I Like to Smoke in Silence After Raves
I spent about four months choosing and rearranging these 30 tracks until the mix felt right.
I rave, I produce, I DJ.
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Club music, experimental electronic, breaks, grime and techno connected into long-form sets without genre borders.
I Lost So Many Weekends Raving and I Wanna Lose Some More
A loud and restless mix about going out again even when you know better.
Original tracks and other experiments.
Breakbeat, bass, garage, jungle and experimental electronic tracks, built from scratch in a DAW. I do not use generative AI in music.
Original electronic music by thecatrave
Breakbeat, garage, jungle, techno and melancholic electronic music.
Breakbeat and electronic music archive
Sketches and original productions from my SoundCloud.
Records and playlists I keep close.
Breaks, UK garage, jungle, ambient and leftfield club music I return to and build from.
Notes from the underground.
Long-form articles about the sounds, scenes, technology and communities behind underground club culture.
Rave spots~6 min readBelgrade Clubs and Nightlife: Drugstore, Klub 20/44, Splavovi
Drugstore, Klub 20/44 and Barutana: the Belgrade clubs worth a night, how the splavovi river rafts were cleared from the Sava, and Boiler Room sets to hear first.
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Rave spots~6 min readBest Clubs in Vienna: Flex, Grelle Forelle and Where to Dance Now
The best clubs in Vienna now: Flex, Grelle Forelle, Das Werk, Fluc and SASS, plus what happened to Pratersauna, which stopped operating as a club in 2025.
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Festivals~11 min readFusion Festival, Lärz Germany: 2027, 2028 Dates, Tickets
Fusion Festival in Lärz, Germany: why there is no 2027 edition, the 2028 dates, how the ticket lottery works, the 2019 police dispute, stages and how to get there.
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Rave spots~9 min readUshuaia Ibiza: Tickets, Dress Code and Season Events
Ushuaia Ibiza: what tickets cost, the dress code and entry rules, the 2026 residencies and closing parties, and what 2027 has not published.
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Festivals~7 min readLove Parade: History, Duisburg 2010 and Rave the Planet
The Love Parade from Berlin in 1989 to Duisburg in 2010, why it ended, and Rave the Planet and the Street Parade, the parades that carry it on.
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Festivals~8 min readDefqon.1 2027: Dates, Tickets, Sale Dates, Line-up
Defqon.1 2027: dates, how the ticket sales work, why 2026 was cancelled, where it is held, the stage colours and how to get there.
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Rave spots~7 min readPrintworks London: Reopening, Closure and History
Printworks London closed in May 2023. What is officially planned, why it shut, its rooms and capacity, famous nights, Drumsheds and where to go instead.
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Digging~11 min readBest DJ Sets of All Time: 30 You Can Hear
Thirty official recordings, from Carl Cox at Space to Fabio and Grooverider, with named sets, substitutes and editorial picks clearly marked.
Read article →About thecatrave.
My taste comes from Eastern European melancholy, German electronic music and the restless energy of UK bass, from jungle and drum and bass to garage and hardcore. I started with Eurodance as a kid, then got obsessed with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, The Future Sound of London and Meat Beat Manifesto, alongside West Coast rap. Jungle and drum and bass led me to Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Photek, Source Direct and 4hero, while Sade, Seal and Sting taught me that melody and atmosphere matter as much as drums.
My tracks and DJ sets move through breakbeat, bass, club music, experimental electronic, breaks and rave, with elements of grime and techno. I do not stay inside one genre, and I am always looking for connections between rhythms, scenes and eras.
I make music for pre-parties, clubs, raves and afters, but also for walking alone or sitting on a balcony with a cigarette and thinking about life.