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Electronica scene in Orlando?/ Florida Breaks? edit

The electronic dance music scene in Orlando inspired, nurtured, and enhanced the careers of numerous notable DJ artists, producers as well as a surrounding industry. The scene and cultural movement in Orlando was an early prototype of the Florida and United States dance music, clubbing and raving cultural movement.

From the cultural movement, came the Florida breaks genre consisting of both the Funky breaks and the progressive "Orlando Sound". As the Orlando's underground scene outgrew the Central Florida region, a once localized scene extended its stylistic influences throughout the State of Florida, the remaining U.S. and Europe. The period 1988 to 1998 spanned the era when Central Florida’s club scene was a world-renowned hub of underground electronic dance music that was recognized by U.S. and international media for its innovation.

Several tragedies, highlighted by negative press, new government legislation, and an exodus of talent out of Florida brought the local dance music scene to an end and paved the way for the role of the so-called "superstar DJ" and the trend away from intimate clubs towards larger venues and EDM Music festivals.

Setting edit

Main article: Second Summer of Love
See also: Summer of Love
2nd summer of love in UK, never ended, US/Ibiza influence in UK.[1]
Reynolds GenXTC:UK:"SOL?-More like Summer of having a good time/kids always done since Saturday Night Fever."[page needed]

Mirelle Silcott, in Rave America, states "U.S. rave culture displaced the original large city influences in dance music for smaller cities such as Milwaukee, Baltimore, Portland, and Orlando."[2] Silcott notes that throughout the 1990s, Orlando's scene was "one of North America’s most vibrant populated and surprisingly creative.”[3] Part of that creativity was the new break beat sound of central Florida.[3]

According to Eddie Pappa, also known as DJ Icey, the story of Florida breaks includes both a rise and a fall and observes that the consequences that Orlando experienced were more harsh in comparison with elsewhere.[4]

Silcott reasons that Orlando's younger demographic in the 1990's made it possible for the dance music scene to "spark, glow, and burn.”[4] Simon Reynolds, in Generation Ecstasy, posits whether the older, retired, and wealthy citizens, who make Florida one of the most conservative states in the country, hold the legislative and law enforcement agency reigns of power that placed the Florida scene 'under siege".[5] 

Disney power and Family friendly town[6]
media

Orlando's underground 1988-1990 edit

The underground dance music subculture in Orlando was centered around the Beacham Theatre from 1988-1990.[7] This period in Orlando coincided with the Second Summer of Love, then occurring in the United Kingdom. 

There were very few similar scenes in U.S. at this time. House scenes in Chicago, Detroit, NYC,[8] 
Available music was limited at time,[9] caused mixture of genres,
Orlando DJs at Beacham traveled to Europe for records, Dj Lisa, Joe edd,[10]

The City of Orlando’s Summer of Love was predicated by an underground acid house scene. The new Acid house sound soon spread to local radio programming as well as college, gay, goth, and teen night clubs (such as Electric Avenue/Visage and Decades) by 1989.[11] 

Beach club, Spit, Southern Nights

Orlando's "Summer of Love" 1990-1993 edit

See also: Beacham_Theatre § Cultural_impact, and Club culture

Orlando’s Summer of Love is a term encompassing the cultural and underground dance music scene in Central Florida centered around Orlando that developed during the early 1990s[12]. Orlando's Summer of Love is said to have occurred throughout 1991 and 1992 when the underground subculture that originally sprang from the small local acid-house scene in Orlando developed into a cross-European progressive connection that spread throughout Florida and subsequently, to the rest of the United States and back to Europe.[7] The Florida gatherings have been compared to the acid-parties of the Summer of Love which were also called “all night raves.”[13] The term Orlando's Summer of Love was coined in 1998 by Orlando Weekly journalist Matt Kelemen.[7]

