One of my favourite music is “Cyber Trance”. “Cyber Trance” is computer programmed RAVE dance music. In Tokyo, I sometimes went to dance club on Friday night. At the dance club, cyber music was resounding loudly. We could experience the different space and the different feelings there because of the cool electronic music and flashy illumination. In addition, I even felt the different identity from the everyday identity.
Although some people disagree, the different identity in the dance club may be regarded as an online identity in a wide sense. I think that online identity is a representation of self that is expressed through the networking technology. Arranged by the computer, the electronic music can be seen as a networking technology. Therefore, the different identity that is expressed in the dance club is a kind of online identity. I can tell clearly that each individual is experiencing his or her own personal world. The people are involved in their own dancing and they cannot see others. They do not care if they hit others and they do not care if they are hit by others. Most of them hardly interact with others. They are just enjoying their world.
Unlike Lethbridge dance club, the dance club in Tokyo closes at 6 a.m. The longest time period that I was dancing was 9 hours (from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.). When I got out of the dance club in the early morning, I was brought back to the reality. I realized that I had been in the dream world. My real identity also came back. I remember that I missed the fantastic dance world and that I took a train to go home in very low spirits.
Here is YouTube that shows the feelings at the dance club!
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ7O0goRrIo]
