a long drive out if you lived in the l.a area but well worth it because the music was good and pieceful vibe
Raves were my sanctuary from the hood in LA where I lived.
that party was off the hook! crazy memories!
I was there! Unforgettable night, thank you for posting this! Brings back such good memories. That party was epic!
By 1998 this scene was kind of dying a death IMO. The Spring/Summer of 1997 was definitely a pinacle, and probably the best. There was this party, the very first Juju Beats, a couple of massive Moontribes, Armageddon, and some dope underground warehouse events in LA. The second wave of rave that hit 1994-1998 were some of the best years of my life. We were lucky because let's be honest, this sh!t will never happen again, no matter how hard anyone tries.
Well said man,
Dang, miss the old Moontribes the most I think.... grateful for sure to be a part of thos times💫
Not true. Anything is possible my guy. Instead of trying to make it like 1997 again, let's take the essence of rave and make it even better. All things are possible for those who believe. We need this to continue. It's more than just music and drugs, it also was a spiritual journey for humankind. To open their hearts to love and gather with strangers and just have an amazing time. If you believe in chakras, humanities heart chakras were blasted wide open with these events. I don't think people understand from a metaphysical side that this was incredibly healing for the world. And the world needs to stay on that path.
Thanks so much for posting this. I have been trying to find the rave that we went to at a reservation around this time. It was 6 months to a year after after my first rave at Organic at Snow Valley ski area. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and station in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
Love our desert raves!!!!! Thanks for posting old school
Thank you!! This is so so cool to watch. I was there. It was a great time. 🌻
Me too, I miss the freedom of being able to just walk around. No gates or walls to hold you back!
THE BASS MUST FLOW
beauty at it's finest. people for the music. i could only hope for something like this to happen again these days
we need to have a family reunion
@aprilzap You forgot about the 2 to3 hour drive back home at 7 am in the morning and the desert heat was intense if you stayed later. But it was our generations Woodstock. Hippies turned Ravers.
I had just gotten into the scene and had read of this party and despite only being 14 my friend and Iswore we'd find away from WI to the Dune in '98 which obviously we didn't and then the news broke about the kid that wandered off alone on the dark and fell to his death. One of the saddest and well known stories from the rave scene. Still this event and all the Moontribe parties look amazing. Here in WI we had the Drop Bass Network farm and barn parties where too much insanity happened. That scene was basically metalhead and industrial heads turn part raver who hated house and trance and lived for hardcore and hard DnB, lol. I love how each region in the US had their own niche and they all seem equally unique and awesome. At least I got to experience some of it.
I remember that morning seeing so many officers, search dogs and even a helicopter looking for that college student. His tragic death really changed the desert Rave scene as it did years in LA county.
From then on any desert parties to the reservation Interstate off ramps were closed by the California Highway Patrol. So no partiers could get there.
teleport me back to that party. holy shit
u aint lying dude
i got goosebumps watching this
+Ace Boogie Me too.
Me too!
Yes, thanks so much. It feels like a dream or from another life now, It's hard to believe I was even there dancing on the hills with lite flares
P.L.U.R.
The Comet that was above us all night was the shit.. Great time lots of good memories. Oohhh how i miss the raves of the 90's. Everyone was original back then. Had their own dance style. It wasn't thousands of kids doing the shuffle. These raveres now a days will never know what we experienced.
So so sadly true!! I am from Florida. Home of some of the most legendary DJ's of all time and home of some of the greatest breakbeats to ever be made. I was introduced into the rave scene and culture in 1996 at the young age of 17. I felt like that's where I belonged. The music, the people (so friendly, nice, and loving! No judging) from 1996 until about 2002 was some of the greatest times of my life! We danced our own dance, we had bad ass DJ's that knew how to "create" music, and the drugs were pretty incredible too!
dmcore78 we were all connected mentaly and spiritually
That night i was on acid mushrooms and selling nos out of my white jeep and from my boys pugsleys toyota we just ended up giving the nos out for free i left my jeep on with the jerp running when i heard the dopest set come on and it was all good the rest of the night
@@bennylucero7610 yes! I watch these now and wonder... who's an awakened Starseed here??. I see Indigos...lol. I try to think back then and wish I could remember a ship uncloak, or power up...💫 gee, if I knew then...🖖
2018 WHAT UP!
If your mom met your dad at that party....you'd be 21 now!
I was at this party. That's Doran on the decks. I see Mike Fix and a few other old friends. And I think I just saw myself! I was certainly out on that floor at dawn!
Nothing ... *NOTHING* ... was better than these parties! By contrast, today's raves feel more like you're partying in a prison yard full of middle-school students, surrounded by watchful prison guards.
The freedom was so beautiful.
Dangerous at times, but that was part of the beauty; that's part of freedom.
It was bound to happen. I was lucky to actually be at this party, my friends threw it and I worked it.
@@kstrain1 I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
I wish I was a raver back in the "golden" days. Unfortunately I was too busy watching rugrats.
And power rangers
Lol I was born the year an awesome rave happened-is that why I love techno so much?
