Guest bugbread Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 What is a "doof"? I'd assumed Nick Doof was just a guy's name and Doof was his band, but I keep reading in various places about "doofs". The only place I can remember offhand is psy-harmonic's homepage, where it says that at a tribal festival there will be several doofs. Is this Aussie slang, a general word, a big coincidence? Is "Nick Doof" his real name, or is it the equivalent of having your name be Mike Spliff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 aussie slang for a party, i think. nick "doof" barber chose his name since its the sound of a kick drum! the oz word may have similar origins. besides, it sounds cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bugbread Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Oh yeah, his name is Nick Barber. Somehow I think I knew that but forgot it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike D Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Seeing as I'm an Aussie I will try to explain... A Doof is a rave and as I far as I know it is called this as it is a legal rave. Rave was originally used as a term for illegal electronic festivals, so now we call the Doof here :-) Also because it sounds like the kick drum... "doof, doof, doof" Nick Doof I think just named himself that as is explained above :-) So when you here the word doof just think outdoor party :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike D Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Seeing as I'm an Aussie I will try to explain... A Doof is a rave and as I far as I know it is called this as it is a legal rave. Rave was originally used as a term for illegal electronic festivals, so now we call the Doof here :-) Also because it sounds like the kick drum... "doof, doof, doof" Nick Doof I think just named himself that as is explained above :-) So when you here the word doof just think outdoor party :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trancer Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 doof backwards is Food..perhps we like food..weill i love food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [tom jaimz] Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Heh. Nah, the way I know it is that in the early days of Sydney's "Vibe Tribe" [many of whom now live and throw parties in Byron], a bunch of acid house-loving ferals shared a house, where one neighbour would abuse them for playing their music all day, "Doof, doof, doof! That's all you ever play! That doof-doof music!" or something. From then on not only did they refer to the various range of music that they'd play at their parties (which at the time was a strange blend of hard acid, minimal techno and early goa), but they'd name most their (semi-legal squat and warehouse) parties 'so-and-so doof'. There were a couple of wicked parties a couple of years ago called 'doof is dead', advertised widely simply by people spray painting 'Doof Is Dead' everywhere, which even prompted to Sydney Morning Hearld to mention it, wondering who this 'Doof' was. Anyway after that they all kinda went different ways, but many underground parties are still called doofs in Sydney, as is the music they play there. Anyhow, that's where Doof comes from, as far as I know. Nick Barber took the name in a completely seperate incident, which I don't think is related to any party naming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Matta Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 I don't think "Nick Food" would've had the same ring to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elysium Project Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 well the fact is that Nick is british not Australian so I do not think that he have chosen the name in any content wiht an Australian meaning of the word. I will ask him the next time I meet him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Doof means in german "stupid" , "half-baked" So its always funny for me to hear that name... But it is superb Goa!! My fav is "hyperspaced" feat. T.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabbitakis Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 Lets Turn On! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alien Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 Doof in South Africa also means stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest amigo Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 His name is Nicka Barber..dunno wher doof comes from..I have only noticed recently there are doof records label..so here u go..u can choose...love+light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tequila Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 just wanted to mention that the guy above wasn't me at all. I'm still on my old wanadoo.fr internet connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest parhelion Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 Doof has always meant the same as "airhead" to me.... ...or maybe that was goof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 Oh yeah I've got my nick from that dude in the Film "Hard Boiled" from John Woo o_0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marty Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 dooooooooooooooooooof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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