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  A forum for talk about Czechtek teknival.
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- Re: Czech ravers protest in Strasbourg against violence
  
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- Frenchtek
  
  A forum for talk about French teknivals.
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- Re: Technival 2013 TWENTY YEARS OLD OF UNDERGROUND TEKNO
  
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- Reclaim the Beach
  
  A forum for talk of Reclaim the Beach parties.
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- Re: Reclaim the beach this sat london
  
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  May 12, 2012 at 9:42 pm
- Scumoween
  
  A forum about Scumoweek parties.
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- Re: SCUMOWEEN 2010
  
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- SpainTek
  
  A forum for talk about Spanish Teknivals.
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- Re: Dragonfest? anygood?
  
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- SquatJuice
  
  Squatjuice is a foul and despicable place...
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- Re: BREAKIN BALLS
  
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- UK Teknival
  
  A forum for talk about UK Teknivals.
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- Re: free parties questions &more
  
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- PSYTrance parties in London! Namely those epic forest ones! Anyone know of any upcoming ones? I had been looking forward to one, but it didn't happen.. :( peace and love!
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- August 7, 2012 at 8:10 am
  
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- Is Brainskan happening this summer? I understand not too much info can be posted on this sorta topic, but i just wanna know if i can expect any more Brainskan do's this summer. If not, anyone have info on any other party rigs going on this summer around norwich area, if not the whole of Norfolk? I'd LOVE information and would appreciate it very much. PM me on anything! Cheers, kat
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- August 6, 2012 at 12:17 pm
  
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- Perth, WA Anyone from Perth out there? I'm flying over from England in a couple of days, would be good to meet some fellow party people. I hear there's a couple of upcoming doofs which I'd like to check out, give me a shout if you'll be there!
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- August 5, 2012 at 11:28 am
  
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- Space Picnic 2012 (CZ) – near prague Hey there...another good free party in CZ near prague...
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- July 26, 2012 at 6:09 pm
  
