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11 July, 2011 | 12.24PM

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Michaelangelo Matos adds an essential chapter to the history of America’s rave scene with a new feature for NPR, ”How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene.”

In interviews with figures like Richie Hawtin, the Massive zine’s Matt Massive, Lotus publisher Ariel Meadow Stallings, and Detroit’s Rob Theakston, he examines the ways that the growth of the internet in the late ‘90s dovetailed with the spread of America’s underground dance-music culture, touching on early USENET groups, portals like Hyperreal, and regional rave list-servs. San Francisco’s Beta Lounge, a pioneer in DJ webcasts, also gets a shout-out from Beatportal’s own Philip Sherburne.

It’s long, but well worth the read, whether you were around for rave 1.0 or are just catching up with the scene now. Check it out here. And to check out vintage issues of Massive and Lotus, along with dozens of other early rave zines, don’t miss Rave Archive’s fascinating collection of PDF scans.

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Michaelangelo Matos adds an essential chapter to the history of America's rave scene with a new feature for NPR, "How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene."

In interviews with figures like Richie Hawtin, the Massive zine's Matt Massive, Lotus publisher Ariel Meadow Stallings, and Detroit's Rob Theakston, he examines the ways that the growth of the internet in the late '90s dovetailed with the spread of America's underground dance-music culture, touching on early USENET groups, portals like Hyperreal, and regional rave list-servs. San Francisco's Beta Lounge, a pioneer in DJ webcasts, also gets a shout-out from Beatportal's own Philip Sherburne.

It's long, but well worth the read, whether you were around for rave 1.0 or are just catching up with the scene now. Check it out here. And to check out vintage issues of Massive and Lotus, along with dozens of other early rave zines, don't miss Rave Archive's fascinating collection of PDF scans.
Michaelangelo Matos adds an essential chapter to the history of America's rave scene with a new feature for NPR, "How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene."

In interviews with figures like Richie Hawtin, the Massive zine's Matt Massive, Lotus publisher Ariel Meadow Stallings, and Detroit's Rob Theakston, he examines the ways that the growth of the internet in the late '90s dovetailed with the spread of America's underground dance-music culture, touching on early USENET groups, portals like Hyperreal, and regional rave list-servs. San Francisco's Beta Lounge, a pioneer in DJ webcasts, also gets a shout-out from Beatportal's own Philip Sherburne.

It's long, but well worth the read, whether you were around for rave 1.0 or are just catching up with the scene now. Check it out here. And to check out vintage issues of Massive and Lotus, along with dozens of other early rave zines, don't miss Rave Archive's fascinating collection of PDF scans.

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