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{{Short description|Music genre and scene}}
{{Distinguish|New wave music}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = New rave
| stylistic_origins = * [[Dance-punk]]
* [[Rave#Characteristics|rave]]
* [[post-punk revival]]
* [[indie rock]]
| cultural_origins  = Mid-2000s <small>(decade)</small>, United Kingdom
| instruments       = * [[Guitar]]
* [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Drum kit|drums]]
* [[drum machine]]
* [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
* [[synthesizer]]
| subgenres         =
| regional_scenes   = * [[Manchester]]
* [[Glasgow]]
* [[London]]
* [[Oxford]]
* [[Leeds]]
| other_topics      = * [[Alternative dance]]
* [[wonky pop]]
}}

'''New rave''' (also typeset as '''nu-rave''', '''nu rave''' or '''neu rave''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/ten-nu-rave-songs-that-still-sound-good-in-2016|title=Ten nu-rave songs that still sound good in 2016|website=Time Out London|date=22 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-nu-rave-generation-where-are-they-now|title=The nu-rave generation: where are they now?|website=Time Out London|date=8 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/13/klaxons|title=Does nu-rave travel?|date=November 13, 2007|website=the Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/seven-nu-rave-songs-that-still-actually-bang|title=Seven Nu Rave Songs That Still Actually Bang|website=Clash Magazine|date=22 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/new-rave-10-years-on-a-joke-or-britain-s-last-great-youth-movement-a6898476.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/new-rave-10-years-on-a-joke-or-britain-s-last-great-youth-movement-a6898476.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Was new rave a joke - or Britain's last great youth movement?|date=February 29, 2016|website=The Independent}}</ref> is a genre of music described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "an in-yer-face, [[Do it yourself|DIY]] [[disco]] riposte to the sensitive [[indie rock]] touted by bands like [[Bloc Party]]."<ref name="rousing rave from the grave" /> It is most commonly applied to a [[United Kingdom|British]]-based music scene between 2005 and late 2008 of fast-paced electronica-influenced indie music that celebrated the late 1980s [[Madchester]] and [[rave]] scenes through the use of neon colours and using the term 'raving' to refer to going [[nightclubs|nightclubbing]].

==Use of term==
The [[United Kingdom|British]] music magazine ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' is largely responsible for popularising the term throughout 2006 and 2007, until claiming in mid-2008 reviews that "New Rave is over". The genre has connotations of being a "new" version of music heard at [[rave]]s, as well as being a play on the term "new wave".<ref>''[[New Musical Express|NME]]''. "[http://nme.com/reviews/crystal-castles/9659 Album Reviews: Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles - Album Reviews] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520022012/http://www.nme.com/reviews/crystal-castles/9659 |date=2013-05-20 }}" {{Clarify|date=November 2009|reason=This is not a proper reference citation}}</ref>

==Aesthetics==
The aesthetics of the new rave scene are similar to those of the original rave scene, being mostly centred on [[Psychedelic art|psychedelic]] visual effects. [[Glowsticks]], [[Neon lamp|neon]] and other lights are common, and followers of the scene often dress in extremely bright and [[fluorescent]] colored clothing.<ref name="rousing rave from the grave" /><ref name="the future's bright...">''The Guardian''. February 3, 2007. "[https://www.theguardian.com/theguide/features/story/0,,2004020,00.html The Future's Bright...] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319064632/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/feb/03/popandrock.culture |date=2009-03-19 }}". Retrieved 31 March 2007.</ref> New Rave has been defined more by the image and aesthetic of its bands and supporters, than by its music. [[Trash Fashion]] lead singer Jet Storm and Electro heroine [[Uffie]] have been described as the scene's very own pin ups.<ref name="Here we glo again" /><ref name="God help us all: New Rave">''BigShinyThing''. October 12, 2006. "[http://www.bigshinything.com/god-help-us-all-new-rave God Help Us All: New Rave] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417121924/http://www.bigshinything.com/god-help-us-all-new-rave |date=2009-04-17 }}". Retrieved 11 February 2009.</ref> Nevertheless, the use of electronic instruments, a musical fusion of rock and dance styles, and a particular [[Anarchy|anarchic]], trashy energy are certainly key elements.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

