How many parties were there in 2009? Too many to count. But the RA community gathered up photos from nearly 4,000 of them over the course of the past year, once again fighting through rain, sleet, snow and probably more than a bit of inebriation to document it all. We had plenty of galleries from places obvious (London, New York) and a few from the not so obvious (Belgrade, South Africa), photos from events that were enormous and those that hardly had enough to fill a room.

Each party, though, was an important one, a celebration of life. And, as part of our annual photo feature, we celebrate you, the people that took those pictures. Thanks and enjoy the show.

January 2009
a) The cavernous Space Warsaw, Poland
b) Summadayze 2009 gets bubbly at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
c) DJ Vadim concentrates at The Shelter, China
d) Matt Tolfrey celebrates at Boardner's Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
e) Matthew Dear putting his hands up for The Muse, Washington DC, USA
f) Erol Alkan at The End’s Closing Party at The End, London, United Kingdom
g) Grooverider makes sure all is well at Concorde 2, Brighton, United Kingdom
h) DJ Sneak housed them at East Village, London, United Kingdom
i) Butane gets minimal at Fiction, Cape Town, South Africa
j) Dumb-Unit meets Kliks meets…wedon'twanttoknow at Weekend, Berlin, Germany

February 2009
a) Mauro Picotto in purple and green at Vanguard, Los Angeles, California, USA
b) Hands in the air at Good Vibrations 2009, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
c) Green Velvet getting down at the Saved Launch Party at matter, London, UK
d) Sebo K takes it deep at Muzikanova Night, SQ Club, Poland
e) That's Erick Morillo behind the smoke at GreenValley, Brazil
f) The Martinez Brothers phone home at Aero Bar, Florida, USA
g) The man behind the mau5 at CityLive Studios, Sydney, Australia
h) Planetary Series: Purple Planet, Los Angeles, California, USA
i) Dixon plots his next move at Trmnl, Birmigham, United Kingdom

March 2009
a) Power to the Wighnomy people at Real Grooves Volume 34, Unit, Tokyo, Japan
b) Guy Gerber playing a hometown gig at Cafe Barzilay, Tel-Aviv, Israel
c) Masked at The Gallery, Ministry Of Sound, London, United Kingdom
d) Loco Dice doing damage at The Stiff Kitten, Belfast, Northern Ireland
e) Ben Klock rocking the Grand Cafe Organza, Osaka, Japan
f) DJ Marky reveling at matter, London, United Kingdom
g) Gus Gus return to the live stage at Nasa, Reykjavik, Iceland
h) Japanese ravers at Organza Meets Ostgut-Ton, Grand Cafe, Osaka, Japan

Miami Winter Music Conference
a) The Bus at Made Event's Sunday School For Degenerates: Miami 2009 at Ice Palace
b) Burridge on his Leeeeky Tikki, Tikki Beach Charter
c) Danny Howells, Digging Deeper, BED
d) Matching tutus for the ravers at Leeeeky Tikki, Tikki Beach Charter
e) White, the new black at the Cecille & Oslo Showcase, Victor Hotel
f) The SOS Twilight On The Tikki
g) Derek Plaslaiko repping his city at Blk|market and Secretsundaze, Ecco
h) Perfectly Miami, Pacha Nyc presents: The Victor Calderone Pool Party, The Surfcomber
i) Pete Tong's Essential Pool Party, The Surfcomber
j) Lazarus gets lost at the Electric Pickle

April 2009
a) Who's behind the mask at the Easter Masquerade Ball at Chinese Laundry, Sydney, Australia?
b) The Presets talk like that at 9:30 Club, Washington DC, USA
c) Getting wet with Culprit at Standard Hotel Rooftop, Los Angeles, USA
d) Sven Vath headlines the Cocoon stable at matter, London, United Kingdom
e) M.I.A. spreads the bird flu at Coachella and Empire Polo Field, Indio, California, USA
f) Coachella's perfect weather at Empire Polo Field, Indio, California, USA
g) Dancing to Joris Voorn at Clash Club, São Paulo, Brazil
h) Raving it up old school at The Gallery's 14th Birthday, Ministry Of Sound, London, UK
i) Richie Hawtin at the controls at The Ulster Hall, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

