A Bit Disappointed after my First Rave
Hi everyone, I don't normally post on reddit on any subs but I was kind of lost and down after going to a rave for the first time. I recently turned 18 only about a week or so before this rave and it featured some pretty great artists according to some other people (Kuko and who I wanted to see, I Hate Models") and honestly in retrospect I enjoyed myself, but I was still a bit disappointed and ended up leaving around an hour early before the venue closed. I did enjoy the anonymity of it and I'm a bit socially anxious so I have trouble enjoying things like this and I skipped my prom for that reason, but I genuinely did enjoy dancing because nobody cared that I was there. I'm happy I went and got to experience it, but I think the hard techno that was mostly playing may not be stuff that I like, and even though I could recognize some tracks, I still felt like I couldn't even tell the difference with most of the tracks playing.
I came with the intent of hearing music similar to some of I Hate Models' older stuff like Sorrows of the Moon or Daydream--also recently gotten into Dub Techno and some versions of Deep Progressive Techno--but it ended up being a very different experience and I think that's part of why I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to, because I tend to like more ambient sounds that aren't as aggressive as what was playing. Does anyone have any idea of who I could listen to or attend festivals for music similar to those tracks with a more relaxed "In your own world" kind of vibe? I still want to engage in raving, because it made me feel invisible in a way that comforted me a lot, but more in those fields of sounds. I don't have anybody I can ask about this, and I haven't seen any posts online of people with the problem I do.
TL;DR: I went to my first rave, didn't like the hard techno that much, and am looking for artists and venues that play more like dub techno and progressive techno.