The Orlando scene gained popularity by word-of mouth, flyers, and spread by shared mixtapes and magazine articles.[2] It had soon spread to Gainesville, and other pockets of Central Florida such as Tampa, Daytona Beach and Cocoa.[citation needed] The Orlando Summer of Love period was highlighted by producers from the United Kingdom and Germany who began traveling to The Beacham Theater to perform.[citation needed] Soon, a local music industry sprang up and a corporate interest developed, hastening the statewide expansion. Orlando’s Summer of Love inspired local artists, clubs, and producers such as DJ Icey, who ushered in the popularity of a funky sub-genre of Florida breaks, and brought new and upcoming European artists and producers to other Orlando venues.[14][page needed]

The new club culture scene was described in 1993 as "a Haight-Ashbury for the 90's," by the Orlando Sentinel’s Liesl Guinto.[15]

By 1993 the word "rave" was already considered passe in Orlando.[15]

The popularity of the underground sub-culture expanded exponentially during the Summer of 1993.[16] Specifically, the Orlando underground dance music scene scene really took off over the 1993 Independence Day weekend.[16] On July 3rd, 1993 the last of three "Infonet" parties, "The Underground Explosion" was held at at the Orlando Convention Center and on on July 4, 1993, The Dust Bros. (now the Chemical brothers) and 2 Bad Mice had thier first U.S. performances at the Edge.[16] 

Sense of Family or unity

PLUR[17]

Orlando: "The Seattle of Electronica" 1993-1997 edit

See also: Madchester

Silcott explains that by this point, so-called rave and house culture was “a pan-American phenomena" yet there appeared to be "no route place or historical bed rock that 'Electronica' could be identified with".[18] 1980s Chicago and Detroit were discarded as too black or too gay or "not representative" and Europe felt “too foreign”.[19][20]

In late 1997 music publications began featuring articles on popular electronic music scenes.[21] A scene that represented the central point of electronic music was sought out. Rolling Stone found that scene in Orlando.[21] 

Comparisons with Seattle grunge and indie rock scene (by Gettelman, Weir, Ferguson, Silcott[21]) "Rolling Stone magazine calls Orlando the 'Seattle of electronica' and Club Firestone the best dance club in the Southeast."[22]

Music second to the party, Greed
the Internet
during an evolution/ the rise of EDM

Orlando's "Footloose" era 1997-1998 edit

See also: Footloose (1984 film)
Footloose comparison with local /state rave crackdown[23]

Florida Breaks edit

Main article: Florida breaks
See also: Post-disco, Eurodisco, Hi-NRG, House Music, Acid House, Balearic beat, Synth-pop, New beat, Industrial music, Techno, Drum and bass, Jungle, Breakbeat, Ragga, and Hip house

Chicago-Europe roots edit

Main articles: House music, Acid house, and Progressive house

House Music originated in Chicago[11] House took on new qualities when it came to Europe where it was played at Ibiza.[1] 

 music from America and Europe[1], UK warehouse parties only for this type of music[1] different that anything produced in UK or any existing music scene,

Progressive house, was imported back to the U.S.[1] 

Traveler/ Hippy influence[citation needed]

Florida funky breaks edit

Main article: Florida breaks
See also: Big beat and Rave

The local Orlando scene quickly spread to all of Central Florida and subsequently, to the rest of Florida by 1993. Orlando-centered breaks began to influence numerous producers in Florida and Europe (with the exception of funky breaks).

There does not seem to a current universal consensus on the exact elements that constituted Florida's unique sound.[24] The genre's inspirational influences have created regional and preference variations within Florida that have made the genre more difficult to define. Producers and DJs in South Florida and Tampa kept with a deep house flavor or retained more of the funk and hip-hop influence of Miami's so-called "ghetto-bass".[24] [25][26] 

Not exact definition. consensus is has it uplifting happy vocal style. Mixed with elements of Miami bass and Electro to create funky breaks.[27]

Large franchise dance music venues such as The Edge opened in Orlando and then in Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville (silcott?[page needed])

The Edge was followed by the Abyss, Firestone[22]

