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.
My DJ mixes.
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
I rebuilt this mix about ten times, swapping tracks and second-guessing transitions. In the end, it became around 40 tracks I love, moving through breaks, garage, dubstep, grime, techno and more. For your walk home, cleaning your room or the afters, of course.
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.
Festivals~9 min readBest Dance Music Festivals in the UK 2027: Creamfields, Houghton
Creamfields on 26 to 29 August, Houghton on 5 to 8 August, Parklife on 10 and 11 July: UK dance festivals for 2027 by sound, with dates confirmed or not.
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Festivals~9 min readBest EDM Festivals in Australia 2027: Beyond the Valley, Pitch
Beyond the Valley at New Year, Pitch on 5 to 9 March, Ultra back in April: Australian EDM festivals by state and season, with dates confirmed or not.
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Festivals~9 min readBest EDM Festivals in Canada 2027: VELD, Shambhala, Ile Soniq
Shambhala on 23 to 26 July, VELD listed for 30 July, Ile Soniq listed for 7 August: Canadian EDM festivals for 2027, with dates confirmed or not.
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Festivals~9 min readBest Psytrance Festivals 2027: Ozora, Boom and Universo Paralello
Boom on 18 to 25 July, Ozora listed from 23 July, Universo Paralello at New Year: psytrance festivals for 2027 by setting, with dates confirmed or not.
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Festivals~9 min readBest Techno Festivals 2027: Awakenings, Time Warp, Movement
Awakenings on 9 to 11 July, Time Warp on 3 April, Movement on 29 to 31 May: techno festivals for 2027 by sound, with dates confirmed or not.
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Rave spots~4 min readADE Amsterdam 2027: When Is Amsterdam Dance Event?
ADE 2027 runs 20 to 24 October in Amsterdam. What Amsterdam Dance Event is, how the Pro Pass and festival tickets differ, and where 1,200+ events happen.
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Rave spots~11 min readBest Nightclubs in the World: 20 Clubs From DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100
The best nightclubs in the world by region, from Ibiza and Berlin to Brazil, Miami and Tokyo, with DJ Mag ranks, sizes and sets to hear.
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Music history~8 min read90s Rave Music: The Records, Scenes and Laws That Shaped It
British hardcore, Belgian techno, Dutch gabber and the law that went after repetitive beats, with a record to hear for each.
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.