I can't remember but I believe I was at the first dune in 1996. if not then it was this one. but I'm still looking for any videos of 1996...and it changed my life too, in a huge way! very great full to have been at that party!
Christopher Michael Dune 96 was in a different location, and slightly smaller than this, but it was a great party. I’ve never seen any footage of that night on here, but I do have a friend that video taped a lot of it. I’ll have to ask him but I have no idea if he still knows where a VHS from 22 years ago is. He actually taped two desert parties that year, Dune 96 and some party that was on a golf course on an Indian res. I’ll look into it.
@@gregs76 any news about the tapes?
@@gregs76 Do you remember what the locations were for both? I'm now leaning towards the 97 dune (this video) I remember a huge sand storm, literally rocks flying in the air lol and I remember seeing other, very odd things throughout the night LMAO those tapes would be awesome to see!
@@gregs76 I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
The first one was out in Johnson valley in the high desert. The next 2 were in Mecca at painted canyon. I'm a resident of the high desert and I was ready to move out of the desert till I went to the first dune off Poe Rd in Johnson valley and it opened my eyes to the beauty of this place and I never left. Been here ever since.
I wish I would have been able to make it down to LA back in the 90s for those raves.
I am grateful I caught the last of it. I started in 97' and still think about that time!
I got some footage of a party called HALLUCINATE that was on a reservation out near Anza around the same time as this. It's at my parents house in a box somewhere, I need to find it. There was some crazy Indian guys with guns stopping people before you drove onto the site, making people open their trunks and shit. I think it was some sort of golf course, but there was no grass.
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
i wasent at this party but thats bout rite around wen i started and hell thay wer like that in my town as well fuck i miss the good old days
The greatest party I have ever been too. Even after WMC MIAMI 11. Still dancing on and love it the same. But what I'd do to go to another Done or Moontribe.... Those were the good ol days
I was there I remember there was a mile long walk to get there and there was a sandstorm during the night. My first party. I was hooked after that
Glad we left the whistles behind us. Dope looking party though!
OMG... me too!!! lol
I spotted myself several times in this video! Damn I miss California and the desert :)
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
Hahah that’s me in yellow on dance floor In the First 15 sec that party was lit 🔥
I'm happy you found your younger self! As for me, I' on the later videos at night dancing on the hills with lit flares.
For your info guys, this was the next morning at around 8 AM in the morning, it started at 6 pm the previous day. So this true ravers have been parting for 14 hours straight!
Now that my friends is F@cking Hardcore!
EXACTLY! All night long! Real Raves.
Lol. grandpa partying at 4:51- 4:56.
This is an awesome video.
Whoever remembered to document this moment is amazing. :]
Dune II was 1996. I was there. It was awesome.
No, it was definitely 1997. Check the time stamp on Part 1. Plus, I was there, too. One of the best nights of my life.
@@scottylovesthings I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
God bless you for posting it bring back the memories of what a damn a rave was...Does anyone remember the rave Called Circa it was thrown in downtown l.a.?
Anyone have pics or vid on it?
I hear everyone on that price shit now these days ...all dj's selling out.. no one just wants to grab some decks speakers fuck it and start grooving
I was too shy to go to parties like this back then 😆
Everyone was. But there were ways to overcome shyness. At least that's what I heard of, not that I can speak out of my own experience as a shy person of course.
@xypsilon6685 I'm on the spectrum, so social anxiety was terrible because I didn't understand nonverbal social cues
@demaskus2016 know what you mean man, I´m the same, still and back in the day. Being shy is f....cking shit. One can be as ugly as the Hunchback of Notre Dame, as long as he´s cool like Snoop dog, he gets the best girls in the world.
I was in the Marines at the time and we had high and tight hair cuts and brought 30 packs of cheap beer. I was nervous too dance at first but everyone accepted us just the same
I almost forgot about the whistles! Funny how they didn't seem at all intrusive back then - i guess I'm just old now : (
Nouveau ravers have all these crazy LED toys now - I yearn for the days of simple glowstix!
these are the hardcore!!!!!!!!!!!! this is the shit. True CAlifornia style partying 14 hours straight!!!!! Sacked and high and still going to the tunes. Damn this takes me back to the LA underground scene! RAVE ON!!
Something in the air gave us a feeling of confidence with our wild ugly hair and the infamous gigantic pants
I loved my Jnco Pants and BC ethic shirts!
Did you go to Dune III as well? That was fuckn crazy in the middle of the El Nino Storm? Our faces were sandblasted in The AM.
This was one of the best parties I ever went to. Is that Aldo Bender spinning?
@laughingperson5
Per DJ Doran, "It's called "The Show" by Discodroids (Peter Nijborn & Ferry Corsten) and it came out on Tremolo Records (cat#: TRE2004) in 1996. Silly fun party music... ya gotta love it."
love the vinyl music here
i wish I was around for this
@LARAVEHISTORY
I can't remember if this was a res or not either, but I do remember driving to this, and it seemed we were driving forever on these dirt fire roads, and didn't see too many other cars. Then we got up to the top of this huge hill overlooking this valley and I couldn't fu@king believe the HUGE line of brake lights I saw going on forever; so many cars! I just remember thinking this was going to be HUGE and its gonna get shut down. I was so wrong! I think we left at 11am.
