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Backpack(see Rave gear) Backrubs Ravers love backrubs. Except maybe ravers with bad backs. (see Massage, MDMA) Bar-star (see hoochie) Beatmatch Every DJ should know how to beatmatch. Except DJ’s of Top40 radio stations. Binky (see Pacifier) Bitter (see Jaded, asshole) Black crack (see Vinyl) Blacklight The preferred form of lighting at raves (conventional lighting is too boring). Ultraviolet light enhances the brightness of certain colors, clothing, eyes, and teeth. (see Visuals) BPM Almost as if it were some kind of law, this subject has resulted in way too many arguments on just what tempo certain genres of music are and are not allowed to be. Bracelet A raver fashion accessory. Generally, but not exclusively, consisting of brightly coloured plastic beads that glow well (see Blacklight). Worn in excessive amounts by candy ravers. Often shunned by old-schoolers. Breakdancers (bboys)  Sometimes ravers get annoyed at them. They take up too much space on the dance floor. The crowd they attract takes up too much space on the dance-floor. They are show-offs. They don’t mingle much. They are condescending. They are pretentious dancers. They see dancing as some sort of competition. And they can’t dance to the music very well, if at all. But man, are they ever fun to watch!
Breaks (Breakbeat) House music where the maker forgot a beat here and there. (see House) Bomb Slang. (see Shite (shit)) Bouncer Every bouncer should have two large pectoral muscles. The question is what to do with them thirty years later when they transmogrify into breasts.1 Bouncers aren’t actually needed at raves, unless something goes horribly wrong, which it sometimes does. For this reason, perhaps the mere presence of these uncannily large brutes is enough to stem any sort of mishap resulting from unnecessary aggression or expression of ego. (see Agro) Bunk Probably the single greatest factor that prevents ravers from having as much fun as they could be having at a party. The first half of the night will be spent lamenting about it. The second half of the night will be spent looking for their dealer. Burning Man An annual week long gathering held in the Nevada desert, usually towards the tail end of summer. Not a rave, though every raver should at least try to go to one. Like raves, Burning Man suspends the mores and norms inherent  in everyday society, perhaps even better than raves do. And unlike raves, it attracts people from all age groups and walks of life, not just the youthful demographic. This allows for more affluent and financially stable attendees, and as such, very elaborately themed pavilions, stages, displays, trailers, and gazebos, all conceived, constructed, and transported by the participants (see DIY).The hallmark of the event is the igniting of a giant wooden "man", during which the onlookers are whipped into a tribal frenzy akin to primieval times. At the dawn of a new millenium, Burning Man looks to be the ultimate escape from technological civilization, for both luddite and industrialite. Busted Perhaps the single most feared word in rave culture, next to overdose. (see Police (Law Enforcement)) 1 taken from The Doubter’s Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense, by John Ralston Saul
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Hey.. This is a really cool idea. I can see a lot of work has gone into it. One small thing though. For BPM i would somewhere state that it stands for Beats per Minute.
Other people who don't have to beatmatch are ambient dj's and also Goa (Psy to those currently producing) Trance dj's for the most part do not either. This is due to the laziness of the hippy culture.
Back pack- bunk- when something is bad such as drugs.
Bunny Juice Bar-star: In Toronto, they are often referred to as Gino's. In Edmonton, they are Chachi's. Bar-star is the general unisex term. It appears that a female can be either a bar-star or a hoochie. Hoochies are more hip-hop, lower income. In Toronto, males can be either a bar-star or a Gino. In Edmonton, the preferred male derogatory term appears to be Chachi (sic? "Cha-chi" instead?) -- remember Scott Baio's character from "Happy Days"? Never mind, just look through the "Don'ts" Section in the latest edition of "Vice" and you'll get my drift.
Breakbeat (Noun): Definition 1: A percussive rhythm created in the 1970's associating an intelligent combination of bass drums, snares, and hi-hat co-ordination. Tempos may vary from as low as 80BPM up to 140 BPM. Note: Breakbeats were (and still are!) the essential component of "RAP\HIPHOP" music. Furthermore, the breakbeat was named after the mass following of breakdancers which molded their body to the break rhythm. Definition 2: A genre of dance music developed in the 1990's combining affluent modern synthesizer technology with tight breakbeat inspired percussion. Definition 3: The most fantastic display of the amazing power of amplified dance music ever to be created; far superior to any other dance genre available.
Not all breakers are da same...personally I think that the "ravers" dancing is more annoying than anything...they look like they are doing some sort of arobics or just spaz'n out on something...I do now some bad ass ravers that can jam...but as for the new generation of party kids...they have no rhythm...now the breakers that do all the floor routines don't really go with the beat either...I guess the purpose of writing all of this is to let you know that b-boys have the rhythm....and the soul of music...(there are always exceptions)...and break beats are the music of choice...hard house and trance suck!! It's all just one beat...throbing and repeditive!! The only way I can listen to it is if I'm fucked up...and by the way raves now a days are just trendy things to do...the original raves were about 4-5 years ago... that is where the true ravers were....but again...this is just one mans opinion...regardless....PARTY ON!!!!
You people take rave and blow it out of proportion. when once rave was an underground scene, now it is the common cool to simply talk of it or wear any sort of "rave" clothes. stop trying to pretend rave is a revolution. yes it is a subculture, but by no sense will it ever take over any system. i have been going to raves for 5 years and don't get me wrong, i've ate, lived, slept, and shit rave, thats all i've ever thought about. but don't try to "advertise" or commercialize, or even try to make sense of it. why? keep it low pro and do it for yourself, not for others. breakers just take dancing to another level, they do what only a small percentage of dancers can do. don't bash us because we put your dreams onto the dance floor. you talk of respect, i don't see any.
Burnout - I totally resent the comments made about b boys or in my case, b girl. I am not condescending, I DO mingle, I am NOT pretencious, and I do not break for competion unless I AM AT A COMPETITION! I personally do not go off unless encouraged and space is made for me to do so. I used to dance only to house, which led me to learning how to pop, then how to uprock, now I breakdance. Then I discovered break beats,which is a big part of the "rave" scene, in my opinion anyway. So I do not appreciate the dis on breakdancers. And I CAN dance to ANY music if in the right mind frame. But I will admit, ya got 2 things right. I AM fun to watch, and I AM a show off! See ya at the party....at the break beat stage!
Back Rubs: Even ravers with bad backs love backrubs.
Breakdancers are named after breakbeats, not vice versa. They're called breakbeats because they come from a break in the music. They do not have a specific BPM range, nor do they come solely from the 1970s.
Yo! I'm pure hip-hop so I'm a DJ,MC,Graffer,and A B-boy!!and Yo" I"m probably one of the biggest Dance Freaks out there. B-boys take up the dance floor when they dont see enough hoes freakin.and as for the fact b-boys are anti-social I've always went out and mingled and pulled #'s and names.As for my self I cant stand Ravers that try to pop and wave. I leave tehm alone but evey night one trys to start with meso I dont even break on them I pop and pull diss routines and burn they ass. one love Breakbeats - depending on the musical era, could be 2 completly sifferent sounds. Breakbeat albums bought in the mid 80's to early 90's were albums with as many as 30, 1 or 2 minute long repetitive tracks created by sampling various old records and layering the samples to create pattern tracks that rappers kicked their rhymes to. The advent of the cheap sampler rendered the breakbeat album obsolete. Breakbeat albums bought after that period are like House when the record skips.
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