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A big, big thank-you to every one who has put the effort into writing to us and letting us know what you think.
Please don't stop because it lets us know your out there and how we are doing. Please send it to the E-MAIL address in the contact page at the bottom of the page.. Love and respect.. NIC (editor)

hey im fauve and basically completely new to the scene. yep 2005, little late to be new but I love everything about it! ive just been to one rave so far, im only 18 and still at bloody 6th form so its kinda hard for me to get to/pay for tickets for raves....but am plannin to go to Slammin Vinyl in Somerset in October with me boyfriend and some mates. the rave I went to was Helter Skelter Live for new years at the leisure plaza in Milton Keynes which is where I live......literally 10 mins walk cos i live in the city centre! i had the best night ever with my best mate, me boyfriend and his best mate...the music, the people, the party prescriptions were all fuckin awesome....to be fair though it was me first time droppin and i know they ain't nothin like wot they used to be. how the hell dya get hold of doves and the like thesedays anyways...?! i am so up for anotha rave and lookin at your site just makes me wana go even more! oh yeh, empire which is where the new years helter skelter mainly was has had its licensed for 'nighttime entertainment' taken away & they aint gonna try n get it back....all cos ONE fuckin person complained about the noise! so we dont even have a second rate location here anymore. we aint got nowhere...it needs sortin. RIP Sanctuary....alll for the sake of fuckin wimbledon...MK dons woteva. :( Anyways just thought id send ya a quick line....and its gettin a little un-quick.

peace

fauve x

Rave culture has changed so dramatically since my day, long gone are the days of meeting at motorway service stations and following convoys of nutters to fields around the M25. Is this Logical progression? This remains to be seen. The quality of people at events nowadays is some what suspect, and you will agree so are the party prescriptions. Maybe I’m getting old? Even though it’s been some 10 years since I visited my last rave, I still get goose pimples when I hear certain choons.

1988 – 1993 were without a shadow of doubt the best years of my life, (I think) it was amazing to be part of a movement that has changed British society in such a big way. Without the old skool there would be no

garage, no drum and bass and definitely no house music revival like you have seen in the last 5 years. The influence that the rave scene has had on people of my generation has been positive, and although I look back in fondness, I can’t help but be angry at what has happened to the scene of today.

It didn’t take long for corporate giants to see the earning potential that dance music had. They have caused my beloved scene to mutate into a commercial water bed of cheese on toast.

Thank you so much for sending me the flyers. I've been after the Elevation (Rap's Engagement Party)
since 1993! I went to the rave but never had a flyer.
The Flyers were in tip-top condition and arrived when you said they would!

Thanks for keeping Old Skool alive.

Some of us just can't leave the past behind!

Respect

Bangers

and now for sum bad news. . . . . . Bagleys film studios will no longer b wiv us :-( its a rumour that has been going round 4 time now, BUT i know sum 1 who lives and works on a site behind bagleys, he has the concrete site, and has told me bagleys WILL be demolished in approx 8months time along with the rest of kings X (give or take a few local streets - balfe st,northdown st) the demolistion will begin with the golf range on york way. my M8 knows such information as he will be providing the cement for the new kings cross project, which gives his site about 4yrs grace(estimated time for the project 2b finished) bollox innit? who wants the bloody channel tunnel link anyway?

shouts: big up ur self, wicked web site. Raindance rich&spider, all the dnbstreet kru, and not forgetting ELC = the don-don-don aka Dj Sly & Shaydee Mc, brett & sting and all their telepathy massive,papa g & go-getters,And all of the real real old skool massive 1989 stylie-remember the pirate club on the regents canel, diarama,klink st, crowland rd, dungeons,telepa@micheal sobel centre,rocket,dingwalls,rage,land of oz??????

Wanna say well done for having the time to do your site, I'd like to but cant be bothered. I'm in Scotland, and there is some cool stuff up here you southern fairies should hear. Place called soundhaus, non-profit dance-music-making organization during the week, cutting-edge-deep-house/old-skool-"aceed" club at weekends. And a night called pressure at the arches club in Glasgow. Arches nights for colors/ministry/inside out/cream etc aren't capacity. Music is shite, names on the flier "judge 'wanna buy ma cd' jules etc and selling t-shirts are the most important things for them. They sold out. Pressure is selling out, ie cpacity, every month. You cant get into soundhaus without a membership. And check out a band called Silicone Soul. Got a tune called "Right on, Right on", its made it on to Tongs show. Anyone want to know more, knows of anything else as good that's going down, email me. see_ya@ibiza-2001.co.uk.

ok, my hash story.. when I was younger.. my mum sent me to live in Israel with my dad.. now, I was very against that because, well, I didn't want to go. so clever me thinks.. I know.. ill eat this g and a half of hash and ill sleep all the way there. ate the hash, went to the airport, started feeling a bit monged.. after 2 hours or so I cant talk at all, just follow my dad around.. we go for a drink and I fall asleep.. then he says, right lets go, I get up, remember thinking, oh shit.. then falling and knocking myself out on a table. as I was already passed out when I hit it, I didn't feel a thing.. woke up an hour later feeling terrible..