May 2009
a) dOP get the ladies dancing at Mutek 2009, Metropolis, Montreal, Canada
b) Girls and balls, Defected In The House, Dragonfly, Jakarta, Indonesia
c) Color bars at Mutek 2009, Society for Arts and Technology, Montreal, Canada
d) We Love... comes to Sankeys, Manchester, United Kingdom
e) Moderat bring down the house at Blasthaus & Antennae, 103 Harriet, San Franisco, California, USA
f) Valentino Kanzyani is pumped at Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
g) Ken Ishii mans the decks at Tango, Beijing, China
h) Beijing's Electronic Music Festival at 751 D-Park Plaza, Beijing, China
i) Derrick Carter, flexing at Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA
j) Glitter with Mora & Naccarati at Anzuclub, São Paulo, Brazil

Movement Detroit
a) Made in Detroit
b) Dennis Ferrer in the zone
c) Ghostly ball
d) The Hart Plaza
e) Hand holding
f) The Elevator
g) Drinking
h) Grinding
i) Saluting
j) Heidi in the mix
k) A Bug's head view

June 2009
a) Bubbles at Bassculture at Rex Club, Paris, france
b) The panorama view at Kaballah Music Festival at Arena Verde Schin, Bairro Itaim, Brazil
c) The logo at Strictly Rhythm at Defected's residency, Ministry Of Sound, London, United Kingdom
d) Alex Smoke live at Deeper, Galway, Ireland
e) Raving with Simian Mobile Disco, Fake Blood & Rusko at Shine, Belfast, Northern Ireland
f) Steve Bug mixing it up at Mnmlife, The Muse, Washington DC, USA
g) Philipp Cerfontaine's all blue (and red) at the Rheinklang Opening, EA Sports Bar, Cologne, Germany
h) Carl Craig calmly rocks Colorz Club, MOns/Bergen, Belgium
i) Aril Brikha out of control at Planetary Series: Bronze Planet, Los Angeles, California, USA
j) Byetone's numbers at Public Assembly, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Sonar Barcelona
a) Mary Anne Hobbs brings dubstep to Sonar By Night, Fira Gran Via
b) Jus-Ed warming up RA by night at Boulevard Culture Club
c) Kompakt at Nitsa, Barcelona, Spain
d) Audion's psychedelic live show at City Hall
e) The pool at Hotel Diagonal
f) Cassy and co. at Kanna Beach Club
g) The annual Mobilee rooftop poolside rave at Hotel Diagonal
h) Josh Wink is Powered by Ovum
i) Move D playing the Iron Haus!, Espais Actuals
j) Wbeeza helps close Sonar with secretsundaze at La Terrrazza, Barcelona, Spain

July 2009
a) The fireworks at Greenfields Open Air 2009, Galopprennbahn, Munich, Germany
b) Ricardo, Luciano and family at Love Family Park, Frankfurt, Germany
c) Ed Banger 6 1/2 Year Birthday Party London at Coronet, London, United Kingdom
d) Theo Parrish has a label at Roadhouse, Manchester, United Kingdom
e) Like only Tokyo knows how. Rotation 10 Year Anniversary at ageHa, Tokyo, Japan
f) Mixing lessons with Simon Baker at Habit, The Tyne, Newcastle, United Kingdom
g) Marcel Dettmann has a label too at The Bunker, Public Assembly, Brooklyn, New York, USA
h) Cooling off at Shine, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
i) Kraftwerk playing pocket calculators at the Italia Wave, Stadio A.Picchi Livorno, Italy
j) Onur Özer with no sleeves at Cocoon, matter, London, United Kingdom
k) M.A.N.D.Y with some sleeves at Free Years Free Love, Krysha Mira, Moscow City, Russia

August 2009
a) Grass stains, Creamfields 2009, Daresbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom
b) More Creamfields 2009, Daresbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom
c) Falling in lust at The Love Festival at Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA
d) Steve Lawler surveys the scene at South West Four, Clapham Common, London, United Kingdom
e) Tim Xavier and Ryan Elliott at Volatl, Sonotheque, Chicago, USA
f) Tradition runs deep at Lowlands 2009 at Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
g) Grace Jones and her stunning live show at Flow Festival, Suvilahti Power Plant, Helsinki, Finland
h) Depeche Mode bring their live show to Cynthia Woods Pavilion, Texas
i) Trus'me in pink at Meandyou. & Development, The Soup Kitchen, Northern Quarter, United Kingdom
j) Summer ends at The Whitest Boy Alive-Open Air at Tape, Berlin, Germany
k) Koze is satisfied at Future Flash, Cable London, London, United Kingdom

