Posts tagged with ‘subcultures’

  • Subcultures
    26 min

    Hedonic Tantra of Goa

    Golden Goa's Trance Dance Transmission

    Golden Goa's Trance Dance Transmission

    In the early 1990s, I became aware of the growing psychedelic undertow of dance and electronic music. With the exception of the Bay Area, the United States was largely out of step with this aspect of the techno scene, and it was only through stray clues — a boast by a British backpacker, liner notes on an import ambient CD — that I first heard about Goa. When I interviewed Orbital for Spin, Paul Hartnoll confirmed the rumors: on the...
  • Subcultures
    10 min

    Love and Anarchy

    Hippies, Faeries, and Hoboes at the 20th Rainbow Gathering

    Hippies, Faeries, and Hoboes at the 20th Rainbow Gathering

    In the early 1990s, I became aware of the growing psychedelic undertow of dance and electronic music. With the exception of the Bay Area, the United States was largely out of step with this aspect of the techno scene, and it was only through stray clues — a boast by a British backpacker, liner notes on an import ambient CD — that I first heard about Goa. When I interviewed Orbital for Spin, Paul Hartnoll confirmed the rumors: on the...
  • Subcultures
    16 min

    Klingon Like Me

    Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

    Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

    In the early 1990s, I became aware of the growing psychedelic undertow of dance and electronic music. With the exception of the Bay Area, the United States was largely out of step with this aspect of the techno scene, and it was only through stray clues — a boast by a British backpacker, liner notes on an import ambient CD — that I first heard about Goa. When I interviewed Orbital for Spin, Paul Hartnoll confirmed the rumors: on the...