During the early years, dissemination of "rave" within North American media was relatively slow. However during the late 1990s noise complaints were waking up neighbors in cities all over the continent. After the 90's more parties had media hype surrounding events as a result of overdoses, and other drug-related deaths such as overheating.
Cities like Toronto, Phoenix and Pittsburgh were on the map after a small amount of drug related deaths which were associated with rave events. In 2000, Dateline NBC produced a segment titled "All The Rave" which showed footage of rave attendees talking about the drugs they were on and admitting the drugs they have experimented with. Also combined in the segment was a story of Hilary Farias who was given GHB at a rave. When she came home she went directly to sleep and was found dead the next morning. This segment led to parental outrage around the world and the follow-up called Teen Drug Polo" helped to seal any additional outrage regarding raves, despite the number of responsible party people attending events.
A number of newspaper articles were written in effort to substantiate the claims that raves were unsafe. On May 5, 2000 the Toronto Sun's first page announced that the city's police chief had invited the Prime Minister to a rave to show him "how drug parties are threatening the youth." The article included a quote where the police chief claimed that "raves are threatening the very fabric of Canadian life." One week later the city council made a decision to ban raves on public property. Toronto's mayor Mel Lastman stepped to the plate after this to vow to shut down afterhours clubs and raves.
While media coverage has been exploiting raves as being dangerous havens since the beginning of the acid house movement in the eighties, the overblown coverage in the new millenium formed a rift between parents and their kids and also within the rave community. By the end of the year 2000 it was prominent that party promoters were becoming more cautious of the hype regarding their events. Many nightclubs and afterhours locations had banned both possession and use of any form of camera at events. Other promoters had banned bookbags, doctors masks, binkies and in some instances glowsticks and kandi bracelets.
As a result of these changes, some parties experienced small hits in attendance while others recieved larger hits in attendance. The scene as a whole, however, remained strong.
This mix was recorded live in 2000. The tracklisting is not entirely accurate as these records are no longer in my collection but I tried to do my best in identifying them.
DJ Jacq - Symbolism
Retroflex - Moments Resistance
Pound Boys - Time Baby
Silicone Soul - Chic O Laa (H Foundation Mix)
GBR X-Perience - Put Your Hands
Matea & Matos - Got A Message (DJ Sneak Remix)
Fondue - Pump The Boogie (Pumpin Dub)
Statis Revenger - Happy People
Soul Providers - Rise
Layo & Bushwacka! - Side A
