{"id":22705,"title":"Old Skool Raver Tshirt","description":"Rave Culture and the continuing love of 90s dance music\u2026\n\nThis t-shirt design captures (for me) some of the fab vibes of the 90s Dance Scene. My favourite dance anthems decorate the outside of the vinyl and the dreamscape grid takes you back... The Technics 1210s are undeniably legendary 90s decks and have a firm place in the history of the rave culture.","content":"<h3>Rave Culture and the continuing love of 90s dance music\u2026<\/h3><p>This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/product\/oldskool-pink-technics-1210s-mens-duff-t-tee\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t-shirt design<\/a> captures (for me) some of the fab vibes of the 90s Dance Scene. My favourite dance anthems decorate the outside of the vinyl and the dreamscape grid takes you back... The Technics 1210s are undeniably legendary 90s decks and have a firm place in the history of the rave culture.<\/p><p><\/p><h2>The UK was finally recognised for its rave culture in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<\/h2><p><\/p><p>By 1991, organisations such as Fantazia and Raindance were holding massive legal raves in fields and warehouses around the country.<\/p><p><\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/xkbsklobhlow6ftdybcbqpdldgyi2exem9tqslrpbn9qorch.png\" alt=\"xkbsklobhlow6ftdybcbqpdldgyi2exem9tqslrpbn9qorch.png\" \/><\/p><p><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family:GuardianTextEgyptian, 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif;\">\u201cThe amazing thing about the Rave Scene is the incredible diversity \u2013 there is every colour, creed, race, age and subculture, all in one field. City people, country people, travellers, punks, ravers, posh people from the fancy school down the road. It was probably the last unifying youth movement.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><\/p><\/blockquote><p>The sound driving the big raves of the early 1990s had by the end of 1993 split into two distinct and polarising styles, the darker jungle and the faster happy hardcore.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Producers and DJs who quickly became popular included Micky Finn, Grooverider, DJ Hype, LTJ Bukem, and Andy C.<\/p><p><\/p><p>1994 was the peak of jungle, and this was the year jungle was most influenced by Rasta vocals and ragga bass-lines. Rave promoters began taking note that jungle was gaining popularity, and created parties with names like \u201cJungle Mania\u201d and \u201cFantazia takes you into the Jungle\u201d.<\/p><p><\/p><p>The genre started entering the club scene, with D&amp;B DJs beginning to get booked for house-oriented clubs. Ministry of Sound started to hold drum and bass sessions.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Today the 90s Music is back with a vengeance. Many new DJs coming to the arena are mixing in the old tunes, into the new styles of music. The 90s vibe is alive and well.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Sources: Guardian | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rave\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wiki<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the90sfestival.co.uk\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">90s Events<\/a><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ravetothegrave.org\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Rave to the Grave<\/em><span style=\"font-family:GuardianTextEgyptian, 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif;\"> by Vivian Host.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/villagebooks.co\/products\/full-on-non-stop-all-over\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Full On. Non-Stop <\/em><span style=\"font-family:GuardianTextEgyptian, 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif;\">Matthew Smith<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p>Styles of music include:<\/p><ul><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House music<\/a>: House music, especially <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acid_house\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acid house<\/a>, is the first genre of music to be played at the earliest raves, during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Summer_of_Love\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Second Summer of Love<\/a>. House is a genre of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_dance_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electronic dance music<\/a> that originated out of the 1980s African-American and Latino <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disco\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disco<\/a> scene in Chicago.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rave#cite_note-30\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><sup>[30]<\/sup><\/a> House music uses a constant <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bass_drum\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bass drum<\/a>on every beat, electronic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drum_machine\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drum machine<\/a> hi-hats and synth <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bassline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">basslines<\/a>. There are many subgenres of house music (found below). Since house was originally <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Club_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">club music<\/a>, there are many forms of it, some more appropriate to be played at raves than others. In the UK, subgenres such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UK_funky\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UK funky<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speed_garage\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speed garage<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dubstep\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dubstep<\/a>emerged from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garage_house\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">garage house<\/a>. Many \"pop house\" club music producers branded themselves as \"house music\", however, so in rave culture it is often disputed whether pop house should be considered as a subgenre of house. \"Rave house\" is a subgenre label of house music that originated from the styles of house that were typically played in the rave scene of the 1993\u20131999 period. It is a term used by the general population who do not follow the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">house<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trance_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trance<\/a> scene specifically, but identify certain house records as \"rave music\". It is a loose term that generally identifies <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Progressive_house\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">progressive house<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hard_house\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hard house<\/a> or trance house styles (often instrumental with no words) that one would imagine being played at a large rave.<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drum_and_bass\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drum and bass<\/a>: Drum and bass music refers to a music genre with a very specific sound of four significant notes called breakbeat, that serves as a bassline for the song \u2013 that's why most drum and bass songs use 170 \u2013 176 BPM, most frequently specifically 174 BPM. Drum and bass includes multiple large subgenres, those who are frequently played at raves include <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liquid_drum_%26_bass\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liquid<\/a> (known for harmonic vocals, less aggressive bass drops and emotional atmosphere), classic dancefloor (energetic and overall positive party music, sometimes even drum and bass remixes of popular songs), <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jump-up_(drum_and_bass)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jump-up<\/a> (a less complicated beat, sometimes using machine-like sounds, amplified for consumers of heavier music) and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neurofunk\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">neurofunk<\/a> (almost sci-fi like subgenre of a heavy and dark drum and bass, only rarely using well-known samples or even traditional music melodies).