A doof or bush doof is a type of outdoor dance party generally held in a remote country area, or outside a large city in surrounding bush or rainforest. Events referred to as ''doofs'' are now held worldwide and have built from a small set of social groups to a subculture with millions of active members worldwide, considered by some as a full blown culture similar to

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s or

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s. Doofs generally have healing workshops, speakers, art, live artists and DJs playing a range of electronic music, commonly

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. "Doof doof" is an Australian term for loud electronic music centred on a heavy bass drum kick.

Etymology

The name is

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, and is derived from the sound of the

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used in the

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frequently lettered (as in "doof doof doof doof music"). According to Peter Strong, the original term "doof" was created in Newtown, Sydney in Spring 1992, after a neighbour of the Non Bossy Posse knocked on the door to complain about their music: "What is this Doof Doof Doof I hear all night long, this is not music" she exclaimed. The term did not become a popular designation for outdoor dance parties until after the mid-1990s. Since 2017 in

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, smaller doofs have sometimes been referred to as a "doif", after a local tech-house DJ, LOIF, headlined several smaller parties. This was initially a pushback to festivals like Pitch Music & Arts Festival, which "doofers" felt was too large to share the name with the more intimate parties from which the term originated.

History

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. As pressure from police and councils increased, holding parties in the bush appeared as a more viable option. The first commercial doof party to be hosted within Australia and New Zealand was

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in 1993. Today the term 'doof' can describe anything from a small gathering in the bush focused around a small sound system to a multi-day, multi-stage event with DJs, bands and workshops. In 2013, "bush doof" was added to the sixth edition of the Macquarie Dictionary.

Radio stations

There are 'doof' radio stations that serve as focal points for a worldwide community, including: * Human Borg Repellent One Radio (HBR1 Radio) * Digital Gunfire * Jungle Train * SomaFM * Icecast Directory / Xiph Radio Directory

List of doofs

(1992–2017) *

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References

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General

* ''The Doof-Doof Music'', B.J. Coman, Quadrant Magazine, January 2005 – Volume XLIX Number 1–2 * ''Doof Metronome/Chronometer'', Dr. Simon .A. Roberts (Founding member – Sydney – Creator of this page within first 10k, also Titan: Ullysis), June 1996
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