Hyperreal.org
{{Short description|Rave culture website}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Hyperreal.org
| logo = Hyperreal Website 1996.jpg
| logo_caption = The Hyperreal website in 1996
| screenshot =
| website = {{URL|hyperreal.org}}
| location = San Francisco, California, United States
| commercial = No
| type = Rave scene, dance music, club drugs
| owner =
| editor = Brian Behlendorf
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1994|df=no}}
}}
Hyperreal.org, also known as Hyperreal, was a rave culture website founded by Brian Behlendorf in 1994.[http://hyperreal.org/info/ Hyperreal Information]. Hyperreal.org. It is based in San Francisco.
History
It was founded by Brian Behlendorf and originated as the SFRaves mailing list in 1992,[http://sfraves.org/history/ SFRaves Home Page]. Sfraves.org. before launching as Hyperreal in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.hyperreal.org|title=Hyperreal|work=Hyperreal.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961226004356/http://hyperreal.org/|url-status=dead|archivedate=26 December 1996}} The present website has been active since 1997.{{cite magazine|title=The Beat Generation|date=April 1997|magazine=Spin Magazine}}
Having already discovered early newsgroups and online mailing lists such as alt.rave and UK-Dance, Behlendorf set out to create a list of rave parties happening in the US, particularly in the San Francisco area. Hyperreal would soon expand into a collection of articles about dance music and club drugs, when at the time very few resources existed online. The site name originated from The Shamen track of the same name.Mike Brown. (Dec 2000). [http://hyperreal.org/info/history.html History of Hyperreal]. Hyperreal.org.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/07/17/137680680/how-the-internet-transformed-the-american-rave-scene|title=How The Internet Transformed The American Rave Scene|first=Michaelangelo|last=Matos|date=11 July 2011|work=NPR}}{{cite book|author=Sicko, Dan|title=Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk|url=https://archive.org/details/technorebelsrene00sick|url-access=registration|publisher=Billboard Books|date=1999|ISBN=978-0823084289}}
In its earliest incarnation, Hyperreal hosted the IDM List,{{cite web|accessdate=2020-05-06|title=Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume II|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/aphex-twin-selected-ambient-works-volume-ii/|work=Pitchfork}} a mailing list dedicated to discussion of the music from artists such as Aphex Twin and Mu-Ziq, and associated labels Rephlex Records and Warp.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/pitchfork-essentials/9702-emotional-intelligence-a-guide-to-melodic-idm/|title=Emotional Intelligence: A Guide to Melodic IDM|first=Philip|last=Sherburne|date=14 August 2015|work=Pitchfork}}{{cite book|author=Weidenbaum, Marc|title=Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works, Volume 2|publisher=Bloomsbury|date=2014|ISBN=978-1623568900}} It also hosted an ambient music mailling list.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Mike |title=Essential Ambient Info |url=https://music.hyperreal.org/epsilon/info/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501061617/https://music.hyperreal.org/epsilon/info/|archive-date=May 1, 2010|url-status=dead|year=1997|website=Hyperreal: Epsilon}}
Hyperreal would also at one time host the first official home page for Brian Eno.{{cite book|title=Virtual Music: How the Web Got Wired for Sound|url=https://archive.org/details/virtualmusichoww0000duck|url-access=registration|author=Duckworth, William|publisher=Routledge|date=2005|isbn=978-0415966757}}
References
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External links
- [http://hyperreal.org/ Hyperreal.org website]
Category:Electronic dance music