the acid story. im very interested in sleep deprivation and took it upon myself to stay awake for a week (didn't quite manage it). I bought shit loads of acid to help. until this time, I hadn't done pills and acid was by far my favorite drug. did the first couple and spent the day walking around feeling very at one with nature and very happy.. this went on for about 2 days...on the 3rd day, I was running low and as the acid wasn't that strong ( I was doing 3 a time to get a good hit) I thought fuck it and dropped the last six. my friend from Canada was visiting so we were going to a heavy metal club.. on the way I started feelin a bit off...got to waterloo station and I swear to god I could hear every single sound that was going on. some very very weird people came and asked me if I was enjoying myself which seemed a bit odd as I was standing outside the gents toilets waiting for my friend. got on the underground (very very bad idea) and sat there trying to control my brain.. got to the club with my, then, very pissed best mate, and sat outside for 2 hours waiting for it to open (my brain wasn't with me most of the week so I don't know why we were so early) I spent the whole time hearing everything and being convinced I was going to go insane (terrifying experience). got in the club and I calmed down a bit (6 hours having passed since I took the 6 trips). in the club I could only hear noise, mixed with the rather irritating hardcore that I had been listening to that day that was playing incredibly loudly in my head. I asked my friend what song was on and despite the fact that I knew the song well, I couldn't decipher it from the noise.. went into the toilet and spend another 7 hours staring at the 'breathing' wall. got on the bus home, still hearing hardcore in my head. got home and took 8 strong sleeping pills to stop everything.. woke up 2 days later on the living room floor. I was awake, tripping for about 60 hours in total.

I agree m8 with the thing about people killin the scene. Some of my mates put it down when they only hear the music once, them themselves like there garage, spoon fed or wot, its so commercial!!!! Thank god that promoters like slammin and Raindance r keepin the scene alive...
And another thing that annoys me is the amount of clubs that play hardcore in in my area. I live in Bedford about 5 miles from Milton Keynes and none of the clubs play hardcore as I am an aspiring dj and am hoping to make it somewhere in the scene , it really annoys me as I have nowhere to play.. The only way I can get a set is travelin to London and I'm only 16 so that is a big problem!!!! Hardcore will pull through as shown by slammin at there 7th of sept event, hardcore waz in arena 5 and the next event at the sanctuary it was in arena 1, was this due to overcrowding as they didn't realize the sheer amount of ravers that are behind the scene.. I think this is good enough proof that the scene is still alive. Oh yeh and another thing 'WOT WAZ HARD DANCE ALL ABOUT' was it a mixture of hardcore, hardhouse and techno????

Laterz DJ Ruff Ride....keepin the hardcore vibe alive

I received the flyers this morning ! They are brilliant, I can't get over the condition of them, I didn't even get copies this good back in the day at the actual do !
I'm very impressed and when some of my friends see these, you will no doubt be getting requests from them.

Thanks again for all your help !
I hope One Love takes you to great heights,

Thanks
Just another old skool raver very satisfied.
Will OUT !

one love what can i say with your help we may just keep this scene rocking on !!!!!!!!!!! brilliant web site wicked reviews and flyers keep up the good work SEE YOU ALL AT RAINDANCE
oh yer big shout out to the old skool rockers and the champion puffers (u know who u are)!!!!! NICE ONE BRUV
from the spangled one,jedi

Dear All @ Onelove Magazine,

Firstly I would like to thank you for bringing us such a decent web-site. I
have searched the www from top to bottom for decent sites giving up to date
info about the raving scene, but have found just one, YOURS!

I think the site contains all the relevant info needed, and goes about it's
business very successfully.

I now read this site at least once a week, looking for info on where to go,
where's good, where's not etc, and I'd just like to see keep up the good work
, and I hope to see you all out raving soon.

The next big one is Raindance (24th June) unless you know of somewhere
better I can go in the meantime.

Cheers

Kieran.

Dear ONELOVE,
Just wanted to say well done in getting your magazine up and running and good luck in making it a big success, I had heard a rumour about the magazine a while ago, and to be honest its about time that there was a magazine written by ravers for ravers, instead of commercial shit that charges you two or three pounds to read them ramble on about roni size being the messiah of drum + bass (and we all know what a lot of old bollocks that is!) so we look forward to reading some decent reviews and articles saying what the scene is really about.
A big hello to the vibalive crew, keeping the vibe alive as ever.
Love & smiley faces
Little miss old skool

Dear ONELOVE,
Having just read through ONELOVE magazine, I thought it was an excellent idea and I'm going to make sure I tell all my friends , I hope you keep it up, well done.
Can I just say a big shout to everyone that knows me...you know who you are.
See ya…..dreamer

Dear ONELOVE,
After coming across your website, I was surprised to find how much you've covered and are going to cover, you've covered just about everything to do with the ravescene, I especially enjoyed looking up the old flyers, it takes you back to the good old days (now im sounding really old). Its about time someone done something like this, good on you all at ONELOVE.
Luv...niky c

I liked your magazine, it's very friendly and welcoming, without going over the top with the religious stuff, unlike eternity's e-magazine, which I thought was a bit sinister........Darren

Your site looks like it's gonna be tops. I dunno if it's set up yet or what, but nothing is working apart from the pages that let you select what you want to look at. The actual info is not accessible!!!

Dear ONELOVE,
Thanks for putting this brilliant magazine on-line. Despite living in south east london last year and moving to southend this year, I had no idea that raindance were playing hardcore. I will definitely be there in February. Thank-you!!

I started producing hardcore 8 months ago and received an e-mail from scott brown saying that he really liked my stuff because it is very different to most hardcore tunes. I'm pondering with the thought of getting a few dub plates done so who knows..

Once again thank-you for the magazine. It really lifts me to know that there are still so many people passionate about the scene.

just a quick note to say how good the site is, keep up
the good work. keep the 'ardcore rockin' strong.

annon

just had to congratulate u on the website. nice one.
i'm glad to see there are still people into the hard
sounds, its just a shame there are no clubs playing
hardcore in the north east.
imagine this for a new years eve - travelling 250+
miles to get to helter skelter, getting there, queing
for about an hour, getting asked for fuckin i.d. and
not getting in!! BASTARD. it ended up costing me and
me mates about £1400 just to come home. go on, ave a
laugh on me!!
see ya, Beansta.