UK-DANCE
How to join
Discussion of all aspects of UK dance culture, including techno/house/jungle/ambient and the UK rave scene. Includes clubs, parties, special events, record shops, radio stations, and new releses. The list focuses as much on music as it does on raves.

FL-Raves (Florida Raves)
fl-raves@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
contact: Steve Smith
ssmith@pts.mot.com
by sending mail, will explain how to join
Discussion of rave related topics and events that cover the state of Florida. Mostly social related topics.

MW-Raves (Midwest raves)
mw-raves@engin.umich.edu
contact: Andy Crosby
mw-raves-request@engin.umich.edu
ndc@engin.umich.edu
Discussion of rave related topics and events that cover the states Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas. Mostly informational. Archives are located at pasteur.cvm.uiuc.edu in pub/mwr.

NW-RAVES (Northwest Raves)
How to join
contact: Pat Lui
An open e-forum for the exchange and expansion of rave information, rave music, and rave culture in the Pacific Northwest.

NE-RAVES (Northeast Raves)
How to join
contact: Dan Freelove
Discussion of rave related topics and events that cover the states from Pennsylvania/W. Virginia through all the states up to Vermont. You can subscribe to a calendar and info only version of the list also, but not both.

SERaves (Southeast Raves)
seraves@american.edu
contact: Doug Zimmerman
listserv@american.edu
dz5401@american.edu
put sub se-raves, name in message
Discussion of rave related topics and events that cover the states from Virginia and Tennessee down to Florida. Archives are available through the listserv, FTP, or Gopher at american.edu.

SFRaves (San Francisco Raves)
How to join
contact: Brian Behlendorf
Discussion of rave related topics and events that cover the San Francisco Bay area. You can subscribe to the list and calendar or just the weekly calendar. This is the largest rave related mailing list and has the highest volume.

SoCal-Raves
How to join
contact: Joachim Vance
The SoCal-Raves mailing list is a forum dedicated to discussing all things rave and underground clubbing in the Southern California area including the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Santa Barbara too.

DUTCHRaves
sala@euronet.nl
Discussion of new dance music and an upcoming parties schedule that cover the area.

FINLANDRaves
joha@damicon.fi
Discussion of new dance music and an upcoming parties schedule that cover the Finland area.

Acid Jazz contact: gregbb@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu - Greg BBoyteen Beuthin by sending mail, he will explain how to join. Discussion of Acid Jazz which is a combination of jazz with another type of dance music, which can be anything from Salsa to Hip-Hop, Techno to House. Artists: Galliano, James Taylor Quartet, Omar, US3 Labels: Instinct, Acid Jazz, Talkin Loud Records

IDM (Intelligent Dance Music)
idm@hyperreal.com
contact: Brian Behlendorf
Discussion of intricate, slow, sophisticated electronic music. Some of the reviews are available at the Hyperreal web site.
Artists: Aphex Twin, Black Dog, Orbital
Labels: Wax Trax

Breakbeat
breaks@xmission.com
Discussion of the breakbeat sound, which is techno infused with hip-hop breaks that originated in the UK and evolved into jungle.
Artists: 2 Bad Mice, 4 hero, Omni Trio
Labels: Moving Shadow, Reinforced, Sm:)e

Massive Brings DJ Gerry V is building the ultimate Acid Jazz site. Incredible links.

Techno.de A platform for the German house nation on the internet. You can download a current and updated rave and club event schedule, dj info, record releases and fashion concerns. This site is the culmination of contributions by German clubs, artists, booking agencies, record labels, and service providers. The related >>chromapark<< archive provides megabytes of flyers, visuals, videos, and photographs of contemporary techno art.

HYPERREAL(Underground Dance Music Archive) Hyperreal is a net server located in San Francisco, CA and maintains the largest and most comprehensive rave archive on the net. It is run by net dance music pioneer Brian Behlendorf, who has established the first and best prescence for underground dance music on the Internet. Hyperreal is a resource and a home on the Internet for information on and activities surrounding the themes of music, art, altered states, and new means of expressing those themes over the net.

V-RAVE The server also provides a service called "vrave(virtual rave)" which is a real time chat line devoted to the discussion of rave related topics and has been an integral part in bringing young people with a passion for dance musci closer together. DJ-Online is a program on rave provided by Sm:)e Communications and Hyperreal where top djs from around the world go on-line to meet the cyber community and answer questions for their fans, admirers, detractors, and everyone in-between. DJ-Online takes place every Thursday at 6pm EST. To get on rave you have to telnet by typing: telnet.taz.hyperreal.com 7283 or with URL: telnet://taz/hyperreal.com7283 at the prompt type in your name, e-mail, and handle( the name you want to be known as on vrave).

These are newsgroups definitely worth checking out:
alt.rave
rec.music.ambient
alt.music.techno
alt.music.dance
rec.music.video