I CAN SEE THE LIGHT!History of Raves and Light Shows

RAVES

Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows.

Originating from London in the 1950’s, “Rave” was a term used to describe “Wild Bohemian Parties”.

While usually most raves are held “underground” some are held in public places, such as Australia's Olympic Arena because of its fast rising involvement.

USES FOR LIGHTSHOWS IN HISTORY The great magician David

Copperfield used the idea of lights at your fingertips to create one of his widely know tricks, D’Lites. A small light hidden away in a false thumb tip, he could produce what seemed to be a bright red light that would travel between his hands, through his ears, and out of his mouth.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHTSHOWS

Many different types of light shows are incorporated into the rave scene to facilitate everyone and their idea of having fun.

Orbits Hooping Glow sticking Gloving Poi (Fire Dancing)

ORBITS

Attached to a nylon string on both sides, when wound up and pulled taught, the four leds Spin making fantastic shapes that are always eye pleasing.

HOOPINGHooping is exactly what it sounds like, a hula-hoop filled with colorful leds that will put anyone in a trance.

GLOW STICKING

Glow sticking is simply taking any glow stick, tying a string to and dancing to the beat of the music swinging them around your arms and around your body.

Some companies offer long lasting glow sticks that are powered by leds and flashing lights but most performers uses your standard one time use glow sticks.

GLOVING

Gloving can be best described as fingertip leds placed inside of cotton gloves using different techniques such as tutting and finger rolls to producing a mind-numbing effect.

POI OR FIRE DANCING

Fire Poi is actually an ancient art of dance that was pulled into the rave scene.

A ball of cotton soaked in accelerant and hung by string or twine swung around your entire body creating shapes and traceable paths.

MASKS AND APPAREL

When attending a rave, you will seeing nothing but the unusual. From mouse heads to gas masks, to crazy outfits and glowing shoe laces people use the raving experience to express a certain side of themselves that would normally go unnoticed.

DRUGS

Now, it is a common myth that everyone who attends raves, whether they be underground or public does some type of Hallucinogenic or other Psychedelic drug. LSD (acid) Ecstasy (rolls) MDMA (Molly) Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)

Yes these types of drugs are usually very common and accessible at these kinds of functions, but it is not in everyone’s interest to participate it the use.

Many people like providing light shows to people who are “tripping” or “rolling” to give them a full body experience of the drug.

MANUFACTURES OF LIGHT SHOW APPAREL

EmazingLights.com is the world’s leading supplier for anything “Rave”.

There are other companies that produce cheap knock off gloves and such that are usually sold at the door at the Merch table. But none that even come close to comparing to the quality of Emazing Lights products.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF LED PATTERNS FOR YOUR GLOVE SETS AND ORBIT SETS

Strobe -... There are single color strobes... 3 color strobes ... 7 color strobes

Ribbon - these are bulbs like dashes that create a ribbon effect.

... There are no single color ribbons as these would be considered solid... 3 color... 7 color

Dash - longer streaks of colors between the spaces

Fade - These will fade from a solid color, to a dash, to a dot then change colors.

Solid... repeat with new colors

Rainbow/ Slow Rainbow - 7 color faders

I-Morph - 7 color strobe/ribbon

SPONSORSHIPS Emazing Lights is constantly sponsoring

different teams of glovers and rave enthusiasts to get their products out into the public. Some popular glovers include.. AYO? Sharky Team [E] Gummy Blitzen

And MANY MANY MORE!