Editing Rave (section)

====Origins in disco and psychedelia (1970s)====
{{See also|Circuit party}}
The American electronic dance music scene is one of the earliest, and rave culture has its roots in the "[[circuit party|circuit parties]]" and disco clubs of the late 1970s. These were scattered in cities large and small throughout the United States, from [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] to [[Cleveland]] to [[Aspen, Colorado]]. Cities like Chicago, Detroit, Miami, and New York City soon saw the rise of electronic music genres foundational to rave culture, such as [[house music]], [[techno]], and [[breakbeat]]. American ravers, like their UK and European counterparts, have been compared to the hippies of the 1960s due to their shared interest in non-violence and psychedelia.<ref>Energy Flash, Simon Reynolds, (p276 & 290), 1998, Macmillan Publishers ({{ISBN|0330350560}})</ref> Rave culture incorporated disco culture's same love of dance music spun by DJs, drug exploration, sexual promiscuity, and hedonism. Although disco culture had thrived in the mainstream, the rave culture would make an effort to stay underground to avoid the animosity that was still surrounding disco and dance music. The key motive for remaining underground in many parts of the US had to do with curfew and the standard 2:00&nbsp;am closing of clubs. It was a desire to keep the party going past legal hours that created the underground direction. Because of the legality, they had to be secretive about time and place.