The larger venues attracted more patrons, including tourists, as well as more live performances from international acts and Radio play. (silcott?[page needed])[citation needed]

Floridian funky breaks is a Breakbeat house style with booming bass, electro, and "party" lyrics or rap, in the style of Miami bass, with small bits of slowed down British Breakbeat hard-core.[14][page needed]

The elements of Florida Breaks consist of a booming "car stereo" bassline, a break beat loop, some electro, Roland-303, a build up, lyrical samples with bits of hip-hop culture and a "sunshiny" feel.[28][20]

The Florida funky breaks genre can be attributed Dj Icey.[9] Icey's Breakbeat style was not straight beat. The style contained some Chicago house elements, mixed with hip-hop instrumentals, and Breakbeat house, mid-tempo records imported from England and especially those from the Ozone and D-Zone record labels.[5] According to West Coast DJ John Howard, the funky breaks style was also established in the San Francisco Bay Area by the Hardkiss brothers and DJ Dan.[3] West Coast break beat was a slightly faster break beat precursor of U.S. Drum and Bass (called Jungle in the U.K.).[20]

The funky breaks to date, has been the only dance genre entirely created within the American rave scene.[29] The funky domestic style was seen as a product of home-grown "cultural adjuncts" which DJ Icey notes was the natural outgrowth of those who formed their tastes in the 80s and 90s and grew up listening to rap and hip-hop.[29]

By 1993 the availability of new mid-tempo Breakbeat records from the U.K. were limited.[9] Most of the available productions had a very fast tempo.[9] The fast 150-170 BPM tempo popular in UK dance music at that time was called hardcore.[30] UK hardcore and breakbeat hardcore was generally too fast for Orlando crowds where a slower tempo (of 120-135 BPM) was preferred.[9] Faster U.K. hardcore records were slowed down while some 45 RPM records were set at 33 RPM and played in Orlando at 120 BPM.[31] DJ Icey began making a record a month or even one per day.[9]

The funky breaks style did really not infiltrate Europe.[3] Much like British hard-core in the early 90s, the Florida breaks party music sound was described with terms such as simplistic, uncomplicated, cheap, gangster, trashy and "not thinking man’s dance music".[3] 

Followed established formula.

The Orlando Sound edit

See also: Breakbeat § Progressive_breaks
The Orlando Sound/FL breaks was a mixture of genres.  
with early breakbeat dance music being released in the UK.

silcott: "The Beacham was the genesis of the Orlando scene. 1986 Chicago house did not directly provide the stimulus for Aahz as in other U.S. scenes such as Detroit and New York City. Instead it was inspired by ecstasy and the British acid-house wave in 1988."[32] 

Promoter Stace bass, DJ Kimball Collins "synonymous with Orlando House," Dave Cannalte Disney.[2]

Silcott: "Aahz ingrained the spirit of what would soon be the most notable characteristic of Orlando electronica tastes": "easy and uplifting, happy, not severe or aggressive."[27]

The Orlando Sound of Central and Northern Florida were strongly influenced by European new beat, trance and progressive house. This mixture of different genres became known as "The Orlando Sound."[33] Early progressive breaks venues were Aahz in the Beacham Theatre and Simon’s in Gainesville.[citation needed] These smaller venues were followed by larger venues specializing in the progressive Orlando sound such as The Club at Firestone and Icon.[citation needed]

The Orlando Sound's progressive breaks gained critical acclaim and international recognition was highly popular among producers, DJs, and club goers during the mid 1990s.[34] (<!see Talk:Beacham_Theatre#Edit_undo_Comment?>)

The Orlando Sound was marketed internationally as "Orlando friendly."[24]

Nick Newton, an English breaks DJ and producer, called his 1996 record Orlando.[33] 

Artistic experimentation and risk taking, "gay"
Sasha & John Digweed, similar sound, early, visits, commentary about the Orlando scene, impact on careers, on Orlando, use of FL breaks

Sasha came more than 15 times in 3 years.[35]

