Free party culture

In my opinion the question of the free culture or reggae culture depends a lot on the crew and his sound system. Activism is a founding pillar of the free party, and the very firsts sound system that posed illegally were reggae sound systems.

I agree that today, lots of people goes to free parties and reggae (roots or dub) legal events to dance on the music instead of being part of an activist movement. However, some crew persist to engage the dancers in the movement by playing political messages during the party and in the infoline for instance.

On the other hand in the reggae dub scene, which is more often organised as a legal event, the situation is pretty much the same. Some crew only pose their 4 scoops in a club / pub, put the music on and people dance. While other will stick to the movement and still "roast" the dubplates by singing / speaking over it with lots of activism following reggae sound system culture.

I clearly think the reggae sound culture is compatible with free parties. But the reggae movement doesn't need it as it continues to exist and perform without the need of being illegal and losing the equipment everytime ^^