Raves worldwide and my opinion of there differences

Raves happen worldwide and every rave is its own unique experience with each of its own pros and cons for ravers, worldwide i like to think of raves this way,

European raves- Underground, and Public Raves

Israel - Raves, and club/raves

Southeast Asia,India - Beach raves

America- Local, Global  

Now in Europe, theres a big difference between eastern european parties, there raves and european raves like sensation, mysteryland  and tomorrowland. I'll be discussing european raves because my experience in eastern europe hasn't been extensive enough to have an opinion.

Sensation

Raves like mysterland, sensation, and tomorrowland are amazing beyond words :) but definitely part of that is its LOCATION. Where a rave is, is extremely important and the city will not only provide certain vibes and energy for the event, it will provide the energy for after the event for the non camping festivals. Sensation in Amsterdam was fantastic, the crowd handled themselves really well and you could tell not many newbies were at the events, maybe somes first time at this specific rave but mostly ravers since there teens. I found that european's rave from there teens and its a much more regular thing, as well as because of the amount of responsibility, and how hard they work they tend to keep there raver etiquette down. There always about keeping the happy vibes going, they keep the conversation happy, the crowd is more diverse age wise with more 20-30 then young kids, a few people maybe vomiting in bathrooms or having sex in bathroom and some wild screaming but no freak outs, overtop and they were all excellent sharers of anything they might have to offer to the party :) 

 

 Mysteryland magic

Israel/ Rave in woods

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Israel Rave in dessert
                                 

Underground in Europe i find to be a lot more intense, insane, and defintly true to there underground scene. The Police are also very different in Europe where you might be in a city an hour out of London where coppers are 30 min away with a phone call raves have the ability to truly go insane with drugs being sold almost in the open, where you have to know someone to get in, where its either a lock-in in a warehouse, or basement of a building party, or even a rave bus. I definitely enjoy the underground scene in England, Holland, and Spain where finding the party is half the effort. Knowing the right people, or being an exceptionally hot girl at the EDM clubs in that area are the only ways of getting an invite to these parties. They are planned with specific times you have to be there by and when you can leave, some are lock-ins where the people get locked into a building, warehouse, or where the event is and are not allowed to leave until the end of the rave, this stops anyone from entering such as police or exiting. Then the normal underground parties where you can leave and enter normally have an entrance with guards, if your not on a list, with an invite or know the passcode your not getting in. Once in, its beyond the crazy madness you could imagine, any substance at your fingertips at great prices, many different rooms for your mood, lights, smoke lights, lasers, djs, beds, and nitrous tanks. Hooking up is going on in 2's 3's and getting laid is as easy as wanting it. The dance floor is always packed, people do come to dance, and you can see every once of frustration from life leaving there soul as they pound the floor scream to the roof and dance the night away until about 9am in the day, some last until noon, some for days, some only until the sun rises or the police are called.

Israel- Has its own insane scene and is famous for being one of the best countries to rave in. For most countries i wouldnt add clubs to the raves list because the two are so diffrent but in israel, some of these clubs have events on the beach, on roofs with pools, and definitely fall in the rave catergory. those events are easier to find your way into and once at those you WILL find and meet people to lead you to the dessert and forest for events like WalkAboutLove and Psilosiva Pro great festivals that are very about disconnecting from the world. Israels scene for clubs is big on facebook so finding clubs for EDM  is very easy. From there you will meet great promoters for the raves they throw, you have to find these people because these raves as you will see have no adress, but location because they are in the middle of the dessert or the woods :D and they are amazing and worth the effort and fun to find :D. Mescaline cactus grow in dessert in israel so thats a local favorite for events.

Southeast Asia, Thailand, India and that whole area are famous for there amazing beaches, crazy clubs, and Full moon beach raves. Now in a country like this things are beyond insane, People are beyond wasted and past out around you on the beach. There is a great insane mashup of techno, trance, bass, trap, regge, and its packed beyond belief so hold your partners hands!! because loosing them here will be HARD to find them. Don't except to sleep, these parties go hard into the AM, you can find any supplies you may need, and glow in the dark body paint IS A MUST!!!!  

Although these parties have become a lot more commercialized then they were years ago filled with Israelis, Aussies, and brits its allright because its just more insane, full of life, full of amazing people you and your group can meet and continue adventures with! now beware creeps and sneaks are everywhere and southeast asia, at INSANE balls to walls parties like this ALL sorts of people are everywhere so, be in a group of min 2, if you meet a group dont go with them anywhere unless its a mixed group of boys and girls...groups of guys only are not safe bet, not saying there kidnappers, thieves, or killers but you never know and keeping safe is important, if you dont know the area, stay away from places that aren't hostels, beaches, and the markets :D!!

Now The American scene- I divide it by Local and Global the reason for this is, though there are great local events run by djs and there friends and they only tell certain people about it and may call it underground its not, theres always someone tweeting the spot, checking in on facebook, discussing it, or even the way cops have informants today, and laws, and rules, calling any rave in the USA underground is pretty much impossible to do but my classic raver underground rules. Now im not saying there are no true underground raves in the US... i have been lucky enough in Brooklyn and san Francisco to experience some truly underground warehouse parties but they are so few, far between maybe happen twice a year, and dont happen often enough to call it a scene in America the way it is in Europe. The local scenes have gotten huge with America finally making techno more mainstream, not EDM has never truly been "mainstream" but it has filled the clubs and parties in Europe, israel, and southeast asia for over 40 years. Now that its become so popular in america people are throwing festivals out in fields, renting clubs, having paint parties and its going Mainstream to events like Dayglow that have gone from 20$ tickets to 100$.

Global Events like Electric Forest, which happens in the summer in Michagen and is one of the most amazing camping festivals that exsist! i will be wirtinging another page with Camping/non camping festivals but as far as global, Electric Forest, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra, Coachella and more are known globally and people from all over the world come to see how us americans get down and we definitely get down hard! These events are filled with smiles, love, PLUR, Khandi, and everything you would expect in a rave but also police, that walk around during the rave looking for people taking it too far, and alot of kids ages 14-20 some completely wasted, barfing and not handling themselves at all but you find so many more of those at local events. Events like EDC and EF cost so much, and go on in Michigan and Vegas! so not easily accesible to anyone costing 300+ for tickets alone and i find though its expensive its worth every penny, the more expensive raves keep the better behaved people in, no one wants to be kicked out of a rave they payed hundreds of dollars for as well as people who have there lives together enough to save for those events are the ones you will prob want to meet :D to build your own Rave-Family :)