Underground Parties in Hungary

Harm Reduction and Outreach Work ofKék Pont Drug Counselling Centre

Underground Parties in Hungary

• Parties, Culture and Society

• Party: the Event

• Party: the Experience

• Harm Reduction at Parties

Parties, Culture and Society

• Underground vs Mainstream

• Underground parties and Society

• Party music vs Rock music

• A spectrum of music styles

Underground vs Mainstream

Underground• Creates new styles• Not profit-oriented• Small labels,

unreleased tracks• Public• Drugs: cannabis,

ecstasy, hallucinogens

Mainstream• Trendy styles• Profit-oriented• Major record labels

• Public• Drugs: speed,

ecstasy

Underground Parties and Society

• No rebell, no counter-culture

• PLUR as implicit ideology

• Networking and virtual communities instead of Subcultures

• Temporarity

• Integration into Society

Party Music vs Rock Music

Party• Feminine• Love, erotics• Infantilism• ...• Ecstasy

Rock• Masculine• Sexuality

• Alcohol

Party Music vs Rock Music

Party Music vs Rock Music

Party Music vs Rock Music

Music Styles

MAINSTREAMHouse

TranceTechno

Drum and BassGoa/Psi Trance Breakbeat

Hip-HopUNDERGROUND

Party: The Event

• What does it look like?

• Open air parties and Clubs

• Sounds and Visuals

• Party People

What does it look like?

Main hall

What does it look like?

Chill-out room

Open Air Parties

Open Air Parties

Open Air Parties

Visuals

Visuals

Visuals

Visuals

Sound

• DJs

• MCs

• Live Acts

Party People

Party People

Party People

Party: the Experience

Party Experience

Drugs Set Setting

Ecstasy Dancing

Music

Visuals

Speed

„at home”

Party: the Experience

London Dance Safety Campaign Guidelines

For Clubs and Venues:• Access to cold drinking water• Adequate ventillation• Relaxed dress code, secure cloakrooms• Chill out room• Prevention of overcrowding• First aider at site; drug workers allowed• Trained and registered security staff

London Dance Safety Campaign Guidelines

For party people:• Make sure you’re with friends• Tell each other what you’re taking• Avoid drugs if you’re feeling depressed or

anxious• Be careful if you’re taking prescribed drugs• Don’t drive• Try not to buy from strangers

London Dance Safety Campaign Guidelines

For party people (cont.):

• Set a limit on money you spend on drugs

• Always practise safer sex

• Avoid taking drugs if you’re pregnant

• If you’re injecting drugs, never inject alone

Kék Pont Party Service

• Information about drugs• Lelkisegély to drug users in crisis• Talking about social problems• Legal information• Orientation to Kék Pont Drug Consultation

Centre• Providing free water, vitamins, minerals• Providing free condoms

Kék Pont Party Service