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Age of Love dance party with DJ BeXta

c. 2000

Age of Love dance party with DJ BeXta

c. 2000

  • NFSA IDYEBVN8QC
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary, Music
  • GenresPopular music
  • Yearc. 2000

The Age of Love party, held in Sydney in 1999, was a defining event in Australia's trance and electronic dance music culture. Named after the seminal 1990 track ‘The Age of Love’ by the Italian-Belgian duo of the same name, the event paid tribute to one of the earliest and most influential examples of trance music.

Presented at Sydney's iconic Metro Theatre, this excerpt of a live recording captures the dreamy, euphoric sound that shaped Australia's electronic dance music boom at the close of the decade. The footage features a set by trance and hard dance DJ and producer BeXta (AKA Rebecca Elizabeth Poulsen), whose performance is enhanced through slow-motion video effects and digitally layered text and filters. These stylistic choices reflect the growing interplay between electronic music, digital media and visual culture that characterised the era, offering a snapshot of a transformative moment in Australia's nightlife and dance music history.

The Age of Love party, held in Sydney in 1999, was a defining event in Australia's trance and electronic dance music culture. Named after the seminal 1990 track ‘The Age of Love’ by the Italian-Belgian duo of the same name, the event paid tribute to one of the earliest and most influential examples of trance music.

Presented at Sydney's iconic Metro Theatre, this excerpt of a live recording captures the dreamy, euphoric sound that shaped Australia's electronic dance music boom at the close of the decade. The footage features a set by trance and hard dance DJ and producer BeXta (AKA Rebecca Elizabeth Poulsen), whose performance is enhanced through slow-motion video effects and digitally layered text and filters. These stylistic choices reflect the growing interplay between electronic music, digital media and visual culture that characterised the era, offering a snapshot of a transformative moment in Australia's nightlife and dance music history.

  • Production company
    Peak Entertainment
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