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It has been more than thirty years since the raves movement, illegal festivals in techno tribute, awakens the forests of our regions. In the era where young Swiss no longer frequent clubs, these night meetings attract a new generation of “teufeurs”. They were also talked about this summer in Romandie. The last very publicized evening? That of August 1, where the speakers spat decibels in a field near the Verrières in Neuchâtel, for the pleasure of 500 night owls. At the beginning of July, a rave had been reported in Ormont-Dessus in the canton of Vaud and in mid-June in Malleray in the Bernese Jura. Note that these are only the appointments that have been discovered. There were certainly more between July and August.
“When you are a hundred people, you get less easily spotted,” concedes Sophie*, 25, who regularly participates in these free parties. This is the name given to them by Gen Z. “The word” rave “is a little has been, because it is taken up by the standard place to imitate this libertarian movement.” For the young woman, these clandestine meetings are defined by four elements: a powerful sound system, underground electronic music – tribe, mental, acid core, etc. – with sometimes a DJ set live, A remote place and especially free prices at the entrance with accessible consumption, for example 1 or 2 francs the beer. “When you discover this form of independence, you no longer want to go dancing in a box. Above all, there is this exciting side of braving together it forbids it, “says the one whose interest in these initiatives continues to grow in the face of the shortage of alternative spaces.
