(Part 2) Dune III Desert Rave Party 1997
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- April 5th, 1997 within the Torres-Martinez reservation by Mecca CA (33°36'46.8"N 116°00'32.1"W), a Rave party called Dune III was held. In total, around 10,0000 people attended. I was surfing the net one night and came across these 4 footage files, which were posted by "Old School Rava" a few years back. Although I was there, I did not tape it. So sit back and relax or just reminisce. You might just see yourself on video! I sure did.
So why did they stop? One man's accidental dead the next year. Read here: articles.latimes.com/1998/jun/...
Also, here is a link to further party footage by Adam: angeladam.com/video/OldRavesAn... - Hudba
I was there as well that night. I will NEVER forget that party. Did anyone else remember the comet that flew overhead that night?
I am so amazingly blessed to have been at this party. Thank you, whoever or whatever arranged that! It is a beautiful memory I will treasure for the rest of my life.
I even liked Dune the following year, the Hairy Windstorm year!
It makes me so happy to think of these parties, and so wistful to remember why they ended.
We were there. The vibe back then was incredible. I met people from all over the world.
Wow !
Best party I ever went to, and the moment they played the movie intro is my single favorite raving moment ever. Ahhh memories.
Glad you guys enjoyed the footage. I think I was the only person there with a camera so I took as much footage as possible. Wish I would have had 2 batteries for my cam, would have had more. Anyway, more old school videos on my page and posting more in the future...about 30 or so videos from my days raving in L.A.
OldSchoolRava that's so rad! I wish I had a camera back then. You were ahead of the times for sure.
Thank you so much for recording it the memories and the love and the vibe from tbat weekend changed me its words cannot explain much love
MoonTribe is still going strong, every 3 months or so (more in the summer). Although it well never be like the 90's again, (because it can never be new again, and we're old now.)
Eidelmania yes we are old but tbat vibe will always be in me forever
I was there! OMG this brought tears to my eyes! I remember you with the camera rolling around the dancefloor. I was one of the guys blowing the whistle. I actually had rhythm though. Lol Thank you soooooooo much for posting these. One love bro! Thanks again!
Greatest night of my life!
This party WAS amazing! i will never forget driving here and having to pull off to this old dirt road that looked like it was leading to nowhere! the wind was blowing so hard there was sand blowing everywhere. once you walked what seemed like eternity down this road, 10,000 people strong appeared at the bottom of the hill, all under the brightest star filled sky. people on stage dressed in black light out fits dancing. it was wonderful and EVERYONE danced till the morning.
Tenderoni Jenkins the location was amazing and the drive to get there was half the fun i rember when it was time to go home we stopped at a gas station and we were all covered in head to toe in sand it was the best night of my life i brought somthing home with me from it and its still in my heart till this day you just had to be there to know what i am talking about and the stars at night mind blowing
The reason that there were so many Glow Sticks at this party is because at some point during Sandra's set, the promoters got behind the DJ booth with box's of them that had alreay been lit, and started throwing thousands of them out into the crowd. Anyone else remember that? It was amazing, because it took like well over a minute to throw them all. We filmed the whole thing from the up in the rocks to the right, I just WISH I knew where that tape still was?
I remember the moment when the lights went out and everyone threw the glowsticks into the air at once!
Yes I do! My friends and I grabbed them. This was one of the best raves that I ever went to. I even remember what I was wearing. I wore contacts because my vision has always been so awful and the sand was getting in my eyes. I had drops but it was tough. Back then I had no idea about wearing goggles. No one dressed like people do now back then. Back then it was all about the music, being present, and feeling the energy around you. Today, it is all about who can dress the most tacky and take the most pictures and post them. This is why older people like us cannot stand the scene now. This was the best time to be going to raves and no other time will ever compare. Sandra Collins used to DJ on Tuesday nights at Club Metropolis. Every Tuesday they would have a guest DJ there like Sasha, Jason Blakemore, Donald Glaude, and so many more that are now completely mainstream with everything clumped together as EDM (I will not use that term). It just sucks. 😢
Oh God I was there for this! What the video doesn't show is that there were a LOT more people on the cliffside who lit flares when the words "Dune" fly up on the screen. It was freakin amazing!!!!
too cool.i remember dune tickets being givin away on powertools.looking for rave america k rave 93 footage!!!!!!!!!even though im 35 years old,i MISS RAVING!!!!
vonrollskyway1 i miss it so much
Yes I was holding on to those flares for as long as I could. The flying embers burned several holes in to my jacket as well. Worth it? yes!
