Enter the venue and take a trip through our magical mystery time machine. Go back in time and experience bygone eras of music and culture that helped shape where we are today. By understanding and appreciating some of the connections between the past and present, you will begin to realize we are part of something bigger that has been going on forever. We begin our journey in the 60's. Our scene is arguably some sort of reincarnation of the psychedelic culture's Acid Tests. The focus was on expansion by engaging participants in their senses totally. To make a transformational experience through overload. Complete chaos with sound, lights, and visuals. Sound familiar? From there we go to the 70's. Who doesn't know about the sophisticated and decadent 'discotheque' scene? Disco gave us the all night dance party and a dj culture that used 12" records and mixing techniques (Technics?) that kept the beat flowing. Ring a bell? And who could forget about funk ('gotta have the funk') and it's dominance of bass and beat over melody and harmony. Ahh, bass. The 80's are when things really started to happen. From the ashes of disco and the early days of dance, the uptempo sound of house began to evolve. First in Chicago, then in New York. Regional twists on the same basic formula helped it prosper. In the mid 80's musicians trapped in post-industrial Detroit heard the future in pure rhythms mixed with industrial strength sounds. Techno was born. Our lives we're forever changed. Electro was derived out of Kraftwerk. Dance music production started to sneak into pop. Affordable samplers and Roland drum machines made home studios possible. Overseas the teutonic beats of electronic body musik took control, while in our own Chicago the sounds of industrial dance had a similar effect on influencing a generation. What a decade! Here we are finishing the 90's. The continued misuse of technology has led to sounds never before imagined. Electronic music mutated into the many forms and styles we experience today. Raves hit our shores. The overload of extreme sensation produced an ecstatic state that had us addicted. We lived for the weekend, for the beat, and for the undivided communal experience. It was our music and we became a youth cultural revolution. Next
stop, the 21st Century. Where do we go from here? Now is
our time, it can only get better!
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