Results For Fatboy Slim’s ‘Happiness Experiment’ Reveal The Positive Effects Of Raving

After tracking ravers vital signs during two nights of raving as part of a ‘Happiness Experiment’, Fatboy Slim has now revealed the results. Back in September 2025 at The Old Market on Fatboy Slim’s home ground of Brighton, he performed a couple of sets with a twist. Ravers who attended were fitted with Polar Wearables as well as being monitored with other equipment to track their heartrate, temperature, and other vital signs. These various factors being tracked allowed the experiment to determine the emotions being felt by the crowd and therefore the effect the music had on them. The data gathered was meticulous and incredibly interesting. Two emotions that were high throughout both nights were that of happiness and love while the feeling of nervousness and being overwhelmed scored very low. The data showed that the level of happiness increased across the night with heart rates pumping higher. Some may just believe this to be from dancing for hours however analysis of the experiment shows that heartrates rose beyond that explained by movement. However, it’s the results for connection that were particularly interesting. By tracking the vital signs of everyone in there, this experiment was able to determine how similarly everyone was feeling and therefore how connected they were. As the nights went on, the crowd became more in sync with heartrates across the board aligning with each other. They were also able to determine that the synchronicity between everyone was higher during periods of lower bass. With plans to delve further into this existing data as well as conducting more ‘Happiness Experiments’ there’s plenty more to be learned from this. The main conclusion so far? Raving makes people happy. To view the results in further detail, click the link below: ‘Happiness Experiment’ Results The post Results For Fatboy Slim’s ‘Happiness Experiment’ Reveal The Positive Effects Of Raving appeared first on EDM House Network.