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
Yes, these still happen. But except for the most famous crew, MT, they're teeny-tiny, and usually promoted by word-of-mouth only. I was at one about 3 months ago.
ive been to this location but in 2002 or 03, they still use this spot once ina while
wow i get nostalgic seeing this. such a good vibe you can tell!
At about 4:53 into the clip you can catch a glimpse of the infamous hacker known as Captain Crunch. He looks like an old hippie with a white tshirt. ... I was there btw and Crunch made it to all the Dune parties... Davesky
I have always been trying to find what rave I went to around this time in the desert. This looks like the location of the one but I recall a group coming out late in the night with a frog puppet and playing the flute then mixing it into the set. It was one of the highlights of my life. There were also 2-3 stages. I was around 21 or 22 and stationed in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms and a fellow Marine who was with Basic Family out of Modesto hooked us up with the location. What a night. I couldn't stop dancing. I always wanted to find out which rave it was. If they played the flute at this one, please let me know. People were so kind and the vibe was perfect. There was such a positive movement out there at that time and I was glad to be a small part of it. I'm 48 now and have been to 2 raves with my wife in the past 2 years. New Gas City in Montreal still has a good scene. It was nice to see the love is still there.
I remember being at this fucking party! Oh my god. Memories. :D
Looks fucking class my kinda party
gives me goosebumps and takes me back. so amazing
BASSMECHANIC and his damn whistle!!!!!
Great footage!
great set for the next morning
Great Party I was there as well. Dj Doran is playing.
@rodster333
From what I remember, Dune line-up's always were Christopher Lawrence, Sandra Collins, Doran, and maybe Thomas Michael (Not totally sure about him)?
i love how you could totally tell this was 1997.
they dont wear clothes anymore at raves
The guy @ 4:18 is an epic dancer! I think that's my dad!
James Bond lol , i admire those who still want to party with the younger ones.
song at the end is pretty kewl. yay trance. cool footage looks fun
@BDDave hello guys, can somebody tell me which track is played at 5:28 and further...a wonderful tune but i don`t know its name!
Original oldschool dance moves at 0:57...L.A. style!
i wish raves where still like this >.< i live in palm desert witch is 30 mins away from mecca and no raves here are the smae :(
Do you guys in America still party like this? Or has the scene died like it has in the UK?
New Gas City in Montreal is still a good place to go but the scene is different now.
very well said
Lol! I love watching this! I am in the orange Adidas shirt at 0:24. WTF am I doing?!?! I was wandering around alone for hours. I took a black pyramid at around 3:00am that night, and I know that I was still tripping when we left late in the morning. I honestly don't even remember the daytime, except that I had a fu@king blast.
The pyramids were strong! Had the green ones that year
Introduce yourself to the hardstyle community, well in Australia anyway. We still have bush raves, Goa trance, Hardstyle if ur more into melody mixed with bass kicks.
I was there!
I FEEL SO OLD!
Love the tune!!!
Dude I know exactly how to get to this location
I went back to it in 2015. It doesn't even look the same.
Lots of rain and plant growth.
thats soo cool! why today it hasn't happy parties like this??
LOL --Holy shit you crack me up. I plead the 5th .! LOL
Anyone know the name of the track at the beginning? That "radio show" song, been looking for it for a while. Anyone?
does anybody know what is the song's name at 3:41 on the video's name ....please
big up the 24 hour party people, used to do it every saturday. think it would kill me these days.
sorry bud but back in the days the whistles just added to the whole vibe of the parties. if you listen the whistles are actually in beat to the music. in fact everyone was in beat with the music. those were the days
Hell yeah!
Anyone know the name of the song at 1:17 ? I'm loving the 90s beats
the parties i go to go for 3 days+ out in the forest :)
nice location for a party, tough it seems to be cold
0:20 what song is?
lovely!!!!
Well the 1st rave that I had ever gone to, you spun at Aldo. It was Jan of 96' my buddy Colby of Atlanta's Outer limits was in town and we met you at some warehouse rave outside of L.A. I think we even met you at your office for lunch.
Well, it's nice that I could bring back some good memories for you ;)
@Adeptmind unfortunately i wasnt around in the days when raving was actually about plur. but i know i would've liked it a lot better. all i see now is a bunch of little kids who think dubstep is good edm. people say that raves used to be a sort of spiritual experience. i wish more than anything i couldve been around back when that was the case.
The mid-90s raves in Az did rock. Did you see Aux88 outside Sedona in the mid/late 90s- it was a memorable party. Good Times, wish I could go back for a night or more.
@o0L4nc3r0o
Not quite sure of the remix, but it is the Bladerunner theme. Hope that helps.
A college student died that night in the desert. High on acid, he wondered off, fell and broke his neck.
"way better" my ass. These parties created the word epic. There was NOTHING like the Dune raves. I WISH I could go back for one night. Old and young got to just dance under the stars together. That is what Raving is all about and why I'm fucking PROUD to call myself a RAVER. These parties and others out in the desert are where I found GOD! And I'm not the only one.
whats the name of that track??????