Warehouses used to be places where stuff was made and stored before they became venue for raves, a shocking study has revealed.
Pointing to the massive amount of space, old industrial equipment, exposed brickworks and pipes as evidence that the buildings original function was manufacturing and not all night raves the study claimed that most dance music fans are unaware of the buildings’ original uses.
“I thought it was just built for raves, it’s so perfect like, loads of big space and concrete for the acoustics to bounce off,” described 25-year-old professional shuffler, Kevin Yourell. “I close my eyes and try to imagine men working at big machines but it’s tough, warehouses so ingrained in my mind as places to bump ket and dribble my 20s away that it’s hard for me to think of them as anything but rave spots.”
“Apparently forests aren’t just built for raves either, they’re there all year around, being a home to foxes and badgers and stuff, apparently it’s only in the spring and summer when psytrance fans come out of hiberation that they’re used for big raves,” he continued. “It’s just surprising to discover that these places have uses other than providing a venue for hedonistic young people to take drugs and dance.”
“I was actually in a factory once before it became a rave and it was mental, there were no proper music and the only sound was the din of machines and the odd lorry passing by outside,” he added. “You’d hear the murmur of people at work too and they’d all be wearing these crazy blue overalls. None of them were dancing or holding drinks, it was quite surreal.”
“There was just boxes upon boxes of stuff being stored on these metal racks and fat blokes in high vis bibs driving around in these little indoor cars with big spikes coming out of the front of them. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