Significance of drugs edit

Use edit

Main article: club drugs
See also: MDMA; LSD; Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid; Flunitrazepam; Nitrous oxide; 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; and Heroin

Simon Reynolds said of Florida's rave scene, "It's infamous for taking excessive hedonism to the point of near-death experience and sometimes taking it all the way."[5]

New "ecstasy" pills arrived in Orlando in 1992. The large-sized, round, "Texas tallboy" tablet with "chocolate chip" specks were called "wafers." The so-called wafer tablets very likely did not contain any MDMA. Wafers caused users to become very high, with many vomiting. Users would then "zone out" with slow motion, “fall into oneself” feeling, to a state where some users were nearly unable to speak. They remained feeling strung out for days. Wafers may have contained a huge dose of MDA as did the "Snowball" tablets circulating in the U.K in 1993 which created very similar effects in the users.[36]

The Orlando club scene was also a Rohhypnol scene.[37] In addition, GHB use and drug related date rape was prevalent in Orlando.[37] Special media and law enforcement scrutiny was placed on assaults at Firestone and Ultraviolet with city leaders holding the nightclubs responsible for any drug use in or around their venue.[38]

Poly drug use also led to a break in the scenes vibe and the synergy between club goers who were all "on different trips."[39]. Scott Hardkiss said of the Florida scene, "It's an active place but the whole state has done too many E's" "...there are 3,000 people there but no one's dancing...Everyone is off their heads on Rhyopnol and 'E that's like heroin', 'sit down E'."[5]

Poly-drug use (especially mixtures with sedatives, GHB[4] and drugs that depress breathing[40]), bad ecstasy or heroin abuse were blamed for the overdoses.[41] Orlando was inundated by heroin by 1994. [42]

Church going families and city leaders were shocked to see still-under-the-influence clubbers streaming out onto city streets on Sunday mornings after an entire night of dancing.[43] Scenesters who were clearly under the influence of club drugs during daytime business hours were also encountered in Orlando.[citation needed]

Ambulances and overdoses were regular occurrences at Orlando late night events.[44][45] There seemed to be a death at an event every two weeks.[44] The emergencies triggered alarm in the local news media who rallied the public against the public hazard of Orlando's rave "drug supermarkets".[5] The drug overdoses generally generated desensitization or cynicism rather than moderation among club goers.[44]

During the Summer of 1994, the deaths of 18-year-old Sandra Montessi at the Edge, and 21-year old Teresa Schwartz at Dekko's, shocked the City of Orlando and the dance music scene.[46] Area physicians estimated that there were nearly 60 deaths related to drug use in Orlando with many of the deaths linked to the area's club and rave scene between 1991 and 1997.[41] 

Sub-zero[27]
superficial PLUR (Kelemen?)

Reaction to edit

See also: Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act, Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act, and Beacham_Theatre § End_of_the_Late_Night_and_Live_Entertainment_eras

Reunion and Decko's closed three weeks after the death of Teresa Schwartz[22], Edge closed in 1995[47] 

Backlash against rave, Split in the scene in Orlando and elsewhere similar to U.K. hardcore and intelligent house and techno: progressive house Away from rave music and hardcore [48]
breaks vs prog scene,[48]

Edge crowd young, straight, breakbeat, Rave;[49]
Edge=drugs=dirty. Edge (91 to 96)silcott p. 130.  92 or 93[citation needed]-1995... 
Abyss, all ages, breakbeat [14][page needed]  
After Edge, Ultraviolet for breaks. Did not allow progressive[50]

By 2000 breaks survived at non-alcohol after-hours venues such as Cyberzone[51] until it shut down in 2001 when owners arrested in a challenge to the State's rave law[52][53] and also at H2O, until it was shut down in 2002 by the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation after multiple drug arrests.[54] 

