As France prepares to crack down on unauthorised raves, known as "free party", electronic music producer Maelström talks about learning his craft DJing at rave parties as a teenager in the late 1990s and argues the counter-culture has added cultural and social value three decades on.

As France prepares to crack down on unauthorised raves, known as "free party", electronic music producer Maelström talks about learning his craft DJing at rave parties as a…

In a quarry between Nantes and Rennes, DJ Maël Péneau once played drum and bass records for three days straight to thousands of "free party" ravers. Thirty years on, a proposed…