The Oldskool Appreciation Party - O.A.P's thread

Posting this up again if anyone has never come across it, don't know when it was written but it must be at least 20 years now if recall the first time I read it,

Ravers Manifesto

Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy. Our nourishment of choice is Love. Our addiction of choice is technology. Our religion of choice is music. Our currency of choice is knowledge. Our politics of choice is none. Our society of choice is utopian though we know it will never be. You may hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may be unaware of our existence. We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would never judge you. We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not naive children. We are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself. We are The Massive. One Massive.

We were first drawn by the sound. From far away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother’s heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere around 35Hz we could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward, pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution of the outside world. It is in that very instant, with these initial realizations that each of us was truly born.

We continue to pack our bodies into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you’ve abandoned and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one night. Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in it’s purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you’ve put on us for your own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born. Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible. Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops, and run through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourish ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of open them.

Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing the distopian reality of a world you’ve created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility and Respect.

Our enemy of choice is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to stop us from celebrating our existence. But know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given night, in any given city, in any given country or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You don’t have access to that switch, no matter what you may think. The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party will never end.

I am a raver, and this is my manifesto

If you know what all these buildings have on common, chances are you enjoyed the 90’s.

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

Not sure on all of them,

1. Ormond
2. ?
3. Olympic
4. UFO/ Waterfront
5. Sides
6. ?
7. The Asylum
8. ?

Purple onion was also a great little clandestine spot.

2. Temple of Sound
6. System
8. Shaft

Yeah could have included Subteranea and Grouchos in there but the walk was long enough as it was

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

You did a walk about!

I did the exact same years ago and took photos also, have them somewhere.

Now i think my brain is melting after all these years, i was in Temple of sound a handful of times and for the life of me i could have sworn in my memory it was almost literally next door to the Ormond.

Never got as far as the System or Shaft, but i do have a live recording of the shaft on cassette somewhere that good friend of mine at the time gave me.

Was in Grouchos once, the atmosphere didnt hit it off with me, seemed to me to be a very elitest/judgmental buzz in the place from minute you walked through the door.

(But in saying that, i did have a skin head, Three quarter length leather jacket, Levis jeans and Air Max, so now i kind of understand!:))

Yeah didn’t particularly like the vibe in grouchos a bit like the POD, never quite felt comfortable.

Walking is pretty much all you can do these days

Francois and Dean Sherry in the shaft were class. Had a good few tapes but no idea what I did with them.

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

Can you tell me where the Temple was?

I have in my memory it was only couple of doors away from the Ormond, is my brain turning to swiss cheese?

Temple of Sound was in the Ormond Hotel on Ormond Quay

https://www.buzz.ie/music/temple-of-sound-258777

The Ormond was in the Ormond Multi-Media Centre (or something like that) close by.

Big Vern wrote: »

Temple of Sound was in the Ormond Hotel on Ormond Quay

https://www.buzz.ie/music/temple-of-sound-258777

The Ormond was in the Ormond Multi-Media Centre (or something like that) close by.

Thought i was losing my marbles for a minute.

Big Vern wrote: »

Temple of Sound was in the Ormond Hotel on Ormond Quay

https://www.buzz.ie/music/temple-of-sound-258777

The Ormond was in the Ormond Multi-Media Centre (or something like that) close by.

That Temple of Sound reunion a few years ago was the best of the lot imo

Some crackers on this

gar32 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jYBVXYo1H4&t=1827s

Notes On Rave In Dublin Movie ( Documentary )

My name is in the end credits!

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

Thought i was losing my marbles for a minute.

Speaking of the Ormond has anybody posted the TDV & Tall Paul set @ the Ormond from 1997? If not does anyone have any interest in it being posted?

Thank you. Saw this on tele years ago and it always stuck with me but I never knew what it was called.