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| Related genres | Trance music,electronic dance music,goa,dub techno,psychedelic trance,ebm,industrial music,jungle music |
| Location | Oceania,New Zealand, Australia |
| Related events | Category:Music festivals,music festival,rave,trance festival,electronic dance music festival,teknival,free party,Category:Trance festivals,Category:Electronic music festivals in Australia |
Adoof orbush doof is a type of outdoor dance party generally held in a remote country area, or outside a large city in surrounding bush or rainforest. Events referred to asdoofs are now held worldwide and have built from a small set of social groups to a subculture with millions of active members worldwide, considered by some as a full blown culture[1] similar toraves orteknivals. Doofs generally have healing workshops, speakers, art, live artists and DJs playing a range of electronic music, commonlygoa,house,dub techno,Techno,acid heavy sounds andpsychedelic trance.
"Doof doof" is a term in Australia and New Zealand for loud electronic music centred on a heavy bass drum kick.[2][3]
The name isonomatopoeic, and is derived from the sound of thekick drum used in theelectronic music frequently lettered (as in "doof doof doof doof music").[4] According to Peter Strong,[5] the original term "doof" was created in Newtown, Sydney in Spring 1992, after a neighbour of theNon Bossy Posse knocked on the door to complain about their music: "What is this Doof Doof Doof I hear all night long, this is not music" she exclaimed.[6] The term did not become a popular designation for outdoor dance parties until after the mid-1990s. Since 2017 inMelbourne, smaller doofs have sometimes been referred to as a "doif", after a local tech-house DJ, LOIF, headlined several smaller parties. This was initially a pushback to festivals likePitch Music & Arts Festival, which "doofers" felt was too large to share the name with the more intimate parties from which the term originated.
During the 1990s, free dance parties proliferated in Sydney, particularly inSydney Park in St Peters and warehouses of theInner West. As pressure from police and councils increased, holding parties in the bush appeared as a more viable option.
The first documented commercial "doof" parties in Australia were held in Sydney in 1993. The earliest recorded event was Vegetable Matter on 8 May 1993, produced by Vegetable Matter. The event took place in an abandoned supermarket on Dixon Street, Chinatown, with DJs such as Non Bossy Posse, Biz E, Sub Bass Snarl, Colour, Quang, Freebase, Comadose, Pulse, Todd, Michael MD, Patrick HAF, and Blau Dot. The decks were set up inside old fridges, and the entrance was through a back alley past old freezers. Many people wondered what was in them.[7]
Later that month, on 26 May 1993, another significant doof event, Suck Acid Fest, was produced by Virtual Bass at 324 King Street, Newtown. The lineup featured DJs Vincent, Free Bass, Sub Bass Snarl, and Acid Masters.[8]
Following these early Sydney events,Earthcore became notable as one of the first commercial bush doof parties inMelbourne, Victoria, later in 1993.[9]
Today, the term 'doof' can describe anything from a small gathering in the bush focused around a small sound system to a multi-day, multi-stage event with DJs, bands, and workshops.
In 2013, "bush doof" was added to thesixth edition of the Macquarie Dictionary.[10]
There are 'doof' radio stations that serve as focal points for a worldwide community[citation needed], including:
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