Kimball prog house sound[55]
Aahz alumni vs new ravers/ breakdancing[48]
"Old school" in Florida was Aahz alumni who wanted clean getaway from rave[55]
Progressive was anti-rave[56]
Prog most international[57]
Firestone- older, Progressive straight beat, gay then mix at Firestone.[58]
Firestone- Dress up no backpacks or sneakers, collars, no breakdancing[35]
Icon- progressive house, dress code/ collars, no hats, backpacks, no breaking[59]

Amphetamine sold as MDMA in the U.K. is considered a prime reason that an increased BPM in British hardcore was preferred by club goers there.[60]

Conversely, it’s believed that the effects of the wafers was a contributing factor in the creation and popularity in Orlando of a slower mid-tempo funky breaks sound.[31] 

regional coverage in newspapers, police harassment, state county city legislative repression rave not a national news subject[61]

NBC 1997 20/20 expose of Florida scene[62], 
Rolling Stone[21]
Local, state ordinances[63], 
national bills, laws against,

Following the Rolling Stone article...  Rave review task force. "Anti-rave" bill[64] .

two weeks before rave bill was passed Zen music festival Arrest of promoter, death of patron[23]

A Rave review task force in 1997 set up by Orlando police and city government stifled the all night activities in the city.[65] 

implementation of a teen curfew[65]  
Talent exodus.[14][page needed]

The restrictions did not completely kill Orlando dance music scene but it did end all late night events in the city.[66]

The Local ordinance pushed late night events out of Orlando city limits.[66][67] Less drugs, tourists, Firestone die out[38]

Both breaks and prog scenes moved out of city limits.[68] City and county rave ordinances did not apply to (late night electronic music concerts) or all-night events at theme parks such as Disney.[51].

EDM repackaging edit

Main articles: Big room house and Electronic_dance_music § Popularization_in_the_United_States
See also: Music festival

Major record label interest in electronic music developed.

The subsequent rebranding of "electronica" created a confused jumble of genres.[69]

In an effort to distance itself away from DJ and dance culture, which they viewed as a drug culture, Music Industry executives chose to market electronica acts as Pop and Rock band culture.[5]

"Electronica" pushed UK artists like the Chemical Brothers, Underworld, and The Prodigy and then American artists like Crystal Method and Rabbit in the Moon to follow a Rock and roll performance-based formula.[70][71]

Breakdancing had a US/European revival in 1998 Madonna[72]

The Funky breaks of the early 1990s sounds very similar to the Big beat genre, and in particular, the sound popularized by FatBoy Slim.[72][71][73] Big Beat is felt by some in Orlando to be a rip off of the funky breaks.[72] 

Festivals (zen etc.), Wind down of Breaks, Rise of EDM festivals, Electronic dance music

misc. topics edit

Rabbit in the Moon[18]

New producers [74]

Zone records, labels such as. FFRR.[72][73]

Scene spread by magazine articles, word-of-mouth.[2]