==Origins==
[[File:Klaxons Queens May Ball 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Klaxons in concert in 2007]]
[[Klaxons]],<ref name="rousing rave from the grave">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/oct/15/1|title=Rousing rave from the grave|work=[[The Observer]]|date=5 October 2006|last=Empire|first=Kitty|access-date=14 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314013619/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/oct/15/1|archive-date=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="sound of 2007: klaxons">''BBC News''. 3 January 2007. "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6189307.stm Sound of 2007: Klaxons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426195529/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6189307.stm |date=2009-04-26 }}". Retrieved 31 March 2007.</ref><ref name="new rave is dead; long live the klaxons">''The Observer''. 28 January 2007. "[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2000057,00.html New Rave is Dead; Long Live the Klaxons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219085339/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2000057,00.html |date=2007-12-19 }}". Retrieved 31 March 2007.</ref><ref name="new rave? old rubbish" /><ref name="2007's original soundtrack">''The Guardian''. January 5, 2007. "[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1982577,00.html 2007's Original Soundtrack] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015084243/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1982577,00.html |date=2007-10-15 }}". Retrieved 12 April 2007.</ref><ref name="meet the new rave. same as the old rave?">''Boston Globe''. 6 April 2007. "[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/04/06/meet_the_new_rave_same_as_the_old_rave/ Meet the NEW Rave. Same As the Old Rave?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627041656/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/04/06/meet_the_new_rave_same_as_the_old_rave/ |date=2009-06-27 }}". Retrieved 12 April 2007.</ref> [[Trash Fashion]],<ref name="Here we glo again">''Times Online''. 12 November 2006. "[http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1086690.ece Here We Glo Again] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501074105/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1086690.ece |date=2011-05-01 }}". Retrieved 131 February 2009.</ref> [[New Young Pony Club]],<ref name="having a blast">''Sunday Life''. 4 February 2007. "[http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/features/article2235633.ece Music: Having a Blast] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402101836/http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/features/article2235633.ece |date=2007-04-02 }}". Retrieved 12 April 2007.</ref> [[Hadouken! (band)|Hadouken!]], [[Late of the Pier]] and [[Shitdisco]]<ref name="rousing rave from the grave" /> are generally accepted as the main exponents of the genre (although some of them disavow the term entirely).

The term was coined by Klaxons founder Jamie Reynolds. Klaxons later declared they were ''not'' new rave, describing it as a "joke that's got out of hand".<ref name="the future's bright..."/><ref name="Klaxons: We're Not New Rave">''Entertainment Wise''. November 1, 2006. "[http://www.entertainmentwise.com/print?id=24292 Klaxons: We're Not New Rave] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011306/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/print?id=24292 |date=2007-09-28 }}". Retrieved 31 March 2007.</ref><ref name="Interview with Popworld magazine">''Popworld interview''. 13 April 2007. "[http://music.aol.co.uk/specials/enhPhotoGalleryPollPopup.adp?popupgalleryid=2122&photoid=9&pause=0 Music News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019235654/http://music.aol.co.uk/specials/enhPhotoGalleryPollPopup.adp?popupgalleryid=2122&photoid=9&pause=0 |date=2008-10-19 }}". Retrieved 14 April 2007.</ref> In reaction to the media overkill of the "genre", Klaxons banned the use of glowsticks at their gigs in April 2007, saying that "We kept getting asked to explain it. The whole idea of new rave was to take the piss out of the media by making them talk about something that didn't exist, just for our own amusement. And they'd say, I appreciate that, but can you tell me more about new rave?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/klaxons/news/40078-klaxons-ban-all-glowsticks|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130422072224/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/klaxons/news/40078-klaxons-ban-all-glowsticks|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2013|title=Klaxons: "Ban All Glowsticks!" - MTV UK|website=mtv.co.uk|access-date=24 April 2018}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' critic Margaret Wappler comments that the "minimalist dance-punk of [[LCD Soundsystem]], the analog classicism of [[Simian Mobile Disco]], the fanatical electro-thrash of [[Justice (band)|Justice]], the international amalgam of [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]], the agitated funk of [[!!!]] (Chk Chk Chk) and the art-schooled disco-sleaze of [[CSS (band)|Cansei de Ser Sexy]]" contributed to the thriving 'new rave' dance scene, which led to a rediscovery of indie rockers, and a critical and intellectual revolution in dance music.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-20-wk-pop20-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Margaret | last=Wappler | title=Turning the beat around again | date=20 September 2007 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408130059/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/20/news/wk-pop20 | archive-date=8 April 2015 }}</ref>

