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New rave (also known asnü rave,nu rave orneu rave) is amicrogenre ofelectronic music originally coined by Klaxons founder Jamie Reynolds to describe aBritish alternative music scene that emerged between 2005 and late 2008. Characterized by fast-pacedelectronica-influencedindie music that drew influences from 1980sMadchester andrave scenes. The genre influenced the development ofblog-related music scenes such asbloghouse[1] andblog rock.[2]
Notable acts includeKlaxons,Trash Fashion,New Young Pony Club,Hadouken!,Late of the Pier andShitdisco.
The term was coined byKlaxons founder Jamie Reynolds, who later declared they were not new rave, describing it as a "joke that's got out of hand",[3][4][5] stating that:[6]
The whole idea of new rave was to take the piss out of the media by making them talk about something that didn't exist, just for our own amusement. And they'd say, I appreciate that, but can you tell me more about new rave?
The genre is a play on the term "new wave" as well as being a "new" version ofrave music. During the late 2000s, music blogs and press such as theNME andthe Guardian further popularized the term.[7][8][9] Though several artists associated with the scene rejected the label.[10][11][12]
New Rave is characterized by the musical fusion ofelectronica withindie rock anddance-punk styles, describedthe Guardian as "an in-yer-face,DIYdisco riposte to the sensitiveindie rock touted by bands likeBloc Party." The aesthetics of the new rave scene are similar to those of the original rave scene, being mostly centred onpsychedelic visual effects,glowsticks,neon lights. Artists often dress in extremely bright andfluorescent colored clothing.[13][3] New rave has been defined more by the image and aesthetic of its bands and supporters, than by its music.[14][15][16][13][17][18]
Bands such asThe Sunshine Underground,[19]CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy),[20][21][22] andHot Chip[23] have also been labeled as new rave, whileM.I.A. has been described as "a new raver before it was old."[24] StylistCarri Mundane described it as funny, stating:
Vacant inretro. It’s just a marketing machine.... I guess it was a fun time but I’m more excited about what happens now. The next level - the next generation. There’s a mood ofneo-spiritualism andfuturism that excites me.
Los Angeles Times critic Margaret Wappler comments that the "minimalist dance-punk ofLCD Soundsystem, the analog classicism ofSimian Mobile Disco, the fanatical electro-thrash ofJustice, the international amalgam ofM.I.A., the agitated funk of!!! (Chk Chk Chk) and the art-schooled disco-sleaze ofCansei de Ser Sexy" contributed to the thriving 'new rave' dance scene, which led to a rediscovery of indie rockers, and a critical and intellectual revolution in dance music.[25] Artists in the genre overlapped with other musical developments during the 2000s such asdance-punk,blog rock,[26] andbloghouse.
New rave originally emerged in the 2000s Britishelectronic music scene, with artists such asKlaxons,Trash Fashion,New Young Pony Club,Hadouken!,Late of the Pier andShitdisco. The term was coined by Klaxons founder Jamie Reynolds, who later declared they were not new rave, describing it as a "joke that's got out of hand."[3][4][5] TheNME later further popularised the term throughout 2006 and 2007, though later claiming in mid-2008 that "New Rave is over". The movement would later influence the contemporaneousbloghouse scene.[1][27][28][29]
On October 13, 2006 music criticJohn Harris stated inthe Guardian that the genre is nothing more than a "piss-poor supposed 'youthquake'" that will soon go out of fashion in the same way as rave.[26] In reaction to the media overkill of the "genre", Klaxons banned the use of glowsticks at their gigs in April 2007.
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