Noncompliant (fka DJ Shiva) is an uncompromising queer techno DJ/producer from the conservative state of Indiana. We talk Midwest raves, speaker freaking, phone taps, mixtapes, sci-fi and more.

Kurt Eckes put Milwaukee on the map in the ’90s with his Drop Bass Network parties and Even Furthur festival. In Part Two of this interview, he talks to Rave to the Grave podcast about Satanism and rituals, how to throw a rave, the craziest stories from Furthur, the RAVE Act, the Drop Bass label and Midwest hard acid, plague raves and starting a Kult.

Kurt Eckes of Milwaukee’s Drop Bass Network on American hardcore, acid tests, Midwest raves and being a rave outlaw.

Harry Harrison from Nottingham’s DiY Sound System on the Dawn of UK Rave Culture, Free Parties, and Fusing Anarcho Punk with Acid House

Filipino scratch DJs, fights, goth clubs, garage rock and more blood-and-piss-soaked madness with DJ, guitarist and NYC scene staple OJ San Felipe of Acetone 4 and X-Ray Eyeballs.

Detroit house and techno in the 1980s, underground queer nightlife, raving as resistance, the San Francisco scene: journalist and club veteran Marke B tells all.

Dance, underground performance, costume and clowns: Ms Easy rocks the stage from St. Louis to New Orleans to Shanghai.

Wild times in 1970s NYC with Bill Bernstein, a photographer who documented the heyday (and death) of disco at clubs like Studio 54, Xenon, GG’s and more.

Fast times in Florida raves, floor drugs, Internet message boards & DJ tips with NYC’s beloved bass queen.

Counterculture journalist & party girl Michelle Lhooq on rave utopias and the future of drugs.

Iconic diva Barbara Tucker talks to Vivian about the evolution of house music in NYC, building community and working with Little Louie Vega and sings her most famous tracks.

Rave to the Grave Podcast // Vivian talks to beloved American festival headliner AC Slater about rave antics, Night Bass, happy hardcore and how to make it as a DJ.