After the Raves

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.

I love that Tommy Sunshine tries to document EDM as he knows it. I know a lot about drum and bass and he was way off in this documentary, There wasn't a big mention of NYC club kids (yes, there were some bad things that happened) however, they started the rave scene in NYC and zero mention of Frankie Bones that is credited with the acronym PLUR. You can't mention Magic Wednesdays in LA and leave out Keoki (who is from NYC/Hawaii). How can you mention drum and bass and not AK1200 in Miami or Dieselboy? Anyway, I guess this is the history as he knows it, but it would have been nice to be more accurate. I found myself yelling at the TV and had to turn it off.

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.

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.