These Parties Get a Rave Review

摘要

Every generation needs its ecstatic rituals, and today's kids have raves, chemically friendly overnight bliss-outs presided over by electronic shamans with names like DJ Spooky or Scanner or Moby. Manning the control boards like captains of a psychedelic ship, they guide the dancers on a throbbing techno tide, lifting the crowd's communal spirit up, up and away on a sweat-drenched transcen-dental joyride. This under-ground techno-rave culture is the subject of two current movies, the documentary "Better Living Through Cir-cuitry" and the indie feature "Groove"—a sure sign that the phenomenon has not only reached sea level, but probably peaked.