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In 1993 The Criminal Justice Bill forbid
all rave parties that were multiplying across the UK
Because of the violent oppression, many soundsystems
such as the famous 'Spiral Tribe'
Left the country, spread all over the world
and started organizing new types of techno parties
that were free and alternative.
The "free party" movement was born.
Different groups started forming all over Europe
Claiming for the right to have 'free parties'
Heretik system was amongst them
and became a symbol of the movement
putting all their hope into extremes and provocation.
What are "rave parties"?
It's a culture that exists and has its own charm...
Nowadays what we refer to as 'free party' creates problems.
In fact we wanted to do a party at La Ferte sous Jouarre.
And there was already about a 100 cars at the meeting point
so when we arrived at the place and wanted to do the party
the cops were already there.
I thought it was going to take place in the month of June or May
so it was a long week-end where we had some time to track them down.
We went to the meeting point where all the people were waiting for us
and one of us went on the roof of a car and said the cops had gotten on to us
and that we needed everyone to follow us so we could find a place.
We had a cortege of cars
and we were driving for 20 kilometers across the countryside
We thought it was going to take place in Marmeuil,
Because there had already been a 'Mas i Mas'
and another sound system's party
That took place in the periphery of Meaux
After that we went up to Mont Mirail.
We were speeding through the roads not knowing our destination
with 300 or 400 cars that were following us.
A police car in front and the rest of them all around us
And the moment came where someone took the initiative
I think it was a ram raiding car, a 4/4, that smashed into a fence.
We smashed the gate of the public dump with the trucks
We went in, set up the sound. ls techno tough or what?
We arrived in what I thought was a field
But in fact was a huge waste recovery site that was out of use.
And everybody had gone in and taken position
everybody had settled in with the cops surrounding them.
That totally sums up the spirit is. No-one gave a ***!!!
If the cops came to tell us to go,
We would answer them -
'What are you talking about, We just made a party! That's all.'