Abyss, all ages, breakbeat




Further reading edit

  • Fritz, Jimi (1999). Rave Culture, an insider's overview. Smallfry Publishing. ISBN 9780968572108.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Nickson, Chris (April 24, 2010). "The Second Summer of Love". Ministry of Rock. Retrieved 2019-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Silcott 1999, p. 126.
  3. ^ a b c d e Silcott 1999, p. 123.
  4. ^ a b c Silcott 1999, p. 122.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Reynolds 1999, p. 315.
  6. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 145-146.
  7. ^ a b c Kelemen, Matt (September 2, 1998). "Wizards of Aahz: The Florida winter had just begun". The Orlando Weekly. Euclid Media Group. Retrieved November 30, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 11,42.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Silcott 1999, p. 129.
  10. ^ Kelemen 1998. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFKelemen1998 (help)
  11. ^ a b Torres Al-Shibibi, Agnes (April 15, 1989). "60s Meet the '70s in Acid House". The Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  12. ^ Moyer, Matthew (November 21, 2017). "Wizard of AAHZ: Orlando lord of the dance Kimball Collins is serious about throwing a party". The Orlando Weekly. Euclid Media Group. Retrieved October 3, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Guida, Humberto (April 27, 2011). "I Was A Florida Raver Chapter 1 The Edge". Clubplanet. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  14. ^ a b c d Silcott 1999.
  15. ^ a b Guinto, Liesl (August 1, 1993). "All The Rave". The Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing Company. Retrieved August 16, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Gudia2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 45.
  18. ^ a b Silcott 1999, p. 142.
  19. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 42,142.
  20. ^ a b c Reynolds 1999, p. 314.
  21. ^ a b c d Silcott 1999, pp. 142–143.
  22. ^ a b c Staff, O. W. "A short history of Orlando's relationship with the club scene". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  23. ^ a b Silcott 1999, p. 144.
  24. ^ a b c Gettelman, Parry (February 9, 1997). "The Orlando Sound Although Hard To Define, It's Hot Among Lovers Of Underground Dance Music". The Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing Company. Retrieved November 5, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ Gentile, Jessica (November 4, 2014). "Florida Breaks in the 1990s: Beats Get Sleazy in the Weirdo Armpit of America". thump.vice.com. VICE. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  26. ^ Ireland, David. "Electronic Music 101: What Are Breakbeats?". Magnetic Magazine. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  27. ^ a b c Silcott 1999, p. 127.
  28. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 123-124.
  29. ^ a b Silcott 1999, p. 125.
  30. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 38–39.
  31. ^ a b Silcott 1999, p. 131.
  32. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 126–127.
  33. ^ a b Ferguson, Jason; Le-Huu, Bao (July 2, 2013). "Dance dance revolution". orlandoweekly.com. The Orlando Weekly. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  34. ^ Ferguson 2013.
  35. ^ a b Silcott 1999, p. 135.
  36. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 134.
  37. ^ a b Silcott 1999, pp. 137–140.
  38. ^ a b Silcott 1999, p. 143.
  39. ^ Reynolds & p313-314.
  40. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 139.
  41. ^ a b Silcott 1999, pp. 122, 132–134.
  42. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 132–134.
  43. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 140.
  44. ^ a b c Silcott 1999, p. 133.
  45. ^ Reynolds 1999, pp. 315–316.
  46. ^ Reynolds 1999, p. 315.
  47. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 136.
  48. ^ a b c Silcott 1999, pp. 134–137.
  49. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 134–136.
  50. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 136–137.
  51. ^ a b Silcott 1999, p. 146.
  52. ^ Jacobson, Susan. "Deputies arrest Cyberzone owner -- again". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  53. ^ Curtis, Henry Pierson. "Jurors: Cyberzone is not a dance studio". OrlandoSentinel. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  54. ^ Cite error: The named reference History2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  55. ^ a b Silcott 1999, pp. 134–135.
  56. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 134.
  57. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 129,136.
  58. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 135–136.
  59. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 129–130.
  60. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 131.
  61. ^ Reynolds 1999, p. 303.
  62. ^ Reynolds 1999, p. 303-304.
  63. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 140, 143-146.
  64. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 122–123, 143–145.
  65. ^ a b Silcott 1999, pp. 122–123.
  66. ^ a b Silcott 1999, pp. 145–146.
  67. ^ Reynolds 1999, p. 316.
  68. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 145.
  69. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 141.
  70. ^ Silcott 1999, pp. 141–143.
  71. ^ a b Reynolds 1999, p. 383-384.
  72. ^ a b c d Silcott 1999, p. 147.
  73. ^ a b Pilcher 2008, p. 132.
  74. ^ Silcott 1999, p. 128.

