Salman Jaberi

Salman Jaberi is a Bahraini-born, New York City-based cultural and experiential producer, an avid counterculture enthusiast, and an outspoken advocate for drug-user harm reduction. He is the founder of Rave Scout Cookies, an underground co-creative platform championing marginalized artists and talent in the electronic music industry.

Jaberi is well-known for his active involvement in the North American queer dance music scene, as well as his illustrious career with leading brands such as KAYAK, Dr. Jart+, and Six Flags Theme Park. Salman has been featured in a number of publications for his personal and business acumen, and most recently in RA Magazine, where he was described as "a de facto spokesperson for community, mutual aid, and harm reduction in dance music and rave culture."

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2020

Rave Scout Cookies Handbook #001

The first issue of the Rave Scout Cookies Handbook is rich in stories that you can share with your fellow ravers around a campfire, at your favorite afters, or packed tight in a bathroom stall. There's something in thereby, of, for everyone; the mystic, skeptic, historian, futurist, and ragers alike. With a little help from the works of literary scholars, Luis-Manuel Garcia and Sean Feiner, the handbook will take you to the roots of the source and explore the pivotal role of Queer and POC communities in the creation of dance music.

You're going to practice how to rave a little safer with a Harm Reduction Guide we curated for our rave troops with DanceSafe National–– Get a glimpse of the lives and journeys of some of our favorite artists, including Ariel Zetina, Justin Cudmore, and Jeffery Sfire–– And access the more vulnerable side of NYC's underground queer community from the perspective of some of our local co-ravers.

Learn more about ALKHEMY and Por Detroit, two collectives who are doing their part to bring the underground rave scene back to its original POC and Queer roots on an international scale. Enjoy some visual stim with an archival section of historical rave flyers and fly to the cosmos to understand the astrological machinations behind the success of some of your favorite rave collectives.

2020

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