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The New Rave Generation

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By Philip Sherburne on September 13, 2011 9:19 PM

Planting his black boots squarely between a laptop and a MIDI controller, Sonny Moore stands atop his gear table and surveys the scene. As far as the eye can see, there's an ocean of bodies spangled with flash bulbs, crowned by colorful headgear, covered in Spandex, face paint, glitter, and beads. The horizon smolders in a neon haze of fireworks smoke. Glow sticks erupt from the crowd, mimicking the jets of flame that periodically burst from the top of the stage. It's like Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights meets the bridge battle from Apocalypse Now -- a riot of flesh and light and dizzying excess.

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