References edit

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  • Weir 1997> Weir, John (1997). "Hot kids with Macs Sound and their own records labels are turning the pre-fab Disney backwater of Orlando, FL into the Seattle of Electronica". Rolling Stone. No. 0767, The 1997 Hot Issue. {{cite magazine}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); External link in |issue= (help) Penske Business Media.</ref>
  • Curvin 1996> Curvin, Laura; Ressler, Darren (December 1996). "Orlando: The Next Magical Musical Kingdom?". Mixmag. Vol. 2, no. 67. Cardinal. {{cite magazine}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)</ref> (As cited by Silcott. Verify if US edition)
  • Chaplin 1997> Chaplin, Julia (December 1997). "Dirty Dancing". Spin. Vol. 13, no. 9. Billboard Music. p. 84 – via Google books.</ref>
Gentile, Jessica (November 4, 2014). "The Essential Rave Nightclubs of Floridian History". Vice. Retrieved November 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)</ref>
  • Salzer 1999> Salzer, Rick (May 1, 1999). "Sasha, Digweed Stay Busy". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 18. New York: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved August 2, 2016. Sasha and Digweed began crossing the Atlantic in order to DJ in clubs in the U.S. Their first stop was Aahz, a seminal club in Orlando, Fla.</ref>
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Commentary edit

  • Brewster 2005> Brewster, Bill; Broughton, Frank (July 26, 2005). "Interviews: Sasha". DJ History. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016. Do you think with what you and John [Digweed] did in Twilo, you had a taste of that in inspiring America? Maybe. I think the scene was already really going, developing. I think probably what we did in Orlando a few years before, even though we didn't have a regular club there, but just the fact we were going to Orlando every two or three months and doing these massive parties there. I went out first and then a while later John came out and then the Chemical Brothers. We were some of the first ones to go out there and then it really opened up.</ref>
  • Montes 2008> Montes De Oca, Mark (May 5, 2008). "John Digweed Radio". Pandora. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016. Digweed came to the United States through Orlando, FL and had this to say about that night, "It wasn't until 1993, when I did a big party in Orlando, that it kicked things off for Sasha and I. The kids there were really into it, whereas you could have gone to any other state and they wouldn't have got it."</ref>

Orlando Sentinel coverage edit

Orlando Weekly coverage edit

Ferguson, Jason; Le-Huu, Bao (July 3, 2013). "The Places: The venues and club nights that propelled Orlando's EDM culture in the '90s". The Orlando Weekly. Euclid Media Group. Retrieved July 28, 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)</ref>
Le-Huu, Bao (December 2, 2015). "This Little Underground: AAHZ honors Orlando's breaks legacy". orlandoweekly.com. The Orlando Weekly. Retrieved August 19, 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)</ref>

Other local sources edit

  • Allout2015> "Aahz...An era of Electronic Music". Orlando.AllOut.com. Orlando.AllOut. January 24, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015. ...if you lived in Orlando in the 90′s "AAHZ" meant and still means family. AAHZ was a late night event that was held at The Beacham nightclub back in the late 80′s/early 90′s. It was so much more than just a night at a club though. It was more of a family reunion every time you walked through the doors. This was in the era where PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) was still the main player at these sort of events. This was back in the day before distractions like cell phones and digital cameras were in everyone's hands and it was just you, the crowd, and the DJ. The time when music connected people in a way that very few will ever understand. People came from all over the state to attend the famed AAHZ events. This was a place where you could go and totally let loose without fear of judgment by others. People came to AAHZ for the music and the vibe. The way the DJ's were able to use their turntables to emotionally connect so many different people through their music could not be duplicated anywhere. They quite literally had the mood of the entire room in their hands behind the decks. People thrived off of this new underground culture that was being introduced to Orlando through these AAHZ events. AAHZ was in a league of its own in the Orlando club scene, hosting international talents like Sasha and John Digweed, … There is no doubt that AAHZ and its DJ's helped put Orlando on the map and in the forefront of the entire Electronic Dance Music movement across the United States. There really is no way to adequately convey the true meaning or raw emotion of what AAHZ was, or why so many people considered it to be "home." ... Unfortunately, AAHZ came to an end in 1992, and with that came the end of an era for the Orlando club scene and Orlando Electronic Dance Music as a whole. The days of AAHZ …little piece of perfect that used to reside in the heart of Downtown Orlando.[dead link]</ref>

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