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Ttam1210:
sorry to be over nostalgic but I hate "nu-ravers" going around thinking that their favourite band is so unique and experimental when in the 1990's the whole scene was done and at a so much better level

Take bands such as "Enter Shikari" who, even though they try to be post-hardcore, nuvo-ironic hybrids of electronic, emo and indy are, essentially, "nu-rave".
They are recycling what so many bands before them have done though they get treated as gods among musicians.

"Nu-rave" is fastly becoming the new emo... not because of the content of the scene but purely for the generalisation of the term.

Although, bands like new young pony club and SHITDISCO are good in their own way

they are nothing compared to Prodigy, Rozalla, Praga Khan, Hallucinogen, Astral Projection, Andy C, Goldie, Dieselboy, Happy Hardcore, Gabba/Gabber, Cosmic Gate, DJ Scot Project, Technoboy, Blutonium Boy, Donkey Rollers, DJ Coone, Q-IC, DJ Greg, Dark Raver, Aphex twin and The Shamen

anyway i am being slightly hipster and i would like to finish with

BRING BACK THE NINETIES I FEEL TOO OLD!!!!

a pack of wolves:
Enter Shikari don't really have much in common with any of the bands you've listed. Not that I'm a fan of them but it's rather an unfair comparison, and I don't see how the nu-rave tag fits them at all, aside from how they dress and the fact that they use a little electronics. They've got more in common with your average myspace metal or extremo band.

I quite like nu-rave myself. It's fun, and I don't think it really has much to do with the rave scene you're missing in terms of sound or ethos, the name refers more to fashion and a general dance approach. Why not enjoy both?

jeph:
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supersheep:
Nu-rave has nothing to do with rave music. It's a convenient label tagged onto a particular genre of music by the press. Alos, happy hardcore? To each their own I guess...

THING I LEARNED TODAY: Richard D James is from Limerick.

MusicScribbles:
So at clubs that play nu-rave, I guess they don't hand out pacifiers.
Would they hand out jumbo marshmallows instead, or latex gloves?

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