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- Out of Order From 1997-2007 Molly Macindoe followed sound systems across Britain and Europe photographing the people and places of the free party scene. In his teens, Joshua Surtees, author of the London Loves blog attended some of the early raves and here compiles some of the images from Macindoe's book Out Of Order. Derelict warehouse, Beachy Road, Hackney Wick, 1997. In the summer of 1997, Molly Macindoe was taken to her first rave with a friend connected to the Crossbones sound system. Immediately hooked, she spent the next decade documenting the leading exponents of the free party scene and their network of friends as they travelled around scouring cities for derelict buildings to turn into spontaneous raves lasting for days. One rave in this Hackney building lasted for 13 weeks. Disused meat factory, Tottenham Hale, New Year’s Eve 1997/98. The first illegal rave I attended with Macindoe and other school friends was New Year’s Eve 1997 in a gigantic disused meat factory overlooking the reservoir in Tottenham Hale. Meat hooks were still hanging from ceilings, conveyor belts and netting were still intact. Ten different sound systems in cavernous rooms the size of football pitches blasted out techno, jungle and gabber. Rain dripped from the leaky ceiling. Some corners of the venue were pitch black and floors were grimy and wet. Eventually, many days into the new year, the police closed it down. Cars My Arse, Kennington 1998 Cars My Arse, a demonstration held by environmentalists around the time of Reclaim The Streets, was a protest against the massive proliferation of car travel in the UK. The presence of thousands of counter culture figures made it prime territory for an impromptu party. Throughout Macindoe’s childhood growing up in London the area beneath Waterloo Bridge, now occupied by the Imax cinema was referred to as ‘cardboard city’ – home to hundreds of rough sleepers. Before redevelopment began organisers threw a party in the underpass. “Commuters on their way to work on Monday morning were greeted with this incredibly bizarre, surreal sight” says Macindoe. Dutchtek, Eemshaven, Netherlands 1998 Unlike the UK where the criminal justice bill was passed by John Major’s government in 1994, other European countries were slower to implement legislation banning communal gatherings. Dutchtek took place near the port town of Eemshaven. Here, a woman creates fire circles at night. Macindoe says “Going to a teknival and travelling together in a convoy with soundsystems was a rite-of-passage for a free party raver. Travelling together was the actual start of the crossover from friends you saw at parties to a real bonding experience, which was repeated every year in a kind of annual migration.” St Pancras Way, 1999 Ravers occupy an empty industrial office block in the heart of Kings Cross, north London. ‘The 50 Pence Building’, Waterloo, Halloween, 1999 The infamous eyesore that occupied the island housing the GLC County Hall sat empty for years, menacing the local skyline. It was frequently squatted by activists and homeless people. “It was raved seven years earlier by old-school soundsystems like Spiral Tribe” Macindoe tells me. Before it was finally pulled down forever it became the scene of a tumultuous send off. Shoreditch High Street, Millennium New Year’s Eve The last party I attended was on the eve of the new Millennium. This is the only photo Macindoe took; the morning after an unruly yet truly celebratory night. A 20-storey derelict office block in the heart of Shoreditch featured soundsystems on virtually every floor. There was a crush to get in among the hundreds queuing outside. As ever there was no set entrance fee, just coins thrown into a bucket. Inside, the central stairwell was rammed all night with ravers constantly filing up and down the winding staircase. Through broken windows they watched the greatest fireworks display London has ever seen. Cholsey Downs, The Ridgeway, Oxfordshire, 2000 Dawn approaches in the rolling English countryside. The best of times and worst of times for a raver. Czechtek, Bonenov, Czech Republic 2004 ‘It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A’ …Czech girls raving onstage at Czechtek. An unlicensed yet unofficially sanctioned annual event that usually passed off peacefully. “I never realised how mad the Czech people were when it comes to partying” says Macindoe. Czechtek, 2005 One year on and the mood at Czechtek had significantly darkened. “The government were under pressure and had lost patience, they were eager to clamp down on any perceived anti-social behaviour,” explained Macindoe. "So this year, instead of a peaceful, loved-up dance fest we basically got battles with an army of riot police.” Czechtek, 2005 Defiant partiers continue to dance under fire from police water cannon. “It was brutal,” claims Macindoe “people were badly injured, somebody was killed, there are still court cases happening from the violence. As a result of what happened, the government lost the general election. Everybody knew what had happened there and the public were outraged by the brutality of the police.” Horse dog, Badalona, Spain 2001 Free party organisers often take pet dogs with them. A few even take their young children. Badalona, Spain, New Year’s Eve 2000/2001 Macindoe: “I’ve never seen so much creative effort go into a party of such size. Even in that vast empty building I had to fight for artistic space to do slide projections. The midnight parade of stilt walkers, fire breathers and a mechanical dragon was breathtaking. And this wasn’t a commercial club with a huge entertainment budget, this was maximum effort done for minimal money in a free space by passionate people. Unforgettable.” Badalona, Spain, New Year’s Eve 2000/2001 A friend of Macindoe’s, Annie, looks through the window at the spectacle. Czechtek, 2004 The end of the party. Molly Macindoe floats away on an inflatable armchair on the lake. “It’s a Czechtek tradition, apparently”.
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- July 26, 2012 at 12:27 pm
  
