Any true raver has a serious fascination with the raves of the 90s, our predecessors, the ones we look up to. So here’s a doco that will hopefully inspire one heck of a weekend.

Some legend (Chris Zwar) has uploaded on Vimeo an ABC documentary on warehouse parties that was first broadcasted in January 1998. The doco is called ‘Neurodancer’ and it explores the rave culture that permeated through Australia in the 90s.

The soundtrack for the documentary — which runs throughout the entire documentary — according to Zwar was a combination of tracks liscensed from Hardware Recrods and tracks liscnsed directly from Sonic Animation.

The doco features two raves; the bigger of the two was Hardware 11, held at shed 14 on Melbourne docks and the smaller rave was, well Zwar has forgotten.

The warehouse parties shown aren’t some haphazard, generator parties, these are the real deal; lights, dancers, deco and of course music you can dance all night long to.

***Disclaimer: If you’re from Sydney and you watch this doco, you might feel pretty depressed that this is pretty impossible to experience nowadays. 

Neurodancer. ABC Rave documentary, Melbourne, 1997. from Chris Zwar on Vimeo.