Reunion Rave review
Reunion by Sydney Old Skool on the Queen’s B’day Long Weekend was a great party - it was the best of the old rave days c.1991-96. It was clean, well organised (except for the queue at the beginning to get in) with great decorations, banners and props (balloon drop, glitter bomb). From what I can tell, the idea for this Reunion Rave came from the Facebook group Sydney Old Skool. There are some great photos that people have uploaded from “back in the day” as well as flyers, ticket stubs etc. It’s great how people can annotate the pictures with their own stories, memories and questions.
I enjoyed DJ sets by Hi-Shock, Nik Fish vs Jumping Jack and Sugar Ray the most. But it was great to see Sheen and even Vagas (vs Crisis?). My song of the night was Age of Love - it put a BIG smile on my face to hear this rave classic in a rave environment again (btw I don’t know about the subheading on youtube that says this is the earliest example of trance music, but anyhoo, if you don’t know the track…get out of my blog). It was quite odd to be at a big (sold out) event that wasn’t full of obnoxious, gurning and or scraggy “young” people too. It was all very civilised and I think a good time was had by all… old and older. I probably won’t go to the next one - I would like to end my “rave career” on a high - ha ha (actually I thought I was already retired). If you weren’t at Reunion or you weren’t a Sydney old skool raver the first time around, you might like to attend Back Again in October. See my Flickr pics of Reunion Rave here.