Early on in his Between the Beats documentary about the Bay Area rave scene (which he helped to build) and all of the intersectional communities that made it thrive, Martin O’Brien explained that, before he threw massive raves, he was always the last person on the dance floor at any party, yelling at the DJ for more.

That passion for music and movement led O’Brien, who later became the founder and CEO of holistic health service Berkeley Patient’s Care Collective, to become one of the ground floor builders of the Bay Area rave scene in the early ’90s. He threw raves called the Gathering that were known for meticulous care when it came to the quality of the music.

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