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submitted: May 26th 2008 | by: ChrisChanning | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 525 | |

Electronic dance music videos, more popularly known as rave music videos are one of the most entertaining, exciting, and visually expansive music video forms being made today. The reason the videos are so incredible is that they have no limit to their possibilities. Everything about them is very experimental, the music and visuals must fit together to make these videos great. Many people have understandably formed obsessions with these videos and the music that fuels them.

Before you can truly hope to understand the visual factors of rave music videos you must first learn of the music. Rave music is classified as a combination of fast break beat and hardcore techno music. Many forms of trance music are contained in rave music. Loops and synthesizers are used to give the music its unique style. The Prodigy, Utah Saints and The Shamen were some of the first musical groups to be considered rave music makers.

A group's work is generally considered rave music the moment it is played at a rave. A rave is an enormous grouping of people dancing to the hard pumping music and in most cases partaking in the use of mind expanding drugs.

Ecstasy is the drug that has been made famous by the rave scene. This pill is preferred by rave goers because of its ability to expand upon bright lighting, hard pounding music, and objects in motion. Colors and movement are applied in a lot of rave videos for this purpose. Rave goers have said that while on the drug the music is more fluid and clear. The combination of dancing and music while on ecstasy can enter the user in to a highly pleasurable state of mind.

Rave music videos put a big importance of dancing, and the most popular form of dancing in the rave scene is liquid dancing. The name is based of the motions of the dancer as they perform. Usually only arms and legs are used while dancing, but the more advanced dancers can put their entire body to use while performing.

Eighties b-boy break dancing was used as a model when forming liquid dancing. There are several different styles and techniques that dancers apply to form their own personal style. Hand flow, rails, waves, traces, threads, contours, splits, and builds are all put to play by those who wish to fully master the art of liquid dancing.

Hand flow is generally the simplest and most easily grasped technique. There is no specific method to the technique. As long as the dancer is able to encompass a liquid motion to the dance it will be acceptable. The wave technique is the most popularly imitated form of liquid dancing. While waving the dancer must make it seem that there is a wave passing through their body, tensing and relaxing their muscles to the music.

Rave music videos are quickly gaining popularity because of their ability to balance motion, sound, and visuals. The videos are made to put every one of your senses to use, enabling their audience to fully enjoy the videos.

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