<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trance_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trance music<\/a>: Trance music in its most popular and modern form is an offshoot of house music that originated from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acid_house\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acid house<\/a> movement and rave scene in the late 1980s. The history of trance music is complicated to refer to, as multiple generations of listeners and musicians have influenced the genre. The term \"trance\" was (and still to this day by many) used interchangeably with \"<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Progressive_house\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">progressive house<\/a>\" in the early rave years (1990\u20131994).<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breakbeat\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breakbeat<\/a>: Breakbeat music (or breaks for short) refers to any form of rave music with breakbeats, this may range from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breakbeat_hardcore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breakbeat hardcore<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nu_skool_breaks\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nu skool breaks<\/a>, including genres such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hardstep\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hardstep<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breakcore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breakcore<\/a> cross over into the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hardcore_techno\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hardcore techno<\/a> sound. Fusions of house and trance also exist but the drum 'n' bass still remains the most popular form of breakbeat played at rave parties.<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electro_(music)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electro<\/a>: Electro and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Techno\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">techno<\/a> are two genres which largely featured <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychedelic_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">psychedelic sounds<\/a> and are largely considered the earliest forms of electronic dance music genres to use the term \"rave music\" in respect to its modern terminological use. Techno sometimes crosses boundaries with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">house music<\/a>, hence the genres <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trance_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trance<\/a>and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acid_techno\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acid techno<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami_bass\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miami bass<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crunk\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crunk<\/a> is sometimes included as \"electro\".<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hardcore_techno\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hardcore techno<\/a>: Any <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hard_dance\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hard dance<\/a> genre that was influenced by the rave genre, usually these genres have a distorted kick drum, and a 4\/4 rhythm. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Happy_hardcore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Happy hardcore<\/a> blended the Dutch hardcore sound with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eurodance\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eurodance<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bubblegum_pop\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bubblegum pop<\/a>, the genre (also known as \"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Happycore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">happycore<\/a>\" for short) featured pitched-up vocals and a less distorted 4\/4 beat. <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trancecore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trancecore<\/a> also exists and is a less vocal fusion of happy hardcore with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trance_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trance music<\/a>, however <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hardstyle\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hardstyle<\/a> is a more pure form of the trance\/hardcore genre since it retains the hardcore sound.<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_body_music\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Industrial dance<\/a>: Industrial is a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothic_rock\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">goth<\/a>\/rock\/<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punk_rock\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">punk<\/a> related genre. While the genre is not usually considered rave music in itself, it is often fused with rave music genres. Industrial is the origin of many sounds found in rave music; it is one of the first genres that took the sounds that are now popular in rave music such as \"acid\" as its musical backdrop. Industrial music fans are usually considered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rivethead\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rivetheads<\/a> and do not tend to call themselves ravers.<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_tekno_(music)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free tekno<\/a>: This style of electronic music started in the early 1990s and was mostly played in illegal parties hosted by Sound System, such as Spiral Tribe, Desert Storm, Hekate, Heretik, in warehouse, dismissed buildings, or even illegal open air festivals, called Teknivals. It takes inspiration from various other genres, and mainly focuses on quick beats, 170\/200 bpm, acid bassline, mentals sounds, and often samples taken from movies, popular songs or many other different media sources.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>","urlTitle":"old-skool-raver-tshirt","url":"\/blog\/old-skool-raver-tshirt\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/old-skool-raver-tshirt\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/duff-t.com\/blog\/old-skool-raver-tshirt\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1669293096,"updatedAt":1681575104,"publishedAt":1669297618,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":112875,"name":"duff-t Tees"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/t7kymrpfgkxndvy9fx7yt5ukwvvuuqqpj4uqhe5fid67e8ur.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/t7kymrpfgkxndvy9fx7yt5ukwvvuuqqpj4uqhe5fid67e8ur.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/t7kymrpfgkxndvy9fx7yt5ukwvvuuqqpj4uqhe5fid67e8ur.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":null,"metaDescription":null,"keyPhraseCampaignId":1881,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":12767,"title":"#1- The Best Hymer Adventurers in the WORLD!","url":"\/blog\/1-the-best-hymer-adventurers-in-the-world-duff-t-tees\/","urlTitle":"1-the-best-hymer-adventurers-in-the-world-duff-t-tees","division":112875,"description":"Every now and again, you meet someone very inspiring! 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