==Criticism==
The sound of the original [[rave]] style is barely (if at all) discernible (save some typical analog synth lines) in the majority of bands referred to as new rave. Bands such as [[The Sunshine Underground]],<ref name="Sunshine_NME">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-sunshine-underground/8082|title=Sunshine Underground gig review|magazine=[[NME]]|access-date=18 July 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002091701/http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-sunshine-underground/8082|archive-date=2 October 2007}}</ref> [[CSS (band)|CSS]] (Cansei de Ser Sexy)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/artists/css|title=CSS|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.intomore.com/culture/the-queer-legacy-of-indie-oddballs-css/|title=The Queer Legacy of Indie Oddballs CSS|website=INTO|date=31 July 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/css-19-1335739|title=CSS reveal truth behind band split|website=[[NME]] |date=July 11, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.joe.ie/sport/brazilian-bands-no-1-css-2-438451|title=Brazilian bands, No.1 - CSS &#124; JOE.ie}}</ref> and [[Hot Chip]]<ref name="Times Online Live Reviews">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article2131501.ece|title=Times Online Hot Chip Review review|newspaper=[[Times Online]]|access-date=24 July 2007|location=London|date=24 July 2007|first=Rob|last=Smoughton|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530143053/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article2131501.ece|archive-date=30 May 2010}}</ref> are often labeled as new rave due to their large following by fans of the genre. [[M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.]] has been described as "a new raver before it was old."<ref name="guardian2">{{cite news|url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/urban/story/0,,2150297,00.html|title=Blog Rockin' Beats|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2007-08-18|access-date=12 May 2008|location=London|first=Hattie|last=Collins|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604145555/http://music.guardian.co.uk/urban/story/0,,2150297,00.html|archive-date=4 June 2008}}</ref> Several have publicly declared they had nothing to do with the genre. Stylist [[Carri Mundane]] described it as funny, saying New Rave was "Vacant in retro. It’s just a marketing machine.... I guess it was a fun time but I’m more excited about what happens now. The next level - the next generation. There’s a mood of neo-[[Spiritualism (movement)|spiritualism]] and [[futurism]] that excites me."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/articles/Cassette-Playa-Interview/|title=Cassette Playa Interview - Sneaker Freaker|last=DotDev|date=14 December 2008|website=sneakerfreaker.com|access-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707090038/https://www.sneakerfreaker.com/articles/cassette-playa-interview/|archive-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>

The new rave scene can be viewed as a media construct, largely propounded by the ''[[NME]]'' and ''{{ill|Trax (magazine)|fr|lt=TRAX}}'', with other publications treating the subject as a joke.<ref name="new rave? old rubbish" /> The belief that many of the bands associated with new rave can more appropriately be associated with the genre of [[dance-punk]] has given credence to such suggestions, although differences between both genres are said to be minor and more down to aesthetics. Critic [[John Harris (critic)|John Harris]] has stated in ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper that the genre is nothing more than a "piss-poor supposed 'youthquake'" that will soon go out of fashion in the same way as rave.<ref name="new rave? old rubbish">[[John Harris (critic)|Harris, John]]. 13 October 2006. "[http://music.guardian.co.uk/electronic/comment/story/0,,1922144,00.html New Rave? Old Rubbish] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122083317/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/oct/13/electronicmusic.popandrock |date=2011-11-22 }}". ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 31 March 2007.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Rave]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*"[http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/film/film-detail.jsp?id=30045 Rave Dog]" - a documentary about Trash Fashion and new rave on the Channel 4 (UK) programme ''FourDocs''

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