@DaftFader 557605 wrote:
They are all bad because they are breaking the law, tut tut!
This, if I see any of you attending a so called “free party” I will be telling your mum!
So hard to really answer, what with crews changing, overlapping, and doing parties together; heres my contribution, but note that these are a mix of systems & crews, some which organise events and some which organize stages.
Art Of Psy Used to do good mixed events of Psy % DnB over a year ago, then they got awful (minimum deco ad sound, just for money making) THEN they started doing big parties and got good again, until that poor kid died and they had to change their name and direction (now they support other parties and do house or something)
Valhalla Good dnb, think its made of some of the same people who do shindig, often do raves with AOP
Kevlar & Fierce Alright trance & techno, again seem to work with the above crews.
Right Wronguns Good dnb, went to their link up with chaotic waves, twas alright
Chaotic waves jump up, pretty good actually, despite not liking that type of music normally.
Alternative waves Psytrance, used to do mixed partys of one stage psy, one dnb, like AOP, but now seem to have house/prog on second stage, often have good line ups with one or two international artists (saw avalon on their system and libre9)
Vibes Booo I remember them getting busted a year ago, they changed location but it was TINY meaning we didnt get in. They then did a stage at late blossom/AOP which was just awful, couldnt care less for this crew, they are doing legal events now I think.
Late blossom Beautiful psytrance & parties, shame there havnt been more recently
Origin UK mc’d jump up, use good systems, not my kinda crowed though
Shindig Pulled off an amazing Halloween party last year, but NYE was shutdown due to their awful and unsafe location which made things tricky for us, so I would say we are even. Will still go to their halloween this year.
Lost the plot Not sure what guise they go under these days but I would avoid. Although I never experienced trouble at the two parties of theirs I went to, I wouldnt take my gf there, or new ravers, etc… To have fun you need to feel safe and at peace with the people around you and I just didnt there.
Beats and pieces My fav for dnb. They would go from a filthy dnb/jump up tune to a jungle one then back again. I hear their events recently have been a bit hit and miss and im basing this on parties I went to a year ago.
SCUM On the surface, when you enter, it may look a little scary, but I didnt see any trouble. Very mixed crowed agewise, cheap entry, good locations. Only bad points are I dont love techno/tek so wasnt much music variation. Still they did have some good techno systems and requiums neuro dnb was spot on.
In future im not sure which parties I will go. What I do know is I will defiently get myself down to “Disyples of psykia 3” assuming ofc they have a chapter 3.
