New rave emerged in the mid-2000s British indie scene as a day-glo collision between rock's raw energy and electronic music's synthetic pulse. Born from festival fields and sweaty club nights, the genre fused distorted synth lines, punk-influenced guitars, and four-on-the-floor beats into an urgent, maximalist sound designed for bodies in motion. Where electronic music often prioritized precision and indie rock guarded its analog authenticity, new rave reveled in the deliberate clash—think neon-soaked riffs battling vocoder hooks, all wrapped in an aesthetic borrowed equally from rave culture's euphoric abandon and post-punk's spiky attitude.
The movement's defining acts—Klaxons' cosmic noise-pop, Shitdisco's strobe-lit thrash, New Young Pony Club's bassline groove—rejected the polished minimalism dominating electronic music and the earnest introspection of contemporary indie. Instead, they embraced garish visuals, sci-fi imagery, and an unapologetic commitment to dancefloor chaos. The sound was deliberately abrasive yet infectious, built on sawtooth synths, shouted vocals, and rhythms that borrowed from electro's mechanized funk without losing rock's human mess.
Though the genre's heyday was brief, its DNA persists in any music unafraid to smash dancefloor euphoria into guitar-driven aggression. New rave proved that electronic and rock elements could coexist not through careful fusion but through exhilarating, Day-Glo collision—a sonic reminder that the best parties happen when boundaries collapse and nobody's guarding the velvet rope.
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| #84 | ByMontevideo | Released:1941-01-31 | |||
| #86 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:1987-09-16 | |||
| #75 | ByVarious Artists | Released:1987 | |||
| #69 | ByMichi | Released:1998-09-22 | new ravenu rave | ||
| #74 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:1998 | |||
| #11 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2000 | |||
| #83 | BySpear Of Destiny | Released:2004-02-13 | new rave | ||
| #89 | ByUnited State of Electronica | Released:2004-04 | |||
| #10 | ByDatarock | Released:2005-04-04 | |||
| #36 | ByBloc Party | Released:2005-04-20 | |||
| #54 | ByJustice | Released:2005-09-19 | |||
| #17 | ByCansei de Ser Sexy | Released:2005-10-09 | |||
| #39 | ByTest Icicles | Released:2005-10-29 | |||
| #29 | ByKap Bambino | Released:2006-01-01 | |||
| #64 | BySpace Cowboy | Released:2006-07-19 | |||
| #48 | ByDelorean | Released:2006-07-28 | |||
| #31 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2006-07-31 | |||
| #34 | ByThe Sunshine Underground | Released:2006-08-28 | |||
| #52 | BySebastian | Released:2006-08-28 | |||
| #45 | ByDead Disco | Released:2006-09-11 | new rave | ||
| #40 | ByKlaxons | Released:2006-10-16 | electronicnew rave | ||
| #90 | ByGhostland Observatory | Released:2006 | |||
| #79 | ByThe KBC | Released:2007-01-10 | new rave | ||
| #1 | ByKlaxons | Released:2007-01-29 | |||
| #46 | BySimian Mobile Disco | Released:2007-03-26 | |||
| #7 | ByShitdisco | Released:2007-04-16 | |||
| #47 | ByDoes It Offend You, Yeah? | Released:2007-05-07 | new rave | ||
| #20 | ByCalvin Harris | Released:2007-06-18 | |||
| #12 | ByLate of the Pier | Released:2007-09-17 | |||
| #35 | ByHadouken! | Released:2007-11-12 | new rave | ||
| #62 | ByJustice | Released:2007-11-26 | |||
| #78 | ByAlec Empire | Released:2007-11-28 | |||
| #71 | ByDoes It Offend You, Yeah? | Released:2008-03-24 | |||
| #14 | ByDoes It Offend You, Yeah? | Released:2008-04-15 | |||
| #37 | ByHeartsrevolution | Released:2008-04-21 | |||