I went to bigger and smaller parties, I also went to club "Time" in downtown LA until it closed in late 1996. Magic Wednesday at the World venue in Hollywood was a blast as well! How about Organic '96 in the LA forest, Moon tribe anyone?
BDDave omg I forgot about Time.
Moon yribe 👽👽👽💓💓🍄🍄🍄
You don't even know what you are talking about man. This was the Los Angeles scene-one of the biggest and best in the world during the early/mid-nineties. That's why every dj from everywhere came to play parties here. If there's one thing the LA scene had, it was good music, especially cause trance, hardcore, and D&B were so huge here. And this party was one of the best I ever went to, and I went to a lot. From the evening to way into the next afternoon, this thing was going off.
I felt the same as well! I'm blessed to have been a party of Rave history.
I was there.....helped out with it a little since I was involved with Socal-Raves.
same here man. The Dune parties were all amazing parties. and you're right about the music and the vibes. I think it has to do with the fact that everyone's on speed nowadays as oppose to psychedelics like back in the days. The only place on eath were I acutally felt a vibe is at the Burning Man events.
@DJDannyBoi7 I didn't film it but I was dancing with the lit flares on the hills!
Miss those days!!!!:(
Were they holding like flares after the Dune video clip?? See that shit is awesome, nothing like that happens now adays.
Epic party , btw can anyone tell me what is the name of the tune that is being played after the chick finishes talking on the screen?
esp spurr that night changed the way i looked at things
do these still go on?
i'd fucking crawl to get to it if i could :(
Watch what you wish for. The next year a college student trying acid for the 1st time, wandered off and broken his neck in a fall during the sand storm. As a result, no more open desert raves. The Hwy Patrol would block off all the off ramps to the venues in the future.
this rave looks so fun i wish plur was still alive now its dead no more raves in this area in californinia the scene ended like in 2011 now its completely dead
how old were you when you went to this? I go to raves now but they're not anything like this is. I wish one like retro rave would happen haha so I could possibly get a taste of this rave scene.
Derek Miltimore I was here. I was 21.
Derek Miltimore i wad 18 years old
Where is my Time Machine, I’m ready to go there now.
I was there too. This brings back so many good memories. I wish I could do back. Sigh. The world sucks now.
But you were there!
Still get fucken chills!!!
@BDDave Yea that shit was friggn nuts! All the torches on the side of the hills looked hella cool! Did you see those guys in the morning climbing up the faces of those cliffs? That shit was insane! I could of sworn that one of those guys were gonna die. Lol.
yes nice guy, I emailed him a while ago about it and have placed his website info to the right under video information.
DUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time was great when it was at the Park Plaza, and the it moved to the Glam Slam and sorta died a death. The last Moontribe I ever went to was their "gaia vibe" party during the Hale Bop comet. So much fun back then, the best times.
OMG .. I WISH I COULD OF BEEN APART OF THIS ..
War Eagle oh it ruled lol
Sheels1976. Ohh I already know
i was there !
Must've been great...
It's there just search for Part 4.
It want to go back in time.
Me too.
I'm sure you don't use a whistle anymore, but it's rude to others and the Dj. It's changing the sound of the music into something that you want instead of keeping it unfiltered as it should be. Not only that, it encourages people with no beat to do the same thus making the song a train wreck. I never paid to go to raves in hopes that people would be adding "their own flair" to an original mix.
The SPICE was NICE • Honest™
@JOKERH4H4 Very untrue man. The desert rave scene still gets going with plenty of fire spinning and such. Not saying it is as great as here. Definitely not.. But it is great.
ET Abduction :-)
Hi! Its scruton@delphi.com for amyone that was on socal-raves. God what a party that was. It made me get into VJ-ing in a big way. Btw Dune II was the pne with the comet, im pretty sure this vid is from The final Dune party. Hats off to KC and Mason Light and Christopher Lawrence and Thee-o! Anyone remember the gigantic inflatable alien?
fractalmaui yes at sunrise THe vibe was AMAZING
Ok so I watch this now so many years later... like how many of us woke up and know we are starseeds yet???😁💫
Just curious...🌏🛸🌠
It's the better drugs ;)
No cell phones ... amazing
90s free speech currently not so much