Adelaide’s rave heritage runs deeper than most Australians realise. Through the 90s, this city was ground zero for underground dance music in Australia. Enchanted Forest pulled thousands into secret bush locations. Clubs like Heaven, Cargo, and Planet kept floors packed every night of the week. Dance Floor Heretics grew out of that era, and the people behind it have zero interest in letting it become a footnote.
DJ BOF was one half of Continuous Flow, the pair who threw the legendary Smile rave back in 1995. Today he runs DFH as a clothing label, event crew, record label, and general hub for anyone in Adelaide who still lives for the dancefloor. Their Underground Sessions have been selling out in under two weeks, filling intimate rooms with underground techno and rave courtesy of Adelaide originals like Devious, GTB, and Maestro D. Anthems, their Adelaide Fringe night at Gluttony, has been dragging crowds back to the golden era of old school dance music with DJs JoSH, BOF, and Skot Holder behind the decks. And when Reunion Festival packed 6,500 people into Morphettville Racecourse this January, DFH crew were on the lineup and DFH merch was on the bodies.
The thing that makes them hard to pin down is they do all of it. The online store shifts limited-run rave wear like the Early 90s Club List tee, printed in a run of fifty, listing every iconic Adelaide venue from the era. They put out a proper techno EP on Urban Kickz Recordings. The blog documents scene history that nobody else is bothering to write down. They even help run the Adelaide Event Index, a community gig guide that ties the whole local scene together.
Adelaide’s rave revival is hitting harder than anyone saw coming. DFH are the ones who never stopped dancing long enough to need one.
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