After the Raves

First off Toronto Canada isn't even talked about. Toronto, Canada. How is that possible? L.A. the birth place of raves? One episode in England? I was hyped about this, but it turned out to be a bunk disco biscuit. Should have know. They use the term EDM. Go figure. Don't waste your time. If you lived the early to late 90s in the rave scene just enjoy the memories. This crap won't take you back there.

This show just seems biased to America even tho they aren't the biggest in rave culture anymore. Maybe in the sense that they got rave music and commercialised it so more everyday people listen to it but rave culture isn't about trying to get everyday people to like it. Yes we definitely welcome anyone who wants to become apart of the culture but we like being are own separate thing. There should of definitely been more on the UK as there is one of if not the biggest rave culture, UK definitely dominate rave culture (not saying it's all about UK and no one else) when you go rave festivals around the world more people are from the UK then anyway else. There are so many DJ/Producers from UK playing at these festivals; Outlook festival is good example of this, that's Europe's biggest celebration of sound system culture. Where was Bristol the capital of Drum 'n' Bass, highly popular subgenre of EDM or Nottingham with Bassline. You need to have at least part of an episode on London because so much has come from there it may not all still be in London but that's where a lot of it originated. Where was Belgium they have a huge rave scene as well, they absolutely love the rave culture over there. I've never heard of Tommy sunshine before when I looked him up it just says he is more of a record producer and that he's known for remixing popular rock and alternative songs so just don't feel he is 100% appropriate as the host but unless he actually has had more of an impact or difference in the culture, that I'm not aware of then I do apologize.

3 stars for the effort but there are so many false claims in this documentary that I was screaming at the TV at some points. LA the birthplace of Rave? Mysteryland the longest running festival in the world!? (Glastonbury has been doing what they do since 1969!) No mention of Berlin/Detroit? I could go on but I suppose this is more about EDM or Corporate Dance Music as I prefer to call it. A missed opportunity to educate the kids that listen to EDM on Dance music and its roots. It just came across as a glossed over alternate reality of dance music.

I've met Tommy Sunshine, picked him up from the airport when he came to Minneapolis to play for Woody McBrides party. I was excited to find out that he was in this electronic music series. In this series, they act like the world of electronic music revolves around this mainstream version of cheesy and poor quality music attended not by people who love the music but by folks concerned with purchasing and consuming, as opposed to the authentic and well established underground rave culture. It would be like offering a Jell-O shot to a wine connoisseur, it's offensive. Tommy was a part of the authentic underground techno scene all through the 90s, he knows better than to be a part of this terribly produced series. Tommy knows that you can't talk about electronic music without talking about techno and you can't talk about techno without talking about Detroit, and they don't! There's so much wrong with this series it would take too long to discuss here. Tommy Sunshine should feel embarrassed and humiliated by this series.

The EDM is so interesting! The stories of these amazing artists are so inspiring! I I love how differently their stories influenced their styles! Really shows that when you really love something and you put all your effort, blood and passion to your dreams... they become reality.