September 2009
a) A minimal fog at the Contakt Special, Brixton Academy, London, United Kingdom
b) Just another day in the office for Miss Kittin at We Love... Space Closing Party, Ibiza, Spain
c) Jazzanova Live at Deephousemafia & The Loud Minority, Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria
d) Bestival 2009, Isle Of Wight, United Kingdom
e) The controls at Altavoz Opening Party, Cso Rivolta, Marghera, Italy
f) Ravers at We Love... Resident Advisor at Space, Ibiza, Spain
g) Akufen returns to action at Rotation 10 Year Anniversary, ageHa, Yokyo, Japan
h) Mixing things at Electric Zoo, Randall's Island, New York, USA
i) The bus to the Electric Zoo, Randall's Island, New York, USA
j) Adam Beyer unlocking the drum code at Playground, Helsinki, Finland

October 2009
a) Mulletover does Halloween, London, United Kingdom
b) Jamie Jones rocking the Circo Loco Warehouse Party, Victoria Works, Leeds, United Kingdom
c) Massive, Monster Massive at Los Angeles Sports Arena, California, USA
d) Reboot gets sweaty at Fabric, London, United Kingdom
e) Parklife Sydney 2009 at Kippax Lake, Sydney, Australia
f) Float dancing at San Francisco's Lovevolution, California, USA
g) Sunn O))) robe up for Unsound presents American Doom, Poland
h) Cocoon gets down at their Romanian home, Studio Martin, Bucharest
i) Ricardo at the 2009 opening... and closing of DC-10, Ibiza, Spain
j) Francois K pondering things at The Muse, Washington DC, USA

November 2009
a) Modeselektor love champagne at Bar Americas, Mexico
b) Cmky23 Afterhours at The B.Side Lounge, Boulder, Colorado, USA
c) Quentin Harris works the mix at The Rex Club's 5 Beats, Paris, France
d) Paul Frick at Berlin's new WMF club, Germany
e) Back To Basics celebrate their 18th at My House, Leeds, United Kingdom
f) The A:RPIA:Rs, Silo, Leuven, Belgium
g) Seth Troxler feeling the love at Womb, Tokyo, Japan
h) Fake Blood at Digital, Brighton, United Kingdom
i) Got balloons? Body & Soul, ageHa, Tokyo, Japan
j) Raum Club, Barcelona, Spain
k) Body & Soul Live In Tokyo at ageHa, Japan

December 2009
a) Making mistakes in blue at Theory + Practice, Denver, Colorado, USA
b) The dOP boys set the table at fabric, London, United Kingdom
c) Raving to Loco Dice on the terrace at Club Space, Miami, Florida, USA
d) Magda brings Minus to Fuse, Brussels, Belgium
e) John Tejada, we think, at Unit, Tokyo, Japan
f) Hands in the air at Fuse, Brussels, Belgium
g) ZoukOut 2009 at Siloso Beach, Sentosa, Singapore
h) Our thoughts exactly, Digital, Brighton, United Kingdom

Special thanks to Nik Torrens, Patrick Munoz, Zeman, Scott Sandars, Charlie Xia, Christopher Soltis, Vickie Parker, Sarah Ginn, Nick Ensing, Bruno Morphet, Drew Ressler, Lilith, Marcelo Schmoeller, Matthew Karsten, Will Power, Ryu Kasai, Ben Palhov, Ruairi Drayne, Tetsuya Narita, Natalie Clark, Gilbert Rizo, Bennett Sell-Kline, Bruce Gilling, Luke Christopher, Pandeh A. Seedy, Felipe Moreira, Yang Xiaodong, Miao Wong, Gui Urban, Matt Cohen, Emeline Ginestet, Mario Sergio Albuquerque, Dakota Fine, Jan Bienert, Leslie Artamonov, Seze Devres, Will Calcutt, Chris Edwards, Marcus Morba, Lucy Sugden-Smith, Ryu Kasai, Idene Roozbayani, Wendy Gannon, Brian Peralez, Christopher Thomarios, Wendy Oakes, William Bryan, Leonie Susann, Sam Donnison, Frank Weyrauther, Daniel Eberharter, Korbinian Döpper, Julia Skya, Fredrik Linblad, Lisa Local, Alex Kapustin, Diego Tabango, Marion, Sergiu Odainic, Sam Campbell, Stephen Cardinale, Aurélien Vinckel, Naoko Maeda, Justin De Souza, German Parga, Nicole C, Ludovic Thysebaert, and all of the photographers that submitted galleries to RA in 2009.