Citrus Ontario Science Center Rave 1998
Citrus Ontario Science Center Rave 1998
The Citrus rave at the Ontario Science Center in 1998. Rammed and fun. Ravers frolicked in the exhibits and displays. Science!
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Stereo Imaging Toronto 1999
Stereo Imaging Toronto 1999
Perfectly placed monitors and a small room packed with ravers dancing hard in Toronto in 1999. The air was thick with condensation, almost a fog, which explains the crunchiness of the photograph.
Flyering Toronto 1994
Flyering Toronto 1994
Whenever you left a club, warehouse party, or rave you’d have to get through a flock of people flyering for future parties.
Ken Finch as DJ Viper at Citrus-Goodvibes 1999
Ken Finch as DJ Viper at Citrus-Goodvibes 1999
An unfinished warehouse. turntables, a mixer, speakers and some carefully selected tracks, trainspotters, dust, 10 inch singles, hardness, lightness, deepness = dancing. Ken payed house and techno under his own name, and hardcore and jungle tracks under the DJ Viper moniker.
Raver Telecom 1998
Raver Telecom 1998
This was a time before internet-connected mobile phones. Ravers in Canada used payphones to dial up rave promoter information hotlines to find out where the parties were taking place, or at least where the meeting point was to catch the school bus to the next event.
Ravers On Bass Bins Toronto 1999
Ravers On Bass Bins Toronto 1999
What made the rave scene so amazing was the sense of community. You could just plunk yourself on the floor or on a bass bin next to some fellow ravers and soon enough you’d be best friends. There were no mobile phones to hide the full experience of the music, the people and the vibe.
Still Going at the Citrus – Goodvibes Rave 1999
Still Going at the Citrus – Goodvibes Rave 1999
Held in a big square unfinished warehouse building in Toronto on Eastern Avenue, near Bayview, now buried beneath the massive River City condo complex. The music was so great you just couldn’t stop.
TRIBE Base Camp at WEMF Christian Island Ontario 1998
TRIBE Base Camp at WEMF
Christian Island, Ontario 1998
Once you got the ferry to the island your journey wasn’t over. You had get to the rave, but fortunately you could get a lift to the site from the enterprising locals for $$$. Once there, holy fuck, what a party! Camping on a Christian Island beach, multiple music genre tents, SWIMMING!!!! It was exactly like this photograph and totally amazing.
Liquid Adrenaline Chillin Toronto 1998
Liquid Adrenaline Chillin Toronto 1998
A Liquid Adrenaline in 1998. I loved shooting the people chillin on the perimeter or sitting in the corners in the darkness at raves, because resting ravers were more relaxed and natural to photograph and I could often capture a conversation just like this.
Rave Retail SoReal Booth Toronto 1998
Rave Retail; SoReal Booth Toronto 1998
Candy, clothing, necklaces and smiles. Patrick, Meg, Louis and Danielle at the SoReal retail booth in Toronto 1998. Retail booths at rave events added another dimension the experience of raving in Canada in the 90’s.