| #23 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2008-04-28 | |||
| #67 | ByDigitalism | Released:2008-04-28 | |||
| #94 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2008-04-28 | |||
| #5 | ByHadouken! | Released:2008-05-05 | |||
| #66 | ByFrankmusik | Released:2008-06-02 | new rave | ||
| #77 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2008-06-05 | |||
| #72 | ByMiChi | Released:2008-06-27 | new ravenu rave | ||
| #25 | ByYou Love Her Coz She's Dead | Released:2008-06 | |||
| #9 | ByLate of the Pier | Released:2008-08-11 | |||
| #38 | ByBreathe Carolina | Released:2008-09-16 | |||
| #61 | By64Revolt | Released:2008 | electroclashnew rave | ||
| #59 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2009-03-16 | |||
| #56 | ByI See Stars | Released:2009-04-14 | |||
| #21 | ByKap Bambino | Released:2009-05-25 | |||
| #8 | ByHadouken! | Released:2010-01-25 | |||
| #4 | ByTwo Door Cinema Club | Released:2010-02-17 | |||
| #27 | ByNew Young Pony Club | Released:2010-03-08 | |||
| #51 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2010-04-13 | |||
| #55 | ByNeon Plastix | Released:2010-05-10 | dance-punknew rave | ||
| #65 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2010-06-04 | |||
| #44 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2010-06-09 | |||
| #13 | ByKlaxons | Released:2010-08-20 | |||
| #18 | ByBag Raiders | Released:2010-10-01 | |||
| #15 | ByCrystal Fighters | Released:2010-10-04 | |||
| #58 | ByOn-The-Go | Released:2010-10-14 | |||
| #49 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2010-12-09 | |||
| #2 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2010 | |||
| #42 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2011-04-25 | |||
| #80 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2011-04-25 | electronicnew rave | ||
| #91 | ByOn-The-Go | Released:2011-06-21 | |||
| #70 | ByPictureplane | Released:2011-07-19 | |||
| #60 | ByHousse de Racket | Released:2011-08-03 | |||
| #87 | ByI Heart Sharks | Released:2011-10-21 | |||
| #100 | ByMustard Pimp | Released:2011-10-25 | |||
| #16 | ByTotally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Released:2012-03 | new rave | ||
| #93 | By80KIDZ | Released:2012-04-18 | |||
| #76 | ByElias and the Error | Released:2012-05-01 | new rave | ||
| #6 | ByTwo Door Cinema Club | Released:2012-08-02 | |||
| #19 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2012-11-09 | |||
| #73 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2012 | |||
| #63 | ByHadouken! | Released:2013-01-20 | dance-punknew rave | ||
| #26 | ByHadouken! | Released:2013-03-18 | |||
| #3 | ByCrim3s | Released:2013-05-05 | |||
| #57 | ByAnamanaguchi | Released:2013-05-14 | |||
| #68 | ByLa Vida Bohème | Released:2013-05-14 | |||
| #53 | ByKlaxons | Released:2014-06-16 | |||
| #96 | ByYou Love Her Coz She's Dead | Released:2015-05-25 | |||
| #81 | ByYou Love Her Coz She's Dead | Released:2015-05 | |||
| #24 | ByCrystal Castles | Released:2016-08-19 | |||
| #28 | ByTwo Door Cinema Club | Released:2016-10-14 | |||
| #41 | ByThe Toxic Avenger | Released:2017-07-28 | |||
| #92 | ByLenin Was A Zombie | Released:2019-12-12 | electronicnew rave | ||
| #88 | ByLenin Was A Zombie | Released:2019-12-12 | |||
| #43 | ByTUYU | Released:2020-02-19 | |||
| #85 | ByGoose | Released:2021-01-08 | |||
| #22 | ByViagra Boys | Released:2022-07-08 | |||
| #32 | ByPorter Robinson | Released:2024-03-20 | |||
| #33 | ByNia Archives | Released:2024-04-12 | |||
| #30 | ByFat Dog | Released:2024-09-06 | |||
| #98 | BySRL | Released:2025-03-31 | |||
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