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- Organizing Free Parties and the law Hello, this is my first post on Party Vibe, so my apologies if it is in the wrong place :wink: I've recently been looking into Free Parties and Free Festivals and I really like the DIY community attitude of them, and would quite like to organise my own. I've read through most of the topics on here, but many of them are either out of date or dont explain the law that well, i know this isnt always possible due to the fact the police watch this forum. First the legal avenue, if i were to try and organise a Free Party/festival by getting a TENs etc. what sort of roadblocks am i going to face? I'm ok with the odd skepticism of the council, but by going through a TENs am i likely going to have to have lots of H+S, security and other things in place that will put me out of pocket and ruin the atmosphere? Any further information on the legal avenues would be great. Illegal, If I were to organised a little party in a field with under 100 people, in the event the plod do pop down is much going to happen? I intend to be compliant with the police, and this seems to be a grey area in most threads and the CJA, from my impression the CJA says that the police ask you to leave, if you dont they seize your equipment? Basicly, if i put on this little party, what is the likelihood that the police will pop down and take away all my stuff on their first visit? And when talking to the police should I make sure not to let on I am the organiser or DJ? other questions How does squatting fit into this whole thing? Does the time of day make a difference? For example, if you set up and just playing from 3pm to 11pm is that less likely to get any unwanted interference? I really like the idea of free festivals, can people informally just get together somewhere and have a little festival, or is pretty much any gathering of people illegal? And, finally, is it the music which is illegal, or the gathering of people in the first place? ============================================== I want to organise an underground music event with a nice DIY, strong community vibe. I'm not too bothered whether I have to go through legal or illegal means. I just want to make sure that If i were to go through legal means, the requirements of the council wouldn't destroy the vibe, or my wallet. And if I were to do it illegally, what I would be facing.
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- July 26, 2012 at 9:55 am
  
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- Tsunami sounds Found this on my subs page on youtube. Looks like a nice little system man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHo7EsN6IJc
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- July 24, 2012 at 1:13 pm
  
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- astral circus – nick sentience n peeps @ JAMM Brixton just thought i'd put this up, think im gon go. nick sentience is a trance legend turned psy-trance for anyone that doesn't know. looks like quite a special night :smile: https://www.facebook.com/events/303222209753565/ NickSentience's sounds on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free :bounce_g:
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- July 18, 2012 at 2:37 am
  
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- Epic Party – Open Invite – Address revealed soon. http://www.facebook.com/events/397540096970076/ The link is there, but it's basically open invite all round in the UK.
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- July 16, 2012 at 6:34 pm
  
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- Spannered We are a new small indie press from Bristol, and our first release is 'Spannered' (ISBN: 1906236577), a book about free-parties, dancing, and all that stuff. It's a funny, raw, little book, that offers a unique punters-eye-view on the 90s free-party/illegal rave/ traveller party scene. We've been getting some nice feedback from readers & reviewers and have just done a second print-run, having sold the first through word-of-mouth, and we are now proud to be stocked by Housmans in London and other radical booksellers around the country. You can see more about the book at our website here: www.spanneredbooks.com
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- July 5, 2012 at 10:40 pm
  
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- Central & Eastern Europe this Summer Hi, it's getting hot and it's time to plan my summer vacations :weee: Usually I go to goa/psytrance parties like Ozora since they are more accessible. The downside is their commercial character, size and cost. So I'm looking around for some Free Tekno parties in the Balkan area. So far I've found these: http://www.partyvibe.com/forums/free-parties-teknivals/50604-bulgarian-teknival-2012-a.html http://www.partyvibe.com/forums/free-parties-teknivals/50602-romania-teknival-2012-a.html [nyx] událost - SLOVAK FREE ARTISTS & PERFORMERS GATHERING 2012 I've been to quite a few freeparties and teknivals, and always liked the edgy side of it raaa. Downside was the clique building and arrogance and paranoia towards people who are not so well known. But I'm quite outgoing, and maybe I'll even meet some people I already know. BTW: I have a car, so transportation is not an issue. So, which ones would you recommend? cheers, rene
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- July 5, 2012 at 10:06 am
  
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- Teknival 2012 Discussing Teknivals in 2012...
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- July 4, 2012 at 4:52 pm
  
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- Another nice soundsystem. This is from frenchtek this year. Wish I had gone looks great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bBLRkyuh0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxTQ_C2ai2I 1 2
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- June 29, 2012 at 1:52 pm
  
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- FREE Party Cornwall area Thinking of doing a small ''free party'' as i have a large sound system decks ect In the cornwall area would anyone actually go? Drum and bass?
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- June 27, 2012 at 11:24 am
  
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- F8-Free Party Cornwall 24th july F8 - Tekkie Tubby Windmill Party-- Stuff Dipsy an LaLa wiv large quantities of quality noise. . How much can they take? 10k or more. . Free Party A30 5mile Newquay Party Line 07811 267567. .
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